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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Everyone in tech (real tech) that I know wants to work in NYC, not DC.[/quote]

Oddly, everyone in real tech I know live in CA and don’t want to live in DC but love the idea of sending their kids to TJ so they are moving to Fairfax. [/quote]

Everyone in real tech I know lives in California or WA. When they talk about moving, they’re not talking about moving to NYC or DC. They’re talking about moving to the boonies, either Midwest to be near family, or Colorado or Montana or something “rustic” like that. [/quote]

The funny part about city folk moving to the "rustic" areas is that I'm from the Appalachian Mountains in a rural area.  It sucked.  I hated it.  Low population density.  Drive everywhere.  Nothing to do other than a few state/national parks that you can really only go to so many times.  No shopping.  No fast Internet (some areas in the mountains are still on dial up).  No cable TV (Dish TV/Directv only some also use this for Internet but uploads with the second dish sucks).  45 minutes to the closest store (Walmart).  An hour to the closest hospital.  No shopping.  Very few good places to eat out (or any really so you take what you can get).  Going an hour+ to the movie theater once or twice a year is a major event because it's so inconvenient.  No one I grew up with wants to live there any more.  Oh and well water that is full of iron and stains your cloths red.  Just remembered that "fun one" right before hitting submit.[/quote]

They're not moving to your rural areas but places like Bend, Oregon.

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Telluride, Jackson, Carmel....[/quote]

Except those places are even more expensive than where they came from...[/quote]

There are clearly nice places that are cheaper than Jackson & Telluride (which is why places like Coeur d’Alene, Ketchum and Bozeman are booming), but a lot of those people aren’t necessarily looking for cheaper, just a better deal. They’re trading a $2 million 1,200 sq ft shack in for a $2 million 3,000 sq ft house with a view. If they want cheaper, they’re going for Bozeman or the like.  There are affluent small towns (of varying degrees) all over the country. There are still very few moving to real “rural” areas with depressed economies. [/quote]

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