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I never been to Buffalo, Milwaukee and Salt Lake City. But can you give me your definition of a poor man's version of a city? I ask this because of COL in Reno is about the same as Salt Lake.
Honestly a lot of it has to do with bias for Salt Lake City, although if the stats at Moderator cut: link removed, competitor site are true, then Reno has a slightly higher unemployment rate, lower median income etc. I'm might be nitpicking though.
Are you talking about Miami of Ohio because it surely can’t be the Florida variety.
In hindsight maybe that was a bit too ambitious, but I was answering more for quality of life than Economic Opportunity. I know that hands down is the economic hub in Florida, and much better more fast paced than Palm Beach, but after that, Palm beach wins for a 3% unemployment rate opposed to 6 percent in Miami, The average income of a Palm Beach resident is $129,941 a year, opposed to 54,000 in Miami,and much safer, Although the population has nothing on Miami even if you include West Palm Beach and surrounding suburbs. But yeah I agree Palm Beach has nothing on Miami in terms of nightlife,opportunity, and tourism but it's much richer, safer than Miami, and seems to be a type of place where lots of people retire. Maybe I shouldn't call Miami a "Poor Version" of a much smaller city, but palm beach is pushing above it's weight for a City of it's size.
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not sure I would refer to Miami as a poor man's Palm Beach (not questioning the wealth of PB, rather the understating of wealth in Miami which can hold its own).....estates selling for upwards of $60M--that includes Miami, not just Miami Beach--are not what I would label as "poor".
maybe a place like Myrtle Beach, SC or Sea Island, GA (where estates 'only' sell for $4-12M--not $60M) or elsewhere might be a better 'poor' sister analogy.
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Originally Posted by scarbroo
Brantford is a poor man's Hamilton
Las Cruces is a poor man's Tucson
Buffalo is a poor man's Milwaukee
Flint is a poor man's Windsor
Surrey is a poor man's Brampton
Burlington is a poor man's Oakville
Miami is a poor man's Palm Beach
Reno is a poor man's Salt Lake City
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not sure I would refer to Miami as a poor man's Palm Beach (not questioning the wealth of PB, rather the understating of wealth in Miami which can hold its own).....estates selling for upwards of $60M--that includes Miami, not just Miami Beach--are not what I would label as "poor".
maybe a place like Myrtle Beach, SC or Sea Island, GA (where estates 'only' sell for $4-12M--not $60M) or elsewhere might be a better 'poor' sister analogy.
Fair point. Stats don't represent the whole picture.
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