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March 9, 2007 at 6:35 AM #8547March 9, 2007 at 7:37 AM #47191
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ParticipantAustin TX. Good airport too. Although the locals are all complaining about the yuppies and Californians moving in.
March 9, 2007 at 7:47 AM #47193Cow_tipping
ParticipantI’d try Northern GA southern TN.
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Cow_tipping.March 9, 2007 at 8:29 AM #47199mixxalot
ParticipantTexas sounds good. I will have to make some visits. Austin does have a decent economy and WAY cheaper than San Diego.
I should know in a year or so once work firms up at the new job.
Thinking of Vegas too which is half price of San Diego in spite of the boom that Vegas had it did go down.
March 9, 2007 at 8:41 AM #47201Anonymous
GuestCongrats on being bold and considering the move. I have done considerable research into relocation the past two years and have looked at every ‘best city’ list out there, every study, every article, and have travelled the country by car on vacation twice and looked at a few cities first hand. Here’s two that would be great for flying out alot:
1. Austin: I agree with the above poster. Very progressive, music scene might be one of the best in nation, great university, hot chicks if you are single, weather is good, lots of great jobs, especially high tech, diverse, state capital so lots of govt jobs, cheap housing etc. Negative: Airport may not have direct flights everywhere.
2. Denver/Ft. Collins/Boulder/Colorado Springs area: Great recreation, places to feel at home if you are conservative or liberal, cheap housing, great weather (300+ days of sun, actual not nearly as cold as say the Midwest, good universities, many safe low crime areas to live, good schools, skiing, central for flying anywhere in US, nice airport etc.
March 9, 2007 at 9:10 AM #47205exeunt
Participantcheapest will never be best……………..
…………….and the best will never be cheapest.
these seem mutually exclusive.the cheapest might be rural mississippi or someplace similar, and you can get real cheap by living in a tin shack.
the best might be urban san francisco, new york, portland, or smaller cities like austin, boulder, etc.
for a californian, it might all be accessible.
for others, i might suggest a college town attached to a state capitol. the suggestions for austin may make sense; so might madison(WI) davis(CA) corvallis(OR) hartford(conn) etc etc etc. you’ll get some diversity, educated folks, cheap food, potential investments in student rentals, access to countryside, the opportunity for community – a possible escape from suburbia without being in the boonies…March 9, 2007 at 9:17 AM #47207surveyor
Participantstats
Here are some actual stats for you to look at…
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/index.html
You can go through each city it recommends and see what they have to offer.
March 9, 2007 at 9:37 AM #47213bob007
Participantportland (OR), corvallis, Seattle, Austin
March 9, 2007 at 9:55 AM #47217Participantactually, an NC story here…
Asheville, NC…
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semi-rural in the hills, close to state/national parks.
very liberal, organic, hippie-in-them-hills kinda place.
i lived in a small co-op housing community when i visited, when i was crewing for a film location shot. beautiful people, very friendly. most were transplants from elsewhere, usually colder climes – portland, eugene, wisconsin, maine etc. they had this lovely artsy community in the middle of THE SOUTH…
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then i remember the actual shoot, which included a lynching scene. we came out that morning to this field outside of town and over the morning something really unsettling happenned. a whole crowd of people began to gather at the edge of the lot – some came with the extras who were part of the scene. when the dummy was hauled up on the tree, you’d hear this loud cheering from the crowd! This was in the late 90’s…March 9, 2007 at 9:59 AM #47218GuestCrazy stuff! I was about to recommend Asheville in my earlier post, but didn’t because of the distance to an airport. I have heard that it is progressive and that area does have alot of transplants.
March 9, 2007 at 10:06 AM #47221ParticipantLove asheville, dont get me wrong … But there is 2-3-4 problems with it …
1. Too many second homers … too many doctors/lawyers from NY or Atl or somewhere … buy somehting in the mountains and weekend there and totally up the costs for everyone else. Yuppie bedroom community dead during the week, and over crowded weekends.
2. Its humid all the time winter and summer as opposed to the rest of NC when its humid only in summer.
3. Scenery and roads to kill for if you’re a biker especially, and they tend to over run the place winter summer, spring or fall.
4. Too far from the ocean if you want that.Savannah GA or wilmington NC or Myrtle beach or thereabouts are better IMHO.
Also Boone NC is nice especially if you like a little snow and winter sports.
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Cow_tipping.March 9, 2007 at 10:42 AM #47227GuestI hear that Savannah has a huge crime problem and I would be aprehensive about moving there. It’s smaller than Oceanside, CA by 30,000 residents (Savannah=130k, Oceanside=160k), and yet the crime rate is literally twice as bad.The murder rate is 4 times as bad. Oceanside murders in 2000=3, 2001=4, 2002=5, 2003=8, 2004=8. Savannah murders in 2000=31, 2001=26, 2002=32, 2003=28, 2004=23.
It is a very unfortunate fact that areas like Savannah that have a large, young, poor, black population always have sky high crime rates. Savannah (city) is 57% black, median household income for blacks is 25k, whites 46k, and the child poverty rate among whites is 8%, blacks 34%!
March 9, 2007 at 11:21 AM #47233ParticipantThanks folks- I have a year to think about it.
What about Vegas? Great for a young single guy with lots of clubs restaurants and stuff to do. No taxes and cheaper than San Diego and close enough to everything.
March 9, 2007 at 11:33 AM #47234PerryChase
ParticipantHow about Talahassee or Gainesville, Florida? Great college towns from what I hear.
March 9, 2007 at 11:35 AM #47235ParticipantI did not know that about Savannah GA. Generally I avoid the coast. Hurricanes. But some people like coast. I really prefer the part of GA that is up by TN and SC that corner area and it still under 100 miles from atlanta.
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