This is the thread where NA and Sarah McLusky maybe move to another city (Do not read if you find us excessively twee)

(well, it's cheap and in eastern time.. yeah, there's all that Canadian customs crap, but still..)

but chicago is cheaper (from what i have heard)

good luck

We've done some mild email correspondence with Chris re: Massachusetts, he wants us to move to Worcester.

Williamsburg! AAAAAH!

baltimore i wonder if you would regret not being in either dc or philly. ilxs ambivalence to boston is well documented, chicago might be ideal, sizewise though

Find myself a city to live in... < /like one of my favorite songs evah>

But beyond that, I'm so incapable of rationally approaching the advisability of moving to the northeast that I'll recuse myself from the thread.

(Seriously, I think I mentioned this elsewhere, but my ex-boss moved from Boston to New Orleans even though it was more or less a 'lateral promotion' (higher rank, less significant place) and a pay cut, because the cost of living was so much lower in New Orleans and he was afraid if he didn't take the job he'd never leave Boston ... despite hating it.)

It's weird because I got a job in Chicago after college graduation but ended up turning it down to stay in VA near fam/NA. I had dreamed about living in Chicago for years. So now, all of a sudden, Nick is talking about us maybe moving to Chicago and it's weird. I mean, it's great because I could have him AND Chicago! But also, I'm really worried about being so far away from my family. I moved around a lot growing up and they were my only constant (uh, other than myself).
Of course, I always lived kind of far from one parent or the other, until this past year - now I live within a half hour of my mom, 3 hours max from my dad, 5 hours from one sister (but my parents are driving her up all the time) and 45 minutes from the other. When I told my mom and sisters, my one sister was like, "But how are you gonna help me raise my babies!!?" (and she doesn't plan on having any for several years as she's in law school)
So I dunno.
I'm trying to keep an open mind.
I just need to set dates to visit all these places; a bunch of mini-vacations. Like Nick said, we have mini-trip dates set for Baltimore and Philly. I'll get to work on Chicago!

Lexington has had twee lifesize painted porcelain horses on random street corners everywhere for like 2 years now!

Houston, too. They did last time I was there, anyway. Inside the Williams Tower, there was one painted up like Spiderman and mounted on the lobby wall. Highly amusing.

How important is the job market in the city? Do you two have specilized careers or the kind of jobs that can be done anywhere? If the former then I think this will limit your choices more than anything else.

minneapolis-st. paul seemed pretty dull

sunny, violent as in a lot of random violent street crime. but that probably has more to do with where i wind up when i'm up there than anything else, you don't have to go to crack central in chicago to see a good punk show. there are some very nice areas of milwaukee as well. they have better record stores up there too and the thrift/vintage stuff always has good finds because there aren't boutique owners combing the places for their own stores.

i really can't quibble with my list...

Honolulu, Hawaii America’s Tropical Paradise

San Diego, California California’s First City

Orange County, California Live The California Dream

Little Rock, Arkansas Where America Comes Together

Las Vegas, Nevada Entertainment Capital of the World

Baton Rouge, Louisiana The Cajun Capital

except i've been to little rock and if i was moving to the mid south i'd go to memphis.

minneapolis-st. paul seemed pretty dull

^^^troll

omg findyourspot.com u r mr gay! san jose really wtf!!!! new haven hartford worcester????? i said i liked to party!

San Jose, California
San Francisco, California
Honolulu, Hawaii
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Las Vegas, Nevada
New Haven, Connecticut
Long Beach, California
San Diego, California
Baltimore, Maryland
Boston, Massachusetts
Providence, Rhode Island
Portland, Oregon
Orange County, California
Oakland, California
Washington, District of Columbia
Hartford, Connecticut
Little Rock, Arkansas
Chicago, Illinois
Los Angeles, California
Worcester, Massachusetts
Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Ventura, California
Las Cruces, New Mexico

shasta, i like it sunny and cold.

you should go to anchorage (unless you have seasonal affective disorder)

i get depressed in summer. does that count?

