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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP, I've brought up many of your points on this board and people refuse to believe there are nicer places -- better weather, less traffic, not as dense and rundown, and not as expensive. I really think people don't travel enough within the U.S. I am OK with this area mostly because I like my job but if I lose the job or decide to do something else, I'll definitely be looking to move.[/quote]

I don't agree with this. Lots of people agree. But most US cities aren't better than this. I can think of a lot of resort towns I'd rather be living in, with there being something to do. But as far as major metro areas are concerned, most are pretty much the same song outside of Manhattan.[/quote]

Better cities:  Boston, Chicago, Pittsburgh, San Francisco, Seattle.  Also, Portland (both Maine and Oregon), Columbus.[/quote]

Agree with this list, though Boston, Chicago, and Columbus are tough in winter. Would also add San Diego and Denver. I know less about Research Triangle and Austin, but they may be possibilities.[/quote]

I lived in SF and Seattle, and the only advantage is the beautiful scenery of a different type and great seafood and Asian food. Nothing else really.  Weather in DC is better overall across 4 seasons.  I hated SF fog, and cold summers and rarely useful beach . Seattle has glorious summers but terrible everything else.  Not a fan of drizzle and fog.  Traffic is horrible in both too and pubic transit is worse than DC IMHO. Suburbia there isn’t much better at all.   I get it when people used to quaint old towns in the NE complain about DC suburbia.  But people from the West Coast?  B**ch, please  :lol:  You don’t move West for quaint architecture and old world charm  :lol:  Denver and Austin?  You gotta be kidding.  The only redeeming feature of Denver is mountain range view at the distance, the city itself is rather blah and flat.  Never been to Austin and had no desire to looking at the photos and hearing about the weather.  Isn’t it like 5 months of the weather everyone here freaks out about during 2 months of DC summer?[/quote]

Don't understand Austin at all. Want bad state politics? Miserable summers? Fine but not exactly amazing schools? To drive literally everywhere? All so you can either pay an arm and a leg and live in a condo near 6th or drive to every good meal? There are some holly areas with good views but none are better than the similar areas in DC.

Denver as a city architecturally is brutal.

SF is beautiful. Seattle is beautiful. The suburbs also have a ton of strip malls and if you're in Fairfax you're getting pretty good Asian diaspora food.

American and Canadian suburban infrastructure is just bad and it often bleeds into the cities. I don't think DC is perfect but I do think people think they should hate it and never explore to confirm their and other's views that it's just a souless bureaucratic hub.[/quote]

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