Board 8 > Anyone want to pitch their city to me to move to?

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My life isn't going well and I am lightly thinking of just leaving it all behind. Not sure if I can.

Life has just been very bad lately. Kind of worn down.
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I wouldn't ask you to move to a city in Texas it kinda sucks here
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ninkendo posted...

I wouldn't ask you to move to a city in Texas it kinda sucks here

lolwut

economy is booming

cost of living is super low

never snows

whats not to love?
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Honestly, given what you've said here recently, getting away from it seems smart if you can afford to. Good call.

I disagree that Texas (at least DFW) "kinda sucks" unless you dislike weather, though. Most of its advantages are economic, but other than that it's pretty average IMO
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LA is big and expansive, but you need a car and traffic is always bad. Good weather, though.
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I assume you're still in the Tampa area? I'm only over in Orlando if you ever need someone to hang out with

What do you do for a living? Do you like being outside? Do you like socializing with "NERDS"?
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Texas
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SmartMuffin posted...

whats not to love?

it's Texas
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I almost said I don't like being outside but my experience is Florida. Yeah outside is alright whrn it isn't 95 with death humidity. Nerds are alright with me for obvious reasons. I worked on the back end for a travel company (dealing with vendors) but ibthink it is time for s career change. I want to get into technical writing/editing because I am good at it despite no formal experience.

I might want to take you up on that SE.
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ninkendo posted...

SmartMuffin posted...

whats not to love?

it's Texas

Which is fine, as long as you stay in DFW/Austin/Houston
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SHINE doesn't want Chris in Texas.
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Madison, Wisconsin is an amazing city. I'm not going to try to sell it to you because I don't want to responsible if you come up here and hate it, but if you can deal with snow and cold you should research the city. It's great.
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My Immortal posted...

Madison, Wisconsin is an amazing city. I'm not going to try to sell it to you because I don't want to responsible if you come up here and hate it, but if you can deal with snow and cold you should research the city. It's great.

wait what you live here too!?

I can echo MI's sentiments. If you can deal with a real winter, you'll love it here. That and you have two b8ers more than willing to show you around >_>
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I also know a non-b8er that lives in Madison and is happy with it, though I know basically nothing about the city in particular.
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Lancaster is decent if you don't mind the cold and sharing the roads with horses and buggies

Also pronounce it Lank-eh-ster and not Lan-kass-ter or the locals will murder you
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whatcha want in a place
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KujikawaRising posted...

My Immortal posted...

Madison, Wisconsin is an amazing city. I'm not going to try to sell it to you because I don't want to responsible if you come up here and hate it, but if you can deal with snow and cold you should research the city. It's great.

wait what you live here too!?

I can echo MI's sentiments. If you can deal with a real winter, you'll love it here. That and you have two b8ers more than willing to show you around >_>

I do! I live on the north side by Warner Park.
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Portland Oregon

No sales tax and you don't have to pump your own gas.
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Johnbobb posted...

Lancaster is decent if you don't mind the cold and sharing the roads with horses and buggies

It's always entertaining driving through Lancaster on a Saturday around noon and all the tourists are getting the experience of a buggy ride. I think I counted 13 the last time I passed through.

And yeah, pretty much what I was going to say. Winter is cold in this area for someone used to Florida, but hey, recent super bowl champions!
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DoomTheGyarados posted...

I almost said I don't like being outside but my experience is Florida. Yeah outside is alright whrn it isn't 95 with death humidity. Nerds are alright with me for obvious reasons. I worked on the back end for a travel company (dealing with vendors) but ibthink it is time for s career change. I want to get into technical writing/editing because I am good at it despite no formal experience.

I might want to take you up on that SE.

If you're into technical writing then maybe look for entry level stuff at a gaming company? That would probably mean LA, Seattle, or NY maybe?
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My Immortal posted...

KujikawaRising posted...

My Immortal posted...

Madison, Wisconsin is an amazing city. I'm not going to try to sell it to you because I don't want to responsible if you come up here and hate it, but if you can deal with snow and cold you should research the city. It's great.

wait what you live here too!?

I can echo MI's sentiments. If you can deal with a real winter, you'll love it here. That and you have two b8ers more than willing to show you around >_>

I do! I live on the north side by Warner Park.

Easy access to Mallards games = awesome! I live on the West Side near Middleton, personally.

We should totally meet up sometime. I work Downtown and take the bus so it's relatively easy for me to get around. (PM me if you're interested so we don't derail Chris's topic)
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Seattles cool.

Washington DC is a pretty neat area. Weather is fine if you dont mind some freezing weather for 3 months. Summers and Winters are uncomfortable but relatively mild compared to many places in the country.

Lots of employment opportunities and a diverse international culture surpassed only by NYC and SF imo. It's expensive though and if you have to drive then you might regret moving because traffic is ass.

Lots of things to do in town and within a short distance of most of anywhere east of the Mississippi.
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Seattle, Washington, and Madison, Wisconsin, were the winner and runner up, respectively, in my Best US City NCAA-style contest I ran on here a couple years ago. If that's any indication at all.
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Madison does not have good food from what I hear, which should automatically knock it out of contention.
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need a bigger change imho

come to canada

Nelson_Mandela posted...

Madison does not have good food from what I hear, which should automatically knock it out of contention.

This is one of the most objectively wrong things I've ever heard.

