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re: $3k a month in San Fran gets you a 282 sq ft apartment
Posted on 10/11/15 at 8:38 am to VerlanderBEAST
Posted on 10/11/15 at 8:38 am to VerlanderBEAST
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I am speaking in general Rural vs Urban. frick living in a mansion in a Rural place that requires a 1 hour + drive to do anything
How old are you though? In my twenties, I had this attitude but in my thirties my privacy means a whole lot more to me than a couple trips to the bar.
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And going to fairs, and festivals, and theater, and restaurants, and movies, and concerts, and museums, and sporting events, and bars, and...
Again, once in your thirties, you will have seen most of these things in your city and you won't care as much about being near them. This is why small town outliers are awesome. Live an hour outside a metropolis in a small community with all your everyday things you need and a few restaurants. You keep some things to do, you can be closer to the center of a community and more a part of it than in a large city.
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Posted on 10/11/15 at 8:48 am to Jim Rockford
I will be moving to Seattle in a few weeks and will live downtown for about a year before my wife joins me and we buy/build in the suburbs. A 400 Sq ft efficiency runs about $1,000 per month...quite the bargain in comparison.
Posted on 10/11/15 at 10:39 am to Warfarer
Speak for yourself. I'm in my 40's and nowhere near tired of all the things there are to do in LA. In fact I keep finding cool, new things all the time. Not the same stuff that I did in my 20's but if anything I'm having more fun now even if the nights do end much earlier. 
Posted on 10/11/15 at 10:48 am to RogerTheShrubber
I agree. We all have our bubbles. Whether it's a few acres in rural areas, a fence and your car in the suburbs, or your apartment walls and protected personal space in cities.
Some people like rural, some urban, and some see the suburbs as the best compromise. The trend though is that cities are on the upswing. At least in part because people are having kids later in life or not at all. The move for parents to the suburbs happens later in life than ever.
Some people like rural, some urban, and some see the suburbs as the best compromise. The trend though is that cities are on the upswing. At least in part because people are having kids later in life or not at all. The move for parents to the suburbs happens later in life than ever.
Posted on 10/11/15 at 11:40 am to Easy
One of my favorite outdoor shows is about a guy who lives in Brooklyn. Just because you live in a rural or urban area doesn't mean you have to be limited to that particular lifestyle. Our "bubbles" are created, we can move them around as we see fit.
Posted on 10/11/15 at 12:03 pm to Easy
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Speak for yourself. I'm in my 40's and nowhere near tired of all the things there are to do in LA. In fact I keep finding cool, new things all the time. Not the same stuff that I did in my 20's but if anything I'm having more fun now even if the nights do end much earlier.
yet your location says Inglewood which is a small-ish town outside of LA, about 100k people. You can go into LA when you want and do things yet you are on the outside the majority of the time, pretty much what I said in my post to begin with.
Posted on 10/11/15 at 12:14 pm to Warfarer
Inglewood is pretty much Los Angeles.
Posted on 10/11/15 at 12:17 pm to TheIndulger
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Inglewood is pretty much Los Angeles.
How long does it take to get from Inglewood to Downtown LA in reasonably average traffic?
Google maps says 20 to 30 minutes without traffic so roughly 30 to 45 minutes outside of downtown. So pretty much exactly what I said in my first post that he contradicted with he loving living in LA because there is so much to do.
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Posted on 10/11/15 at 12:27 pm to Warfarer
Plus LA isn't a "walkable" city like most are using as a pro for urban living.
LA pretty much is the worst of both
LA pretty much is the worst of both
Posted on 10/11/15 at 12:58 pm to yellowfin
Yep. SF is very walkable and that is a reasonable trade off. LA is s nightmare
Posted on 10/11/15 at 1:09 pm to LSUtoOmaha
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SF is very walkable
As are many Seattle neighborhoods. I am giving up my 1.5 acres in EBR Parish for an efficiency in downtown Seattle. Will be walking distance to my office and all the other amenities that great city has to offer. I am looking forward to being able to focus on the new job but also experiencing the big city life. However, after a year settling into my new job, I suspect my wife and I will be up for fighting traffic once again so we can move onto 5 or more acres in one of the surrounding counties.
Posted on 10/11/15 at 1:22 pm to islandtiger
Thought you were moving to one of the San Juans?
Posted on 10/11/15 at 1:27 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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Thought you were moving to one of the San Juans?
Yes, we own 5 acres on Orcas but have three daughters in college so will be delaying retirement a few more years! Offered a great job in Seattle so decided to just build a weekend/holiday cabin on the island and live the urban/suburban life for a while longer.
Posted on 10/11/15 at 3:24 pm to Mrtommorrow1987
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And living in and around masses of violent crime. Also frick sitting in traffic for hours a day.
where i live, most of the poors live in the suburbs (and commit crimes there) because they can't afford to live in the downtown/uptown area or the exclusive suburbs close to town. and it takes them an hour plus to drive to work.
Posted on 10/11/15 at 3:54 pm to Warfarer
I guess but I took your description for more suburban than Inglewood. Inglewood is a small city of around 110k people in about 9 square miles. It's not an hour outside a metropolis like you described. It's right in it. It's almost surrounded by the city of LA and I live 5 blocks from the border with south LA. I don't just go into LA when I want. It's all the time. I like to keep my money in my community as much as possible and for me that's South LA and Inglewood.
Posted on 10/11/15 at 4:01 pm to Warfarer
Although I love Inglewood I am looking to move downtown. But downtown LA isn't centrally located in LA's urban area. It's on the far east side of town. If I were to pick the heart of LA it would be more like mid-Wiltshire area.
I hang out as much in Koreatown and Hollywood as I do downtown. I'm within about 8 miles give or take of everywhere I go. The beach, Santa Monica, Koreatown, Crenshaw, south LA, downtown. It could be better (Inglewood isn't that walkable) but it's cool for now.
I hang out as much in Koreatown and Hollywood as I do downtown. I'm within about 8 miles give or take of everywhere I go. The beach, Santa Monica, Koreatown, Crenshaw, south LA, downtown. It could be better (Inglewood isn't that walkable) but it's cool for now.
Posted on 10/11/15 at 4:23 pm to Jim Rockford
Climate controlled self storage near a 24 hour health club sounds like a solid option
Posted on 10/11/15 at 4:41 pm to tigerfootball10
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Liberalism is a mental disorder
Of course that's what you got out of all of this
Of course it is.
Posted on 10/11/15 at 5:19 pm to HVO Joker
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I live in the bay area.
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I come from the the south
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There is nothing American about California.
Sounds like you need to move back home. I grew up in the Bay Area but have spent the past 33 years in LA...both represent America to me. I pack up and move to Seattle in three weeks and am very much looking forward to moving back West.
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