NYC --> Texas or LA?
Analyst here in NYC contemplating moving after the analyst years. Been in NYC for the past 3 years and there is a chance I stay. However, I am thinking about shipping out when my lease is up later this year and the options are LA or Dallas/Houston. SF is out of the question, so save your energy and go pick up some human shit or needles while you're at it.
Assume pay would be market pay for a first year associate or third year analyst in banking terms.
Looking for: night life, diversity (in thought and people), food options, slower pace, solid weather, MINIMAL traffic - I fucking hate driving, but know I will have to...
I would add in girls, but I have a gf that will come with me. But if there are deciding factors where girls come into play, throw them out there
What would you guys do?
P&L, 2nd Year Analyst in RE - Comm
Edit: Let me caveat this by saying traffic isn't an end all be all. I'm from Philly and the I-76 is a nightmare so that's why I'm not trying to be stuck in a car all the time.
If minimal traffic is a big priority, I think that eliminates LA. I don't believe Houston or Dallas are necessarily easy on traffic but definitely not as bad as LA.
What do you do for work? You should consider Orange County if there are opportunities there for you. While it's expensive, traffic isn't as bad as LA and southern CA weather is tough to beat
LA
Dallas, fuck housing in LA. Live like a king in Texas while surrounded by dimes, good food, and fast highways.
LA has mostly what you want but traffic there is horrendous, probably ruling it out. I'd rule out Houston too, it's worse than Dallas from what I've heard and the weather is worse. Dallas seems to be your only option but the weather isn't all that great and wouldn't really say there's a lot of diversity (in thought or people) but night life there is good and it's a solid city. Overall, if you're dead set on leaving and those are your only options, I'd pick Dallas
Say the move wouldn't be 100% predicated by traffic, still Dallas?
Depends on where your office would be and where you would be living. Unless you're living pretty close to your office commuting would be a nightmare in LA. Excluding traffic, LA covers everything on your list but it's also very spread out so factor that in if you plan on going around LA at all. The best bang for your buck would probably be Dallas just because it's so much cheaper than LA, even if offering less.
If you can do Orange County, go there. It’s hard to find a better place to live all things considered (assuming you can afford it).
If you don’t have that option, I like it here in LA. Tons to do, lots of places to go, and traffic isn’t too bad if you pick the right place to live. If you’re into outdoors, tons of hiking trails nearby/ mountains/ beach (the obvious selling point). If you’re into nightlife then there’s tons of clubs/ bars/ restaurants/ hotels to visit. If you like peace and quiet there’s Melrose District and Pacific Palisades.
The weather is huge. It’s really damn cold right now for LA. It’s 60°F, that’s freezing here. Sometimes it does get hot, but not so much by the beach.
Orange County > Dallas > Rest of LA > Houston
Exactly how I would rank it, OP
Are you saying OC but take the train to work in LA everyday?
moving to Houston this year - can you elaborate please? haha fml
shit same
Not trying to rag on Houston, and for the right person and stage of life it could be a great option. Sounds like you are coming in as an analyst that's great. Have you been there/lived there before?
Objectively, it isn't like other cities, because there is a distinct lack of cohesion, and no natural geography to orient it (lake/river/mountain). There is the medium sized downtown core with skyscrapers, but there are not "communities" within the downtown areas. Midtown maybe the closest you're going to get. The rest is just driving sprawl of neighborhoods and businesses intermixed.
Of course the benefits are the low COL, and people are pretty friendly, weather in the late fall/early spring is solid.
If you’re serious about the girl Texas if you think you want to be single LA/NYC.
Having lived in and grew up around LA and recently moving to Dallas, it's a very big transition. If you like fast, don't go to Dallas. It is growing substantially but it'll never be an LA or NYC. However if you're looking for a change of pace, it's a good option. Significantly less expensive to live and there's a lot of little things to do. I do miss LA at times but it's just so ungodly expensive to live there now, the traffic is awful, the people are mostly uptight now and not laid back like they used to be. But there is nothing better than 70+ degrees and mostly sunshine year around. So it's a tough call. I can't speak to Houston. And to really throw a wrench in the spokes, have you considered San Diego?
Unfortunately, the only options are LA, Dallas, or Houston. Would love to live in San Diego though, but not possible at the moment
LA great if you can live near work. If not, hell no because the traffic is no joke. I don't care how nice it is, you're already losing 1/3 of your life sleeping and another 1/3 working, you don't enough left to afford spending a big chunk of it in a car.
I like Dallas a lot more than Houston. They're both too hot but Houston is a few degrees warmer and more humid, it makes a difference. Girls a lot better in Dallas too.
There are too many threads like this and I'm running out of witty comments to dunk on the libs.
Surely you have at least one more...
Liberal tears = monkey shit. Comical
You know the expression ''literal shitshow''?
https://www.nbclosangeles.com/news/local/diarrhea-poured-on-woman-holly…
That's Hollywood today.
I'm sorry - that's so fucked up and wrong and I know you are posting that in bad faith to show how awful it is to live in liberal cities or something - but this is one of the funniest things I've ever read:
take your damn sb
Your obsession with me is creepy mate.
Go to LA if you want to continue not being rich when your making a large salary and want to keep overpaying for everything
If you can live where you work then LA.
Dallas or Houston, your dollar will go farther, plus a decent night life as well. Plus if your a sports fan you should be satisfied in either city.
Hard no on Houston. No zoning which means an INSANE amount of urban sprawl.
Not sure who gave you MS but you’re right. It’s great for people who already have a network or are from there. As an outsider moving in, the sprawl can be really isolating. No communities, instead your are driving to meet at specific locations all the time. Few (if any) walkable neighborhoods. And unlike LA, no beach action.
Great COL, nice people and everything but coming in as an outsider would be very tough imo.
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