St. Louis vs. Washington DC (live, largest, cons, moving) - City vs. City - City-Data Forum

dizzyfan · 03-14-2009, 01:20 AM

Which would you live in if you had a child and an income of around 150K combined?

STLCardsBlues1989 · 03-14-2009, 01:55 AM

If possible, I'd live in St. Louis city and send my kid to a private school or a charter or magnet. I adore some St. Louis neighborhoods. Well, a lot of them really.

I've never been to D.C. Seems like a nice enough town from what I've heard about it.

DC's Finest · 03-14-2009, 04:56 PM

DC all day! More stuff to do! Cosmopolitan, diverse, upscale and vibrant. With 150, you could do it big on the east coast!

Brickmama · 03-19-2009, 03:23 PM

I would go with STL. Very urban, dense, and a ton to do. You will also have a lot more disposable income.

ffknight918 · 03-19-2009, 03:32 PM

I would go with DC by a landslide. DC is changing a lot and has so much more to do. I've been to St Louis quite a few times when the StL Fire Dept was hiring. I ended up dropping out after making 4-5 trips to accomplish almost nothing. The city seemed like it was a mess financially and the FD was a bit racist against whites. The downtown was nice, but that's all I really liked.

DC is very cosmopolitan. It was a ton of different, and unique, neighborhoods. I've been there about 5 times in the last year and still have a bunch of things that I really want to do there. I should hopefully be moving in the next month or two to work for the DCFD.

Brickmama · 03-19-2009, 03:42 PM

The downtown was all you liked? The great thing about STL is its great neighborhoods throughout the city.

Hendu · 03-19-2009, 03:48 PM

DC...always go where the jobs are.

Brickmama · 03-19-2009, 03:49 PM

In all fairness there are a ton of jobs in STL.

http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2009/02/02/story2.html

Hendu · 03-19-2009, 04:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Brickmama

In all fairness there are a ton of jobs in STL.

http://stlouis.bizjournals.com/stlouis/stories/2009/02/02/story2.html

That's cool and good for St. Louis. But if 4 brokerage houses are considered a ton of jobs, then DC has a gigaton of jobs in a variety of fields.

Brickmama · 03-19-2009, 04:20 PM

Thats just an example. STL has a very diverse economy with its largest concentrations in Financial Services, Medical, Biomed, energy(3 of the 4 largest coal companies in the world are in STL), and education just to name a few.