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Where Should I Live?

Where Should I Live

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MysteryMen

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So, I basically have to figure out this summer where I want to live for probably at least the next 3-5 years. Options are basically down to NYC, LA, DC. Weigh in
 
MysteryMen said:
So, I basically have to figure out this summer where I want to live for probably at least the next 3-5 years. Options are basically down to NYC, LA, DC. Weigh in
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What do you like and dislike? Where have you lived before? What worked/what didn't? What will you be doing for 3-5 years?
 
Of those choices (and the generous background details you've provided to inform the decision) I'd say NYC or gtfo
 
Strickland33 said:
What do you like and dislike? Where have you lived before? What worked/what didn't? What will you be doing for 3-5 years?
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I'm living in NYC now. It's fine, but not sure I want to be there long term. I lived in LA this summer and liked it, but wasn't a huge fan of how disconnected I felt from people on the East Coast. Still overwhelming a positive experience though

I'm going to be being a lawyer, probably at a firm. I like LA because I think the quality of life is a little better in the profession than in NYC. DC is on the list for the possibility of getting into government in a few years, which I'm somewhat interested in.
 
MysteryMen said:
I'm living in NYC now. It's fine, but not sure I want to be there long term. I lived in LA this summer and liked it, but wasn't a huge fan of how disconnected I felt from people on the East Coast. Still overwhelming a positive experience though

I'm going to be being a lawyer, probably at a firm. I like LA because I think the quality of life is a little better in the profession than in NYC. DC is on the list for the possibility of getting into government in a few years, which I'm somewhat interested in.
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Why would you omit that fact?

Obviously you don't get nyc

Move to Charlotte
 
marquee moon said:
Why would you omit that fact?

Obviously you don't get nyc

Move to Charlotte
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No, I get NYC and I really like it. But at some point I'm going to want a yard for a family and I don't want to commute from Connecticut/Jersey.
 
marquee moon said:
La and dc won't be commutes?
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Eh the commute in LA will be a lot less of a pain than NYC. I'd guess DC probably wouldn't be much better, but I don't know enough about it.

Plus, if we're being honest, the allure of living in NYC comes from actually living in NYC. Living in Jersey and going into the city to work is a lot less alluring. Much different than LA, where you can still live in the city and have a house
 
No one lives in LA proper, it's a shithole - mass transit commute >>>>>>>>>>> hour long commute in a car going 4 total miles. If you like the beach and want good weather and don't get road rage go to LA. If you want to live in a city and not have to get in your car for everything, live in NYC - DC is the last option because you get the worst of both worlds
 
Plenty of places to live in DC where you don't need a car to get to work.

You should probably go where you get a job. My understanding is that legal jobs aren't dropping into people's laps these days
 
DistrictDeacon said:
Plenty of places to live in DC where you don't need a car to get to work.
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And you could have a decent yard, but it probably wouldn't be less than $1mm (based on what I know about NW DC proper)
 
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1 of those cities is not like the others. *hint, it's DC, hint*

NYC or LA. I'd list 50 cities in the US I'd rather live in than DC.
 
DaDeacs said:
No one lives in LA proper, it's a shithole - mass transit commute >>>>>>>>>>> hour long commute in a car going 4 total miles. If you like the beach and want good weather and don't get road rage go to LA. If you want to live in a city and not have to get in your car for everything, live in NYC - DC is the last option because you get the worst of both worlds
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You can commute from say, Pasadena, to downtown in a lot less than an hour. I wouldn't want to live in Pasadena off the bat, but maybe if I had kids I would
 
DistrictDeacon said:
Plenty of places to live in DC where you don't need a car to get to work.

You should probably go where you get a job. My understanding is that legal jobs aren't dropping into people's laps these days
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I have offers in LA. Pretty sure I will have some in NY too
 
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