Why do average people still choose to live here? (Boston: big house, good schools)
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You're welcome. Btw, you can't just throw random stats out there to answer your own subjective question. When you ask a question to 21.2m different people, sometimes you got to break it down into theory.
Metropolitan statistical areas ranked by median household income
1 San Francisco–Oakland–San Jose, California CMSA 7,239,362 $63,024
2 Bloomington–Normal, Illinois MSA 150,433 $57,799
3 Washington–Baltimore, District of Columbia–Maryland–Virginia–West Virginia CMSA 7,608,070 $57,291
4 Anchorage, Alaska MSA 260,283 $55,546
5 Minneapolis–St. Paul, Minnesota–Wisconsin CMSA 3,615,902 $54,304
6 Boston–Worcester–Lawrence, Massachusetts–New Hampshire–Maine–Connecticut CMSA 5,819,101 $52,792
7 Hartford, Connecticut MSA 1,183,110 $52,188
8 Atlanta, Georgia MSA 4,112,198 $51,948
9 Honolulu, Hawaii MSA 876,156 $51,914
10 Rochester, Minnesota MSA 124,277 $51,316
11 Denver–Boulder–Greeley, Colorado CMSA 2,581,506 $51,088
12 Chicago–Gary–Kenosha, Illinois–Indiana–Wisconsin CMSA 9,157,540 $51,046 13 New York–Northern New Jersey–Long Island, New York–New Jersey–Connecticut–Pennsylvania CMSA 21,199,865 $50,795
14 Seattle–Tacoma–Bellevue, Washington CMSA 3,554,760 $50,733
15 New London–Norwich, Connecticut–Rhode Island and Providence Plantations MSA 293,566 $49,283
16 Madison, Wisconsin MSA 726,526 $49,223
17 Detroit–Ann Arbor–Flint, Michigan CMSA 5,456,428 $49,160
18 Austin–San Marcos, Texas MSA 1,249,763 $48,950
19 Raleigh–Durham–Cary, North Carolina MSA 1,187,941 $48,845
20 Fort Collins–Loveland, Colorado MSA 251,494 $48,655
Most of these cities are drastically cheaper than nyc, yet the income is all about the same, even tho by some people's logic nyc should be on top of this list when its not
what a surprise, not
Oh please. No coincidence that wha tthat list considers the New York metro area is probably the largest in land area and population on that list. Way more people to take into consideration. Hell they included PA. Since when was PA part of the tri-state area?
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You're welcome. Btw, you can't just throw random stats out there to answer your own subjective question. When you ask a question to 21.2m different people, sometimes you got to break it down into theory.
I barely crack six figures and my wife doesn't even work. Two kids, house, dog, two cars. We spent 10 days in Colorado this year and are going to Aruba next year. It can be done.
What denial? You complain about how you can afford better in Seattle well it's only because you're not making enough here, or you make enough but do not manage your money well. If you had enough money to live the way you wanted to in NYC you wouldn't even make the thread.
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"The man who sleeps on the floor, can never fall out of bed." -Martin Lawrence
What denial? You complain about how you can afford better in Seattle well it's only because you're not making enough here, or you make enough but do not manage your money well. If you had enough money to live the way you wanted to in NYC you wouldn't even make the thread.
i dont complain noth, i opened a thread asking a reasonable question, if u get upset so much about it, maybe thats because deep down u kno its the truth
and how do you kno what i make or dont make? thats not even the point, i could be a billionaire and find it fine here, or not cuz otherwise all billionaires would live here, the question is why is it worth it for average people
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