What’s the worst US city and why is it NYC?

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This may sound weird, but I have enjoyed every city I have lived in - Raleigh, Houston, Atlanta, Miami, NYC and Boston. Plus have spent extensive time in Seattle, Nova, Chicago and Los Angeles.

A few learnings along the way.
1. It matters way more where you live in a city than what city you live in
2. Airport matters
3. Income matters by city, consulting is unique - but generally HCOL areas also pay more
4. HCOL cities tend to have a lot of free / accessible experiences hard to find elsewhere. E.g: when Hamilton was in fire people from Houston would fly to NYC stay the weekend and watch it or limited exhibitions in the Smithsonians in DC

There are so many pros and cons to each city - but my best experiences have been NYC, Boston, Atlanta and NOVA.

Bottom of my list would be Los Angeles and Miami. I hate the elitist vibe both those places have. I feel the rich have it all in those cities and everyone else is just trying to be relevant.

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Lmao NYC is definitely NOT the worst city in the US

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LA sux

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I would rather fire a nail gun into my eyes than live in Dallas

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San Francisco easily

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What a shit hole. Formerly very nice city, maybe not great, but now…

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Maybe every red state?

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There are plenty of cities in red states that are actually quite decent and mostly progressive.

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Philly

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Hopefully vests were provided

It’s 100% any city in swamp town Texas
And Florida

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Whatever suburb spawned you

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Small suburb outside Johannesburg. Pretty nice place, but probably not for you. Also clearly I’m bias

Detroit

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Keep hating on Detroit, keeps the schmucks out

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New York is the only city in the US, so I guess it’s the best and worst.

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Greensboro,NC. Actually any city in NC

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Have visited charlotte and Raleigh, both are very boring

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Gary, Indiana.

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Because of Warren Wilhelm

Dallas and/or Houston.

Memphis, TN.

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