Which is your preferred environment?

  • UnfortunatelyAlex
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    3 days ago

    if suburbs were like actual towns here in the US and not glorified strip malls with highways running through them id prefer them cause you get the best of both worlds that way.

    but thats not what suburbs are here so probably a smallish urban center is what id like

    • FigNewtonsYum6OP
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      3 days ago

      There are lots of towns like you describe in the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic! Like actual towns, not suburbs, that are in the orbit of larger cities. That style of development is generally restricted to older parts of the country only, unfortunately :/

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        3 days ago

        yeah. i live in the midwest, great lakes area. and i like the idea of living here, but the reality is awful. there could be so much infrastructure developed around Chicago as like a big regional center with trains and shit but theres just nothing but highways and farmland.

        id like to live in the north east but its expensive. idk

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          3 days ago

          More expensive, but you get paid more (although that doesn’t always offset the higher cost of living). There are some cities in that region that still aren’t kooky crazy banana beans expensive though, take a look at Buffalo, Rochester, Hartford, Providence, Philadelphia and Baltimore.

          • UnfortunatelyAlex
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            3 days ago

            Buffalo is actually where ive looked the most since its basically midwest (great lakes at least) still 😭

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              3 days ago

              It’s not a bad place, you just have to be ready for some absolutely crushing winters! Plus, you’d be close to Toronto, which is wonderful city in and of itself.

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                3 days ago

                oh im used to lake effect snow and cold winters already. another reason why buffalo is top of my list. i love winter and snow