Philly is an underrated city. It's hella cheaper too. It's school system is terrible though, crime / drugs / etc are worse, here in Boston we have some atv/dirt bike hot boys, but they're really everywhere and constant in Philly. PA politics are also pretty gross. It's gritty AF I still love Philly but Boston has more opportunities for my work and definitely better schools for my kids.

I was born and raised in Philly and live in Boston in my adult life. Philly just can't take a compliment or a win, they're just so used to being grimmy that when someone says Philly is pretty great their first reaction is "yo that's cause yous suck! Let's get some wooder and a hoe-ghee".

Serviceable is the right word though. You don't really convert the vast majority of people to a new fairly expensive unfamiliar tech with a serviceable experience. I've used quest 2 and vive. The quest 2 standalone tech is clearly the path forward but the FOV kills me as all as the refresh rate. Anyhow software is sort of a chicken and egg problem. It takes a lot of effort and money to make a great VR experience and unless there's overwhelming confidence in the tech OR a large enough owner base the software won't come. In general I think that clearly shows both users and developers don't believe the tech is ready.

The problem with VR is it's still not ready for prime time. It needs natural full field of view so you don't feel claustrophobic, high refresh rates, high resolution per eye, be light enough to be comfortable, have a battery that lasts a good couple of hours, have pretty significant sensor packages for tracking eyes/body/hands/feet, and be self contained because wire leads are not great while moving around. No headset has solved all of these issues and if one did it would probably cost near $10,000 right now. But if a headset could be built like that for sub $500 then VR might be ready...

When my dad taught me to drive he made me get on and off every single exit/on ramp for 2 hours straight. I was a god damn pro in one day.