Best lifestyle cities?

[brain_wash_your_face]

@Empire

I am surprised nobody mentioned San Diego… Very chill lifestyle where you can eat Chipotle and go to La Jolla every day. Needless to say that it’s a lot cleaner than most US cities I have been to.

I agree San Diego is nice to visit. The issue living there (and I’ve had the opportunity) is the people.

[Black_Swan]

@pejp

NYC is one of the best cities in the world. If you grew up in bumfuck nowhere you probably think it’s too busy and too dirty, but to people who aren’t inbred, it’s one of the best places to be. If you want to live in an HOA community and be told how often to mow the lawn, and your main weekend activity is a trip to Target, then yes, NYC isn’t for you.

Nah fam, its just grimy. If you grew up in filth I can see how NYC would feel like home! There’s a laundry list of newer cities that do it better.

[brain_wash_your_face]

NYC has its issues for sure. The main thing it brings is sheer size and diversity in a seemingly endless metropolis. It makes most other North American cities look like towns or sprawling suburbs.

[Black_Swan]

@brain\_wash\_your\_face

NYC has its issues for sure. The main thing it brings is sheer size and diversity in a seemingly endless metropolis. It makes most other North American cities look like towns or sprawling suburbs.

I do get the appeal tbh (although the infrastructure problems are real), I just like stirring it up with them NYC city folk. I also get the appeal of Denver although criticisms are real.

[brain_wash_your_face]

Yeah, I do like NYC, but I’ve certainly made a conscious choice not to live there given it would be the path of least resistance for my career.

[CEO10K-DAY]

@pejp

@CEO10K-DAY

@king\_kong

Yeah, the people bashing NYC just haven’t done it right. It can take years to acclimate and find your footing in NYC. Of course, most tourists will just visit Times Square and think the city is a shithole, just like most people visiting Philadelphia will only go to Market Street and think all of Philly is a dump.

My parent live on 63rd st in the building that legit touches the lower west side of the park. I’ve spent a LOT of time in NYC - they moved there as soon as I went to college - and I’ll be honest, I absolutely love visiting. . . . For a period of about three days. But by the fourth day, I’m so got-dam irritated by the sheer volume of people walking around EVERYWHERE that I’m pulling my hair out to go home back to my quasi-rural lifestyle. Yeah, the food is amazing, but there isn’t much else to do other than get drunk every night. I have a few buddies that work on legit wall st, and every day I just see snapchats of them at the bar. At least here in Denver I can get exercise in a hundred different ways that don’t require a $300 a month gym membership, and the optionality I have for park running is a thousand fold wider than it is in NYC. Even the work life balance, I only ever pull 9 hour days max here.

I get it that OP asked this hypothetical question assuming zero money constraints, but NYC gets “old” after a very short amount of time.

I also live in Denver (Wash Park), and moved here for a career opportunity. It’s been 4 years and I can’t fucking wait to get back to NYC. It’s a nice enough place, but it’s so fucking boring, and pretty much everything requires a car. There are a few good restaurants, but in general it’s a cultural wasteland. If one more person asks me where I like to hike or what my favorite ski resort is, I’m going to die.

You have no chill dude. Normally I’d offer to meet up for beers and go network with you, especially since I too live right next to Wash Park (srs, run it every day. I live the other side of i25 on Franklin), however, you just bashed my favorite city on earth and proved yourself to be a huge uncultured swine.

[whatsyourgovt]

This only considering US cities? Any advocates of places in WA or OR?

Outside the US I could see myself living in Galway Ireland or Sydney Australia. Love both those places.

[GorillaNerd]

honest we are us biased. i think if i were to have an idiot son. i would want him to live in a a place where they care for weak people. i’m thinkin france, belgium, netherlands. gemany and the nordic coutnries. the more developed/socialist the country the better.

[Empire]

@brain\_wash\_your\_face

@Empire

I am surprised nobody mentioned San Diego… Very chill lifestyle where you can eat Chipotle and go to La Jolla every day. Needless to say that it’s a lot cleaner than most US cities I have been to.

I agree San Diego is nice to visit. The issue living there (and I’ve had the opportunity) is the people.

