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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Problem with lower COL areas is that the job market is not as robust. Yes, "everybody" know someone who moved to Cleveland/Detroit/Milwaukee and found a good position and cheap housing but there is nowhere near the opportunities found in growing areas. Also, lower COL places tend to be insular. You are competing with people who went to local schools, married someone from there, and will never leave there. They pick their own when an opening occurs.[/quote]

That's ...wrong on just about every level. Dallas and Houston are the same size as DC, with an even better economy, record low unemployment rate and much better COL. I've lived in both and wouldn't describe either as "insular." People are pouring in from other states. And the idea a company like Toyota or AT&T is picking executives based on the neighborhood they grew up in, that's just ludicrous. [/quote]

SInce when are Dallas and Houston = Cleveland/Detroit/Milwaukee?

Dallas and Houston have incredible economies but are very hot and 100% sprawl.  No charm, history, or walkability.  [/quote]

[b]You know, 90% of the DC metro area is basically sprawl[/b]. 95% of people in all these cities live similarly enough. Day to day. Work, home, school, some stuff on the weekends, and in a very suburban environment.

The cohort that lives in nice old urban or old fashioned suburban areas like Chevy Chase or Takoma Park or NW DC is a very small minority of the larger DC region population. And there are equivalents in all the other cities too. [/quote]

dc metro, sure.  But dc?  NO.  [/quote]

Exactly this. D.C. has firm boundaries and a small footprint. Just like San Francisco which is why prices are what they are.[/quote]

I don't get the point? Every city, even Dallas, has older more urban areas. Some are bigger than others. City borders are arbitrary. A lot of DC is SFH, after all. In some cities those same SFH would be in suburban towns, in other cities within the city limits. [/quote]

LOL City boundaries are only arbitrary in places with sprawl and an inability to rein in housing - making their broader stock cheaper as a result.

Tell NYCers Manhattan is an an 'arbitrary' boundary and get laughed in your face.[/quote]

That doesn't help your case, Manhattan has a physical (water) boundary...but Manhattan is also only one borough, most of the others DO have arbitrary boundaries. [/quote]

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