Trying to choose between Seattle, San Francisco and Los Angeles to move to next year. Which would you choose? (I’m originally from Northern CA but never lived in the LA area)

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Anywhere but San Francisco. The Bay Area is one of the most decrepit places in the world.

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Seattle / Washington don't have city / state tax. That'll make a significant difference vs SF

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A4...SF also has some of the highest cost of living in the country and a double digit state tax rate as mentioned by A1. If you’re trying to say that SF is near to the cost of living in WA just shtaaaapp.

As someone who was from SF, I thought I would never ever ever move to LA.

Well, I'm here and I actually like it. LA has a lot of different neighborhoods, and it takes some time to figure out which one works best for you.

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Long beach! Or Pasadena. I’m not a fan of LA proper but all of the smaller cities around it have a great neighborhood feel to it.

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LA!!!

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I live in LA and I love it. I lived in the Bay, too. Depends on what you’re into.

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I’m from the Bay but now live in Seattle. Absolutely love it here. Cost of living is so much more reasonable than SF and nature is easily accessible.

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LA>Seattle>San Francisco

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NYC.

But actually, Seattle.

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Are you a guy or gal?

Not sure about Seattle but SF would prob have a much better dating scene for ya

Go back home! Move back to Cali.

My one draw to Seattle is my bfs top job choice(both monetary and actual work wise) is based there, but I’m a California girl through and through and I wanna come home :( so I’m in two minds about it

I’m pretty open to anything on the West Coast ( I’ve never lived in Seattle and no nothing about it). I guess SF and LA would be preferred for me, but I’m willing to try Seattle

Another vote for LA! Really love it here. Every time I go to SF I’m thankful I live in LA 😜

Is ‘none of the above’ an option? Way too expensive/rainy/snobby for my tastes

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