Goodbye, New York, California and Illinois

Re:Goodbye, New York, California and Illinois – Hello where? by apollopower on Friday January 17, 2020 @04:55PM (#22079864)

They mentioned Houston.

I'm currently living in Houston, working as a SWE, and can attest to the pros of living here. Regarding your concerns, the city is quite demographically diverse from people of all walks of life. Summers do get hot and humid, but nothing unbearable. The winters are more than tolerable (its currently 68 degrees outside) as well.

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Re:Goodbye, New York, California and Illinois – Hello where? by ryanhuff on Friday January 17, 2020 @06:32PM (#22080807)

There's a reason why downtown Houston has an underground tunnel system for people to walk between buildings to avoid going outdoors.

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Re:Goodbye, New York, California and Illinois – Hello where? by toephu2 on Friday January 17, 2020 @10:23PM (#22082031)

I would argue Bay Area is one of the most diverse places on the planet. More so than Houston.

In the Bay Area we have the following people: white, black, indian, vietnamese, chinese, korean, latinx, middle eastern, russian, polish, european, british, etc.

Whites are a minority at many public schools in the Bay Area..and that is normal here. Yet people on HN love to complain about lack of diversity?

Cons of Houston:

-Traffic is just as bad as the Bay Area if not worse, no?

-Weather

-Far less tech jobs

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Re:Goodbye, New York, California and Illinois – Hello where? by almost_usual on Friday January 17, 2020 @11:27PM (#22082263)

It’s not diverse if all the new residents work in the same industry and talk about the same things.

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