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New York is a great place to visit, but I could never imagine myself living there. Some places can be a bit overwhelming to me. If that makes me simple-minded or unambitious, then so be it.
Boston is too liberal for me. I'm not the kind of person who listens to Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity, but I'd never fit in in a place that's been described as "the San Francisco of the East Coast."
Baltimore wouldn't want me. I'm a Steeler fan.
An unsustainable U.S. government makes Washington DC an unsustainable city by extension. Reducing the U.S. government to a proper size would result in an economic collapse locally, and those job opportunities that everybody keeps raving about would evaporate instantly.
Providence doesn't interest me.
Richmond is still a Southern city, and I've never fit in in the South.
I loved Philadelphia and I liked Washington DC, but I would live in Boston in a heartbeat. Besides, I fell in love with Massachusetts when I was there.
An unsustainable U.S. government makes Washington DC an unsustainable city by extension. Reducing the U.S. government to a proper size would result in an economic collapse locally, and those job opportunities that everybody keeps raving about would evaporate instantly.
Most of the workforce in DC are employed by the private sector.
I voted for Baltimore but I also would not mind living in either Philadelphia.
I voted for Philadelphia.
Boston is too liberal for me. I'm not the kind of person who listens to Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity, but I'd never fit in in a place that's been described as "the San Francisco of the East Coast."
Eh, Boston is definitely a different kind of liberal than San Francisco -- much more pragmatic and less of the "shock-value" uber-nanny-state liberalism that attempts to ban Happy Meals and pet stores (I'm not exaggerating: http://articles.sfgate.com/2010-07-0...store-hamsters).
As for this poll, I am definitely biased towards Philadelphia, but Boston would be very, very close behind -- with DC third.
Most of the workforce in DC are employed by the private sector.
Eh, that's a bit misleading though. True, the majority of DC jobs are in the private sector, but a HUGE number of those are in contracting or with businesses or organizations that receive substantial funding or revenues from the government.
As a DC resident and someone who really enjoys living here, AND as a left wing Democrat, I'd also be lying if I said that DC's explosive growth didn't bother me. Defense contracting alone is a substantial component of the region's economy, and that doesn't sit well with me. Nor am I particularly enamored with the glut of contractors doing work for the government across a vast array of areas that, one could argue, should and could be performed by internal government personnel.
All that being said, anyone who decides not to move to DC because they fear that the government might suddenly contract and decimate the city's economy is not making a wise decision. The government is unlikely to get smaller, and even if it does it won't contract nearly to the size that would make an impressionable dent in the region's economy. The city may not go gangbusters the way it has over the last 15 years or so, but it will also never be Detroit. Not until the foreign armies invade and conquer the U.S., at least.
New York is a great place to visit, but I could never imagine myself living there. Some places can be a bit overwhelming to me. If that makes me simple-minded or unambitious, then so be it.
Boston is too liberal for me. I'm not the kind of person who listens to Rush Limbaugh, Glenn Beck or Sean Hannity, but I'd never fit in in a place that's been described as "the San Francisco of the East Coast."
Baltimore wouldn't want me. I'm a Steeler fan.
An unsustainable U.S. government makes Washington DC an unsustainable city by extension. Reducing the U.S. government to a proper size would result in an economic collapse locally, and those job opportunities that everybody keeps raving about would evaporate instantly.
Providence doesn't interest me.
Richmond is still a Southern city, and I've never fit in in the South.
Baltimore(and DC) is a Southern City if not then Richmond is a Northern City......
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