Living in the nice part of big cities is a positional good. It's going to get more expensive as society gets more expensive, because you are trying to buy your

Living in the nice part of big cities is a positional good. It's going to get more expensive as society gets more expensive, because you are trying to buy your way on top of a ladder. If you take a look at the top 40 or so entries here https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Metropolitan_Statistic... you will be able to pick out places with nice economies and reasonable housing costs.