LogFAQs > #958083800

Politics be damned, I'm starting to learn that Southern US is probably the best part of the US.

New Orleans/Baton Rouge, Atlanta, Nashville, Houston/Dallas/Austin/San Antonio, Miami/Tampa, Phoenix >>> NYC, LA, SF, Chicago, Portland, Seattle, DC, Denver, etc.

San Diego is lit though, it's low key the best city in CA, only problem is high paying jobs there are scarce.

-wayyyy more affordable. Cost of living to income ratio is far better for most of these cities.
-weather is plenty good. In fact, outside of San Diego and LA, I'd argue pretty much any of the above cities have better weather than their overrated Northern contemporaries. Hell, even CA weather is straight up overrated (San Francisco is cold af in the summer and LA can be chilly on summer night, which can be a vibe, but can be a pain in the ass if you don't carry around a light jacket in the middle of summer). Every where else is cold af in the winter and fall in exchange for mild summers, and even then, some of there summers can still get pretty hot so you're not getting much value.
-Night life is actually better in a lot of these cities than a lot of the more overrated tourist traps. New Orleans and Nashville in particular are much better than LA and NYC in terms of bar hopping, clubbing, and live music as those cities are so spread out, you'll need to get a taxi if you want to go to different areas to party, meanwhile Nashville and New Orleans have literally miles upon miles of bars and restaurants all in the same area so everything is walking distance.
-women are just as hot and way more approachable. Clout and social status isn't as important as it is in places like LA, SF, and NYC in particular. Again, I visited Nashville recently and was blown away by how many down to earth absolute stunner women their were. Not that you can't find some stunners in LA or NYC, but good luck on them being approachable or down to earth...
-people are also nicer and more approachable in general imo.
-Southern cities actually do something about it's homeless problem and don't let them walk all over tax paying citizens.
-more personality. LA's personality is basically "rich people living in the mountains surrounded by squalor", SF has some personality, I'll admit, even if that personality is shit, same with NYC, meanwhile places like New Orleans, Nashville, San Antonio, Austin have a lot of historic buildings that they renovate into fun musical venues, restaurants, bars, etc. and it just adds a unique vibe to the city.

If you care so much about politics you'd rather move to a cold, shitty, overpriced, stuck up city just so you can be in an echo chamber, that makes you pretty sad as a person IMO.

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