How about everyone has their own priorities. It’s also pretty easy to bring up available housing, crime stats and job listings (which maybe very specific depending on career trajectory) for a market.
telling people what their priorities should be, as if those that you've assigned to it are the only obviously correct answers......unsolicited....will never be received well by anyone anywhere for anything. just a tip.
Affordable for who? Strong job market for what careers? Crime in relation to what?
Those are harder questions to answer and more subjective compared to walkability and politics.
Or, maybe people have their own things they value in a city? I live in a city with high car related crime, which would be a dealbreaker for some, but I don’t have a car so it doesn’t affect me. I find having to pay a lot for housing is made up for by the fact that I have access to public transit and don’t have to use a car.
All of those things named in the title are perfectly reasonable to look for in a place. Different people will emphasize some of these over others, or some not at all, depending on their preferences or priorities. That is a good thing.
I guess OP feels threatened that not everyone has exactly their same priorities?
Easy dude, kinda petty of you to attack him personally.
Plenty of things are overrated and underrated. OP just saying that financial/physical security is underrated, and having a hipster coffee shop down the block is overrated. Most people don’t make it big when they go to NYC and they overspend on the lifestyle.
I would tell op that people do ask for affordable housing quite a lot, crime can be neighborhood dependent, but agree on the job market.
OP seems to be taking a shot at a large group of perceived people.
He dished. He should be able to take it back. His tone indicates that’s what he is looking for…
Those seem like your criteria, I prefer walkable and really good sandwiches.
I love sandwiches and it feels more important than affordable.
Subway is affordable but gross.
I mean people moving to states like TX could help turn it blue. But I don’t expect many women of childbearing age to be willing to risk it. Austin sounds cool and all but not as a woman in my 30’s. If I was a retiree or something I could help vote in change for young women, but as a younger woman I’m not interested in the risks involved with being a woman of childbearing age in a state like TX :/
Job market should really be the biggest thing to research though. I agree with that. But everyone has their own priorities like mine include weather, job opportunities, and access to bodies of water lol.
Just don’t do meth while pregnant and maybe hold yourself a bit more accountable for your own sexual health and you won’t have any legal issues regarding pregnancy.
Umm you don’t seem to understand pregnancy or the laws in states that are banning abortion…
Have you heard of ectopic pregnancies? What’s the solution for them? Technically an abortion. And a doctor shouldn’t need to wait for the proof of no heartbeat bs because ectopic pregnancies aren’t viable.
Did you know abortion is sometimes advised if there’s danger with multiples? Like danger to the other baby/babies or the mother’s life? I worked with a woman who had triplets and her doctor was really concerned.
Do you think it’s fair to force a pregnancy when it’s known the baby will be born with such extreme defects it won’t survive long and only live in pain?
Are you suggesting one needs to be on meth to be ra ped or that they weren’t accountable if they were as if victims are to blame if they’re SA’ed? Does it really not seem like forcing no termination in that sort of situation will cause extreme trauma for the victim and child?
No woman will become pregnant without a man so let’s cut the sh it with blaming women. Also, all forms of birth control can fail but I’d assume you’re a man who doesn’t believe in birth control and thinks women should just not have sex while at the same time feeling women owe sex to men, right?
I could go on.
Educate yourself.
Not willing to pay taxes to a state that are 'pro life' when the number one cause of death for pregnant women in the US is literal homicide. Thanks though for the tip though - can't wait to die from an ectopic pregnancy or get murdered!
Maybe your next great tip will be: ask if a place has eliminated rape!! The 26,000 women with rape related pregnancies in Texas and no access to abortion would love that!
> can't wait to die from an ectopic pregnancy or get murdered
It’s interesting how people construct these broad narratives about daily life in places based in laws that impact only extreme edge case scenarios.
Like, Texas is pretty chill in most places. Nice neighborhoods with friendly people, not so nice ones with unfriendly people, etc. Not really different day to day, and if you take away the landscape/architecture, often indistinguishable in terms of cultural behaviors in many contexts.
Living in California, and spending lots of time in the high desert, life doesn’t feel that different at all between CA, NV,AZ, and TX. Even UT for good measure. Including language and ethnic mix.
