Manhattan is definitely awesome, a missed goal for me. In the 90s I lived across the river in NJ and spent all my free time in Manhattan. Wanted to move there s

Manhattan is definitely awesome, a missed goal for me. In the 90s I lived across the river in NJ and spent all my free time in Manhattan. Wanted to move there so bad it hurt, but was never able to find anything I could make work, too expensive. Eventually gave up on that and moved to Silicon Valley. So much cheaper here and mostly forgot about Manhattan. Visited again for the first time just before the pandemic for a conference and suddenly realized how much I missed it. But the compromises are too brutal. Endless threads here about the cost of living in SV but at least renting a house with FANG salary is possible. Comparable living in Manhattan is impossible unless you're Bezos. If I ever win 100M++ in a powerball I'll move to Manhattan, but that will never happen.