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my uncle used to live in NYC and he moved because of the following:
1. never went to night clubs/night life
2. never ate out. not even burger king. he only ate at home
3. hated the noise
4. crime was high (this was a few years ago, not crack-infested 1980s of nyc with graffiti galore on subways)
5. rents kept rising along with food costs
the only thing he missed was the cheap mass transit. other than that, he lives in a country side area where he gets peace and quiet, along with a lot of privacy and rent is about half of ny (studios are 400 and up compared to 1000 and up in nyc).
i have been to a few other states in america. nevada, texas, and florida. if i could find employment elsewhere that is also quiet and i have more privacy (i don't mind driving), i would move. ideally i could work in adult entertainment in san pornando in california but you really have to know someone. i am talking about doing html work for websites or camera work/editing the footage. that's the one thing i loved about nevada. the sex work industry was incredible. i am stuck in ny because i know the area and i have a job here (have had it for a while at a company). i do not hate nor like ny. i am only here out of chance and partly out of opportunity (having a job). i have also never been to a nightclub in manhattan or anywhere here since the nearly 3 decades i have been here. just not into nightlife. i did go to a strip club once but that was like at 2 pm but i didn't want to tip the girls so i left. i just figured i could download what i like for free online. i also don't eat out because it costs more. so yeah, the city cannot be appreciated by someone with my interests/my cheapskate lifestyle. like most people, i appreciate the mass transit as the best thing about nyc. if i could move, i would do so.
I grew up in Queens for the first 26 years of my life. Then we packed up 3.5 years ago and moved to a suburb right between both Baltimore and D.C.. Love it here and I don't miss NYC one bit. I never drove in NYC because it was too stressful, but I do here because it's necessary.. and it's liberating. I love that I don't have to deal with traffic, road rage/mean drivers, don't have to look for parking. People actually let you in their lane when you signal... amazing! lol. Housing isn't cheap, but it's still cheaper than NYC and my family has access to excellent schools and trails/parks/lakes.
The only things I miss about NYC are the restaurants, the pizza, and my parents.
my wife was born and raised here and i moved here from the west coast almost 10 years ago. we would both like to move out of state but she works for the DOE and has 5 more years before she can retire, then we'll be gone and won't look back. we'll visit because of family but that's it.
Nothing wrong with helping out people in an area you grew up in or know well. Even after I leave NYC I would still be able to give advice on this city, because some things never change. My family will still be here (for a few more years anyway) so just because you moved from a place doesn't mean you're not knowledgable about it.
As for me, I've lived in various parts of Brooklyn, Queens and Suffolk County. The only reason I came back to Brooklyn from Suffolk County was the mindset there at least with women. They seemed personally offended if you said you didn't want kids, and all they cared about was what designer you were wearing, and what school their kids would attend. Maybe that is the norm in a lot of places, but I knew I could never be in that "soccer mom driving the SUV, with the kids teachers on speed dial" type of life.
You will find that the majority is that type of lifestyle in a lot of places throughout America, especially ones NY'ers tend to relocate to. NYC allows for a lot of "different" people to live together and not stand out like a sore thumb. Other parts of America? Not like NYC in this manner. Much more conformist. Nowhere is like NYC in this manner, so if you're used to NYC and were offended by the women in Suffolk County, I think you should choose really carefully.
You'll find that majority of the people or transplants that moved here recently because they couldn't find a damn Starbucks so close to their homes. That's part of living in the suburbs is that everything is so spread out. This so called convenience is expensive and not really good living. Who wants to live in Manhattan when there is 24 hour street noises and the air is filled with either car pollution or debris from nearby Con Ed or construction.
Every day I come home from work from Manhattan, 1st thing I do is wash my face and it is very dusty downtown people don't realize it.
Funny I'm moving back in the fall of this year after three years in Georgia. I like what I have here in GA, especially the COL and certain aspects of the quality of life. But I found that it was just too far a move from family and friends. I've developed some relationships here, but I miss back home.
Now...to find a place to live that isn't unreasonably expensive is the next thing on my agenda.:-/
Born & raised in Queens. Went to NYU for undergrad. Worked for several years in Manhattan. Many years ago I moved to Los Angeles. I still visit NY, but I don't miss it and wouldn't want to live there. I always thought Manhattan was ugly, dirty, and crowded. (Yes, even more so than L.A.) I may leave L.A. someday, but not for NY.
There's no valid excuse for how dirty NYC is. I've been to more than one legitimate war torn country where the cities were cleaner than NYC and smelled astronomically more pleasant. The sanitation standards in NYC are an embarrassment.
I am from Portland, then moved to New York, then Houston now live in Miami. I lived in Manhattan, in the West Village and I believe it is the center of modern civilization. Perfection. I miss the beautiful city views from my window, that energy/vibe, the evening strolls, the intellectual crowd, the well-dressed people, the urban landscape, the best of everything - restaurants, shopping, museums, shows, entertainment and the sense that everything (that matters) is happening around me. Interestingly enough, New York never seemed that "fast paced" for me...either because I've been to Tokyo far too many times or because I lived in the Village and worked in Tribeca and that corridor is rather "sleepy". A nice 15-20 minute walk. Felt like I was living in an actual village in the middle of the most important/chaotic/one of the biggest cities in the world. I really loved it and the only other place I could see myself is Paris or London.
Miami by comparison is a poor uneducated third world dump with low wages and was never a good fit for me in the first place. I don't even pay attention to it anymore and only read NY-centric publications (NYT, NY Mag, Gawker).
Luckily, I'm now self-employed and can live wherever so I'm headed to the city in September. Can not wait to be back in Manhattan! Counting down the days.
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