Are Bay Area residents happier than NY residents?

[Taboo2]

Originally Posted by perfectplacetolive

Just wondering if people are happier and have a better 'quality of life' in the bay area.. as compared to new yorkers? Lately, I've been feeling like NY-ers (who are fabulous because they're sharp no-nonsense folks) appear frustrated and rushed all the time (please forgive my massive generalization... but it's based on many years of experience living here).

Both ny and the bay area make it hard to live with tremendous ease/lack of stress (due to high living costs).. but do bay area residents manage to live a healthier/happier life?

I lived in NY for a year and I would say I am happier here than there.

[Rochellepotter]

We moved from NY 3 years ago and we noticed immediately that people are friendlier and more open here. In NY people tend to look mad and they keep to themselves. It's the sun, I guess and the more laid back attitude, even when it comes to work! Everyone is more casual and fun. The cost of real estate is really high here though, but I generally think people like it better here in Bay Area.

[UrbanQuest]

Lived in both areas. New Yorkers may be rougher around the edges, but they are also seem more human to me. New Yorkers will tell you what they feel if they are happy or pissed off. In the Bay Area people seem more insular and to themselves in a general sense and will speak and be open to only those closest to them. In the Bay Area stranger talk is alot more shalow than New York. New York is also a way way way better place to be if you are black. If you are an average black guy in the Bay Area it will seem very difficult to connect with and/or forge friendships with other races. In New York nobody gives a ****, if you seem to be a person who has their act together people will be more than willing to engage. From what I have heard there are even clubs in the Castro in SF that are less than welcoming to gay blacks. The scenery in SF kicks ass though and is evident in the city, suburbs and everywhere inbetween. Both cities offer different things to different people, but New York has the wider appeal, it shuts no one out.

[Joe Bama!]

Originally Posted by Darkonesun

Everything you said is 100% true about the bay. I don't recommend it for black men. Unless they want to be isolated, and alienated. This is NOT the place for a black man.

Period.

Funny thats how I feel in NY .

[motoproponent]

I think the weather here plays a big part of it. I sought to move here for many years specifically for the jobs and weather. As a rabidly-avid fan of motorcycles living in a place where I can ride year round is like living in Mecca. Even when the weather here is "bad" it's not that bad. I mean there are no Snow Plows in San Francisco.

It's hard to maintain a cheery demeaner when you have a snotcicle on your chin you could cut yourself on.

[DjRey]

Originally Posted by NorthernCalifornia

i think that bay area people do a better job of pretending.

I think this can be true with some of the people out here. 50/50

[teletrofono]

Originally Posted by 18Montclair

Downtown can at times seem like a mini-version of Manhattan, and the sophisticated nature of the people

Yeah, the last time I was near Market St, an old, elderly, lady was told to "Go F*** herself" for being parked with hazards on by the driver behind her.

[teletrofono]

Originally Posted by UrbanQuest

Lived in both areas. New Yorkers may be rougher around the edges, but they are also seem more human to me. New Yorkers will tell you what they feel if they are happy or pissed off.

Agree. NY knows itself and takes itself as it finds it.

[City Boy]

Originally Posted by Darkonesun

Everything you said is 100% true about the bay. I don't recommend it for black men. Unless they want to be isolated, and alienated. This is NOT the place for a black man.

Period.

And new york is? You think it's bad here spend some time in NY or Boston. Boston is horrible. You keep talking about blacks are treated like trash out here which is just not true in the bigger picture. I've lived all over and I can tell you it's much worse in other parts of the country.

[Joe Bama!]

Originally Posted by City Boy

And new york is? You think it's bad here spend some time in NY or Boston. Boston is horrible. You keep talking about blacks are treated like trash out here which is just not true in the bigger picture. I've lived all over and I can tell you it's much worse in other parts of the country.

Its all racist! This is America damn it!