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Truth. Time even ranked Solon, Ohio in the top 10 places in the country to live. I have family there and it's a great community. http://time.com/money/398441

Truth. Time even ranked Solon, Ohio in the top 10 places in the country to live. I have family there and it's a great community. http://time.com/money/3984416/solon-ohio-best-places-to-live-2015/ http://time.com/money/3984416/solon-ohio-best-places-to-live... You can buy a 4 bedroom house with a three car garage and a big plot of land for less than a 1 bedroom apartment in SV.

tedmiston 11y ago
> You can buy a 4 bedroom house with a three car garage and a big plot of land for less than a 1 bedroom apartment in SV. Sure, you can, but your salary would be much lower (half?) in Cleveland. And unless you're fully remote, there are far fewer tech jobs in that area. (I also live in Ohio.)
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kafkaesq 11y ago
If bedroom multiplicity and garage size are key metrics for you... then I guess maybe Solon, Ohio is your kind of place. People who stick it out in places like SF, NYC or London tend to have different considerations in mind.
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- jen729w 11y ago
  Why'd this get downvoted? This comment has been in my mind since I started reading this thread. I'm 39, happily single, and live in inner Melbourne, Australia. I pay a small fortune in rent. I could live out in the 'burbs in a 4 bedroom house with a 3 car garage - but that's my vision of hell on Earth! I absolutely have "different considerations". Bars and restaurants literally on my doorstep, a walk to work, no desire to own a car, singles like me as neighbours rather than families, etc.
  - lucidrains 11y ago
    People are insecure
  - kafkaesq 11y ago
    Perhaps people thought I was dissing the 'burbs? Wasn't my intention, in any case. I was really just trying to point out, as dispassionately as possible, that (like many disagreements people have about major life choices) it boils down to preferences of values and taste -- and the inevitable tradeoffs was have to make when choosing to pursue these preferences. Indeed -- some of my favorite people on this planet have homes with more bedrooms, bathrooms, parking spaces, living rooms, extra playrooms, etc, than they could possibly know what to do with. And I love them all dearly, just the same.
tcbawo 11y ago
I grew up in there. Solon is a great place to raise kids, with great schools (state leading math/science) and a low cost of living. Although, my experience was that Ohio is a tough climate for tech employment.
kkhire 11y ago
yeah but tech industry in midwest is lowkey compared to NYC and west coast. I grew up in new england, went to college in ohio, but moved back here because of the access to capital/talent of NYC & greater metro. Nobody is going to go out of there way to be in a midwest city because the tech scene is still very small, relatively speaking.

tedmiston 11y ago

> You can buy a 4 bedroom house with a three car garage and a big plot of land for less than a 1 bedroom apartment in SV. Sure, you can, but your salary would be much lower (half?) in Cleveland. And unless you're fully remote, there are far fewer tech jobs in that area. (I also live in Ohio.)

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kafkaesq 11y ago

If bedroom multiplicity and garage size are key metrics for you... then I guess maybe Solon, Ohio is your kind of place. People who stick it out in places like SF, NYC or London tend to have different considerations in mind.

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jen729w 11y ago
Why'd this get downvoted? This comment has been in my mind since I started reading this thread. I'm 39, happily single, and live in inner Melbourne, Australia. I pay a small fortune in rent. I could live out in the 'burbs in a 4 bedroom house with a 3 car garage - but that's my vision of hell on Earth! I absolutely have "different considerations". Bars and restaurants literally on my doorstep, a walk to work, no desire to own a car, singles like me as neighbours rather than families, etc.
- lucidrains 11y ago
  People are insecure
- kafkaesq 11y ago
  Perhaps people thought I was dissing the 'burbs? Wasn't my intention, in any case. I was really just trying to point out, as dispassionately as possible, that (like many disagreements people have about major life choices) it boils down to preferences of values and taste -- and the inevitable tradeoffs was have to make when choosing to pursue these preferences. Indeed -- some of my favorite people on this planet have homes with more bedrooms, bathrooms, parking spaces, living rooms, extra playrooms, etc, than they could possibly know what to do with. And I love them all dearly, just the same.

tcbawo 11y ago

I grew up in there. Solon is a great place to raise kids, with great schools (state leading math/science) and a low cost of living. Although, my experience was that Ohio is a tough climate for tech employment.

kkhire 11y ago

yeah but tech industry in midwest is lowkey compared to NYC and west coast. I grew up in new england, went to college in ohio, but moved back here because of the access to capital/talent of NYC & greater metro. Nobody is going to go out of there way to be in a midwest city because the tech scene is still very small, relatively speaking.