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Anonymous wrote:If Madmani wins the NYC election, he plans to abolish the NYC police and replace them with “social workers.” No, I am not kidding.

Zohran Mamdani plans to create a "Department of Community Safety" that would involve deploying mental health workers for crisis responses, rather than relying on police officers.

Anonymous wrote:If Madmani wins the NYC election, he plans to abolish the NYC police and replace them with “social workers.” No, I am not kidding.

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Anonymous wrote:None of these places. I'd look at tier 2 metros like Chicago. Or west - east coast is really stress filled. You can get culture in so many places these days - managing daily life in a way that won't kill you should be more a priority. I say this as someone who LOVES big cities. I just don't know E coast cities like NYC, Boston or DC are all that. Boston would be the only maybe because of its proximity to major towns that's not necessarily suburbia but it's a cliquish city and I never was a big fan of Boston culture personally.

When I think of Boston Culture I think of sports and liberalism. I loved living in Cambridge. To give you an idea of the culture there in the 2016 presidential election Hillary got about 46,000 votes. Trump got about 3,000 votes. The independent candidates together also got about 3,000 votes. The surrounding expensive suburbs also vote Democrat but not as large a gap as Cambridge.

There’s no real corruption in the state since females are running it. The governor is a gay female, the lieutenant governor is female, the AG is a black female, the Boston Mayor is an Asian woman, the Cambridge mayor is a gay black female. There’s your diversity.

So you love living in a community that's ethnically diverse as long as people think the same way? If so, is that really diversity?

What seems to be working well in Massachusetts is the top politicians are all female, not necessarily their race.

States like West Virginia and Idaho are examples of everyone being republican. People tend to move where people have the same ideas on how to live.

I'd argue it's working because they're competent leaders, not because they have a vagina. Would Governor Palin be someone you'd support being part of the Massachusetts state leadership? Of course not. Was Mike Dukakis a bad governor because he was male? Of course not.

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Anonymous wrote:None of these places. I'd look at tier 2 metros like Chicago. Or west - east coast is really stress filled. You can get culture in so many places these days - managing daily life in a way that won't kill you should be more a priority. I say this as someone who LOVES big cities. I just don't know E coast cities like NYC, Boston or DC are all that. Boston would be the only maybe because of its proximity to major towns that's not necessarily suburbia but it's a cliquish city and I never was a big fan of Boston culture personally.

When I think of Boston Culture I think of sports and liberalism. I loved living in Cambridge. To give you an idea of the culture there in the 2016 presidential election Hillary got about 46,000 votes. Trump got about 3,000 votes. The independent candidates together also got about 3,000 votes. The surrounding expensive suburbs also vote Democrat but not as large a gap as Cambridge.

There’s no real corruption in the state since females are running it. The governor is a gay female, the lieutenant governor is female, the AG is a black female, the Boston Mayor is an Asian woman, the Cambridge mayor is a gay black female. There’s your diversity.

So you love living in a community that's ethnically diverse as long as people think the same way? If so, is that really diversity?

What seems to be working well in Massachusetts is the top politicians are all female, not necessarily their race.

States like West Virginia and Idaho are examples of everyone being republican. People tend to move where people have the same ideas on how to live.

Anonymous wrote:Eh just go to NYC if you can afford it. This area is full of people that are insecure that they're not New Yorkers anyway.

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Anonymous wrote:None of these places. I'd look at tier 2 metros like Chicago. Or west - east coast is really stress filled. You can get culture in so many places these days - managing daily life in a way that won't kill you should be more a priority. I say this as someone who LOVES big cities. I just don't know E coast cities like NYC, Boston or DC are all that. Boston would be the only maybe because of its proximity to major towns that's not necessarily suburbia but it's a cliquish city and I never was a big fan of Boston culture personally.

When I think of Boston Culture I think of sports and liberalism. I loved living in Cambridge. To give you an idea of the culture there in the 2016 presidential election Hillary got about 46,000 votes. Trump got about 3,000 votes. The independent candidates together also got about 3,000 votes. The surrounding expensive suburbs also vote Democrat but not as large a gap as Cambridge.

There’s no real corruption in the state since females are running it. The governor is a gay female, the lieutenant governor is female, the AG is a black female, the Boston Mayor is an Asian woman, the Cambridge mayor is a gay black female. There’s your diversity.

So you love living in a community that's ethnically diverse as long as people think the same way? If so, is that really diversity?

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Anonymous wrote:The one thing I like about DC is how easily we can get out into nature and do some nice hiking. Boston has this a little bit, but not to the extent of DC. NYC has this least of the three. The worst city I've lived in for this is Chicago, however.

I have asthma and NYC has the worst air quality, particularly in Manhattan.

Boston has much better nature around it than DC.

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Anonymous wrote:None of these places. I'd look at tier 2 metros like Chicago. Or west - east coast is really stress filled. You can get culture in so many places these days - managing daily life in a way that won't kill you should be more a priority. I say this as someone who LOVES big cities. I just don't know E coast cities like NYC, Boston or DC are all that. Boston would be the only maybe because of its proximity to major towns that's not necessarily suburbia but it's a cliquish city and I never was a big fan of Boston culture personally.

When I think of Boston Culture I think of sports and liberalism. I loved living in Cambridge. To give you an idea of the culture there in the 2016 presidential election Hillary got about 46,000 votes. Trump got about 3,000 votes. The independent candidates together also got about 3,000 votes. The surrounding expensive suburbs also vote Democrat but not as large a gap as Cambridge.

There’s no real corruption in the state since females are running it. The governor is a gay female, the lieutenant governor is female, the AG is a black female, the Boston Mayor is an Asian woman, the Cambridge mayor is a gay black female. There’s your diversity.

Anonymous wrote:I am a DMV native who went to HS in the Philly area and college in Boston. Then moved to NYC and now Westchester burbs. Some observations:

Boston area has the best QOL for families. But it is less welcoming to outsiders and has traces of old school snobbery. Still, I would have stayed after college had my career path allowed it.

IMO DMV publics by and large don’t compare to the best suburban districts in MA and NYC area or the Boston Latin/Hunter/Stuys of the world. The nice thing about our Westchester town is that the publics are so good that all the kids really do go to school together, strengthening the community feel. And it’s transplant friendly unlike Boston. But NYC commuting from burbs is awful—due to layout there is no NYC equivalent of Arlington or Newton.