My list:
1. New York City
2. San Francisco
3. Washington DC
4. Boston
I was going to have a fifth, but there is such a drop off in prestige from 4 to whatever 5 would be that I decided to cap it at four.
My list:
1. New York City
2. San Francisco
3. Washington DC
4. Boston
I was going to have a fifth, but there is such a drop off in prestige from 4 to whatever 5 would be that I decided to cap it at four.
Dallas
Fort Worth
Houston
Birmingham
Salt Lake City
Topeka
Tulsa
Chattanooga
Biloxi
Tallahassee
Boise
Baton Rouge
Aside from NYC, I'd say that the only prestigious cities are small cities within larger metro areas. Beverly Hills and Malibu would seem to qualify.
What is "prestigious" about living in a specific city? There are towns like Greenwich CT, Weston MA, Kenilworth, Illinois, or Chappaqua, New York, etc that are so wealthy that you need to have "made it" to live there.
If you're asking about desirable without regard for cost of living, your list is probably good. You might add Seattle. With that, you'd have my personal top 5 list of metro areas I'd live in.
Nothing "prestigious" about those cities at all. Plenty of people without a pot to piss in live in those places...
Agree with those who pick out a small 'burb that requires millions of dollars buy a home in...
Los Angeles, Santa Barbara
Palos Verdes, CA
Too many fairies/democrats in all of those places. Gross!
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Alma, MI
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DC is a cesspool. Don't you read these boards?
Snob and proud wrote:
My list:
1. New York City
2. San Francisco
3. Washington DC
4. Boston
I was going to have a fifth, but there is such a drop off in prestige from 4 to whatever 5 would be that I decided to cap it at four.
Atherton, CA.
Median home price is over 9 million.
Fairbanks, AK
Detroit, MI
Bakersfield, CA
Pierre, SD
Eugene, OR
I understand your first three picks. Right or wrong, many people assume those cities are very prestigious in the sense that the job market is very competitive. So if you are able to work there then you must be very skilled. But why Boston? It doesn't seem like it belongs with the other three.
brogan1 wrote:
I understand your first three picks. Right or wrong, many people assume those cities are very prestigious in the sense that the job market is very competitive. So if you are able to work there then you must be very skilled. But why Boston? It doesn't seem like it belongs with the other three.
Sure, no low skill jobs in NY,SF, or DC. All doctors, lawyers, investment bankers...
brogan1 wrote:
I understand your first three picks. Right or wrong, many people assume those cities are very prestigious in the sense that the job market is very competitive. So if you are able to work there then you must be very skilled. But why Boston? It doesn't seem like it belongs with the other three.
History and culture that will never be matched by the growing sunbelt cities. High concentration of educated people from elite schools. People who went to Andover still want to live here over Phoenix, etc. White shoe legal firms, management consulting, some of the best Eds and Meds in the world.
Westwood
Newport Beach
Berkeley
Rancho Palos Verdes
Santa Monica
Menlo Park
Palo Alto
Frisco
West L.A.
Eugene, Oregon
Oildale, California
Ogallala, Nebraska
brogan1 wrote:
I understand your first three picks. Right or wrong, many people assume those cities are very prestigious in the sense that the job market is very competitive. So if you are able to work there then you must be very skilled. But why Boston? It doesn't seem like it belongs with the other three.
Boston has one of the highest costs of living of any city in the US - somewhere between third and seventh depending on how you measure cost of living and what size cities you include. Boston has among the most educated populaces in the country. People go there from around the world for academia, medicine, technology, finance, publishing, etc. It also has one of the fittest populations of any city in the country.
Wait, Baton Rouge??
lolololol
Why not El Paso, Panama City, Jacksonville, ?? lol
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