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one could easily ask the opposite, why would someone want to live in an economically depressed area with no opportunity to rise above hillbilly status?
I am content to live in hillbilly status, in my 1800sq foot house and take weekends away in my travel trailer. One day I should aspire to live on the coast where I can have a fancy title, a suit and tie to wear to work, Ill be someone important with my new status, although I wont make enough to be able to afford the 600k house, and all of that hard earned money will go to a HUGE rent payment. On second thought Ill stay here in hillbilly land and earn that meager wage, as I think overall ill live better here.
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To some, quality of life is about more than the size of the house and the number / size of cars in the driveway.
Exactly...I don't want a big house since I'd have to clean it, lol. I'd rather have a small house just a short train ride from our city's biggest and most important city; than a huge house in a suburb of a city that doesn't have nearly as much to offer.
I am content to live in hillbilly status, in my 1800sq foot house and take weekends away in my travel trailer. One day I should aspire to live on the coast where I can have a fancy title, a suit and tie to wear to work, Ill be someone important with my new status, although I wont make enough to be able to afford the 600k house, and all of that hard earned money will go to a HUGE rent payment. On second thought Ill stay here in hillbilly land and earn that meager wage, as I think overall ill live better here.
There's nothing wrong with the simple life, but understand that there is a reason that small towns are on the decline. It's mostly due to the economic duress, which leaves the college-age kids with no opportunity, and therefore a limited destiny. Small towns are great to retire in, but difficult to establish a career in.
btw, two people earning average salaries can quite comfortably afford an 1800ft² home here, so it's not like that kind of purchasing power is a big deal.
I really depends what you value. There's merits in city life and rural life.
Id have to agree with Daniel. Especially if you have children and a family, sometimes keeping them away from the 'opportunities' of city life is ok until they're older. New York is great, but in order for my children to make the best of it, i'd have to shell out thousands of dollars to a good private school, and a million other expenses. I'd have to worry about them being victims of not just crime, but car accidents, etc. In rural South Texas, the biggest threat is heat stroke...
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New York is great, but in order for my children to make the best of it, i'd have to shell out thousands of dollars to a good private school, and a million other expenses. I'd have to worry about them being victims of not just crime, but car accidents, etc. In rural South Texas, the biggest threat is heat stroke...
Do you mean NYC, or the suburbs? Because in the suburbs, you have some of the best rated public school districts in the country. No need for private school.
And NYC is actually the safest big city in the country. The crime rate is very low.
I really depends what you value. There's merits in city life and rural life.
Id have to agree with Daniel. Especially if you have children and a family, sometimes keeping them away from the 'opportunities' of city life is ok until they're older. New York is great, but in order for my children to make the best of it, i'd have to shell out thousands of dollars to a good private school, and a million other expenses. I'd have to worry about them being victims of not just crime, but car accidents, etc. In rural South Texas, the biggest threat is heat stroke...
Just as an aside... without looking up the actual numbers, I'd be willing to bet the vehicular fatality rate in Texas is much higher than in NYC.
You can buy something nice from something in an urban old money neighborhood to even some newer homes in the suburbs. I'll put it this way, if your range is 150k, you can find something nice in any school district or town in the area. This includes generally affluent school districts like Fayetteville-Manlius, Skaneateles, Westhill and Jamesville-DeWitt.
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