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To: GraceZ who wrote (1639)	2/19/2002 6:14:39 PM
From: J. P.	Respond to of 306849

<<Truth is if you'd be willing to give up the hell of living in NYC you could afford a pretty nice house>> I'm coming to those same conclusions. At one time I lived in NYC area also (Essex County, NJ) and it's a similar ratrace to Chicago. I'm done with the bar scene, and with the baby don't even go out all that much, it's not like we ever attended the opera....sure we go to the museums once a year or so....It's basically go to work, go home, cook dinner, watch TV, go to bed...Why pay twice as much? Point is, I could make half of what I made last year in Chicago, and still live a better quality of life in a smaller city like St. Louis or Tampa or Raleigh. Perhaps we will see a migration out of the overpriced urban zones.

To: GraceZ who wrote (1639)	2/19/2002 6:36:44 PM
From: SouthFloridaGuy	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 306849

It's relative, honey. People don't make that much in Baltimore and the earnings potential is diddly. I would know, I grew up in a small farming town in California and I'd never go back. Been to Baltimore. In fact been to nearly every city in this country. Don't think much of any city other than SF, Seattle, LA, Chicago, Boston, Miami (purely because of the women), and NYC. Plenty of house can be had in areas like Long Island. You get access to the best school system in the country, a semi-affordable house, and your children don't end up like most do-nothing suburban kids. Here are the 2002 Intel Talent Search Finalists in case you're wondering. More come from Nassau County than all of Maryland. sciserv.org