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bamagal62

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20. Every big city is not the same. And, everyone is different.

Reply to Throck (Reply #4)

Tue May 26, 2020, 08:13 AM

May 2020

I wouldn’t live in NYC for anything. (I used to live in Westchester.) I currently live in Chicago and I absolutely love this city. I recently moved here from a small town in PA. You couldn’t pay me enough to move back there.

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Frustrated and struggling, New Yorkers contemplate abandoning the city they love [View all] brooklynite May 2020 OP

There is no requirement to live in NYC Nature Man May 2020 #1

Well, yes, but this is the center of the Universe... brooklynite May 2020 #2

maybe for some Nature Man May 2020 #6

I agree. HotTeaBag May 2020 #27

I've never understood the attraction of super big cities. Throck May 2020 #4

im with ya there..i love to visit but wouldnt want to live there unless I had UNLIMITED.... samnsara May 2020 #8

Was done with large cities Nature Man May 2020 #9

Every big city is not the same. And, everyone is different. bamagal62 May 2020 #20

I enjoyed my time in NYC (1977-90), but I'm glad we moved after the kids came along. stopbush May 2020 #3

i have a friend there who is stuck in an apt with her blind dog. She has health issues as well.. samnsara May 2020 #5

It'd never work... Hugin May 2020 #7

about 20 years ago a cpl in my town won the state lottery....6 mil....the bought a large concrete.. samnsara May 2020 #10

Sudden fame and/or wealth has written many tragedies. Hugin May 2020 #11

I see landlords losing leverage BeyondGeography May 2020 #12

+1. Non-manufacturing companies don't need a physical office to function dalton99a May 2020 #15

Boo hoo. If this a standard appliance since the 1970s, why don't they have one? betsuni May 2020 #13

Because there's no hook-up and there are rules against it BeyondGeography May 2020 #14

Well, I live in Japan and everyone has to have their own washing machines. betsuni May 2020 #16

Most buildings don't allow them BeyondGeography May 2020 #18

And congratulations to me for drying clothes in the sun. betsuni May 2020 #19

And where do you propose NYC apartment and condo dwellers do that? jberryhill May 2020 #22

Let's go with "many". Igel May 2020 #25

I signed four different leases over 25 years that expressly forbid them BeyondGeography May 2020 #26

No "hook-ups" jberryhill May 2020 #23

How do you "just plug it in" SoCalNative May 2020 #28

My guess is that it is a portable washing machine. You plug it in chowder66 May 2020 #29

I would never elect to live there... 2naSalit May 2020 #17

If you must move please come to Florida or other purple states MaryMagdaline May 2020 #21

In my youthful past, half a century ago, MineralMan May 2020 #24