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Populations of cities I’ve lived in (or in metro areas thereof) Ann Arbor: 114k Austin: 950k Ithaca: 31k <— cheapest, happiest Rochester, NY 208k Washington, DC 640k Las Vegas: 640k Seattle: 725k Los Angeles: 4m Hmm... small-town life allure going up again
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Really beginning to question why I should live in big cities, especially given that need to travel for consulting work is likely to crash long term due to covid. Proximity to good airports used to be a big factor for me. I don’t see that bouncing back anytime soon.
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Why Ventura in particular? What are you optimizing for? Lots of really beautiful small-town CA in NorCal with better weather, eg join in Mendocino. also note that all the small towns you highlight are college towns. which would suggest something like eg Chico
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