Can’t you elaborate on your comment?

[Greenman72]

Based on what I just read, if lifestyle = pay, then Midland > NYC.

Facts being what they are and all.

[king_kong]

It’s always super helpful to get opinions on NYC from people who’ve been to one, maybe two of its boroughs. Please, can you guys opine on best practices for grooming minature poodles as well? I’m keenly interested in your take on things you know nothing about.

[Black_Swan]

LMAO seen em all. Spoilers for those who haven’t been, the infrastructure and grime doesn’t get better.

Always super helpful hearing about how great NYC is from clowns who’ve been to one, maybe two major Asian cities. Please, can you guys opine on sjkfajs;dlfj alsdhg kuashg kjhk

NYC = trash

[CEO10K-DAY]

King Kong sucks.

[breadmaker]

@brain\_wash\_your\_face

@Empire

I am surprised nobody mentioned San Diego… Very chill lifestyle where you can eat Chipotle and go to La Jolla every day. Needless to say that it’s a lot cleaner than most US cities I have been to.

I agree San Diego is nice to visit. The issue living there (and I’ve had the opportunity) is the people.

Gonna visit SD next month!!! I will have at least 1 yuuuuge margarita in Old Town!!!

[king_kong]

@Black_Swan

who’ve been to one, maybe two major Asian cities.

LMAO seen em all

[Malee]

@whatsyourgovt

This only considering US cities? Any advocates of places in WA or OR?

Outside the US I could see myself living in Galway Ireland or Sydney Australia. Love both those places.

Love Sydney, Melbourne, Auckland…but just darn far if you call North America or Europe home. I think the NY bashing is justified, but not because of the lousy infrastructure – if you live in Manhattan you don’t really notice it. The cost of living in NY rises so much faster than any other city – you can make a few hundred grand and if you have kids, you’re still middle class. Money aside, it is a very nice place to live.

[busprof]

Grew up in Norther CT, so I’m a Boston fan. For south, I second Charlotte. But I’ll probably retire to Charlottesville - good weather, and with UVA there, lots of culture. And being in the South, I can cycle most of the year.

[Black_Swan]

@busprof

Grew up in Norther CT, so I’m a Boston fan. For south, I second Charlotte. But I’ll probably retire to Charlottesville - good weather, and with UVA there, lots of culture. And being in the South, I can cycle most of the year.

What city are you in now?

[Black_Swan]

@Kiplinger

I hear Boston has good public transport, is that true? But wtf is that winter weather man, how can a city be good if you have to hibernate 3 months ?

Public transport is meh. It’s not terrible, but frequently overcrowded and with delays around rush hour (mostly the T). I love the winter though, colder and stormier the better.

[CFABLACKBELT]

@Kiplinger

NYC is a shithole. My god, I hate that city and hate the people who parrot it as the ‘greatest city in the world’ because Hollywood told them to. Public transport is shit and it is dirty. People say they like it because it is hectic and busy but NYC only has 8m people. If you want that Tokyo, Shanghai, Mumbai and any emerging third world city put it to shame. It may he great if you are rich but nowadays rich people have transcended geographical constraints so it is a stupid parameter.

Need to see how a city treats the average person. I think Australian cities do it brillianty but the country will struggle to keep doing so well in changing times, in fact it is a miracle that they have done so well considering australians are so lazy. Barcelona is beautiful, Lisbon is as well and very cheap.

A city cannot be world class unless it has a world class beach, sorry! Special mention to Cape town - city is top 5 picturesque cities in the world but my god the racial tension in South Africa is on another level. Even had a nice Afrikanner bloke tell me madiba was a terrorist . Good luck fixing that mess.

Oh and Singapore, wowza. That place is ballin!!

Sigh…

Spent a good amount of time in all of those places you mentioned and others. Sure Singapore and Shanghai are newer looking and generally cleaner, but wow do they get boring really fast. Little diversity and lack much character (even HK is easily better than Shanghai or SG). Mumbai, what??? Lolz. Dude a city is much more than just shiny new buildings and such. That’s why most NY’ers don’t like Midtown or Fidi.

Now you might be on to something with the Aussie cities, but haven’t been there.