east or west; boston or sacramento
I've recently had to make a decision regarding where I want to work; a decision which I'm not sure I was ready to make. Unfortunately, life doesn't take rain checks, so my hand has been forced so to speak. I had originally narrowed my choices down to L.A., Sacramento, NYC, and Boston, but after thinking it through some more, I decided that NYC and LA were out. NYC's cost of living is just too high at a staggering 55% above DC, and LA is just... well, too LA.
As of 3 days ago, I was sure that Boston was my top choice, and Sacramento as the runner up. Now however, I'm not exactly sure. Each has its own pros and cons.
Boston is a great city, altho I'm not too into the whole historical aspect of it. In addition, my cousin Jennings (yes, thats his first name, and yes, he was named after Peter Jennings) would be there, not to mention all my housing concerns would be solved since I could just sublease from Tristan.
Sacramento on the other hand, is in CA. I just remember stepping out from the SAC airport, and being overwhelmed with the greeness of the whole city. I'm sure Tristan would agree with me when I say that I've never seen grass so green before. Granted that the whole experience was a short one, but driving along the highways out in CA felt like a scene from a movie.
I'm quite torn as to which city I'm pulling for, but hopefully I'll know by the end of next week.

I've been looking at houses around Sacramento, and all I can say is wow. I can get a house like this, a mere 10 miles from the office. And if I rent out 2 rooms, I'd be paying $400/mo to live in something like that. just amazing.
anyone know whats wrong w/ sacramento? and why everythings so cheap there?
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Have you seen Sperling's Best Places? Its info about U.S. cities... here's a link to a Boston- Sacramento comparison:
http://www.bestplaces.net/city/ccmain.aspx?Lcity=0664000&Rcity=2507000&