What cities are best for work-life balance? Relatively speaking

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Anything outside of New York is going to be better than just about anything inside New York

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Charlotte is decent, but ultimately it depends on the role. I know people who forward emails and play on their phones for 8 hours a day.

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I can personally attest to this. Middle/back office roles at my firm are 100% the 9-5 and spend 6 hours on your phone type, but with business development and industry/coverage roles, we’re lucky to get out after 12 hours on a slow day. Plus side is weekends are pretty much travel time only and it’s every other weekend at most

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I’m in LA and I think I have as good of a balance as possible in IB

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Not boring for me but depends what you’re into I guess. I prefer LA for the beach and will eventually make my way down there, but SF has enough for me especially given the limited free time I have.

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I'm in Chicago and it's great. Basically any finance related job will be in the loop downtown, which is really where everything is and I feel like since we aren't the primary location for my firm it's all a lot more laid back

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DC is pretty good compared to NYC. Even in finance, most people leave between 5-8pm, at least in my experience. And most people respect work-life balance and family priorities. They just expect you to give 100% while you’re at work.

What about Miami?

Dallas also has pretty great work life balance. People make time for each other, which is amazing. It is a lot slower paced than DC and NYC, though, at least in my experience. I moved after two years because it was too slow for me.

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