[NoahSD]

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Medium-sized city far from either coast is obv the way to go here. There are still plenty of convenience stores and restaurants and sporting events and asian massage parlors, but the cost of living isn't ridiculous and the traffic is bearable too.

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I definitely disagree with this. In my experience medium-sized cities have lots of the drawbacks of bigger cities--pollution, traffic, beggars, etc.--with a sort of diluted version of the positives--decent but not great restaurant selection, public transportation, etc.