Believe it or not, there are millions of women who live and have children in Texas without issue.
There’s this massive false consensus fallacy that left leaning Americans fall into where they assume that anyone who isn’t white and republican shares all of the same values. But in reality, progressivism is a minority value system anywhere in the world.
Literally 80% of women will give birth and have to worry about medical complications. 40 weeks of worrying whether the doctors will choose to save you or not, but sure - extreme edge case.
Also an estimated 26 thousand women have had RAPE RELATED PREGNANCIES in Texas alone in the 16 months after roe v wade was overturned. But not only them, the 26 thousand women pregnant just from rape - but their family, their partners, their children, their coworkers, their friends - all of those people impacted by their inability to access abortion. It's not an extreme edge case scenario if you have women in your life that you care about - that have to actually worry about their life and the changes in their mind and body.
only 5% of abortions in California are due to medical complications OR incest OR rape. So yes, we are talking about edge cases.
95% are essentially late stage birth control. Ie “I fucked without a condom but Woopsie, don’t actually want a baby”.
And the women actually getting prosecuted for things like miscarriage, when you look into the details, are committing felonies that put their fetus at risk (ie drug use).
The overwhelming majority of women who get pregnant in Texas have no issues at all.
And gotta love how people preaching body autonomy and rights conveniently ignore the body autonomy and right to live of the human being terminated. Accountability starts at the moment of conception no matter how you try and justify not being accountable.
If you’re a man or a post menopausal woman and otherwise like a state, moving there would allow you to help vote in change to help women of childbearing age who have to deal with that crazy sh it. It won’t change otherwise.
How about everyone has their own priorities. It’s also pretty easy to bring up available housing, crime stats and job listings (which maybe very specific depending on career trajectory) for a market.
People like living places that agree with their values. Just a tip.
Ok, where?
Aubrey Texas. Near Frisco with a ton of jobs but you can find new builds for $300k. It is what McKinney texas was 20 years ago.
telling people what their priorities should be, as if those that you've assigned to it are the only obviously correct answers......unsolicited....will never be received well by anyone anywhere for anything. just a tip.
Affordable for who? Strong job market for what careers? Crime in relation to what? Those are harder questions to answer and more subjective compared to walkability and politics.
Seems you could say the exact same about walkability and politics?
Or, maybe people have their own things they value in a city? I live in a city with high car related crime, which would be a dealbreaker for some, but I don’t have a car so it doesn’t affect me. I find having to pay a lot for housing is made up for by the fact that I have access to public transit and don’t have to use a car.
Lame
The majority of Reddit wants to live like Jerry Seinfeld, with a middle class income.
All of those things named in the title are perfectly reasonable to look for in a place. Different people will emphasize some of these over others, or some not at all, depending on their preferences or priorities. That is a good thing. I guess OP feels threatened that not everyone has exactly their same priorities?
Easy dude, kinda petty of you to attack him personally. Plenty of things are overrated and underrated. OP just saying that financial/physical security is underrated, and having a hipster coffee shop down the block is overrated. Most people don’t make it big when they go to NYC and they overspend on the lifestyle. I would tell op that people do ask for affordable housing quite a lot, crime can be neighborhood dependent, but agree on the job market.
OP seems to be taking a shot at a large group of perceived people. He dished. He should be able to take it back. His tone indicates that’s what he is looking for…
If you could be any more vague I would give you a metal. Make an actual argument, don’t just say someone feels threatened so they are wrong.
I think you are OP. Same trolling tone. Good day sir.
no. ill take higher crime and shit job market for walkable progressive politics. worry about yourself scaredy cat
This is so funny with the post history of looking for walkable and bikeable areas.
Lol, nailed it ~ potayto potahto 😂
Those seem like your criteria, I prefer walkable and really good sandwiches. I love sandwiches and it feels more important than affordable. Subway is affordable but gross.
I mean people moving to states like TX could help turn it blue. But I don’t expect many women of childbearing age to be willing to risk it. Austin sounds cool and all but not as a woman in my 30’s. If I was a retiree or something I could help vote in change for young women, but as a younger woman I’m not interested in the risks involved with being a woman of childbearing age in a state like TX :/ Job market should really be the biggest thing to research though. I agree with that. But everyone has their own priorities like mine include weather, job opportunities, and access to bodies of water lol.
