re: New York or Los Angeles?

I'll put it this way: Don Draper was the king of NY. He went out to LA in the 'Jet Set' episode of Mad Men and was like... "whoa".

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That would be Investment Bankers.

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a friend of mine up there is a "retired" investment banker, he still works his arse off because he loves it, still on a bunch of boards, was chairman of AMEX as of a couple of years ago, now, he has the $ to live in NYC the way it's meant to be, fortunately for me, he treats me like the son he always wanted

LA

Portland definitely doesn't belong. It's even smaller than Austin and is like a little village compared to NY. Portland is just a poor man's Seattle anyway.

I don't think the comparison should be NY or LA because LA isn't the same type of city. LA is like Houston but with much better weather. NY is like Chicago, Toronto, and San Francisco. That's a better question.

NY

I really like LA though, always have had fun in that city. Traffic is too big of a bitch though

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Those guys are so badass.

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he took my wife and I to see a show a few years ago, pulls into full parking garage right across the street from the theater, attendant comes out to ask him what he thinks he's doing and he shows him an NYPD badge, I'm going WTF? turns out he is an adviser to the city of NY as a board member of the Homeland Security and the badge "facilitates" his position, he said when he was issued the badge he told them he would be very discreet with it, and was told in all seriousness, "try not to kill anyone, it generates mountains of paperwork" the attendant let him park there for the show, then after the show we go to Del Frisco's and when he walks in it's like parting the Red Sea, he's got his own table there, awesome dude, and fairly humble despite all of that

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They own it, but don't flaunt it.

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that's him, sounds like you've been around a lot more of those types than I have but what sets him apart from some that I've seen is he knows everyone in the building from the guy sweeping the floor on up, takes time to talk with them, knows about their families, etc., and consequently everyone is fiercely loyal to him, the only reason he was even driving that night was that he'd had a driver for the past 26 years and just bought a new car and wanted to see what it was like

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My BIL runs the best "balanced" mutual fund in the country according to Lipper and Moody's. 5 star from NOLA

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wow, I wouldn't be surprised if he and my friend have crossed paths

He routinely wins the awards for best 3. 5 and 10 year performance. Just crossed the billion dollar mark on assets in the fund. They also manage over 5 billion of foundations and personal money managed accounts. Family business that has been around for over 100 years.