Is California as expensive as people say it is?

[Poitier]

San Fran isn't significantly higher on that rating scale and that is at full growth. Now think, Atlanta is underdeveloped and still has TONS of room to grow and yet is still within range of San Fran. It ain't hard to tell which has a better future.

 

[Clark Wayne]

I can see both sides. The west coast definitely has its major upsides but the cost of living is crazy. When I went out to Cali 3 years ago and enjoyed a lot but since I grew up in the south I was blown away by how expensive everything is.

 

[sfgiants]

SF is like a bmw or audi, in this discussion
and atlanta is like a ford

sure these german cars have had a couple problems with reliability recently, while ford has considerably increased their reliability and dependability

but at the end of the day


One is a BMW. the other is a Ford

 

[Poitier]

Ok

 

[Tommy Knocks]

And yet, it has fallen down the list of great cities for the past few years...

Rich technocratic fantasies proposed by San Fran billionaires doesn't mean it will happen. Tons of industry is moving to Atlanta just because it's significantly cheaper. It's already set in motion. Keep living out that twilight.



They are parasites. Read up on the New York gentrification thread if you need to be clued in on how these maggots destroy art, history, working classes, etc

NY gentrification is seen as a good thing by everyone but poor people. They BRING art and a working class (IT cert crew where yall at). If by art you mean music, then I would agree with that. Soulful music comes out of struggle.

Again, SF is just better man. The mentality of the people, the weather and environment. ATL, socially, has a bit of a ways to go. So much rachetness in the city, starving rappers, people unqualified to work corporate but are landing jobs due to the outsourcing. My old companies (fortune 500) numbers dropped as soon as the work got outsourced to DFW and ATL. I just found ATL pretty boring and socially still behind (not as bad as other southern places, but def behind the westcoast)

 

[sfgiants]

Atlanta is the home of MLK Jr, pretty much most forms of American music originated here, civil war history, Center for Disease Control, best foods, strip clubs, the next LA as far as the movie industry is concerned

 

[Wild self]

NYC is dope for the same reasons minus the good weather....

Not to mention NYC you don't need a car and people won't look at you like if you don't have one.



Damn, its not even that expensive in NY. For 8 bucks you can get TWO cheeseburgers and a medium fries and soda for about 8 bucks here.



Lets be honest here, those homes in Texas are probably in the middle of nowhere and the areas they located in are probably boring as hell


I don't see how people hate on major U.S cities to big up rural areas.... in a major city with high COL, yea you pay a lot for a small apartment or house... but there's so many things to do in said city. Yea in the rural areas you get a better house... but the area is boring. The advantages/disadvantages of the two even themselves out.

Those houses are located near the major cities like Houston or Dallas. Plus renting and not having an asset to your name to pass down to your kids = financially stupid.