OTOH, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, and a few other cities look promising.
Some of the programs in Manhattan and Brooklyn are paying ~55000. She's in (we're in) >400000 in debt from the med school loans. There's no chance we can go there. (Maybe if they paid ~100000.)
I wonder if it is some sort of nerds attracting nerds phenomenon, or just overachievers meeting in college.
Either way I feel your pain with residency and debt.
[1] http://www.med.nyu.edu/school/admissions/fees-and-financial-...
> NYU estimates med school costs at $80k per year [1], for four years.
Pretty much this. Private med schools are more expensive than public. Plus little things like buying cars, paying rent, etc. add up.
Can you elaborate on Atlanta's poor QoL?
edit: pros-> good Cost of Living to salary ratio, 4 seasons. cons-> humidity, traffic, public education system, lack of attractions (you can only go to the aquarium so many times).
You'll need a car to get anywhere and you're going to spend a lot of time in it. Especially if you live in one of the popular suburbs like Marietta or even Douglasville.
Source: lived in the area a few times.
To be clear, Lithia Springs is as part of Atlanta as Vallejo is part of San Francisco - as Edison is to Manhatten.
You'd need a car to get anywhere if you lived in Vallejo too... And you'd spend a ton of time in it (and about $10 in tolls) to get to Downtown San Francisco.
Prices have risen in the last few years, but anywhere from Midtown to Buckhead to the East Atlanta neighborhoods are great.