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Re:Want employees to return to the office? Then give each on... by lotsofpulp on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @11:20AM (#37064067)
> Yes, also the typical career cycle in HCOL areas is you are 22 and live in a dumpy apartment with roommates but close to work. You maybe couple up with someone by 30 and get a nicer place a bit further, but still within a 20-40min transit commute. Finally you maybe decide to start a family by 40, and move out to somewhere 40-60min commute, if not further.

I found this to be a depressing quality of life trajectory my coworkers were on when I worked in NYC. It was fun in my 20s without kids, but after that, it seems miserable.

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Re:Want employees to return to the office? Then give each on... by steveBK123 on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @11:26AM (#37064141)
Yup. The few that stayed in the city were funded in one way or another..
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Re:Want employees to return to the office? Then give each on... by ghaff on Wednesday August 09, 2023 @11:51AM (#37064525)
Of all the people in my grad school class who got jobs in NYC finance after graduation, I can think of maybe one couple who stayed in the city after getting married/having kids.
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