#14. Shaker Hts. great public school, great parks, good public transport, al roker, undervalued real estate.

the thrift/vintage stuff always has good finds because there aren't boutique owners combing the places for their own stores.

this is key

Huh...

Hartford, CT
Portland, OR
Providence, RI
New Haven, CT
Worcester, MA
Little Rock, AR
Boston, MA
Eugene, OR
Salem, OR
Baltimore, MD
Albuquerque, NM
Danbury, CT
Corvallis, OR
Baton Rouge, LA
Medford, OR
Washington, DC
Fayetteville, AR
Cape Cod, MA
Charleston, WV
Bend, OR
Milwaukee, WI
Honolulu, HI
San Francisco
Sheboygan, WI

OMG I just did this with the small town option and got my home town at #19. I think it sucks that you can't specify you like metropolises and tiny towns and just leave out suburbia.

huh.

1. Boston, Mass
2. Providence, RI
3. New Haven, CT
4. Chicago, IL
5. Hartford, CT
6. Baltimore, MD
7. Milwaukee, WI
8. Worcester, Mass
9. Washington, DC
10. Albuquerque, NM

I hear good things about Memphis but DEAR GOD the HEAT.

I'm beginning to think that site is secretly run by the New Haven Chamber of Commerce.

Or Worcester. Hey, don't knock it until you've checked out the HOT REAL ESTATE DEALS IN THOSE UP-AND-COMING PLACES OMG HAVE YOU SEEN THIS CHART ABOUT HOME OWNERSHIP?

I hear good things about Memphis but DEAR GOD the HEAT.

speaking as someone who woke up to -5 temps this morning, and had one of his curls break off his frozen head at the bus stop yesterday, i think i'd be ok with the heat.

urprisingly fun and shockingly violent city. imagine taking all the fun parts of chicago and the depressing parts of gary and moving them 90 minutes north.

-- chicago kevin, Thursday, 3 January 2008 16:43 (39 minutes ago) Link

chicago's sixth borough

wha?

1. Hartford, CT (um, no.)
2. Worchester, MA (who in God's name would want to live in Worchester?)
3. Providence, RI
4. Boston, MA
5. Milwaukee, WI
6. New Haven, CT
7. Chicago, IL
8. Danbury, CT
9. Carlisle, PA
10. Sheboygan, WI (?!)
11. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
12. Cleveland, OH
13. Eau Claire, WI (??!!)
14. Oshkosh-Appleton, WI (???!!!)
15. Albuquerque, NM
16. Cincinnati, OH
17. Portland, OR
18. Pittsburgh, PA
19. Madison, WI (finally)
20. La Crosse, WI (????!!!!)
21. Indianapolis, IN (you've got to be shitting me)
22. Cape Cod, MA
23. Detroit, MI
24. Long Island, NY

were i to relocate to tennessee - id def go nashville over memphis - of course ive spent abt 12 hours combined in those cities - but nashville seemed good

i don't recall seeing a question asking about cinemas or music stores

ina try and game it so i get nyc

thing has a serious boston jones

i have a million friends in memphis already and they are all rock solid blood fucking diamonds.

i think the outcome is more based on the housing price you pick than anything else

that wouldn't explain why i got boston and sheboygan though!

im going to pretend to be the anti-me and see what it comes up with

try as i might i couldnt get nyc to show up - hartford worchester new haven etc were still there tho

i didnt click the ne only option tho - that would be cheating

the anti me got a whole lot of little towns in texas and florida. makes sense.

