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Originally Posted by saffronleaf
Add weather and demographics, too.
EDIT - I would also add political outlook. There's more to add, I'm sure.
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Demographics does has some (though obviously not full) overlap with 1 and 3 on Acajack's list.
Many people who chose to move to places with similar demographics have family connections that are embedded in ethnic communities (though it's probably also the case that many people would still prefer to arrive at a new city with lots of one's ethnicity present, even with zero family, friends, or people they know there to start with, vs. a new city with few of one's ethnicity). Perhaps they might seek a partner of that ethnicity and that factors in their choice.
Also, demographics probably overlaps with desired amenities serving one's demographic (services and products in one's own language, availability of food products etc., locations of cultural or religious centers). Though it's possible for someone to want to be among one's own ethnic group just based on feeling comfortable among people who look like them and socializing with them (without caring about those cultural amenities provided by the city) to what extent that exists in isolation I don't know.
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Originally Posted by Acajack
Would most people agree that in order the main reasons for living in a specific city are:
1) you're from there (and so is most of your family, probably)
2) abundance of jobs, or a specific job or line of work
3) amenities and the general feel of the city (big, medium or small can be desirable depending on the person)
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Originally Posted by rousseau
Having lived for several years at 23 degrees north in Asia, I can honestly say that I really like the long summer days you get farther north. I wouldn't want the sun to go down consistently throughout the year at 6 or 7 pm.
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With my Southern Ontario upbringing of really hot humid nights co-occurring only with long-ish summer days (not long by more northerly parts of Canada's standards but still, I feel like light until 8 or 9 pm is nice), I remember first find it odd or exotic-feeling when visiting places in the world where you can still feel hot at night with an early sunset (eg. 5 pm or 6 pm etc.), since that's not a combo that exists in Canada.