Re:New York City is a mall
by eatonphil on Monday November 11, 2019 @11:52PM
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I've lived/worked here for two years now. I moved (and stayed) for three reasons:
1) Top-tier companies to work for (second only to SF)
2) Top-tier arts/culture/park systems (second to none)
3) Wife is Korean and this is the place she's felt most safe walking alone on the street in the US (having previously lived in the Philly suburbs, Philly, and LA).
3b) Extremely multi-cultural and accepting. "Accepting" as in no one cares about anyone, which can be paradoxically nice. (second to none)
We couldn't find a city that improved on these trade-offs elsewhere in the US. Actually we've had a hard time finding places with better trade-offs anywhere else in the world (Toronto is a good candidate). But I want to work outside North America sometime.
1) Top-tier companies to work for (second only to SF)
2) Top-tier arts/culture/park systems (second to none)
3) Wife is Korean and this is the place she's felt most safe walking alone on the street in the US (having previously lived in the Philly suburbs, Philly, and LA).
3b) Extremely multi-cultural and accepting. "Accepting" as in no one cares about anyone, which can be paradoxically nice. (second to none)
We couldn't find a city that improved on these trade-offs elsewhere in the US. Actually we've had a hard time finding places with better trade-offs anywhere else in the world (Toronto is a good candidate). But I want to work outside North America sometime.
We pay for it in the insane rents.