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Chattanooga, TN. It's a bit on the small side but is a very livable city for me and I expect it will only continue to grow and improve.
NYC vs LA
NYC. Yes, LA has cheaper real estate per square foot, BUT that's missing the fact that a small Manhattan apartment is more usable, functional, and better designed than a single-family home in LA that's three times the size. Think about the Japanese obsession with making their tiny homes incredibly functional, well-designed, and usable. That's how NYC apartments are like.
Also, in NYC, I could just take dirt cheap mass transit and not own a car. In LA, owning cars are both necessary and very expensive, given California's draconian registration fees and the fact that LA has the highest gas prices in the country, besides San Francisco.
Weather-wise, LA is warmer and sunnier, BUT you really have to take into account that LA has worse smog than NYC, so it's a draw.
Finally, NYC is very centrally located; only a couple hours from many other big cities. Driving down the I-95 from Boston to Florida, you're never more than an hour from the nearest big city. While LA, being in the West, is quite remote. Only big city within 2 hours of LA is San Diego. Even Las Vegas is a four hour drive through a barren, desolate desert. San Francisco is a 6 hour drive through a hot, dusty, agricultural valley full of smog, enormous mechanized commercial farms, and the poorest cities in the West.
Just anywhere starting from Texas all the way to the East Coast is far more centrally located than anywhere west of Texas, and that's reason enough for me to live on the East Coast.
NYC. Yes, LA has cheaper real estate per square foot, BUT that's missing the fact that a small Manhattan apartment is more usable, functional, and better designed than a single-family home in LA that's three times the size. Think about the Japanese obsession with making their tiny homes incredibly functional, well-designed, and usable. That's how NYC apartments are like.
Also, in NYC, I could just take dirt cheap mass transit and not own a car. In LA, owning cars are both necessary and very expensive, given California's draconian registration fees and the fact that LA has the highest gas prices in the country, besides San Francisco.
Weather-wise, LA is warmer and sunnier, BUT you really have to take into account that LA has worse smog than NYC, so it's a draw.
Finally, NYC is very centrally located; only a couple hours from many other big cities. Driving down the I-95 from Boston to Florida, you're never more than an hour from the nearest big city. While LA, being in the West, is quite remote. Only big city within 2 hours of LA is San Diego. Even Las Vegas is a four hour drive through a barren, desolate desert. San Francisco is a 6 hour drive through a hot, dusty, agricultural valley full of smog, enormous mechanized commercial farms, and the poorest cities in the West.
Just anywhere starting from Texas all the way to the East Coast is far more centrally located than anywhere west of Texas, and that's reason enough for me to live on the East Coast.
Seattle vs. Vancouver, BC
I wouldn't want to live in either, but I'll pick Seattle because it's in the U.S.
I wouldn't want to live in either, but I'll pick Seattle because it's in the U.S.
Orlando, FL or New Orleans, LA?
New Orleans. I just got back from my first visit and it was AWESOME! I'm sure living there is something else entirely but if my kids were out of the house and I could just get a small apartment I'd be in heaven. I wouldn't touch Orlando with a 10 ft pole.
New Orleans. I just got back from my first visit and it was AWESOME! I'm sure living there is something else entirely but if my kids were out of the house and I could just get a small apartment I'd be in heaven. I wouldn't touch Orlando with a 10 ft pole.
Nashville or Atlanta?
Quoting another poster from another thread:
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Really, you can't go wrong with either. I'd probably give the slight edge to Atlanta. Just has more to do due to its size. Both are great, though.
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