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   From: gossg@gossg.org   
      
   djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote:   
   >Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy   wrote:   
   >>djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote in   
   >>> Greg Goss   wrote:   
      
   >>>>She made the cover of Canada's newsmagazine (Macleans) for   
   >>>>saying "It was a good offer, but I would have to live in New   
   >>>>York. Who would want to live in New York?"   
   >>>>   
   >>>>I suspect that California was both cheaper and less crowded than   
   >>>>New York.   
   >>>   
   >>But then, at this point, you're comparing New York City to the   
   >>entire state of California, which isn't a very good comparison. LA   
   >>is less densely populated, I believe, than NYC, but that doesn't   
   >>necessarily equate to less crowded. And the most expensive parts of   
   >>southern California are in Orange County, and can rival anywhere in   
   >>the world for expensive to live in.   
   >   
   >For concentration and crowded-ness, not to mention desirability,   
   >one would do better to compare New York to San Francisco ... or   
   >more accurately, Manhattan to San Francisco (both restricted by   
   >natural barriers, chiefly water) and all the boroughs of New York   
   >to the Bay Area.   
      
   I was thinking New York to LA, but SF would also be a valid   
   comparison.  (Either Manhattan to SF city or NYC to Bay Area). My   
   impression is that NYC still wins, but I'm not as certain as I was   
   about LA.   
      
   Does Bay Area compare to NYC directly, or do we need to throw in large   
   chunks of New Jersey and Long Island?   
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