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Move to Upstate. The REAL Upstate. I'm talking western, central and Finger Lakes areas. Rather than be packed like sardines in NYC, you can have room to breathe. Still have the large urban area, if you want it. Buffalo and Rochester are each 1.1 million. Syracuse and Utica combined are over a million too. There's professional sports, great food and restaurants, culture, Wegmans, ski, golf, sail, parks are everywhere. If you can work from home, you could live like a king here. Or get a job here. COL is low. Housing is cheap comparatively.
And then need to buy a car. Realistically, if you want want NYC has but you don't want to be in NYC and want to stay in America, then you're moving to San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, Philadelphia, maybe LA, maybe Pittsburgh, and maybe Seattle. I'm sure I missed a few others, but the main point being that you're not going to find NYC upstate. It appeals to a different demographic.
If you really want to live like a king, live in Thailand. Middle class lifestyle in southeast Asia is expected to have things like personal maids and drivers.
Now I'm orginally from Western New York and spent 1999-2015 living in the western part of Nassau County. I am SOOOOOO glad I got the hell out of there when I did! After Sandy I said to my self that is it, I don't want to be stuck down there the next time another disaster hit. I sold my house, moved to the Southtowns south of Buffalo and dont regret it one bit! Ive got a nice big yard, a paid for house and relative peace of mind. Now it was career suicide for me but my wife actually makes more here than she did on Long Island so its all good.
Most people in the NYC metro said I was crazy doing what I did but Im not sure what Im missing. I pay 1/3 the taxes for very good schools and I have more time and money to travel and enjoy larger cities when I want. However there is plenty to do here. Yes the snow can be a challenge but its worth putting up with it to live here.
And then need to buy a car. Realistically, if you want want NYC has but you don't want to be in NYC and want to stay in America, then you're moving to San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, Philadelphia, maybe LA, maybe Pittsburgh, and maybe Seattle. I'm sure I missed a few others, but the main point being that you're not going to find NYC upstate. It appeals to a different demographic.
If you really want to live like a king, live in Thailand. Middle class lifestyle in southeast Asia is expected to have things like personal maids and drivers.
It depends on the level of urban you want. I know many people in the Elmwood Village and North Buffalo neighborhoods of Buffalo that do not own a car and get around by bike and public transit. Not all of upstate is farmland or suburbia requiring a car. Not saying its going to appeal to a Manhattanite but a hipster in Brooklyn or Queens would find a lot to like about parts of Buffalo, especially an arts scene that punches above its weight, along with beautiful architecture and plenty of affordable loft space. https://youtu.be/sBsi5FGbY2Y
And then need to buy a car. Realistically, if you want want NYC has but you don't want to be in NYC and want to stay in America, then you're moving to San Francisco, Boston, Chicago, Washington DC, Philadelphia, maybe LA, maybe Pittsburgh, and maybe Seattle. I'm sure I missed a few others, but the main point being that you're not going to find NYC upstate. It appeals to a different demographic.
You don't need a car if you reside in Buffalo, Rochester or Syracuse or the immediate surrounding areas.
You don't need a car in many smaller towns either if you live within walking distance of Main St. Only in sprawly suburban areas do you really NEED a vehicle and those are garbage anyway.
Every grown ass adult should own a car. Good lord insurance is only a couple hundred bucks a month if you get basic liability. And gas is cheap. Cmon now, folks. Maybe it's a Queens thang, but me and every god damn homie I knew growing up got their license by 18 and on the road soon thereafter. And that was in the late 80s.
Every grown ass adult should own a car. Good lord insurance is only a couple hundred bucks a month if you get basic liability. And gas is cheap. Cmon now, folks. Maybe it's a Queens thang, but me and every god damn homie I knew growing up got their license by 18 and on the road soon thereafter. And that was in the late 80s.
This makes absolutely no sense. Plenty of adults (such as myself) could care less about owning a car. Much of the car obsession is exclusively American. I agree that you definitely need a car (unfortunately) in most of the YS, so if you live in an area that requires it, yes, get a car. But if you live in an area where it is not needed/wanted, then your comment makes no sense.
Every grown ass adult should own a car. Good lord insurance is only a couple hundred bucks a month if you get basic liability. And gas is cheap. Cmon now, folks. Maybe it's a Queens thang, but me and every god damn homie I knew growing up got their license by 18 and on the road soon thereafter. And that was in the late 80s.
That's like normal growing up in Queens, I got my learners permit at 16 and drivers license at 18, borrowed my father's car on the weekends until I could afford to buy my own.
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I couldn't imagine living without a car of my own. I don't care if I lived on 5th Avenue in Midtown. What do these people do when they want to travel anywhere outside of NYC and/or out of mass transit range? As a matter of fact, I can't even fathom having to share a car with my wife.
Cities like New York were always risky. China could just launch another
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