search anchorage: never hot, tons of kids cause people spend winter fuckin, great outdoor options, not as cold as mpls and maybe chicago in winter, midnight sun is actually pretty cool, dividend every october 15, beautiful back yard, no houseflies

destroy anchorage: arts/music scene is fairly dismal (no one tours there), winter lasts a looong time, there is no spring/fall, politics is fucked up, kind of expensive because many things have to be imported, going anywhere significantly different requires jet engines, nfl games start at 9am, lots of mosquitoes

no ladies

everyone that i've met that is from alaska is awesome and strange. lab partner in MT was from alaska and her next-door neighbors (ALL OF THEM, including family dog i think?) got eaten by bears. like, actually: i remember reading about it in Nat'l Geographic or Outside or something. they were on a rafting trip in the interior and lol bear country u gonna get snacked on

i think i might love anchorage:
never hot - love it
tons of kids cause people spend winter fuckin - love it
great outdoor options - nice
not as cold as mpls and maybe chicago in winter - good i thought i was going to die just walking a few blocks one chicago january
midnight sun is actually pretty cool - this could be bad or crazy inducing. how long does it last for?
dividend every october 15 - i dont understand what this means
beautiful back yard - alright
no houseflies - good too
arts/music scene is fairly dismal (no one tours there) - no diff from where i am now
winter lasts a looong time - yay!
there is no spring/fall - id miss fall but gfuck spring. spring is just the march to the torture chamber of summer
politics is fucked up - not a citizen so i dont care
kind of expensive because many things have to be imported - true
going anywhere significantly different requires jet engines - good because i hate driving anywhere (scared of interstates)
nfl games start at 9am - kid gets us up before then anyways
lots of mosquitoes - no diff from here.
no ladies - no m y problem.
eaten by bears - preferable to interstate death.

everyone that i've met that is from alaska is awesome and strange.

towga was from alaska, her brother lost a thumb and had a big toe grafted onto his hand. that qualifies as strange and maybe awesome.

dividend every october 15

oil money

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaska_Permanent_Fund

damn!

Year Amount
2007 $1654.00

yeah but that's more than offset by the fact that almost everything for purchase is imported.

Worcester, Massachusetts
Providence, Rhode Island
Hartford, Connecticut
Boston, Massachusetts
New Haven, Connecticut
Portland, Oregon
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Chicago, Illinois
Danbury, Connecticut
Washington, District of Columbia
Baltimore, Maryland
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Eugene, Oregon
Salem, Oregon
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Little Rock, Arkansas
Medford, Oregon
Corvallis, Oregon
San Francisco, California
San Jose, California
Carlisle, Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

i detest hartford.

my list seems so horribly, horribly wrong.

Carlisle PA - would rather move to Pittsburgh
Knoxville TN - would rather move to Memphis
Cincinnati OH - would rather move to Cleveland
Norfolk VA - dunno, never even considered VA
Little Rock, AR - not a chance in hell
Portland OR - okay, yeah, I would like to move there, or a smaller/cheaper coastal city
Nashville TN - Memphis again
Seattle WA - either here or Memphis
Indianapolis IN - no way
Hartford CT - surely there's a better spot in NH?

I used to get Providence and NH and MA a lot - I've got a cold and can't stop shivering, so I think my climate choices screwed it up.

also alaska: no sales tax, no income tax + aurora borealis

in high summer, the sun sets ~midnight in anchorage and rises at maybe 3:30am? it's maybe still light enough to read outside all night though. you get dark curtains and get used to it. if the temp reaches 70 F, everyone will bitch about the heat wave.

in deep winter the sun rises ~10:30am and sets at 2-something pm. peeps can have issues with this. also, i like snow and winter a lot, but having snow on the ground for six months can become grating.

chicks: i did okay, plus some friends got married and are still there. up yr game

norfolk is pretty shitty

sunny obv wants to live in Denver

there are probably tons of places I'd be ok with living in at least for a while, but where do I actually want to live? NY, LA, SF, DC and maybe Seattle. If not core, then metro.

as in, "That guy thinks he's so core, but really he's just metro."

sunny obv wants to live in Denver

possibly

where besides SLC can you go ski after work?

SLC would be a dream-town if it wasn't SLC

seriously

Hartford CT - surely there's a better spot in NH?

New Hampshire or New Haven?

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