I'm in Cambridge for multiple reasons: job (including an incredibly short commute; waiting for the elevator is a non-trivial percentage of it), culture, amenities (like good SF specialty bookstores), and inertia (moving is a PITA).
The climate's a negative; I grew up in western Washington, where as long as you can deal with the clouds and drizzle you don't have to worry too much about horribly hot summers or multiple-blizzard winters.
Places I'd consider moving to: Portland (OR)/Seattle/Vancouver (BC) or points in between (though YVR would require me to get Canadian immigration foo done), or London/Dublin if I could get a job that'd make it financially workable. (I wouldn't need to deal with immigration issues for EU countries, but I'm too monolingual to get away with other parts of the EU.)
Much as the local politics/culture are conducive, San Francisco and New York are out; California's state politics are too dysfunctional for me (and there are too many different natural disasters to worry about) and NYC...nope, can't do it after being a Red Sox fan for 20+ years.
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Date: 2008-09-20 06:48 am (UTC)The climate's a negative; I grew up in western Washington, where as long as you can deal with the clouds and drizzle you don't have to worry too much about horribly hot summers or multiple-blizzard winters.
Places I'd consider moving to: Portland (OR)/Seattle/Vancouver (BC) or points in between (though YVR would require me to get Canadian immigration foo done), or London/Dublin if I could get a job that'd make it financially workable. (I wouldn't need to deal with immigration issues for EU countries, but I'm too monolingual to get away with other parts of the EU.)
Much as the local politics/culture are conducive, San Francisco and New York are out; California's state politics are too dysfunctional for me (and there are too many different natural disasters to worry about) and NYC...nope, can't do it after being a Red Sox fan for 20+ years.