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Living in America: The BEST place to live and work?
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Sunny said:
+1 Nothing compares to the thrill of spotting tornado's at midnight, which is when they usually arrive in my neck o' the woods.As far as ice and snow, we've had a couple of freak ice storms that caused alot of damage and power outages, but that just gave us an excuse to use our kerosene lamps and extra blankets.
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Not surprising. Everyone (except one, if i read correct) votes for the place they live in.
I'd vote for Oregon. I didn't spend all my time in Indiana (a State i couldn't advise anyone move to. Abysmal.) I lived in Eugene, OR for a month one year and a month and a half the next year. Extremely cheap, some of the most amazing scenery to be had (the coast, the Cascade mountains, the bit in between), very laid back, very progressive. All around a great State.
New York, Chicago, LA et al. good if you're a city type. Not so much if you're not.
bk
I'd vote for Oregon. I didn't spend all my time in Indiana (a State i couldn't advise anyone move to. Abysmal.) I lived in Eugene, OR for a month one year and a month and a half the next year. Extremely cheap, some of the most amazing scenery to be had (the coast, the Cascade mountains, the bit in between), very laid back, very progressive. All around a great State.
New York, Chicago, LA et al. good if you're a city type. Not so much if you're not.
bk
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I would love to live on either Martha's Vineyard or Nantucket. I don't know what I'd do for a living, perhaps run a charter. Whenever I visit I find it really hard to leave. I live on Long Island which geographically is almost identical, but I'd like it a little less crowded. Actually anywhere you can go hunt out your front door, go clamming out your back, and be a few hours from big game fishing would fit the bill.
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Anywhere but here...
Southern Ohio isn't a good place to be--no work, not much by way of things to do or see, even good places to eat are rare.
I'm here only because this is where my wife was when I retired from the AF, and I figured a house and property were a good reason to come here. I'd planned on retiring to southern Oregon (Medford) but the cost of houses there went insane. I love it out there, though! Lots to do, if you want the city life you're a short airplane ride from several big cities, including SF. Unfortunately jobs there are at a premium as well.
One big plus for Medford it that, being in the Rogue Valley, it doesn't get all the rain that Oregon is famous for. The climate is actually quite nice. Not a lot of snow in winter, not super hot in summer.
Before Medford, number one on my places to go when I retired from the USAF was Austin, TX. I was stationed there in the late '80s and loved it! I've only been back there once, about 7 years ago. It's become a bit overgrown, I think. And it still has the one major drawback it will always have--there's so much Texas around it! lol
I'm not sure where I'll end up. Even Rhonda would like to leave this area now, despite the fact that we're living in what used to be her grandparent's house on 10 acres. It wouldn't be so bad if driving in to town meant driving into Columbus, but at almost 2 hours from here Columbus (or Cincinnati or Dayton) are too far away to be convenient. I'm looking for work in all three areas, but like Columbus the best of the three.
On the flip side, when I lived in England I thought I had it made, location-wise! I was in a village off the A-1 a few miles south of Peterborough. A short drive took me to the train station in Huntingdon where I could ride straight in to London, and I could easily head off in any direction from home on the Beemer and have a great time.
Cheers,
Tom
Southern Ohio isn't a good place to be--no work, not much by way of things to do or see, even good places to eat are rare.
I'm here only because this is where my wife was when I retired from the AF, and I figured a house and property were a good reason to come here. I'd planned on retiring to southern Oregon (Medford) but the cost of houses there went insane. I love it out there, though! Lots to do, if you want the city life you're a short airplane ride from several big cities, including SF. Unfortunately jobs there are at a premium as well.
One big plus for Medford it that, being in the Rogue Valley, it doesn't get all the rain that Oregon is famous for. The climate is actually quite nice. Not a lot of snow in winter, not super hot in summer.
Before Medford, number one on my places to go when I retired from the USAF was Austin, TX. I was stationed there in the late '80s and loved it! I've only been back there once, about 7 years ago. It's become a bit overgrown, I think. And it still has the one major drawback it will always have--there's so much Texas around it! lol
I'm not sure where I'll end up. Even Rhonda would like to leave this area now, despite the fact that we're living in what used to be her grandparent's house on 10 acres. It wouldn't be so bad if driving in to town meant driving into Columbus, but at almost 2 hours from here Columbus (or Cincinnati or Dayton) are too far away to be convenient. I'm looking for work in all three areas, but like Columbus the best of the three.
On the flip side, when I lived in England I thought I had it made, location-wise! I was in a village off the A-1 a few miles south of Peterborough. A short drive took me to the train station in Huntingdon where I could ride straight in to London, and I could easily head off in any direction from home on the Beemer and have a great time.
Cheers,
Tom
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No QUESTION...
At least on the where to LIVE part of Paddy's question: St. John, USVI.
Nothing short of idylic! So what if every 50 years or so a hurricane comes through and wipes every leaf off every green thing on the island?
At least on the where to LIVE part of Paddy's question: St. John, USVI.
Nothing short of idylic! So what if every 50 years or so a hurricane comes through and wipes every leaf off every green thing on the island?
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Here, here!Big Man said:Come to the South (the real America). We'll show you how to drink.
Looks like you need to take a long vacation Paddy and come see where in the US you like best. I would naturally say Kentucky but that kind of goes without saying...
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Open up your Golden Gate
I've never lived anywhere but California -
so I might be biased!
But I would have a very hard time living in the vast stretches of America where they look at you funny if you're dressed differently, or in a mixed race marriage, or just plain odd (all of these apply to me!).
A dear friend recently moved out here from Philadelphia because he felt like at last he found his spiritual home with a crowd of people who dress and dance and drink like it was the Golden Era.
