> As someone with some, but not scoodles, of experience in both cities, I can
> say that SF is much more laid back than NY. The problem with SF is that it’s
> incredibly expensive to live there, if one hasn’t lived there for a long
> time. At least in SF proper. It’s still possible to live in the greater NYC
> area relatively reasonably (emphasis on “relative”). Not Manhattan proper,
> though. You want to live on Manhattan, you gonna pay through the nose for
> even a broom closet.
I think it comes down to all the expenses involved in living and
working in a given location. While I save money living in a small
town, I make up for it by living in a bigger/nicer house than normal
and I commute 62 miles each way to work. Last year, while working in
Colorado, I had an apartment directly across the street from the
office. While the apartment was more expensive, not having any daily
commute cost offset that (and also gave me an hour a day of
non-commute time to work with).
Yes, living in NYC or SF is expensive if you try to have the same
standard of living as you would in Iowa. However, on the flip side,
the salaries for equivalent jobs are typically higher enough to make
up a lot of the difference.
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