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You're casting a very narrow net on what you consider "the midwest" there. I assure you that there are literally millions of people here that both live in $1+ m
by selectodude 5y ago
You're casting a very narrow net on what you consider "the midwest" there. I assure you that there are literally millions of people here that both live in $1+ million dollar houses and commute into work every day.
I'm one of them :/
- thghtihadanacct 5y agoFair enough. There are many urban centers in the midwest that are very expensive. But im pretty sure we were not talking about those places. Edit: Also rural centers that are very exclusive (Jackson Hole etc).
- ghaff 5y agoJackson Hole is certainly not in the Midwest. I'm not especially familiar with exclusive rural areas in the Midwest but they may well exist.
- thghtihadanacct 5y agoYeah, I couldnt think of any either.
- AnimalMuppet 5y agoLake Geneva, Wisconsin?
- Wonnk13 5y agoIt's like Chicago doesn't exist in the collective conscientious of the east and west coast white collar class. ILL is a dumpster fire of a state, but the COL to quality of life ratio is pretty excellent as far I'm concerned. Minneapolis, Madison, Milwaukee, Detroit are all fun cities too. I say this as someone who went to college in Boston/NYC and lived all over the Acela corridor and London.
- ghaff 5y agoIt exists. But it's viewed as houses in the middle of a cornfield or a decaying steel town, no decent jobs, no culture, lousy weather, etc. To the last point, there are a lot of people, especially on the West coast who really can't imagine living anywhere with real winters. To be honest, you don't hear much about Boston either although I think it's something like #3 in VC funding and has a lot of tech of various kinds.
- Spooky23 5y agoBoston has the combination of yankee hospitality and New Jersey charm, just substitute rotaries for “no left turns”. It’s also an old place with weird enclaves unknown to outsiders. You may find your lovely townhome is adjacent to a superfund site.
- the_doctah 5y ago>It exists. But it's viewed as houses in the middle of a cornfield or a decaying steel town, no decent jobs, no culture, lousy weather, etc. Who views it that way? People who have never been there and also know nothing about it? People who have never left California?
- chipotle_coyote 5y agoI don't actually think anyone -- statistically speaking -- from California views Chicago that way. There is a stereotype of Californians which feels unusually pernicious which I see a lot on HN, generally either from people who have never been to the Bay Area or feel they "escaped" the Bay Area and take every opportunity to tell people that they bought an 8000 square foot mansion for $100K, pay $7.99 a month for 100Gbps internet service, and so on. I kid, but seriously, many of us have actually been to other cities across the United States and the world and have appreciation for them. There are many places I would be happy in besides the SF Bay Area. I would be able to find friends and good microbreweries and good craft coffee, cocktail bars, interesting cheap restaurants, interesting expensive restaurants, museums, nature hikes, the whole shebang. Some of my absolute favorite examples of each of those are outside the SF Bay Area! It's simply that so far, I haven't found a metro area (at least in the US) that can combine a similar concentration of such places with a comparable climate, tech job market, and markedly cheaper cost of living.