Madison has GREAT restaurants. Also has good public transit and enough things to do to keep you occupied.
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Make good money, no tax, insane amount of white privilege
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Try Pleasanton, California. It's pleasant.
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Louisville sucks.

Don't come here. However, Lexington, Bowling Green, and Covington are all awesome.

Also if you'd want to live near enough to Louisville to still use its advantages, while missing most of its disadvantages, Shelbyville, Simpsonville and Shephersville are awesome.

Chicago is amazing. Easily the cheapest big city, lots of free stuff such as museums and stuff if you are an IL resident, great food and music scene, winter they deck out thr city with lights and there's a bunch of free skating including a quarter mile long track with slight hills, summer has mutliple free festivals every weekend, there's extensive beaches and the lake temperature gets to low 80s, awesome city. Oh yeah, no need for a car too which is great.
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Vegas has some of the world's best entertainment, good food, no humidity, little rain, good cost of living, decent number of outdoor activities, and a surprisingly large and active nerd culture. It's also a short drive from SoCal without SoCal's insane cost of living.

But more than half the city is ghetto, so you'll need to concentrate on the nicer areas to live in. It's a city that doesn't value education (NV is the least educated state behind Mississippi, I think), and the only university here is a bit of a joke outside a small handful of good majors.
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i second Madison, WI and MI is looking to adopt so if you want he can adopt you
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MI I am super adorable.
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What could be a fresher start than moving to Canada? It's cold but people are mostly nice and depending on where you choose to live the cost of living is low.
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I have a former board 8er who is basically my best friend that if I move to Canada I will move into his building.
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We just won the Super Bowl.
People are very happy here for the time being.
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Korayashi posted...

What could be a fresher start than moving to Canada? It's cold but people are mostly nice and depending on where you choose to live the cost of living is low.

I've heard they only take immigrants who have actual skills.

zing!
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I can sell you on Madison in more detail...

1. Great restaurants. Anyone who has been here can vouch for how good the food is. Burgers, fish fry, pizza, all kinds of ethnic food... and almost all of it is good. The restaurant scene here is always lively and you'll definitely enjoy it. Just ignore SephyG - he hasn't even been here, so how the hell can he base it on something he 'heard" from an idiot?

2. On a budget? Woodman's is an amazing grocery store where you can get national brand items for $1-2 less than other places, so you wouldn't need to be stuck on instant noodles. The farmer's markets are excellent and have a wide selection, too... and you can use your food stamps at them.

3. Cost of living is decent. Better than any big city. Like you can get a good 1-bedroom apartment in a great area for $900 a month. Cheapest is $600 a month and that's not even in a bad area. Getting a job that pays for that isn't overly challenging. Getting a great job might be hard. Depends on what you're looking for. Fast food pay starts at $10 an hour, for example.

4. Friendly people. Seriously. You can chat with people on the street for a bit and they don't mind at all. People will let you cross from their cars at intersections that don't have traffic lights. Traffic isn't rage-inducing... usually. People are mindful compared to many other places I've been.

5. Public transit is great. Buses are sophisticated and make sense since they're run by the city government of Madison (in conjunction with Middleton for some bus routes). I have a car and yet I take the bus to and from work. Lets me hang out Downtown.

6. Weather is awesome 2/3rds of the year. Winter sucks, sure, and there are a few excessively humid days every summer where you need a shower after just going to get the mail (Dew Point is too close to the actual temp, so the humidity is VISIBLE). When the weather is nice, though, there's always something going on - the music scene, great restaurants, or college activities even. You don't need to be a student for those. Also, Geek.Kon every August.

7. You have me and MI. Two friends that can show you around and help you out.

It's worth noting that Middleton is almost always in the top ten best mid-size cities to live (10,000 to 50,000 people) in Money Magazine.

That's just some of it, too. I don't want to ever leave, though I whine about the weather every February... and the local groundhog predicted six more weeks...
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nope
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Rupp Arena, I guess

Dallas is great. Everyone here is from up north anyways. Tons of restaurants and movie theaters and you can go to Six Flags sometimes. Also everyone is always hiring. Oh and the speed limit is actually more of a suggestion than a requirement.
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Newark is...uh, you can get out of Newark very easily by train. Easiest way to practically live in New York without having to pay rent in New York
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FinalistCloud posted...

Louisville sucks.

Don't come here. However, Lexington, Bowling Green, and Covington are all awesome.

I've seriously never heard this sentiment from a Louisville resident ever.

yeah but moving to kentucky means you have to deal with people who care about ncaa basketball

yikes
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A buddy of mine moved to Dallas a year ago, and while he's really enjoyed it, he says it's gotten a lot more expensive in the past 1-2 years.
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scarletspeed7 posted...

Oh and the speed limit is actually more of a suggestion than a requirement.

Simultaneously the best and worst part of driving in this area.
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CaptainOfCrush posted...

A buddy of mine moved to Dallas a year ago, and while he's really enjoyed it, he says it's gotten a lot more expensive in the past 1-2 years.

Depends on the suburb. Frisco, for example, always is rising in terms of CoL. I live in Lewisville but do all of my shopping in FloMo and it's great.
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greengravy294 posted...

yeah but moving to kentucky means you have to deal with people who care about ncaa basketball

yikes

Last I checked, chris liked kentucky basketball