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Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:10 pm
by mike7174
If you had your choice of working in any city/region in the U.S. (all else being equal), where would you choose to work post graduation? I'm just trying to get a general sense of where people on TLS see themselves living/working after law school.
For me, it's gotta be NYC or SF (leaning toward the latter).
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:15 pm
by UF Gators
Anywhere but NYC.
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:18 pm
by Sauer Grapes
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Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:19 pm
by JOThompson
mike7174 wrote:If you had your choice of working in any city/region in the U.S. (all else being equal), where would you choose to work post graduation? I'm just trying to get a general sense of where people on TLS see themselves living/working after law school.
For me, it's gotta be NYC or SF (leaning toward the latter).
San Francisco, it's a much more manageable city IMO.
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:25 pm
by sfdreaming09
Despite being an NYC native, for me, it’s SF all the way.
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:26 pm
by Kiersten1985
Make a pole.
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:26 pm
by kittenmittons
ATX
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:27 pm
by z*z
Detroit
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:30 pm
by nyyankees
yeah im ny native, but i didnt apply to anything in ny/ schools with ny as their primary market. (except cornell, im not really sure why) For me, its prob SF >> Chi>>>DC>LA>>>>>>>>NYC
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:32 pm
by sfdreaming09
nyyankees wrote:yeah im ny native, but i didnt apply to anything in ny/ schools with ny as their primary market. (except cornell, im not really sure why) For me, its prob SF >> Chi>>>DC>LA>>>>>>>>NYC
Just out of curiosity, why so much NYC hate?
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:35 pm
by Drew2010
Kiersten1985 wrote:Make a pole.
+1
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 1:37 pm
by Drew2010
I'm only considering three really: NYC, CHI, and Miami... but I don't know enough about the difference in the type of work you’d be doing in those three cities to really come to a conclusion yet. I mean, is the type of work you would do in NYC going to be more interesting than in Miami, or even Chicago?
Edit: Choose the city currently leading the pack, Chicago. Reasons? Still a major legal market, whereas I don't feel like Miami is in the same class, but I can actually contemplate buying a place there in a reasonable amount of time. In NYC the cost to buy small places in Manhattan is mind boggling.
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:13 pm
by baboon309
You can
Drew2010 wrote:I'm only considering three really: NYC, CHI, and Miami... but I don't know enough about the difference in the type of work you’d be doing in those three cities to really come to a conclusion yet. I mean, is the type of work you would do in NYC going to be more interesting than in Miami, or even Chicago?
Edit: Choose the city currently leading the pack, Chicago. Reasons? Still a major legal market, whereas I don't feel like Miami is in the same class, but I can actually contemplate buying a place there in a reasonable amount of time. In NYC the cost to buy small places in Manhattan is mind boggling.
You can always get a cheap one in Inwood/Washington Height
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:15 pm
by The Zeppelin
Denver/Mountain West
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:16 pm
by fortissimo
Out of those, NYC or Chicago would be ideal.
It's probably NYC > Chicago >>>>>SF/Atlanta/DC.
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:17 pm
by Tangerine Gleam
SF Bay all the way. No interest in NYC.
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:18 pm
by Rand M.
Sauer Grapes wrote:ksgator wrote:Anywhere but NYC.
TITCR
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:18 pm
by GATORTIM
Kiersten1985 wrote:Make a pole.
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Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:19 pm
by badwithpseudonyms
^^^ I was waiting for someone to say something about that.
San Francisco. Too bad it's on the other side of the country IRL.
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:20 pm
by Vincent Vega
Rand M. wrote:Sauer Grapes wrote:ksgator wrote:Anywhere but NYC.
TITCR
This.
I voted Chicago.
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:20 pm
by umichgrad
DC all the way. Clean, pretty city, nice people, sweet 'burbs to camp out in, nature and beaches nearby, philly and nyc just a train ride away.
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:27 pm
by Rand M.
umichgrad wrote:DC all the way. Clean, pretty city, nice people, sweet 'burbs to camp out in, nature and beaches nearby, philly and nyc just a train ride away.
Too bad it has the COL of NYC without half of the culture. The biggest draw to DC is prestige, right behind New York there. For QOL though it falls pretty far down the list.
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:31 pm
by sfdreaming09
Rand M. wrote:umichgrad wrote:DC all the way. Clean, pretty city, nice people, sweet 'burbs to camp out in, nature and beaches nearby, philly and nyc just a train ride away.
Too bad it has the COL of NYC without half of the culture. The biggest draw to DC is prestige, right behind New York there. For QOL though it falls pretty far down the list.
What do you mean by prestige? Is it really considered "prestigious" to practice in NYC or DC? just curious...
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:35 pm
by fortissimo
NYC and DC are probably considered the most prestigious for law. And then Chicago.
The most competitive jobs are in DC (federal government jobs, etc). The top of class always seem to gun for DC and DC is more stable than other markets. DC is far the hardest market to get into and it's dominated by people who had prestigious clerkships/top 10% grades, etc.
NYC (still) has the largest and more prestigious offices and a lot of international offices will only lateral associates to work abroad from their NYC office, and not from other offices in other cities. It's where a lot of the big transactional work gets done.
Re: Which City/Market would you choose?
Posted: Wed Feb 03, 2010 2:37 pm
by umichgrad
Rand M. wrote:umichgrad wrote:DC all the way. Clean, pretty city, nice people, sweet 'burbs to camp out in, nature and beaches nearby, philly and nyc just a train ride away.
Too bad it has the COL of NYC without half of the culture. The biggest draw to DC is prestige, right behind New York there. For QOL though it falls pretty far down the list.
Eh, I disagree on both counts. I lived in both nyc and dc for extended periods of time, and COL is astronomically higher in new york. If you want city life without living in the city itself, for nyc you've got...new jersey...and for DC you have really cute places in virginia and maryland. Sure, new york might be more exciting for a night out, but I've gone to more lectures, galleries, concerts, and shows in DC than I ever did in new york. You just have to know where to look! Plus in DC you don't feel all scummy at the end of the night