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Originally posted by Paq
umm
just out of curiosity, i've been debating on moving to either SF or NYC, depending as well. I had my heart set on SF a few yrs ago bc of the economy and just the artistic slant of the whole city, but it seems there aer a TON of @$$holes there that drive me insane...on the other hand, i just visited manhattan and i was amazed by the incredibly nice people there. admittedly, not as nice and open as in the south, but nice in that, "I'll be nice and warm bc i have to talk to you" sort of way, like people you meet who are doing a job, etc. People on the streets largely ignored me, but that's a lot easier than having 20 million people nodding and smiling and gesturing nicely to each other...
I was incredibly shocked at the nature of NYC considering i was born/raised in the most southern of states that considered anything above the mason dixie line to be akin to hell...
So you say there are actually jobs in NYC? Things that are drawing me there right now are jobs/opportunities, inexpensive public transportation ($70 for metro card per month is ACTUALLY CHEAPER THAN GAS FOR AN ECONOMY CAR FOR ME HERE IN SC...i thought it was expensive to pay $70 for transportation for a month, but then i came back and spent $50 on gas for normal job commute and $50 for insurance per month and $20 for property tax per month)...I also didn't find the winter to be extremely terrible. Summer can't be worse than the 100 deg, 90% humidity here....
sorry for the threadjack
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Ha! When I was in San Fran I didn't run into one asshole. People just seemed more laid back there. Must be the weather. I've lived in the Northeast for 20+ years and have been to NYC countless times and always ran into assholes, well not as much as philly but you kind of expect it. I just don't like the hustle and bustle of NYC. People always in a rush. You can easily run into a million+ people in one day. That's how many people are in NYC. I just need a change of location. I love having the same warm/cool weather all year round in California. The winters here make me depressed.
Are people really nice and open down in the south? How are they towards non-whites?