The kids moving away and not coming back, getting married and having our grandkids, raising them far away so we can barely see our grandkids grow up, is sad to me.
@dstark I am probably tired of little kids now. I witnessed 3 young kids crying and dropping utensils and plates on the floor at my brother-in-law house and in the restaurants in the last 7 days. Maybe I will change my mind when my own kids have kids. But I don’t know whether they will get married or will have kids before I die. 8-|
What Ubers, Airbnbs, etc. do is find a niche with a heavy regulatory component (which is based on years of experience and legislative action to protect the consumer) - and try to undermine the regulations. “Disruption” it is not.
This recent article points out some cities seeing job growth that might appeal to recent grads:
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/04/01/business/economy/cities-where-us-economy-is-thriving.html?smid=pl-share&_r=2
My D is still in college but once she’s settled somewhere, I plan to move to the same area if she doesn’t wind up in the NYC area. I would love to live long enough to have grandkid(s).
Seattle was just picked as one of the best cities for starting a legal career. I am not sure I agree with that! 
http://www.nationaljurist.com/content/best-cities-young-attorneys-0
Lyft and Uber drivers will be required to get licenses in SF.
http://www.sfgate.com/bayarea/article/SF-to-require-Lyft-Uber-drivers-to-obtain-7250137.php
^ Is it possible the drivers will have more advantage in tax deduction when they work as contractors?
Uber drivers have protested in NYC. Whenever Uber offers special deals to passengers, the discount comes off the driver’s share.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/02/nyregion/uber-drivers-in-new-york-city-protest-fare-cuts.html
I just flew back home from NYC. Tried to take uber to airport but at 6:45AM this morning, the surcharge was 1.9X. Very few ubers drivers on the road and the wait was more than 15 minutes. Finally son-in-law drove me.
Both my CA born and raised kids live in NYC. Flying cross country is such a pain. Each time I go (3 to 4 times a year) I drop hints for them to come back. I’m also finding out that I don’t have the patience for infant care after staying with my D for a week but then she has twins. One would have been a piece of cake !!
Just stopped at the East New York train station on the way to the Islanders game in Brooklyn. You can live there if you want. Not me. I wouldn’t even stand on the platform.
That’s a very commercial/industrial and very ugly part of Atlantic Ave. that provides jobs for many Brooklynites. There’s a viaduct that runs above it for cars on Atlantic to pass over Eastern Parkway so it’s dark and gloomy but it’s not unsafe. As in many places, what you see from elevated railroad (not so much subway) tracks doesn’t display what’s going on below very effectively. I live a few blocks (5-minute walk) from the Nostrand Ave. stop (the one between the East New York stop and the last stop, for Barclay Center where the Islanders and Nets play) Lots of traffic, especially trucks, and dark from the train tracks overhead but not unsafe and starting one block in on either side of the tracks at Nostrand is some beautiful housing stock in prime Bedford Stuyvesant and Crown Heights.
@Chardo Is that the LIRR station?
@NoVADad99, yes it is. 3 stops from Jamaica to the end of the line at the intersection of Flatbush and Atlantic Ave.
It’s been years, but I had to take that from Jamaica to Flatbush terminus when the subways were on strike around 1980 to get to school in downtown Brooklyn.
@Chardo What in specific did you see within the few minutes, maybe even seconds you were parked at a stop that would deter you from living there?
@coolweather The Uber contractors get no benefits as 1099 employees. They have to pay their own taxes. They pay all their own expenses up front. It’s only advantageous to Uber which then claim they have nothing to do with their contractors other than give them their share of the profit from each ride. Pretty good scam they have going.
We moved ourselves from Boston to Phoenix (Scottsdale) when kiddo was two for the (non-summer) weather, low cost of living, and high quality of life. Our son went to boarding school in CT and now college in NY; he misses “his desert.” We have no hope of him ever living near us, but we know he loves the Phoenix metro area and could live well and comfortably here. I think Phoenix is to real estate what hidden gems are to colleges, but sssshhhhh, let this be our little secret. 
I’ve been in Phoenix when it was near 130 degrees. Not my cup of tea 
@NoVADad99 I just wonder. I used to have tax deductions for my 1099 jobs.
I just took Uber to and from airport last week. I paid only $25 for each 30 minute ride. I guess after gas cost, car payment, repair, and insurance the driver does not make much, probably $15-$25/hour.