Beat out Boston for what? SV, NYC, Boston, DC and other HCOL metros are places you go to make large amounts money (in varying industries depending on the city)

Beat out Boston for what? SV, NYC, Boston, DC and other HCOL metros are places you go to make large amounts money (in varying industries depending on the city) while hating every second of it. Some people have an exit plan. Many more go "oh crap, we need to move somewhere with good schools" and then wind up in the suburbs.