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Hahaha. So NYC is both cheaper and more expensive than Boston, at the same time???? People don't pay for crap in NYC??? Is that why it costs 3K to rent a box to live in in Manhattan? And no hair color? Huh??? Someone got their feelings hurt in Dorchester or JP it sounds like....
Haven't you heard? Gettin ya hayah colahed is wicked queeyah
Quite the contrary, Clevedave (who is not from boston) was arguing (in some way or another) that aspects of Boston are more expensive and tmac (who is from boston) was questioning it.
Clevedave's original claim that people in Boston "love to pay a lot of money for crap" is completely ridiculous and tmac was right to question it.
I lived in and around NYC my entire life until I was thirty seven and for the past nine years I've lived in Boston, so I complement you on your active imagination!
Bostonians wouldn't know a sale if they tripped over one, and they LOVE paying full price for things. It makes them feel upper crust, which is a common aspiration in the area. The irony of that tactic is that the upper crust of NE, a stingy bunch, know how to squeeze a dollar till it bleeds (blue). But they're happy eating jello and wearing dear old dead dad's holey sweaters, so that makes it easy.
I'll add another example beside terrible hair coloring services--restaurants. You will go a restaurant in Boston and pay 18-25 dollars for a completely average entree that's distinguished only by it's volume. While in NYC many times you'll pay the same price for a much higher quality product, or, shockingly, less. The competition in NYC creates a more highly skilled work force and a better service product.
"You get what you pay for" does NOT hold true in Boston.
So that's why I say, yes, rents and real estate (and insurance) costs more in NYC, but lots of the other candy costs a lot less or your dollar buys more and/or better quality.
Last edited by clevedark; 07-23-2009 at 06:16 AM..
I will say, however, that there are certain things that are cheaper due to the enormous spectrum NYC has to offer. Most likely competition and different priorities have driven certain services lower. For instance, taxis are waaaay cheaper in NY. Dry cleaning is also cheaper. You can also find delicious cheap food. I love wandering into a bohemian little indian or french place with my wife in the east village and doing it up for 30 bucks.
Ironically, Boston does have a pretention to it that is rare in New York. This isnt to say that this quality is missing from new yorkers. You can find it, just like you can find anything else in new york.
When you add it all up though, you need almost double the income to live an equivalent lifestyle in NYC. This is coming from a guy who lived in boston for 6 years in the back bay (newbury st) and now lives in the upper east side.
Yup, all we do is talk about how elite we are. Being pretentious and paying top dollar shows how much more important we are than others. You simpleton New Yorkers just wouldn't understand that. You're too busy working that you just don't have the time to be flashy.
Your claim reminds me of a Simpsons episode. Marge was daydreaming that Lisa was graduating college, and the Dean of Harvard says:
"Congratulations, Lisa Simpson! You've just graduated from Harvard, the most expensive, and therefore the best University in the world!"
Me and every other Bostonian ever have decided to live by that quote.
Meet me on Newbury St in 45 minutes. We can buy exquisite paintings and then have a money fight. The new Mandarin Oriental and Apple Store is only a street away, so after our money fight/painting splurge we can go buy laptops, drink expensive drinks and eat even more expensive steaks/lobsters.
Lol, really? I'll be back in a half hour with some pictures of deserted Newbury Street...or at least what remains there.
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