I work in finance but Dallas is pretty great. The job market is incredible as well.
Ask HN: What cities have the best salary / cost of living ratio?
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Re: Ask HN: What cities have the best salary / cost of living ratio?
#42Earlier quoted context omitted.
Chicago culture is nothing like New York, however, so the comparison is a bit moot. Chicago is very much a Midwestern city with a Midwestern culture. And in my years living in Chicago, I didn't know a single person who didn't own a car, and most of them spent lots of time driving.
> didn't know a single person who didn't own a car, and most of them spent lots of time driving. Really? I know lots of people who don't own a car & many, many people who have never had a drivers license. Its clearly not as car free as NYC, but is anyplace in the USA? I think one thing about Chicago is that there is a lot of variance in peoples experience. Living in Morgan Park is different than Lincoln Park which is…
Maybe it's an age thing. In my age group, everyone has a car, but also many have children.
Re: Ask HN: What cities have the best salary / cost of living ratio?
#43Chicago. Affordable rent[1], dense, car optional, highly walkable, good transit, best biking city in the country[2], phenomenal restaurants and beer. I've met several visiting New Yorkers that refer to Chicago as a "smaller, cleaner New York." I've been here 8 years and have never had trouble finding a new programming job when I wanted one. People will decry the violence (of which the vast majority is confined to the…
Chicago culture is nothing like New York, however, so the comparison is a bit moot. Chicago is very much a Midwestern city with a Midwestern culture. And in my years living in Chicago, I didn't know a single person who didn't own a car, and most of them spent lots of time driving.
More than half the Matasano office in Chicago didn't own a car, or, if they did, not one that actually worked. IIRC, one person owned a car and lost it for weeks after parking it on a street and not driving it for a couple months.
Lots of people in Chicago --- in the city proper --- don't have cars.
If you live in the suburbs of Chicago, you'll have a car.
Re: Ask HN: What cities have the best salary / cost of living ratio?
#44Earlier quoted context omitted.
Chicago culture is nothing like New York, however, so the comparison is a bit moot. Chicago is very much a Midwestern city with a Midwestern culture. And in my years living in Chicago, I didn't know a single person who didn't own a car, and most of them spent lots of time driving.
More than half the Matasano office in Chicago didn't own a car, or, if they did, not one that actually worked. IIRC, one person owned a car and lost it for weeks after parking it on a street and not driving it for a couple months. Lots of people in Chicago --- in the city proper --- don't have cars. If you live in the suburbs of Chicago, you'll have a car.
I always wanted to know why you chose that name for your company. I'm sure you know about it's origins :) is there somewhere where you wrote about it?