Where Are You Guys From
Why not get a little more personal and see what replies we can get. Tell us where you're from and/or the places you've lived.
Don't mind if it gets anon replies for personal reasons, but would be interesting to get to know some more about the community. Maybe a bunch of you are from the same middle of nowhere town... I'll start.
I'm from Chicago and currently live in New York, although have lived in both Minneapolis and Milwaukee before. Plan to stay in NYC but want to live in London/Paris/Spain as well.
What's this, a pedo meme? I'm 25 lol. Just trying to get some laid back conversation on the off topic thread. Feel no need for more political threads and the like.
Right now I'm living in USA, Earth
But I was born on Equatorial Region, Alpha Centauri Bb, Alpha Centauri System, Milky Way. BB doesn't have an office over there so I had to move after college.
I've been thinking about moving to Mars. Heard the start-up scene is crazy over there.
I’ve heard Apollo is opening up a location on Mars. Unfortunately will only be the BO team due to distance to clients.
Browntown... also known as Edison, New Jersey.
I know all about Edison. Went to Rutgers
Rutgers omg. I don't think any kid from Edison has ever wanted to go to Rutgers, but the vast majority of them end up there anyway.
How was Rutgers?
The SB givers probably have Patel as their last name. I can say that dw, I am one.
Visited there once and the food on Oak Tree Road, and specifically Bombay Talk, is amazing.
Bombay Talk isn’t bad but it’s kind of touristy. Oak Tree has two kind of restaurants 1) the kind that locals go to and 2) the kind that visitors go to. Both are incredible and spots like Bombay Talk straddle the two. Rasoi is definitely for visitors because the only brown people in there are the waiters- all the diners are white.
A good rule of thumb is that the quality and taste of the food is inversely proportional to the ambience and appearance of the restaurant. Next time you visit (if at all), try to find a real shithole of a restaurant. As someone that grew up here, I thoroughly recommend it (also recommend bringing water because it is SPICY)
Lived in France, Germany, Switzerland, Dubai, London.
Currently living in London, happy to stay there (friends, cools restaurants, night life) or go back to Switzerland (low taxes, close to the mountains & lakes to ski, hike, sail and not far from the sea).
Edit: also keen to try NYC to be at the heart of finance for a year.
What's your family background?
I’ll answer both as I am not sure what you are referring to:
Family is french, Dad is nearly C-level for a Fortune 500 company.
I'm from the UK and currently live in London, and have never lived outside of England. Been to a quite a few foreign countries though
Really didn't want to live in London originally, but had to because thats where IB jobs are - in the end I ended up enjoying living here. I would only consider moving to NYC for the salary bump, but Americans have a v different culture
Agree we all hate each other. Once saw a Karen wearing a Trump tee yelling at a tatted biker with a MAGA hat to turn his f***ing music down.
it’s always fun traveling from NYC to virtually anywhere else and discover how nice people are lol
I live in the UK, and not originally from here, born and raised in France. One thing I’ve noticed about UK is people are a lot more boring in the office and just keep saying ‘having said that’ in like every damn sentence like wtf
From Fairfield County, CT now working in NYC. Not exactly a big change, but did go to school in midwest.
Caribbean---> Toronto---> Currently at non target ontario uni
From Minneapolis, went to a non-target in the Twin Cities, currently living in NYC, want to live in LA eventually
Lol why LA. I am from LA and I don't see myself living here for much longer.
Why not? I’m not OP but just curious. My best friends from college moved there for jobs and I’ve always thought about making a move out there post B school (or at least for b school summer). The few times I’ve travelled there have been excellent for a number of reasons, but I guess anybody can have fun anywhere if they are with the right people. I’m also from a town where any big city is a massive upgrade so could just be greener grass syndrome
Not sure. Guess being from the cold up north and now getting my fill in New York, makes LA a logical next step since I am not trying to move to the south or return home to MN.
