I live in Manhattan and work in Midtown. I love it here, but I'll give you my complaints (for whatever they're worth): 1. The traffic and noise in Midtown is d

I live in Manhattan and work in Midtown. I love it here, but I'll give you my complaints (for whatever they're worth): 1. The traffic and noise in Midtown is downright oppressive. People just laying on their horns for basically no reason, giant trucks speeding by the mass of pedestrians. 2. Yes, too many people. This is also Midtown specific. I don't mind crowds and I like a busy streetscape, but Midtown reaches a level that's dystopian. I dread walking on the avenues during rush hour. People spill out into the street, because there's not enough sidewalk to contain them all and it's basically impossible not to bump into people the entire way. I'm a fast walker. I hate walking slow. Midtown is very frustrating in a very minute-to-minute kind of way. (See #1 for some ideas about how we could give people more space. Hint: less space for cars.) 3. I would like to own my own home. I don't see how that's going to be practical here. 4. I like building stuff. In my hometown I had lots of tools and the space to work on projects. I don't have the space for any of that here. 5. I'm a cyclist. I prefer to own a couple bikes. I can't do that here. I barely have room for one bike in my 350 sq/ft apartment. It's kind of a pain even having that one bike. Any one of these could be reason enough to prefer a less crowded and expensive city.