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most people move to cities for work, not for restaurants and things to do. Not all, but most.
by cheez 6y ago
most people move to cities for work, not for restaurants and things to do. Not all, but most.
- d1zzy 6y agoThat's the reason they move there but may not be the reason they stay there. Once you change something in your life that allows you to take advantage of new opportunities, the latter may become the reason to support the change more than whatever initial reason you had.
- webkike 6y agoOkay, but then what would be the incentive for the people who are already there to leave?
- cheez 6y agoLife reasons I suppose
- matthewowen 6y agoDepends on the city. Portland is a good example of a city with an anemic economy that people seem to be drawn to. I mean, even Philly (where I live) has seen somewhat of a resurgence (especially relative to the MSA at large), despite a lot of jobs being outside the city. I think we'll see the hypergrowth of the tech hubs drop off. I think cities more broadly might slow growth as millennials age into parenthood and that might be accelerated by recent events making cities more broadly seem less welcoming. But I'm not sure that jobs will be the main driver here.
- doopy-loopy2 6y agoThis isn't true at all. These tech companies opened offices in cities because thats where young talent wanted to/was living.
- dbish 6y agoI've seen people in the Seattle area and SF area who want to live in cities so badly that they reverse commute out of the city to their offices (Seattle to Redmond for MS, SF to Menlo Park or Mountain View for FB and Goog). These companies have a large group of private buses that handle this commute so it's common enough in those groups that there is evidence people move to the cities for things besides work.