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This is a kind of weird list. Do you want to live in California or in NYC? Remember, you're statistically going to live where you match for the rest of your life. It's not like med school where something automatically drags you away afterwards. You stay there. And if you're really that competitive to be considering UCSF or UCLA, do you want to live in the Bay Area or SoCal? They're pretty different. It's a lot easier to move within a state, but still not super likely post graduation. I'm also not sure I'd call UCI "suburban." Remember, the hospital isn't in Irvine. It's in Orange which is next to...Santa Ana. Ultimately, I'd say focus on where you want to live geographically and readjust half this list. If hardcore urban
(not sure what that means to you) is super important, there's a lot more programs in Los Angeles. Similarly, there's a lot more in NYC.
Sounds like OP just wants to live in a large, liberal city in a liberal state near a coast. NYC, LA, and SF check all those boxes.I just don't get considering both NYC and SoCal. They're so different culturally, transportation wise and well, the weather. Heck even the drugs are different with meth versus opiates. There's strip malls around Harbor-UCLA too, if that's what separates urban from suburban. I did really like that residency on interview though and probably ranked it higher than UCI. That said, I'm also old and don't know how the program is currently or what signaling is.
Yeah maybe OP has different ideas about what "suburban" means than a lot of us. I wouldn't call UC Irvine Suburban either. FWIW, a lot of the OVMC residents (back when it was more the SFV - VA program) lived in West LA (Westwood, Brentwood, Santa Monica etc) so maybe that might help OP.I assume Olive View appeared too "suburban" for the OP.