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Dear all, I am choosing between two jobs, and more broadly, two places to relocate my family.
Job 1: UC-Riverside, plan to live in north Orange County (Yorba Linda). Plus side: we are chinese, it's an area full of chinese; nice weather; UC has a good pension system; Downside: salary is 20+ k lower than Brandeis;
Job 2: Brandeis, plan to live in Greater Boston. Plus side: better school, higher salary; downside: really long and cold winter; no pension; heard the houses are old and very expensive.
Any insights from you who have experience in both areas? Thanks!
I wouldn't consider Riverside having "nice" weather. The smog makes the air rather hard to bare. The summers are also insanely hot which, mixed with the smog, make it an awful place to be in during summer.
I honestly would easily select a job at Brandeis over UCR. The Greater Boston region is simply the better place to live in if you can bear a cold winter, Brandeis has a much better reputation versus UCR which doesn't have a good reputation at all in Southern Cali (if that matters to you), and the extra $20+ K a year is simply too big to pass up.
Riverside doesn't have nice weather or good air quality...but Yorba Linda isn't bad at all. The commute, on the other hand, would kind of stink. The 91 is a mess.
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Riverside doesn't have nice weather or good air quality...but Yorba Linda isn't bad at all. The commute, on the other hand, would kind of stink. The 91 is a mess.
heat horrendous. people, horrendous. amazing how it's became a third world hellhole in 25 years. (kids spitting fire in the street was the last straw).
air. yuck. your best best is to live in Temecula (hey at least it has a nice square) or Somewhere near Covena, Upland or Rancho Guacamole.
Upland is actually the little gem sorta of the entire area.
I used to spend a lot of time at Brandeis. It was a pretty good campus life. Now it's pc/safe space/free speech/commie hellhole like almost every other university in America.
Yes, Brandeis is a better vantage point for watching the fall of the western world. You should have seen the fireworks on the Esplanade on the 4th.
Boston has the Greenway, Emerald Necklace. Common, Friends of the Public Garden and Shirley Kressel.
Shirley had a bad week, but she'll be back to her commie crusadin' in no time.
I wouldn't consider Riverside having "nice" weather. The smog makes the air rather hard to bare. The summers are also insanely hot which, mixed with the smog, make it an awful place to be in during summer.
I honestly would easily select a job at Brandeis over UCR. The Greater Boston region is simply the better place to live in if you can bear a cold winter, Brandeis has a much better reputation versus UCR which doesn't have a good reputation at all in Southern Cali (if that matters to you), and the extra $20+ K a year is simply too big to pass up.
Are you kidding? Having lived in both Boston and Riverside, the weather in Riverside is much better. Summer's are not humid and cool down nicely at night. Never spent such hot humid Summer's as my time in Boston. Also, the Boston winters are horrible.
Are you kidding? Having lived in both Boston and Riverside, the weather in Riverside is much better. Summer's are not humid and cool down nicely at night. Never spent such hot humid Summer's as my time in Boston. Also, the Boston winters are horrible.
Are you seriously arguing over something that is purely subjective? Shall we next argue over what the best color is?
OP can ostensibly take metrolink from a number of stations into riverside--though the stations aren't super close to the University itself so that last couple of miles to and from the stations to campus will probably run you about a half hour each way, but this all might be worth it to not have to sit in stultifingly horrendous traffic. The other issue, if you're coming from one of the Orange County stations is that it's 8 trains in each direction per weekday, so you'll have to tailer your schedule around that. At least there's weekend service these days, in case you do need to go in on weekends. If you're thinking about doing this, look into reduced fare the school provides for that last mile bus trip.
Brandeis also has a commuter rail station and that one's basically right on campus (most services are flag stops, so you'll need to visibly on the platform when getting on and need to tell the crew you're getting off when you're getting off). It's also a beautiful scenic ride. You listed having a large Chinese population as important to you, and the Greater Boston area does have a fairly large Chinese population. Acton, one of the stops along the Fitchburg line, has a pretty sizable Chinese population, though I think more of the Chinese population is concentrated south of Boston in and around Quincy (man, that North-South Rail Link sure would be great for MBTA, right guys?).
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That's good information! I will try the train ride when going to campus visit in Brandeis.
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OP can ostensibly take metrolink from a number of stations into riverside--though the stations aren't super close to the University itself so that last couple of miles to and from the stations to campus will probably run you about a half hour each way, but this all might be worth it to not have to sit in stultifingly horrendous traffic. The other issue, if you're coming from one of the Orange County stations is that it's 8 trains in each direction per weekday, so you'll have to tailer your schedule around that. At least there's weekend service these days, in case you do need to go in on weekends. If you're thinking about doing this, look into reduced fare the school provides for that last mile bus trip.
Brandeis also has a commuter rail station and that one's basically right on campus (most services are flag stops, so you'll need to visibly on the platform when getting on and need to tell the crew you're getting off when you're getting off). It's also a beautiful scenic ride. You listed having a large Chinese population as important to you, and the Greater Boston area does have a fairly large Chinese population. Acton, one of the stops along the Fitchburg line, has a pretty sizable Chinese population, though I think more of the Chinese population is concentrated south of Boston in and around Quincy (man, that North-South Rail Link sure would be great for MBTA, right guys?).
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