Why has regional income convergence in the U.S. declined? Housing costs

Re:Why has regional income convergence in the U.S. declined?... by tdb7893 on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @03:44PM (#14859523)

I've found that I prefer living in the Midwest and having an extra thousand or so a month for travel and stuff than living in a more hipster city.

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Re:Why has regional income convergence in the U.S. declined?... by mywittyname on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @05:30PM (#14860552)

Midwestern cities are experiencing housing inflation too. Urban houses that were 140k five years ago are well over 200k now.

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Re:Why has regional income convergence in the U.S. declined?... by closeparen on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @08:29PM (#14861649)

Intuitively it seems pretty rare for Midwesterners to live in cities or "urban" houses. Most of us seem to be in the metro areas, but in freeway-connected suburbs, not urban cores.

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Re:Why has regional income convergence in the U.S. declined?... by tdb7893 on Wednesday July 26, 2017 @09:37PM (#14861974)

Yeah. I'm paying 1k a month for 1k square feet about 15 minutes from Minneapolis. When I want to do stuff in the city it's pretty easy to drive or use Lyft. I spend most of my time camping, playing board games, or doing martial arts and none of those are improved by actually living in a city so it makes little sense for me to live in one. Not everyone has the same hobbies so I understand if some people need cities but I talk to a lot of people who are paying 3k a month on the west coast and living a very similar life

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