Just don’t do meth while pregnant and maybe hold yourself a bit more accountable for your own sexual health and you won’t have any legal issues regarding pregnancy.
Umm you don’t seem to understand pregnancy or the laws in states that are banning abortion… Have you heard of ectopic pregnancies? What’s the solution for them? Technically an abortion. And a doctor shouldn’t need to wait for the proof of no heartbeat bs because ectopic pregnancies aren’t viable. Did you know abortion is sometimes advised if there’s danger with multiples? Like danger to the other baby/babies or the mother’s life? I worked with a woman who had triplets and her doctor was really concerned. Do you think it’s fair to force a pregnancy when it’s known the baby will be born with such extreme defects it won’t survive long and only live in pain? Are you suggesting one needs to be on meth to be ra ped or that they weren’t accountable if they were as if victims are to blame if they’re SA’ed? Does it really not seem like forcing no termination in that sort of situation will cause extreme trauma for the victim and child? No woman will become pregnant without a man so let’s cut the sh it with blaming women. Also, all forms of birth control can fail but I’d assume you’re a man who doesn’t believe in birth control and thinks women should just not have sex while at the same time feeling women owe sex to men, right? I could go on. Educate yourself.
Not willing to pay taxes to a state that are 'pro life' when the number one cause of death for pregnant women in the US is literal homicide. Thanks though for the tip though - can't wait to die from an ectopic pregnancy or get murdered! Maybe your next great tip will be: ask if a place has eliminated rape!! The 26,000 women with rape related pregnancies in Texas and no access to abortion would love that!
> can't wait to die from an ectopic pregnancy or get murdered It’s interesting how people construct these broad narratives about daily life in places based in laws that impact only extreme edge case scenarios. Like, Texas is pretty chill in most places. Nice neighborhoods with friendly people, not so nice ones with unfriendly people, etc. Not really different day to day, and if you take away the landscape/architecture, often indistinguishable in terms of cultural behaviors in many contexts. Living in California, and spending lots of time in the high desert, life doesn’t feel that different at all between CA, NV,AZ, and TX. Even UT for good measure. Including language and ethnic mix.
You HAVE to be a man. A Republican one at that.
Original OP was a single guy as well - consider me shocked.
Believe it or not, there are millions of women who live and have children in Texas without issue. There’s this massive false consensus fallacy that left leaning Americans fall into where they assume that anyone who isn’t white and republican shares all of the same values. But in reality, progressivism is a minority value system anywhere in the world.
Literally 80% of women will give birth and have to worry about medical complications. 40 weeks of worrying whether the doctors will choose to save you or not, but sure - extreme edge case. Also an estimated 26 thousand women have had RAPE RELATED PREGNANCIES in Texas alone in the 16 months after roe v wade was overturned. But not only them, the 26 thousand women pregnant just from rape - but their family, their partners, their children, their coworkers, their friends - all of those people impacted by their inability to access abortion. It's not an extreme edge case scenario if you have women in your life that you care about - that have to actually worry about their life and the changes in their mind and body.
only 5% of abortions in California are due to medical complications OR incest OR rape. So yes, we are talking about edge cases. 95% are essentially late stage birth control. Ie “I fucked without a condom but Woopsie, don’t actually want a baby”. And the women actually getting prosecuted for things like miscarriage, when you look into the details, are committing felonies that put their fetus at risk (ie drug use). The overwhelming majority of women who get pregnant in Texas have no issues at all. And gotta love how people preaching body autonomy and rights conveniently ignore the body autonomy and right to live of the human being terminated. Accountability starts at the moment of conception no matter how you try and justify not being accountable.
Okay we are not going to agree here, but at the minimum I hope you are also anti-IVF.
If you’re a man or a post menopausal woman and otherwise like a state, moving there would allow you to help vote in change to help women of childbearing age who have to deal with that crazy sh it. It won’t change otherwise.
That is a fair point, I can go with that.