I like the weather of course, different cultures, and slower pace than NYC, I could have the grass is greener syndrome but I wouldn't move unless I had a family on the way, want to max out NYC years as best I can. Why do you think you'll leave LA?
I’m from the western half of Essex County, NJ.
Yooooo, greetings from Caldwell
Couldn't deal with it any longer. Greetings from the other side of the Stickels Bridge. My commute's much easier and the lake house out in Morris County ain't bad either.
I’m from Chicago as well OP. I live / work in the chi now but I would love to live out in the northeast near NYC or Boston. I went to school in North Carolina, which was great but very slow paced compared to my above mentioned cities.
I grew up in a small suburb of Los Angeles right by Orange County, CA. Went to school in OC. I actually got into a few schools abroad but decided to not go last minute, glad I didn’t go honestly (would’ve been pretty dumb of me in retrospect).
I love it down here but love traveling. I need to travel more when it’s safe to do so again.
From Honolulu, Hawaii Went to University of Hawaii, Manoa Currently living on the Mainland (San Francisco)
It appears I like living in high cost of living areas.
Hope to return to Hawaii and raise my kids there. But not yet.
What is the finance job scene like in Hawaii? I recall a fairly old WSO thread on the elusive finance professionals in Hawaii but I would be curious to know what you would aim to do for work if you went back to the islands.
I believe in bringing my own job if I go back to Hawaii. So maybe work remotely doing my current work, while drumming up some business there so that it’s not totally remote work.
Finance scene is like any typical medium sized city; however, Honolulu is not a financial hub. It is a tourism mecca. Some public companies, a bunch of real estate development companies, one or two REPEs, sprinkle in some middle market PE, we’ve got family offices with a diverse geographic investment mandate, Accounting firms, an independent utility (regulators rejected Nextera acquisition), Banks, our own state flagship airline, military, and hotel and restaurant groups. There is a small VC, incubator community. Agriculture technology, clean tech. There is a CFA chapter there. Some pretty cool private business clubs. If you like golf, you’d love it.
Then you have the remote workers; like my friend who does volatility trading from his house for a mainland firm. I have a former UH professor who teaches an online business course in Vietnam (UH Vietnam MBA) at 3am HST. Lots of business with Japan, Korea; some China.
I want to promote WFH in Hawaii, so I don’t mind getting more into this. I think it would be good for the people and help diversify the economy. If you ever leave Hawaii, a part of it stays with you. I think it’s important that that part is in people when they are in corporate boardrooms or at the highest levels.
My perfect week would be doing deals, teaching my kids to body board and snorkel, and cheer on Hawaii football as they beat a Pac-12 school at Aloha Stadium. I’d have dinner with friends with the freshest sashimi and local cuisine. My company hopefully is employing people with good jobs and teaching them what I’ve learned. It’s a smaller pond so you get to know other professionals really quick. If you think about the future of work, think about where Hawaii could fit in. I think there’s something to it.
Hawaii needs global visionaries, capital, products and services to export, and if set up, the talent will be there with a lifestyle that I want to get back.
Vigo, Spain. It's in the northwest state of the country, Galicia. Extremely beautiful place, very different from the typical Spanish topic (the mediterranean region: flamenco, paella, etc), being similar to Ireland or Scotland inland, and with incredible beaches in the coast. I really encourage you to visit this region if you travel to Spain!
Quality of life is great, but salaries are quite low, and if you want a top job, there's nothing. Finance industry, literally non-existent. So I've been in Madrid for the last two years, and now moving to London in September.
Vigo is on my list! Looks gorgeous and the beaches look promising for surfing
Whats the best way to get there?
I've visited Galicia - Santiago de Compostela. Its a cool area. I didn't get over to Vigo though. Do you speak Gallegan?
also, is it necessary to speak Gallegan? in Barca, despite all signage being in Catalan, Spanish was the lengua franca
Celta Vigo? I always rooted for them or Deportivo. ;)
Long live Iago Aspas
Well, Celta and Deportivo have always been absolute rivals... and I have to say that today is the worst moment to be a Deportivo supporter hahaha (for those that don't know, they have just descended to Second Division B, basically semi-professional football xddd)
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Born and raised in Potomac, MD --> went to UCLA --> work in New York --> want to move to Texas when the time is right.