If that sort of think is not so important, I guess you could live lots of places... and just visit the FL a lot... but for me, I need a place that has the culture and can give me some musical work too.
Earthquakes? No problem. Yes, we get them occasionally. But even in the past two big ones (northern and southern CA), no one I know even knows someone who got killed or lost their house. You have more chances of getting struck by lightning or winning the lottery. Big deal, i say.
I've never lived anywhere but California -
so I might be biased!
But I would have a very hard time living in the vast stretches of America where they look at you funny if you're dressed differently, or in a mixed race marriage, or just plain odd (all of these apply to me!).
A dear friend recently moved out here from Philadelphia because he felt like at last he found his spiritual home with a crowd of people who dress and dance and drink like it was the Golden Era.
If that sort of think is not so important, I guess you could live lots of places... and just visit the FL a lot... but for me, I need a place that has the culture and can give me some musical work too.
Earthquakes? No problem. Yes, we get them occasionally. But even in the past two big ones (northern and southern CA), no one I know even knows someone who got killed or lost their house. You have more chances of getting struck by lightning or winning the lottery. Big deal, i say.
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The simple answer is......
Wherever there is an actual paying job that you have been offered.
i.e. apply everywhere...see what happens. In this economy, it's really the only way.
Wherever there is an actual paying job that you have been offered.
i.e. apply everywhere...see what happens. In this economy, it's really the only way.
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Partial agreement with the lovely young lady from the Metroplex: for me, San Antonio was "love at first sight"--although the low humidity dry-heat while I was there may have been a fluke of weather... my ideal would be a nice big chunk of undeveloped property in that general area. (No, I wouldn't be building a development, just my own little "safehouse"--pay no attention to those belt-fed machineguns on the porch or that interceptor parked in the drivewaylol--but I could be convinced to add a guesthouse or two onto the plans...)
Miss Sunny, looks like we're at an impasse here... DFW half the year, SA other half?
lol--but I could be convinced to add a guesthouse or two onto the plans...)Miss Sunny, looks like we're at an impasse here...
DFW half the year, SA other half?
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Ohio is high taxes, 5 degree winters and sticky 95 degree summers. Nice fall though.
Can't recommend here. Go west.
Can't recommend here. Go west.
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I haven't been to the states yet, but I would love to live in a city there that could offer the following :
Great waves so I can surf
short distance to a place with snow in the winter
Lots of great restaurents
amazing old hotels - with amazing hotelbars that serves a mean white russian
Friendly people
Great waves so I can surf
short distance to a place with snow in the winter
Lots of great restaurents
amazing old hotels - with amazing hotelbars that serves a mean white russian
Friendly people
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I have to go with BK on this one. I grew up in Oregon and lived there for many years. It has a temperate climate. With coast line, alpine mountains and high desert. The coast is beautiful and they have amazing seafood and dramatic views plus the surfing is amazing, Lincoln City has one of the top 5 monster breaks. the Willamette valley is great although it rains a substantial part of the year. It has an outstanding wine industry and McMennamins brew pubs throughout (excellent beer). The Columbia Gorge is amazing scenery all the way to Mount Hood and the orchards of Hood River. The Cascades are beautiful and offer outstanding skiing, the high desert is one of the most beautiful regions in the world. If you are a fisherman or hunter it is paradise. Hunting ducks, geese, chukar, pheasant, quail, elk (roosevelt and rocky mountain), and deer. Fishing-trout, steelhead, salmon (king or silver) on some classic rivers such as the deschutes, the alsea and the Mckenzie.
I lived 7 years in Colorado and was happy there and I am now in the south and am enjoying it. All of the US is beautiful.
I will be in Ireland next month and am looking forward to seeing your homeland. any recommendations?
I lived 7 years in Colorado and was happy there and I am now in the south and am enjoying it. All of the US is beautiful.
I will be in Ireland next month and am looking forward to seeing your homeland. any recommendations?
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i wouldn't mind living somewhere where the tap water is really quailty...as in clean, crisp, clear drinking water... any such places in the US?
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Been in Northern California all my life, my Wife grew up in So. Cal. We have often talked about cashing in and moving someplace, any place other than California.
I have a good job here that pays really well but, I'm soon transferring to the NY office. We don't have to move as I can do everything online or via conference calls but, I will need to travel to NY once a quarter.
First thing she asked when the job came up was, do we need to move? Here was a chance to move, have the company pay for it and do what we have often talked about but, selling a house right now is suicide, that and she still has family here, mine is for the most part gone.
The one place we always seem to agree on is Wyoming, although we have many friends who have left California for Idaho.
So, I can't suggest you move to California, I live 100 miles from where I work so I can make the money I do to provide the level of living we want. Houses are still pretty expensive even with the down turn in housing. Depending on where you live, crime is an issue as is over population, the public schools are nothing to brag about so, mark this state off your list.
I have a good job here that pays really well but, I'm soon transferring to the NY office. We don't have to move as I can do everything online or via conference calls but, I will need to travel to NY once a quarter.
First thing she asked when the job came up was, do we need to move? Here was a chance to move, have the company pay for it and do what we have often talked about but, selling a house right now is suicide, that and she still has family here, mine is for the most part gone.
The one place we always seem to agree on is Wyoming, although we have many friends who have left California for Idaho.
So, I can't suggest you move to California, I live 100 miles from where I work so I can make the money I do to provide the level of living we want. Houses are still pretty expensive even with the down turn in housing. Depending on where you live, crime is an issue as is over population, the public schools are nothing to brag about so, mark this state off your list.
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