Re:What I wish I knew before moving to San Francisco
by mtalantikite on Thursday January 17, 2013 @10:28PM
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Yeah, it probably has to do with what we consider urban, or feel to be urban.
The MSA for New York includes places no one would ever consider parts of NYC -- if I'm out on long island or in connecticut I'm not in the city. Just like if you're out in the Boston suburbs you're not really in Boston/Cambridge.
If it really is technically 4 million that's cool, but when I'm in Boston it doesn't feel like a city of 4 million. Just like NYC doesn't feel like a city of 19 million, even if that's what its MSA is.
Boston feels like a small place, just like SF. Nothing wrong with that, it just is what it is.
The MSA for New York includes places no one would ever consider parts of NYC -- if I'm out on long island or in connecticut I'm not in the city. Just like if you're out in the Boston suburbs you're not really in Boston/Cambridge.
If it really is technically 4 million that's cool, but when I'm in Boston it doesn't feel like a city of 4 million. Just like NYC doesn't feel like a city of 19 million, even if that's what its MSA is.
Boston feels like a small place, just like SF. Nothing wrong with that, it just is what it is.