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   From: djheydt@kithrup.com   
      
   In article ,   
   Gutless Umbrella Carrying Sissy   wrote:   
   >djheydt@kithrup.com (Dorothy J Heydt) wrote in   
   >news:n0HA2F.1GG9@kithrup.com:   
   >   
   >> In article ,   
   >> Greg Goss   wrote:   
   >>>Bill Gill  wrote:   
   >>>   
   >>>>I recall back in the mid 80s I was considering transferring to   
   >>>>a job in Southern California and was investigating how much   
   >>>>housing would cost.  I found some body that said that if you   
   >>>>didn't mind how far you had to drive you could find really good   
   >>>>prices on housing. It just too forever to get to work.   
   >>>>   
   >>>>I didn't take the transfer, too expensive and too crowded to   
   >>>>live in California   
   >>>   
   >>>A cousin of mine was once offered a high-profile job in New   
   >>>York.  I think that the new job was double the money of her   
   >>>Toronto job.  If I recall correctly, they were offering USD   
   >>>$128K instead of her current CAD$63K.   
   >>>   
   >>>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.   
   >>   
   >> Depends on what part of California, but generally, yes.   
   >>   
   >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.   
      
   --   
   Dorothy J. Heydt   
   Vallejo, California   
   djheydt at gmail dot com   
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