Texans, debate the better city - Austin, Dallas, Houston
not really a debate, almost everyone from HTX/DTX who's lived in Austin either for school or work have it ranked 1. the main convo is people from HTX/DTX arguing for second. that said, don't move here.
Haha, why the "don't move here"?
Austin > Dallas > Houston
武汉
Been in Mass my whole life. Might be moving to Scottsdale late fall. I'm excited and always wanted to move out of New England, but now that it is an actual possibility it is making me nervous tbh.
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I live in Dallas. Went to University of Texas and William & Mary.
Would love to move to Louisville, KY of all places. I love it there.
Why Louisville? I'm a native and weird to see it brought up on this site
Born and raised in Miami, FL
Went to school in Chicago
Currently live in southwestern Georgia
Southwest Georgia what up
Never thought I'd find someone else. What are you doing down here?
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Serious question - did you grow up eating with just your hands or did you use utensils? Or was it just special meals that you ate with your hands in a bonding type of meal?
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Born, raised, and going to college in the Philadelphia suburbs. Pretty cool area imo
And you picked that username? God damnit it still stings.
I thought I was the only philly guy left on here.
Lol yeah that was a rough shot; it ruined my NBA hype and Mother's Day 2019. But I chose the username long before that series because I admire Kawhi Leonard a lot. He can score from anywhere, make plays, rebound, guard any position, and succeed as both a role player and a superstar - all while keeping his head down and staying quiet. On a more positive note, I can't wait for the NBA to resume later this month, and I am really looking forward to seeing what a healthy Sixers team can accomplish after the hiatus.
West Delco over here. Philly suburbs were great.
From Caribbean, moved to USA for university and now working full time. Want to move to Spain for a few years then move back to home country
North Jersey.
I would guess that a huge portion of WS, perhaps the majority, is from North Jersey, Long Island, and NYC. Curious if there are any stats on it.
From Southern California and work in LA
Israel > SoCal > NorCal > China > Singapore > Hong Kong (current location)
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40 million fucking Deutschmark, Bob!!!!
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I’ve lived in Turkey and Hong Kong. I’m moving to London in september for a graduate proprietary trading position; really hyped about it. I would recommend HK for front office internships/jobs as there is little to no income tax. The BBs usually also pay for your rent in a prestigious part of the city(yes even for interns).
"Hey everybody! Why not get a little bit more personal? Go ahead and dox yourself for me, whenever you get a chance. I'm 25 lol."
Okay boomer, it's not like we're giving out names and employers
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Northern Ontario Canada ——-> Target in Southern Ontario
Ivey hardooooo
California
Jackson Heights, New York
My bro!
Grew up in a small town in India. Worked in Bangalore and Mumbai. Currently live and work in Singapore. Would want to work in Europe/ UK in the future.
Kiev ukraine, Chicago for a bit, some shitty suburbs, some nicer suburbs, then chicago proper. Few different apartments and bummed in a dorm and shit. Apartments in Pilsen and little village mostly. Then first house in mckinley park still chicago. Then second house in Berwyn that's a suburb 20 min west of the city. And I'd really love to love someplace with far fewer people and far more nature and a much slower pace of life. But we just had a baby and providing stability for her is like my #1 shit so idk if another move is gonna be feasible for a long time. And plus we just moved here a year ago and I'm still nowhere near done setting this house up. And it's not work I enjoy. So if we do this shit again I need the kind of money where everything is done for me. I'm not fucking spending three years doing cable management I refuse.
Came to UK when I was around 5-6. Lived in Kent then moved to SE London when I was 10/11. Lived there ever since in different places. Really want to move out now.
