[jeffbax]

I don't see how moving from Boston to NYC or SF solves anything you're referring to. Boston is younger than both and while expensive to live still cheaper.

NYC is full of tinder box apartments. The dating pool in SF is way more lopsided than the east coast. Uber made the subway thing less relevant (though as someone who moved here and got older, the late hours also mean less to me now than earlier)

Also MA is allegedly top ranked for millennials https://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/04/09/best-states-millennia...

Homes are expensive in MA but not cheaper in either SF or NY.

Boston also one of three US cities outside SV expected to be top 10 globally in tech for the foreseeable future https://boston.curbed.com/2019/2/26/18240310/boston-technolo...

As for families, I don't see how either NY or CA is better off for education.

There's plenty of reasons to leave Boston for either of those cities, but the ones you cite really don't make a whole lot of sense.

[neilv]

You could be right; I'm saying what people said. Jobs seems to be valid to me (unless you're in biotech, rather than established dotcoms or doing a startup). No one I know thinks nightlife anywhere compares to NYC, and the people I know who moved from Boston to SF reported having a much better time (and weather). I actually liked the Boston dating scene, before Tinder, but I'm very much cafe and a walk.