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What does "Chile, please" mean? Someone referring to the country, or misspelling chili?
QOL is much better in California than in Georgia. Better weather, better job market, far more natural beauty, and far more demand.
Georgia is historically one of the poorest and least developed U.S. states, and while it has made significant strides (largely due to newcomers feeding Atlanta's growing sprawl), it still ranks low compared to most states in terms of safety, prosperity, health, education, economic opportunity and the like.
QOL is better in Ga ask and average person in L.A how many roomates they have. At 23 I had my own Apt Car and everything in Atlanta. Can the average 23 year old in L.A say the same thing. Heck No
QOL is better in Ga ask and average person in L.A how many roomates they have. At 23 I had my own Apt Car and everything in Atlanta. Can the average 23 year old in L.A say the same thing. Heck No
You guys also live in a landlocked, humidity-cursed region that would be literally uninhabitable if not for air conditioning. We just leave our windows open 365 days a year and have zero heating/cooling bills.
QOL is better in Ga ask and average person in L.A how many roomates they have. At 23 I had my own Apt Car and everything in Atlanta. Can the average 23 year old in L.A say the same thing. Heck No
So you're saying that Georgia has higher QOL because it's less desirable? Lower prices mean people don't want to live there relative to California.
So the highest QOL in the U.S. is in Delta Mississippi, inner city Detroit, and on Indian Reservations, and the lowest is in Bay Area, NYC, DC, Boston? LOL.
You guys also live in a landlocked, humidity-cursed region that would be literally uninhabitable if not for air conditioning. We just leave our windows open 365 days a year and have zero heating/cooling bills.
Land-locked region!?!
Wow apparently education out there isn't as good as expected.
We have this little pond to the each called the Atlantic ocean. A little puddle to south called the Gulf of Mexico. The shear variety of summer vacation beach destinations is wonderful. Ports dot both of the coasts. Georgia has a sizable coastline and two deep water ports.
Wow apparently education out there isn't as good as expected.
We have this little pond to the each called the Atlantic ocean. A little puddle to south called the Gulf of Mexico. The shear variety of summer vacation beach destinations is wonderful. Ports dot both of the coasts. Georgia has a sizable coastline and two deep water ports.
So you're saying that Georgia has higher QOL because it's less desirable? Lower prices mean people don't want to live there relative to California.
So the highest QOL in the U.S. is in Delta Mississippi, inner city Detroit, and on Indian Reservations, and the lowest is in Bay Area, NYC, DC, Boston? LOL.
No
QoL and CoL do not always having a link.
The reason many large cities in the South are considered to have a low CoL and a high QoL is the mix of well/decent paying white collar jobs in the cities, but plentiful amounts of lands with few building barriers that keeps land supply high and costs down.
The Mississippi Delta has the land supply, but not the jobs supply. Nice attempt to twist the argument.
The west has extremely well paying jobs, but often many have limits to what you can buy with it. Supply of build-able land is more limited and cost for what you can get skyrockets.
That is why his example was his 23 year old self could find something in Atlanta that isn't obtainable by most in LA.
Two things. He discussed Georgia and we still aren't land-locked.
We have plenty of transportation paths to ports and are extremely well connected.
We can't take a day trip to the beach, but are options for weekend and week long vacations are plentiful.... again this keeps beach supply high and vacation costs down
The reason many large cities in the South are considered to have a low CoL and a high QoL is the mix of well/decent paying white collar jobs in the cities, but plentiful amounts of lands with few building barriers that keeps land supply high and costs down.
Atlanta does not have comparable well paying jobs as California. That's, in part, why it's cheaper.
And that's, in part, why it has lower CoL, and is overall less desirable than California.
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Originally Posted by cwkimbro
The west has extremely well paying jobs, but often many have limits to what you can buy with it. Supply of build-able land is more limited and cost for what you can get skyrockets.
No. California is expensive because it's desirable, not because of land shortages. You could build far into inland desert areas, for centuries, without running out of land. In fact, the West is generally much less developed than Georgia, which has higher population densities.
And where are the land shortages in NYC or Boston or DC? NYC is sprawled into PA, DC is sprawled into WV, Boston is sprawled into NH. Why are those cities so expensive then?
Two things. He discussed Georgia and we still aren't land-locked.
We have plenty of transportation paths to ports and are extremely well connected.
We can't take a day trip to the beach, but are options for weekend and week long vacations are plentiful.... again this keeps beach supply high and vacation costs down
We were talking about ATL vs LA but then the whole state of GA got brought up for some reason. I know ATL is near a river and there are lakes nearby, but ATL is pretty landlocked. I personally didn't have any problem with it, but sometimes you just want to go to the beach when it get's hot on a whim. I'm interested in hearing about the GA coastal resorts as I have never been to any of them. LA has some great ones too...Basically the entire Southern Californian Coast, Big Bear for Skiing, Palm Springs, Las Vegas, Santa Barbara. TJ, Roserito, Ensenada are only 3 hours away too if you want to drive to Mexico.
I don't see how Atlanta is the least desirable metro if it grew by 1.2 million people last decade and 1.5 million the decade before. Undesirable regions don't grow by nearly 3 million people in 20 years.
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