Thinking of places like Tunbridge Wells, Sevenoaks or any place really which has a 30-45m direct commute to London Bridge/Liverpool Str/Cannon Street. Although I don't know if I'll stay consulting long term in which case Victoria is also important commuter hub....dunno what to do.
In no particular order:
Ohio (Oxford), Panama (Ft. Clayton), Bejing (China), Valencia (Spain), Charleston (SC), San Antonio (TX), Biloxi (MS), Virginia (DC area), NYC (East Village), SoCal (Encinitas)
All over. What do you do for a living?
Father was in military, I was in military, was in corporate finance, management consulting, caregiving, neuroscience research intern, art design, poker, wantrepreneur - lol
Where did you live in Charleston? I currently live on Daniel Island.
I currently live in Mt. Pleasant
You go to Miami? Cant think of too much else going on in Oxford lol
My Dad was stationed there as head of the Navy ROTC unit - yeah at Miami University.
I was a (way) uptown girl for a bit, living north of Columbia on Broadway. Now that I'm a downtown man commuting in on the PATH seems to make more sense. (cue musical interlude)
big west coast guy eh
I'm a fan of the legal herb
South Park, Colorado
dude you're so funny even when you're not trying to be funny
The United State of Massachusetts
*Commonwealth
Scottsdale -> Austin -> Houston
Can probs guess my school and industry lol
UT Austin , Oil & Gas ?
Montreal, Canada
Shoutout MTL baby
Need to finally learn French and just move there, really liked that city after I took a 13 hour train to get there. How's the job market for non-French speakers (who may eventually learn French)?
It's a fun small city if you don't hate snow & cold but the majority of the finance jobs (really small market) are at public pension funds (CDPQ, PSP). You won't have a problem getting a job if you don't speak french. e.g. at PSP ($150M+ AUM) they mostly communicate in english because there are a ton of non french speakers that they recruit from outside Quebec.
Chengdu (China) -> Beijing (China) -> currently going to a top school in the Midwest -> hopefully Tokyo (Japan)
Netherlands
From Hong Kong, going to school in NOLA, now back in Hong Kong for an internship
Geaux Tigers
I don't go to that school specifically but heard its fun!!!
Stockholm, Sweden
Cleveland, OH > Chicago, IL > London, UK > Chicago again
My mother
Currently in London.
Home:
Wow, where is this?
Some of us just look out our windows and shake our heads. The WTC memorial and Lady Liberty are nice.
I've heard the women in Serbia are top notch. nice
India >> Hong Kong would love to work in Paris
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Central NJ, Rutgers, NYC -- let's rage
From Michigan, suburbs of Detroit. Went to U-M. Now in the SF Bay Area
Fellow detroit native and wolverine. How do you like Bay Area? Lot of buyside/corp dev opportunities in the area but unsure if I would like it. Always saw chicago as the ideal place as its close to home/midwestern, but still has big city feel (relative to metro detroit at least haha)
I really like it. It's got a very different feel than Chicago and NYC in a good way but still an urban city feel. After spending so many years in frigid winters, it's really nice to not have to deal with that. The ability to drive an hour north to wine country, a couple hours east to Tahoe, a couple hours southeast to Yosemite, and south along the PCH to Santa Cruz/Monterey/Carmel/Big Sur is really awesome. Being able to hop on such short flights to LA, Vegas, & Seattle is a nice change. Quite a big U-M alumni network which was great for my social circle since I already knew buddies out here.
Long term I'm probably looking at NYC or Chicago just to be closer to family (would want to be easily able to fly/drive to see my parents once I have kids), most of my friends live in those cities now, and plus I have U-M football season tix with some buddies from school so would be able to see them more and make it out for more games. But SF is a great place for me to spend 5-10 years experiencing the west coast life.
Milwaukee, WI
Tulsa, OK
Boston, MA
NYC
From Vietnam, currently based in Sydney
Born in Hungary, raised in France, started working in Paris and now in Brussels
I thought I would've seen at least one North Shore Chicago person by now. Seems I overestimated my winnetka, kenilworth, glencoe friends
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