There are good parts. But for me the "goodness" of a place trades-off directly with the costs. In my world, a place that's charming at $1000/month is far less

There are good parts. But for me the "goodness" of a place trades-off directly with the costs. In my world, a place that's charming at $1000/month is far less charming at $3000/month. But I also won't wait in line for two hours for Sunday brunch at the hottest new hipster restaurant, so empirically, I'm probably weird. That said, I'll probably eventually move to somewhere that I can have a dog and a garage.