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Too focused on work, work, work and not enough on play. This is generally said in relation to the more laid back atmosphere of Vancouver and the joie de vivre of Montreal.
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And yet a whole bunch of them end up moving Toronto anyway !
San Fransisco feels a bit weird being included in this... It's not really like the others except in density. It matches up better with Seattle or Miami than with others on the list.
Anyway, my vote is:
NYC >>> Toronto > Chicago > LA >> DC
I'm biased with Chicago and could see an argument for putting LA in front of it. But DC is a pretty distant last in my mind.
How is SF not like the others? It’s one of the densest, biggest, most important cities and metro areas in the country.
Unfortunately for all of us, I think the days of the carefree, happy-go-lucky, free-spirited SF many of us recall with fondness, are pretty much done. The homelessness and grit are issues but sometimes I wonder how sterile the place would be without them?
But back this thread.
US News & World Report evaluated the 125 largest Metro Areas looking at all sorts of factors:
The Top 20 MSAs
1. Austin, Texas
2. Denver, Colorado
3. Colorado Springs, Colorado
4. Fayetteville, Arkansas
5. Des Moines, Iowa
6. Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota 7. San Francisco, California
8. Portland, Oregon
9. Seattle, Washington
10. Raleigh & Durham, North Carolina
11. Huntsville, Alabama
12. Madison, Wisconsin
13. Grand Rapids, Michigan
14. San Jose, California
15. Nashville, Tennessee
16. Asheville, North Carolina
17. Boise, Idaho
18. Sarasota, Florida
19. Washington, D.C.
20. Charlotte, North Carolina
SF and DC both made the top 20. NY, LA and Chicago all scored near the bottom, but that's not my point.
This is. The desirability component of the ranking...
Desirability Rating/Metro Area/#Overall Rank
10.0 San Francisco#7
9.6 San Diego#36
9.1 Seattle#9
9.0 New York#90
8.8 Denver#2
8.7 Los Angeles#107
8.2 Phoenix#26
7.1 Washington DC#19
6.9 Dallas#21
6.9 Miami#113
6.8 Atlanta#57
6.8 Chicago#104
6.7 Boston#27
6.6 Tampa#56
6.5 Houston#30
6.5 Minneapolis#6
6.2 Philadelphia#102
6.1 Cleveland#85
6.0 Baltimore#100
5.9 St Louis#81
5.3 Detroit#93
SF also had a higher desirability rating than the city ranked 1st in the overall ranking.
9.0 Austin#1
So apparently plenty of folks still find this poop laden sanctuary cesspool very desirable
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I agree with the other poster that many don't understand the sheer wealth of San Francisco, and that this wealth winch has grown tremendously in the last 20 years is what's driving most of the problems these days. I don't know I still enjoy every visit to SF was there recently tons of new development everywhere the Salesforce looks beautiful especially from the bay bridge. The wealth there is freaking insane, and hard to wrap ones head around and growing by leaps and bounds year over year. I used to always associate the wealthiest metro as DC big gap then the rest, but SF has surpassed and will continue to widen the gap HQ2 is a little too little too late to really have a large impact.
These cities plus Boston have the most high paying jobs.
15 Cities with the most $100K+ job ads in May 2019:
26,924 San Francisco
21,726 New York
16,186 Washington DC
13,462 Boston
12,031 Los Angeles
10,642 Chicago
8,734 Seattle
8,432 Dallas
7,174 Philadelphia
6,837 Atlanta
5,649 Denver
4,619 Houston
4,303 Austin
4,047 Minneapolis
3,937 Baltimore
These cities plus Boston have the most high paying jobs.
15 Cities with the most $100K+ job ads in May 2019: 26,924 San Francisco
21,726 New York
16,186 Washington DC
13,462 Boston
12,031 Los Angeles
10,642 Chicago
8,734 Seattle
8,432 Dallas
7,174 Philadelphia
6,837 Atlanta
5,649 Denver
4,619 Houston
4,303 Austin
4,047 Minneapolis
3,937 Baltimore
Yea, Most of them are probably in San Jose/Santa Clara
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