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Outside of The Bay are people really excited about leaving? It sucks here with the NIMBYs, the boring endless sprawl, the high taxes and bad public services, a
by rcpt 6y ago
Outside of The Bay are people really excited about leaving?
It sucks here with the NIMBYs, the boring endless sprawl, the high taxes and bad public services, and the insane housing costs. But I've always thought people were generally happy about living in NYC, Seattle, Boulder, and Austin. (Though of those cities I've only lived in New York)
- credit_guy 6y ago> generally happy about living in NYC NYC has insane housing costs too. And high taxes. The public schools are hit and miss. Some are really good, but most not.
- rcpt 6y agoNYC is much more affordable if you're willing to commute from Queens - you can get a two bedroom near Jackson Heights for under $300k and still take the train to work in Manhattan. If you want to live in Manhattan you pay a lot but it at least feels like you're getting something in return by being walking distance to the cultural, financial, and media capital of the world. The Bay is nearly as expensive as Manhattan but for the most part it's indistinguishable from any random suburb in Florida or Texas or wherever. Lawns, Costcos, car dealerships - really not worth $4k a month.