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Museums. I may visit once or twice, after that they are for the visitors.
Unless you got a job at a museum I doubt anyone moved because of them. Same goes for water/amusement parks but to a lesser extent as I know people who have season tickets to those.
Museums. I may visit once or twice, after that they are for the visitors.
It depends on the museum. The Art Institute of Chicago and Field Museum had different exhibits that came through and both were fantastic for repeat visits.
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“Clean and safe”…..have heard this term numerous times throughout my life and it has different applications whether one is talking urban vs suburban.
From an urban perspective, who wouldn’t want a city or neighborhoods within an actual city that are clean and safe and void or lower presence of street homeless, uncollected trash, crime, etc……however, in a suburban environment I found that term can equate to a more homogeneous populace along with sterile and more boring communities.
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Unless you got a job at a museum I doubt anyone moved because of them. Same goes for water/amusement parks but to a lesser extent as I know people who have season tickets to those.
Yea I’m not here in OC for the theme parks but they are a big plus. Making friends and entertaining the kids are easier here
“Clean and safe”…..have heard this term numerous times throughout my life and it has different applications whether one is talking urban vs suburban.
From an urban perspective, who wouldn’t want a city or neighborhoods within an actual city that are clean and safe and void or lower presence of street homeless, uncollected trash, crime, etc……however, in a suburban environment I found that term can equate to a more homogeneous populace along with sterile and more boring communities.
People who want 'clean and safe' tend to want to live in the suburbs anyway.
To me it’s cost of living, specifically real estate and taxes. Cheap places are cheap for a reason and that’s tied to access to good jobs. I have family that moved to a cheap area down south and they struggled more than when they lived up north. A few returned north because they couldn’t make it there even though they bought their homes outright.
As for taxes, you get what you pay for. Those places with low taxes have less services. The schools and healthcare are usually bad and elderly services nonexistent. People should think long and hard about moving to low cost areas. They aren’t in the long run. Jay
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To me it’s cost of living, specifically real estate and taxes. Cheap places are cheap for a reason and that’s tied to access to good jobs. I have family that moved to a cheap area down south and they struggled more than when they lived up north. A few returned north because they couldn’t make it there even though they bought their homes outright.
As for taxes, you get what you pay for. Those places with low taxes have less services. The schools and healthcare are usually bad and elderly services nonexistent. People should think long and hard about moving to low cost areas. They aren’t in the long run. Jay
Agree with this. I've lived in high cost places (Boston area, SF, others depending on perspective) and cheap places like Indiana and Kentucky. The high cost places were worth every penny.
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I think nightlife is subjective enough that it can be either overrated or underrated depending on how you're defining it. I'm in my late 30s now and I still want nightlife. I've been over the club scene for a long time, and I don't need loud, crowded places that are serving drinks until 4am. But I still go to a wide variety of shows and concerts, games, and other events that are an element of nightlife. And after those are over, I still like to go grab something to eat and have a drink somewhere. Maybe I'm done by 12 or 12:30 now instead of 2-3am, but it's still very much "nightlife" by definition and I don't think I'd want to live somewhere that rolls up the sidewalk at 8, 9, or even 10pm. So for me, a 4am last call is "overrated" because I don't think I can survive until 4am (and certainly not the next day) at this point. But some element of nightlife is still pretty important to me. Even now that I'm "old."
I'm in my 50s and its still important to me. My city (Providence) is pretty good for its size, but I still go to Boston a couple of times and month and to NYC a handful of times a year for concerts/events/nightlife. I did a day trip to NYC last weekend and took the 2:40am train back, it was a blast. I don't bounce back as well from the lack of sleep, but meh, we need to LIVE.
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