[gringoDan]

> I would never recommend visiting Dallas, it's a dull city, but as far as places to live it's far surpassed my expectations.

I think this point is key. When your day-to-day is spent staring at a laptop, it doesn't really matter where you live.

I used to live in NYC. I loved it; great city to be in your 20s. But I left due to COVID. Since then, I've returned to visit a handful of times and realized that visiting NYC is probably better than living there. In a long weekend, I'm able to visit great restaurants, see a show, and catch up with friends. Essentially, I pack the social activities that I would have spread out over a month into 3 days. Then in my day-to-day, I don't have to pay Manhattan rent, fight the crowds on the subway, or deal with all of the friction the city has.

[bin_bash]

yeah I put this on another comment but different cities are great for different stages of your life. I lived in Santa Monica and SF (in the city) during my formative years and can't imagine a better way to have spent my 20's. In Dallas I would've been super bored and probably wouldn't have advanced in my career nearly as much. Do not move to Dallas if you're 23—that would be a poor life choice.

I'm well into my 30's with a family now though and those more "dynamic" environments would just cause a lot of problems in my life.

[listenallyall]

> Do not move to Dallas if you're 23

My company just transferred me to Dallas to trade equities. It's gonna be awesome!