I think that depends on whether you’re focused on “renting” as paying for short term use of an item at the time of use or renting as one form of a sharing economy - shared use of an item, rather than exclusive and permanent use and custody of an item. I rather view it as the later.
I don’t think the OP was familiar with the terms “sharing economy” or “collaborative consumption” and so used “renting” as a proxy.
Thanks for the clarification. Yes, I was referring to the sharing society as opposed to renting.
Still don’t totally understand it but I do understand the points being made
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I’ve lived in both Boston and New York and “better” is subjective based on tastes and personal needs.
NYC certainly has better public transportation and a population density that lends itself to share services like Zipcar and Uber. Boston is more spread out, more suburban with a smaller urban core. Which in many ways makes it the worst of both worlds as it’s not dense enough to support as comprehensive a public transportation system as New York yet the road system is confusing, traffic is terrible and parking is terrible.
But New York does have several downsides in terms of cost and standard of living. Also I find that living in New York makes you feel trapped there.
It’s actually not a bad model. Companies are turning to Software as a Service, Platform as a Service and Infrastructure as a Service models more and more because it makes economic sense to do so. It lets them focus on their core business while treating much of the support activities much in the same way they treat their utilities. Something they pay someone else to take care of.
Don’t disagree with anything that you said. I have only toured Boston and New York and not lived there.
The only reason why I would put Boston over New York is that Boston just seemed neater with more historic features and a nicer waterfront to me and most places were slightly more accessible by car but yes I can imagine the traffic being terrible there on a day to day basis.
Yes, New York has one good public transit system but I also found New York (Manhattan mainly) cramped, noisy expensive, and very claustrophobic.
Again these are only impressions from a tourist. Someone who has lived there would have a different perspective.
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I’ve lived in both Boston (well, Cambridge) and New York, and I prefer New York. But that is almost certainly because I grew up there, not from any inherent superiority. I feel energized when I return to Manhattan, but I can see people being overwhelmed. There is no best city, I think.
NY rules, Boston drools!
(That’s right, I’m from Bean Town )
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