it's amazing to me how fixated people are on these large cities where they do not live.
there's also this zombie idea that these cities are all collapsing b/c of their tax structures. they aren't. there is a normal influx of people in and out of large cities. some people leave citing taxes/crime, others move in for culture/diversity. last i checked basically every major city in america was growing.
you can cherry pick one side of that normal influx/eflux and create a narrative that clearly makes you feel more on top of things i guess?
no one lives in NY, SF, etc for the tax structure. there are all kinds of other benefits to living in a city. if your goal in life is to pay as little in taxes as you possibly can then NYC is not for you. but keep in mind that some of these geographic arbitrage centers of excellence might not even be places where some of our brothers and sisters can even walk down the street. being able to make decisions about where to live based on things like metro tax rates is a pretty lucky position to be in, a position that really wasn't available to, say, a openly gay man in the 80s or 90s. so as always, different strokes.
there's also this zombie idea that these cities are all collapsing b/c of their tax structures. they aren't. there is a normal influx of people in and out of large cities. some people leave citing taxes/crime, others move in for culture/diversity. last i checked basically every major city in america was growing.
you can cherry pick one side of that normal influx/eflux and create a narrative that clearly makes you feel more on top of things i guess?
no one lives in NY, SF, etc for the tax structure. there are all kinds of other benefits to living in a city. if your goal in life is to pay as little in taxes as you possibly can then NYC is not for you. but keep in mind that some of these geographic arbitrage centers of excellence might not even be places where some of our brothers and sisters can even walk down the street. being able to make decisions about where to live based on things like metro tax rates is a pretty lucky position to be in, a position that really wasn't available to, say, a openly gay man in the 80s or 90s. so as always, different strokes.
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