What city would you rather play in?

[SotasicA]

 

[garbageteam]

All expensive COL cities, might as well just because I could. A penthouse in Vancouver would be very nice, considering hockey is the biggest show in town you'd also be one of the biggest fish in a medium pond.

Barring that I'd pick Los Angeles or Miami. The rink would actually be a nice respite from the heat. If you played in Edmonton or Minneapolis you'd just be going from cold to...cold.

 

[North Cole]

VAN/EDM/TOR.

Each have their positives and negatives. Would definitely prefer anywhere in Canada over anywhere in the States...Gimmie that USD.

 

[Craig Button]

A lot of bad answers here.

A UFA would be anywhere from 26-28 years old. Depends on how much ufa years were in the previous contract.

The 2 main things you are going to look at is
1. Am I going to win a championship here?
2. Can I raise a family here or will my wife be happy here?

that’s it.

Some of the weird posts wanting to be a millionaire in LA or Vegas.
Man, that’s messed up.
A hockey player like that won’t find success and nor would you want that player on your team.

 

[Adele Dazeem]

If you're married in your 20's as a millionaire (even in general); you're not doing it right...

 

[aufheben]

I mean you might as well count NYC/LI/Newark/Philly as one city lol. Why not throw Buffalo and Boston in too?

 

[aufheben]

I don't understand the high votes for a place like NY. It's literally a "concrete jungle"
Even if you're rich and live in Manhattan, you're overwhelmed by how huge the city is. There is zero contrast in terms of nature, space, etc...
I'd prefer Boston over NY any day of the week if I had to choose the U.S East coast; Montreal if I had to pick a city in Canada (best city in Canada IMO) - Vancouver and Toronto fall in the same trap as NY.

I don’t understand anyone that feels this way about NYC honestly. I mean, I completely understand, I just could imagine it for myself. Stepping out into Manhattan is one of the most incredible things I’ve ever felt in my life, and, like you said, “overwhelming” is exactly how I’d describe it...like standing in the middle of everything.

I lived there for three years without spending money on anything besides rent, and I was far from a millionaire. Falling asleep on the 15th floor while gazing out from a dozen blocks away at the Empire State Building silhouetted by a gray-pink sky and the cloudy glimmer of the rest of Manhattan sprawling north with no horizon in sight. I wouldn’t trade that for anything.

But, you’re certainly not alone on that.

Vancouver is soul-crushingly beautiful and another place that I can’t imagine not thoroughly enjoying.

 

[boredmale]

Nashville seems like a nice place. Not to big, you probably get alot of privacy, good tax laws. Warm

 

[HisIceness]

Nashville or Raleigh, would also pick Atlanta if they were still in the league. I like a hint of all 4 seasons, the Piedmont region provides that.

 

[LOFIN]

A lot of bad answers here.

A UFA would be anywhere from 26-28 years old. Depends on how much ufa years were in the previous contract.

The 2 main things you are going to look at is
1. Am I going to win a championship here?
2. Can I raise a family here or will my wife be happy here?

1. The thread rules basically said that the team roster is irrelevant. Let's assume everyone is a contender.
2. If you are a millionaire sports athlete, I would assume you are fine pretty much everywhere you go when it comes to the safety of your family etc.

 

[TheGoldenJet]

That's more due to how Vancouver is drawn up (with Vancouver the city only having roughly 700,000 residents), compared to Toronto for example which amalgamated our equivalents of Surrey, Richmond, and Burnaby. Its also on the smaller side of major North American cities in just general regional population (2.83m in the lower mainland). I believe that measurement only accounts for Vancouver, and not what makes up Metro Vancouver region. But, I could be wrong on that.

I just find it surprising someone would call Vancouver too big city and grouped with NYC and Toronto (and really, NYC is in its own universe in North America).

I used to live in Vancouver, and I agree with you. When I first came to Chicago I realized what a truly big city feels like. Vancouver is not small, but it is much smaller than Chicago.

 

[Craig Button]

1. The thread rules basically said that the team roster is irrelevant. Let's assume everyone is a contender.
2. If you are a millionaire sports athlete, I would assume you are fine pretty much everywhere you go when it comes to the safety of your family etc.

no it didn’t

You're a hotshot NHL free agent who has offers from all 31 teams. Make a decision only based on the city (contract offers are all equalized hypothetically; do not make decision based on state/federal taxes)

 

[Adele Dazeem]

no it didn’t

Make a decision only based on the city....

 

[Craig Button]

Make a decision only based on the city....

Yes. Is that city going to win a championship?
Is that city a great place to live and raise a family?


What do you mean by only?


It’s a very stupid hypothetical question?

where do you want to work regardless how good or crappy your employer is and the quality of your life?


Is it based on the city’s infrastructure?
The night life?
The shitty government?

you have to consider all variables including the chance of winning a championship?

The only variable you removed in your original post was income.

so regardless of income which city do you want to play in?

 

[Adele Dazeem]

Yes. Is that city going to win a championship?
Is that city a great place to live and raise a family?


What do you mean by only?


It’s a very stupid hypothetical question?

where do you want to work regardless how good or crappy your employer is and the quality of your life?


Is it based on the city’s infrastructure?
The night life?
The shitty government?

you have to consider all variables including the chance of winning a championship?

The only variable you removed in your original post was income.

so regardless of income which city do you want to play in?

Yes, emphasis on city. You mixed city aspect with team aspect. Team being a contender or not has nothing to do with my statement. Why are you mixing raising a family (valid reasoning) with chances of championship (nothing to do with city).

 

[ijuka]

Well, it comes down to where I'd want to live. I'd not want to live in USA, so it'd need to be Canada. I'd pick Vancouver out of these.

 

[Svechhammer]

Smaller city with a big airport. I might sound completely biased here, but I would absolutely say Raleigh.

You could get a very comfortable home for pennies on the dollar compared to any of the larger cities, yet its still actually a city where there are things to do. And if you want to travel to places like Vegas, LA, New York, Toronto, Paris, London, Cancun, there are daily direct flights out of the airport that are relatively cheap.

Its a good way to bank a lot of cash real quick while still living the lifestyle a player would want.

 

[IceManCat]

NYC / LA / Florida / Nashville too but they have to get rid of the vomit yellow jersey and albatross yellow helmet then I'll go

 

[CraigsList]

Florida for me

 

[LaMasquerade]

New York.. it has magic

 

[End of Line]

Whoever has the lowest tax rate

 

[Section88]

Why are chicago and st. Louis together in this scenario? Theyre atleast a four hour drive from eachother

Edit - nevermind just saw your explanation

 

[Filatov2Kovalev2Bonk]

Toronto for sure.
Big city and I'd get to dunk on Simmons when he does his usual hit job.
Ottawa would be my other choice, because there's no pressure playing here and our sports media is extremely servile.

 

[weaponomega]

LA and New York would be my top 2. LA over NY because of weather.

 

[Dr Salt]

I'm kind of confused why some of these are lumped in with each other.