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Re: What do you do with your BIG LAW salary?

Post by 84651846190 » Sun Jun 15, 2014 3:52 pm

sundance95 wrote:
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Biglaw_Associate_V20 wrote:NYC > SF.

I saw a bum in the middle of a nice part of SF taking a shit on the sidewalk. Oh, what a progressive, interesting city!
Name one great U.S. city where you won't find droves of homeless people doing homeless people things.
Yeah, I'm not sure that one can distinguish NYC from SF on the basis of homelessness.
I be willing to bet a lot of money that the quantity of homeless people per capita is higher in SF than in NYC. Also, SF homeless people are a little more... special than NYC homeless people. NYC homeless people ask you for money. SF homeless people scream in your face on the muni for over an hour for no reason, even after you give them money.

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Post by ymmv » Sun Jun 15, 2014 3:56 pm

Biglaw_Associate_V20 wrote:
sundance95 wrote:
ymmv wrote:
Biglaw_Associate_V20 wrote:NYC > SF.

I saw a bum in the middle of a nice part of SF taking a shit on the sidewalk. Oh, what a progressive, interesting city!
Name one great U.S. city where you won't find droves of homeless people doing homeless people things.
Yeah, I'm not sure that one can distinguish NYC from SF on the basis of homelessness.
I be willing to bet a lot of money that the quantity of homeless people per capita is higher in SF than in NYC. Also, SF homeless people are a little more... special than NYC homeless people. NYC homeless people ask you for money. SF homeless people scream in your face on the muni for over an hour for no reason, even after you give them money.
Yeah, again, this sort of thing happens literally everywhere there are homeless people (which is everywhere). I am pretty migratory and could tell you some ridiculous homeless anecdotes from virtually every corner of the U.S.

And NYC apparently wins in per capita homeless rates, fwiw (LA wins raw numbers):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-john ... 86379.html

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Re: What do you do with your BIG LAW salary?

Post by 84651846190 » Sun Jun 15, 2014 4:05 pm

ymmv wrote:
Biglaw_Associate_V20 wrote:
sundance95 wrote:
ymmv wrote:
Name one great U.S. city where you won't find droves of homeless people doing homeless people things.
Yeah, I'm not sure that one can distinguish NYC from SF on the basis of homelessness.
I be willing to bet a lot of money that the quantity of homeless people per capita is higher in SF than in NYC. Also, SF homeless people are a little more... special than NYC homeless people. NYC homeless people ask you for money. SF homeless people scream in your face on the muni for over an hour for no reason, even after you give them money.
Yeah, again, this sort of thing happens literally everywhere there are homeless people (which is everywhere). I am pretty migratory and could tell you some ridiculous homeless anecdotes from virtually every corner of the U.S.

And NYC apparently wins in per capita homeless rates, fwiw (LA wins raw numbers):
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/joel-john ... 86379.html
Interesting. I guess I've never spent a lot of time in the areas of NYC with large homeless populations. I still think the *nice* parts of SF (i.e., most of the city) have much higher proportional populations of homeless than the nice parts of NYC.

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Post by ymmv » Sun Jun 15, 2014 4:09 pm

Yeah, that I can buy - I would not be surprised if that had a lot to do with differences in police attitudes and procedures between both cities. Again totally anecdotal, but I have seen a hell of a lot more cop aggression towards homeless on the east coast than the west, so if that were accurately representative it would make sense if the SF ones walk on eggshells a lot less than the NYC ones.

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Re: What do you do with your BIG LAW salary?

Post by sundance95 » Sun Jun 15, 2014 6:06 pm

Biglaw_Associate_V20 wrote:
sundance95 wrote:
ymmv wrote:
Biglaw_Associate_V20 wrote:NYC > SF.

I saw a bum in the middle of a nice part of SF taking a shit on the sidewalk. Oh, what a progressive, interesting city!
Name one great U.S. city where you won't find droves of homeless people doing homeless people things.
Yeah, I'm not sure that one can distinguish NYC from SF on the basis of homelessness.
I be willing to bet a lot of money that the quantity of homeless people per capita is higher in SF than in NYC. Also, SF homeless people are a little more... special than NYC homeless people. NYC homeless people ask you for money. SF homeless people scream in your face on the muni for over an hour for no reason, even after you give them money.
Per capita? Lol I'm sure, SF is only ~800k.

But if homeless are such a non issue in NYC, one wonders why Bloomberg felt the need to ship them out of town on one easy bus tickets. https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source= ... WR3nCSDjSQ

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Re: What do you do with your BIG LAW salary?

Post by Total Litigator » Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:10 am

The DC haters may like this link :P

Vice article on 'Why DC is the Worst Place Ever'.


http://m.vice.com/read/reasons-why-wash ... e=vicefbus

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Post by AllTheLawz » Thu Jun 19, 2014 10:43 am

180kickflip wrote:How does Boston stack up to these places? From what I've seen, it's cheaper than NY. No city wage tax, decent places to eat, very walkable, lots to do.
Cost wise its cheaper than NYC but a bit more expensive than DC. A solid 500-650 sq ft 1br w/ decent transport access in the areas biglaw lawyers most commonly live (i.e. not people doing ridic things to live cheaply) runs like 1650-2150. Splitting a 2br not at all difficult to get a room for $1200-$1400 or so. About the same range as places in DC but the DC place will likely be significantly nicer since most buildings in Boston are super old and the newer buildings are on the upper end of the price scale/

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Re: What do you do with your BIG LAW salary?

Post by rayiner » Thu Jun 19, 2014 11:32 am

Total Litigator wrote:The DC haters may like this link :P

Vice article on 'Why DC is the Worst Place Ever'.


http://m.vice.com/read/reasons-why-wash ... e=vicefbus
For everyone else, Washington, DC, is a hellishly humid pit of despair with unbearable traffic. The city is swarming with 30-year-olds still trying to show off their entry-level position by handing out business cards for a congressional office or obscure think tank—a job that barely pays the rent.
That, and "Hollywood for ugly people" describe 99% of what there is to describe about D.C.

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Re: What do you do with your BIG LAW salary?

Post by doctoroflaw91 » Thu Jun 19, 2014 11:44 am

rayiner wrote:
Total Litigator wrote:The DC haters may like this link :P

Vice article on 'Why DC is the Worst Place Ever'.


http://m.vice.com/read/reasons-why-wash ... e=vicefbus
For everyone else, Washington, DC, is a hellishly humid pit of despair with unbearable traffic. The city is swarming with 30-year-olds still trying to show off their entry-level position by handing out business cards for a congressional office or obscure think tank—a job that barely pays the rent.
That, and "Hollywood for ugly people" describe 99% of what there is to describe about D.C.
D.C. native here. You seem to have forgotten the swaths of tourists that clog the Metro system during the summer. They're like gnats, but with "I <3 D.C." shirts.

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Re: What do you do with your BIG LAW salary?

Post by de5igual » Thu Jun 19, 2014 11:51 am

Just spent big bucks on dental work

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bump for those who already paid off loans

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Re: What do you do with your BIG LAW salary?

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Paid for most of law school for my spouse. Then, we paid off both our loans. Currently adding about $200k/yr to our net worth. Goal is FIRE (financial independence retire early). I'm no longer in biglaw- current gig is more stable but similar pay.

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Anonymous User wrote:Paid for most of law school for my spouse. Then, we paid off both our loans. Currently adding about $200k/yr to our net worth. Goal is FIRE (financial independence retire early). I'm no longer in biglaw- current gig is more stable but similar pay.

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