> Imagine that I tell you I live in Vegas and that you don’t think that you would like living in Vegas. I wonder why it would ever be necessary to “push back”

> Imagine that I tell you I live in Vegas and that you don’t think that you would like living in Vegas. I wonder why it would ever be necessary to “push back” against someone’s choice of place to live. The friend in this hypothetical isn’t trying to get you to move to Las Vegas; so why insert your values and preferences into the conversation out-of-the-gate? Would it not be better to simply ask questions about your friend’s experience there? Otherwise, even in the most benign option presented in the post, it comes across as a form of status assertion.