It’s just a low pressure place to live. The cost of living, the commutes, the people, it’s like someone just took a bit of pressure out of the tires. It’s a small big city. It has all, or at least most, of what people want in a big city, sports, museums, universities, proper urban areas, it has a lot of big city stuff while being small.

Cons are air quality, lots of cloudy rainy days, little if any population growth, low cultural diversity.