Considering moving to Ventura 🤔
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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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The answer I found to this question was small goldilocks cities.
- 50k-150K (sweet spot of pop range)
- nature (mountains/beach/lake/forest etc)
- atleast moderately culture-rich
- per capita income > avg of the country
- openness/friendly to 'outsiders' (students/travelers etc)
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yeah, exactly.
After ~3 years of backpacking/nomading, I found this city to be worthy of being my homebase.
Still open to moving around, but this is the current base for at least 1-2 years.
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