“Where to live next year” decision is turning out to be NP-hard. Wife and I are gleefully vetoing each other’s ideas and getting nowhere. “Too snowy” “Too dry” “I need a decent airport” “Need a Whole Foods” ... Megacities: unsustainably overpriced Schelling points from hell.
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One of the best arguments against the big economy and in favor of paycheck career is in fact “too much freedom.” With paycheck career, job hunting = lifestyle design. Your next job locks down your next chapter.
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Another thing single people don’t appreciate (going by responses) is that the couple version of the problem is an entirely different problem. Qualitatively different.
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Loop linking macro cities threadhttps://twitter.com/vgr/status/1226388443694948355?s=21 …
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The only thing more fraught than giving people city advice is giving them dating advice probably. Career advice is less fraught, coming in at #3. Wonder why there aren’t “city match” sites the way there are dating, marriage, and job sites.
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Probably because there’s no meaningful counterparty to the match.
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Well, then, the question really is, do you *need* to last long? I have come to embrace that I'll live circumstantially any number of places. Once I abandoned the idea of living anywhere purposefully for a long time (eg, 2+ years), I relaxed.
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Been doing that for 22 years and starting to get tired. I’d like to last 8 years in the next place.
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Environment is important, but I think you’re outsourcing too much identity to the city you live in. When I ask people if they like LA, it’s often more of a Rorschach test for their personal life.
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I hear people complain about traffic, but they neglect the choice (that many make) to live near metro or use the bus system.
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The grass is always greener. If you don't have a good narrative for why you're doing what you're doing, and have other options... Get ready for torture
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It’s not a constraint satisfaction problem. It is a narrative extension problem with a set of constraints.