[im_a_lawyer]

NYC is much cheaper than SF and much more pleasant to live in than vast majority of cities in the US. You wouldn't convince me to live anywhere on the west. I would rather make 2x less money in NYC than live in some tract suburb with identical housing, identical shops and identical people. Been there, done that.

[avn2109]

But in your tract house, you can watch your giant TV and devote your life to consuming the maximum possible quantity of industrial products! How can you say no!?