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The Great Decentralization? Geographic shifts and where tech talent is moving

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Hey, I want to answer this one because I think it's important. You might think of me as a privileged high paid tech worker driving prices up. Actually I come from a working class family in southern europe. I'd spare you the details but I spent all my live slowly crawling up my way to where I am. Nearing 40 my life savings are 5 figures, and I have never owned any property or anything of value. Had I been born in the…

Brother, don't get me wrong. I'm completely empathetic. This place is not for everyone.

I've moved all over too. When I didn't like a place I figured out what was next went for it. I didn't complain about it on an unrelated comment thread on Hackernews. You moved to Seattle and are complaining about the rain! This is my home you're talking about, and you're talking about it like a review of a restaurant on Tripadvisor.

However, if you do want to discover the beauty of this place and make it your home I suggest you take your family out hiking. https://www.wta.org/go-outside/map - I promise you will find something here that will change your life forever if you give it a chance.

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bin_bash wrote: post #128
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The problem is that that type of lifestyle, while comfortable, is the polar opposite of what we should be doing for the next generation. Air travel, massive houses that you have to drive to, air conditioning 6 months of the year… it’s just not sustainable

You're not wrong: I'd rather have a lifestyle like living in Holland or Japan in a family-friendly, walkable city near a major airport. Trouble is there really isn't anywhere in this country that offers that for a reasonable price that I'm aware of (we looked).

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Post by doktorhladnjak »

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I've lived all over the west coast my entire life but moved to the Dallas area (a place I'd never been to) somewhat recently. We're incredibly happy. The schools are outstanding, I've never seen a single homeless person in our town, and the crime rate is nonexistent. We bought a 4000sqft palace for half of what our last house cost. Cost of living generally is far lower. There is virtually never any traffic. People we…

> I would never recommend visiting Dallas, it's a dull city Oh, sure Dallas, doesn't have the usual tourist attractions, but I bet that if someone came to Dallas for a week I could put a huge smile on their face by taking them to as many different ethnic restaurants as I can fit into a week. Just thinking of all the food options we have here makes me drool. And the best part is that all of these wonderful places are…

> And the best part is that all of these wonderful places are out in the suburbs

Why's that the best part?

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Post by coenhyde »

EB66 wrote: post #190
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Land utilization is always close to 100% in cities. It's a misnomer that cities can "run out of land". Cities go up, they increase density. If they can't go up, it is usually because of zoning restrictions. And that's a choice of local residents and authorities.

I don't think that's true at all. Do you have data to support it? Everything I've seen indicates that most large cities do have a significant percentage of vacant land ( https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/13574809.2016.11... ) and that cities like Seattle, SF, NYC, etc are indeed unique in their geographic constraints and total land utilization. What I'm really talking about what I say "geographically constr…

How do you think NYC supports the population it does? Manhattan is not filled single dwelling houses, but at one time it was. It was much easier to build in NYC in the past than now. If they applied the same zoning restrictions then as SF does now, it never would have become the city that it is today.

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Post by bin_bash »

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Well, this is gonna be a doozy... this might be multiple posts, and I'm rate-limited, so we'll see... Let's start with Chinese food... There are multiple places here that can easily be called Chinatowns, the bigger ones being the one in Richardson on Greenville between Arapaho and Belt Line/Main and the one in Plano at Park & Coit. Lots and lots of good restaurants in both places, and the one at Park & Coit has a lot…

Part 2, a bit late... Indian food... good Indian food is all over Dallas. Probably my favorite is Sigree, at Belt Line & Midway in Addison. They have a huge menu with lots of choices including a sizable amount of Indo-Chinese food. Other good places include Mumbai Grill at Preston & McCallum in Far North Dallas, India Chaat Cafe at Preston & Frankford in Far North Dallas, Mughlai Fine Indian Cuisine at Alpha & Noel R…

Thank you so much! This is such a great list, my wife and I can’t wait to start exploring :)
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