You're right. It is just impossible to top the dearth of parking, noise, crime, expense, hustle, and bustle that NYC offers.
It's mamosh mesiras nefash to live in Ohio.
Maybe that will stop all of you NY'ers from moving in and driving our real estate prices higher.
No one disagrees that NY has cons. But there are pros too. You can't argue with the numbers..it's the winner when it
comes to Jewish population. And for every guy there that wishes he could move, there are a bunch of others who are happy where
they are. The job market is better than many other places. You have family, a choice of communities, shuls, schools, eateries...
like no where else, so, yeah there are a whole slew of drawbacks, but plenty of people are happy all the same.
Another point is that a lot has to do with mind set. You can be happy almost anywhere if you want to be. I actually do NOT live in NY I am just trying to be honest about things. I do like oot better, but I wont disregard whats good about the big apple.