The 1/3 Of New Yorkers Who Want To Leave The City? They Would Rather Live In...You Guessed It...The Greatest City In The World... Boston.

Source - American tech hubs like San Francisco are so tight on affordable housing that many residents have fled to less formidable markets like Denver. Now Denver itself is among the cities likely to see people leave, according to a report by the brokerage Redfin Corp.

One of the trends Redfin tracks is its users’ online home searches.

Home searches are a leading indicator of moves, according to Redfin senior economist Taylor Marr, who writes in the report that “we saw this in 2015 in the Bay Area” and that “by 2016 the U.S. Census Bureau showed San Francisco had lost residents.” Increasingly competitive housing markets like Denver and Seattle, let alone San Francisco and New York, are drawing their residents’ attention to cities such as Phoenix and Sacramento.

Well there you have it, the debate is settled. Boston is greater than New York as decided by New Yorkers. I’m not going to lie, a few weeks ago when Dave mentioned opening a Boston branch I didn’t think anything of it. But after going home for Memorial Day weekend I haven’t been able to get it off my mind. The city is so much cleaner and more picturesque than New York. Not only that, everyone speaks the same language- sarcasm. It’s like you can use half the words and still get your point across. I don’t know how Redfin collected their data and I don’t care. That chart tells me everything I need to know.

It also makes me wonder what people in Massachusetts search for when they’re trying to upgrade their living situation. And in no way is this an excuse for me to list out towns that sound funny in a Boston accent. (It is.) Like where do Swampscott or Scituate or Swansea look? What about Revere, Randolph, Raynham? What about all the towns that sound funny but don’t start with the same letter? Like Gloucester, Somerville, Marblehead, Arlington, Watertown the list goes on and on. If you had trouble reading those with an accent this should help.

Truth be told there are a bunch of things I would miss about New York. For example, having anything you want at your fingertips 24/7 is nice. Then there’s the food, the people, and the lack of manners which I really enjoy. Can’t forget this either.

There’s also the mild winters, world class public transportation, and the fact that you don’t have to see someone you know every time you step outside the house. Other than that I wouldn’t miss it at all. I’m a shell of the man I was in Boston thanks to New York. Something about this city sucks the life out of you. Maybe it’s everything that I just listed out. I don’t know, I have a very love/hate relationship when it comes to New York. Bottom line is  a real estate firm scientists said that New York is better than Boston so I have to agree. End of story.