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Jobs:
1. Boston/DC
2. Austin/Dallas
3. Portland/Seattle (Austin/Dallas is a bit more diverse I think)
Sports, Bars and Nightclubs is "high culture"? Confused by that.
For sports, bars, and nightclubs I would go:
1. Austin/Dallas (I personally don't love the nightlife in any of the four cities below)
2. Boston/DC
3. Portland/Seattle
3. High culture like sports, media, nightclubs, bars
4. Schools
5. Airports
6. Mass Transit
7. scenery
8. Nearby suburbs which is better
9. Walkabiliy areas near Downtown?
10. Attractions
1. Downtown/Density/Walkability: Boston / D.C with Seattle / Portland shortly behind. Dallas trails, Austin is pretty decent.
2. Jobs: Dallas / Austin - They pay similar wages and are the most affordable of all three metros.
3. High Culture: Dallas / Austin
4. Schools: Boston / D.C. Austin is good here but Dallas trails.
5. Airports: How are we measuring this? Airport efficiency or connectivity? TBH I'm not the best one to answer this as I am not a frequent flier. I would say probably Boston / D.C. but Dallas is also an important hub as well. Likewise is Seattle so I cant really judge this one.
6. Mass Transit Boston / D.C. and it's not even close. Seattle however is vastly improving especially with implementation of Heavy Rail.
7. Scenery: Seattle and Portland easily.
8. Suburbs: Hard to say as I havent spent enough time in D.C. or Boston to make an accurate judgement. Almost all of Austin's suburbs are generally upscale. DFW's northern suburbs are quite nice but its southern suburbs leave much to be desired. I'm not going to vote here. I would say its PROBABLY going to be Boston / D.C. with Seattle / Portland shortly behind. Bothell, Bellevue and Mulketeleo are quite nice suburbs.
9. Walkability: See #1
10. Attractions: Its a tossups between Boston / D.C. and Seattle / Portland. I rate them about equal just depending on what you're seeking.
For tech I think Seattle alone beats Boston/DC and Austin/Dallas.
This ultimately depends on what exactly what we're looking at (e.g., the types of jobs considered tech, raw numbers of tech jobs, tech jobs as a share of total employment, GDP attributed to tech, growth in tech jobs, etc). Even so, I'm so sure about Seattle beating Boston although it's a close race. DC is up there as well and will be even more competitive once HQ2 is online. No one can question Austin's performance and ascendancy but in terms of total tech jobs, while impressive, it would trail Seattle due to its overall smaller size. As the premier destination for corporate relocations these days, Dallas has done especially well with the addition of corporate in-house tech jobs and its startup scene is growing, but it most likely would rank fourth of these four, which isn't at all suggestive of underperformance compared to the other three.
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