Expensive perhaps, but does your city have parks and interesting restaurants? Just try to get that in Des Moines 
It's like a bizarro world version of Green Acres, people moving from luxury homes in Hooterville to pursue their comical dream of living in a decrepit shack in New York
I guess there's no accounting for personal tastes, but it's hard for me to understand someone who graduates college thinking "I really need a serious downgrade from my dorm room"
true story, my best lifelong buddy lived in the West Village, bought a 600 sqft co-op unit near Prince St & 6th Ave in 1998 for $275k. Sold it last year for enough money to buy a completely renovated 1802 farmhouse in Provence on 17 acres backing up to a French national park.
the little 1000-person French Hooterville he lives outside of has a Michelin-starred restaurant. 30 minute drive to Nice and Monaco. But on the other hand, he had to give up that famous Washington Square charm
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