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NYC suburbs actually offer quite a bit. Tymel, you're in probably THE worst age group for LI. There really isn't much aimed at under-21s here. I hated it at that age as well. Now I'm 31 and have a family, and there's a lot for us to do. I've been in suburbs in other cities where there were hardly any non-chain restaurants.
I like a 4 season climate, a real city, public transportation. Boston, NYC, Philly, Chicago are all nice to me.
Yeah. It really is boring here on the weekends when I don't have school. Most of the time I wish I was older so I can go explore other cities around the US.
I think I'd rather live in Austin than Houston any day, but after a while I would miss the change in seasons. Seems like most Long Islanders would be happy living in the SF Bay area if they could afford it.
OhBeHave: I could never survive in that kinda lifestyle, but if you can that's great. I'm one of those people that need stuff going on around me all the time, or in a short drive away. Miles to the nearest supermarket? No thanks.
After this year I'm leaving for college Upstate and going to be at my moms in PA during the summer. Long Island was ok untill I turned 13. Then Adventureland got old lol.
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Houston is weird. SOME jobs pay really well. But a lot don't. COL isn't really low because of the job market, though, it's because Houston has the lowest real estate costs of any major metro area.
Houston isn't just "bad" air quality--it's near the top of some lists.
And as for "aren't other cities flat", few are as deadly, monotonously flat as Houston. Only Florida can compare. The trees barely seem to break up the landscape.
Why does Houston have the lowest real estate costs of any major metro area? Isn't it because most of the residents are underemployed and/or underpaid so that there's no way the real estate costs could be any higher and still have houses sell?
Yeah I have seen Houston on the top of the list for bad air quality (on top of LA even!). I have also seen Houston top or place in the top 10 in "Worst Commute" lists.
Out of places I've actually been I could live anywhere in New York City and most of the larger cities upstate. Boston, Philly, Jersey (northern mostly, maybe the shore), San Francisco, Chicago and all of their suburbs. The Pacific Northwest looks amazing, I am blown away by the beauty of that area. I'm also fond of DC and Baltimore but only know them from TV and movies, I've only traveled to random stupid places in the Mid-Atlantic. I'm a terrible person to ask because I can find something worthwhile almost anywhere, put me somewhere new and I'm happy. I thought Los Angeles was the absolute crappiest city on earth but it still had some sort of appeal.
Maybe a better question would be where wouldn't I want to move, and I can safely say that rap videos have made me absolutely terrified of the deep, deep south. The southwestern states seem really beat too, the only time I ever wanted to go there was when I was much younger and fantasized about some kind of Fear and Loathing style Route 66 trip.
Out of places I've actually been I could live anywhere in New York City and most of the larger cities upstate. Boston, Philly, Jersey (northern mostly, maybe the shore), San Francisco, Chicago and all of their suburbs. The Pacific Northwest looks amazing, I am blown away by the beauty of that area. I'm also fond of DC and Baltimore but only know them from TV and movies, I've only traveled to random stupid places in the Mid-Atlantic. I'm a terrible person to ask because I can find something worthwhile almost anywhere, put me somewhere new and I'm happy. I thought Los Angeles was the absolute crappiest city on earth but it still had some sort of appeal.
Maybe a better question would be where wouldn't I want to move, and I can safely say that rap videos have made me absolutely terrified of the deep, deep south. The southwestern states seem really beat too, the only time I ever wanted to go there was when I was much younger and fantasized about some kind of Fear and Loathing style Route 66 trip.
Your exactly like me. But I'm always California dreaming, and thinking the grass is greener over there. I bet if I visit my hopes would be crushed. Have you ever seen the Chicago suburb picture forum. That place looks awesome.
it's more than the economy that keeps Houston RE costs low. The city has no zoning, so developers can just throw houses up anywhere. (Of course, this means Houston had more gun stores and nudie bars than any other city I've ever been to.) There's an enormous amount of empty, flat, easy to build on land. The only thing that stops sprawl is the Gulf and people's willingness to sit in their cars. (DFW sprawls even more and is even more eye-wateringly awful in this respect. At least Houston has a center.)
There are decent jobs in Houston. The universities, medical center, oil/energy, some tech, banks, government. The issue comes as you go down the job pyramid, and they're endemic to Texas: low pay, poor benefits.
OhBeHave: I could never survive in that kinda lifestyle, but if you can that's great. I'm one of those people that need stuff going on around me all the time, or in a short drive away. Miles to the nearest supermarket? No thanks.
Tymel, it comes with age....LOL At your age, NYC held all the charm for me. I've always enjoyed the outdoors and the wildlife in NYC just isn't the sort of wildlife I am looking for now
Your exactly like me. But I'm always California dreaming, and thinking the grass is greener over there. I bet if I visit my hopes would be crushed. Have you ever seen the Chicago suburb picture forum. That place looks awesome.
Better than that, I've been there and want to go back really bad!
There's a lot to like in California, I love the Bay Area and everything north of it. Pacific Coast Highway is unreal.....there are amazing parts of SoCal as well but it's more of a "nice place to visit but I wouldn't wanna live there" for me.
Better than that, I've been there and want to go back really bad!
There's a lot to like in California, I love the Bay Area and everything north of it. Pacific Coast Highway is unreal.....there are amazing parts of SoCal as well but it's more of a "nice place to visit but I wouldn't wanna live there" for me.
I always imagine the Bay Area to be cold, cloudy, basically another PNW for some reason with no palm trees. I always imagine SoCal to be warm, palm trees, sunny, etc. I can't wait to visit there one day.
@OhBeHave: NYC is the best place I've ever been so far in my life. I love it. I wish I lived in Manhattan so badly.
I always imagine the Bay Area to be cold, cloudy, basically another PNW for some reason with no palm trees. I always imagine SoCal to be warm, palm trees, sunny, etc. I can't wait to visit there one day.
@OhBeHave: NYC is the best place I've ever been so far in my life. I love it. I wish I lived in Manhattan so badly.
The Bay area can be different from area to area, "micro-climates", but in general, it is cooler in the summer than it is here, and it is warmer in the winter. The climate is incredibly mild and the differences in temperature from month to month are infetesimal compared to the Northeast..or the midwest. This is true of the whole West Coast...much less swings in temp.
Just look up "average monthly temperature" on google for SF, then for NYC. The forecasted highs for this week are high 50's low 60's. Oakland is pretty much the same.
SF is LOADED with homeless people (almost on every corner in some neighborhoods, parks filled with them)...and I can see why...you can live outdoors all year round, basically. It's perpetually fall there. A friend of mine described the weather as: windows: closed....or windows: open!!
It's kind of funny how so many LIers would like to live in the SF bay area. I guess it really is similar to LI, like with the lifestyle and COL. Even my mom, who is a born and raised NYer and loves NY more than most people you'll ever meet, said she wouldn't mind living in SF.
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