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> Instead, you need to run off to a dying rust-best town in Ohio Not Ohio, but most of my serious bo-ho hipster friends went to Pittsburg or Detroit. Aging an
by blaser-waffle 6y ago
> Instead, you need to run off to a dying rust-best town in Ohio
Not Ohio, but most of my serious bo-ho hipster friends went to Pittsburg or Detroit. Aging and rust-belty, but with enough actual city to also satisfy.
- randomopining 6y agoProblem is, isn't the rent in Detroit and Pittsburg actually pretty high? Esp given the downsides.
- pjc50 6y agoIs it? I thought there were opportunities in Detroit to buy a (terrible) house for almost nothing: https://patch.com/michigan/detroit/5-houses-you-can-pick-little-1 https://patch.com/michigan/detroit/5-houses-you-can-pick-lit...
- anemoiac 6y agoNot particularly, especially for the Hacker News set - Pittsburgh has one of the lowest cost of living to earnings ratios in the US for tech workers. Detroit doesn’t have as big of a tech scene, but the cost of living is lower than the national average.