Places

[benlehman]

It's time once again to play the "where should Ben live" game.

I and the Girl are considering living in three different places, from this winter to next fall (after that we'll, if we're still a "we," be headed to whatever school will have her.) We're looking at living in Boston, SF Bay Area, or London. What's going on is that she's doing grad school preperations and studying for the Foreign Service Exam, and I'm (hopefully) working and continuing to run my publishing company. So job availability, etc, is a good thing. London is advantageous as she has an aunt that lives there, who would put her up, but probably not me.

Anyway, I know that there are people who've lived in all these places, and do presently, so ... convince me where to go! I've lived in the Boston area and Bay Area before, but never been to England. Why does one place rock more than another?

Comments

[locke61dv.livejournal.com]

It seems that Boston/SF will be best if she's applying stateside. I don't know about the cost. Both are certainly expensive, so it depends on how far out from the core city still counts. Some neighborhoods of each are more affordable than others. You could scour the jobnets / craigslists to see which one currently has more of the kind of work you're doing on the side.

Of course, it would be great to have you in the area, and foreign_devilry is here as well (at least until the summer/fall). On the other hand, San Fransisco!