Re:Stress That Doesn't Pay: The Commuting Paradox (2004) [pdf]
by desert_boi on Thursday December 05, 2019 @09:45PM
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Boston (and metro) is better about green space than SF IMO. I lived there years ago in the West End where Thoreau Path was. There's also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emerald_Necklace
Rent was indeed astronomical, but I could walk to work in the financial district in 15 minutes.
I live in Cambridge MA, walking distance to the biotech capital of the world, and I can't relate to any of your listed downsides of city living except the astronomical rent.