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  1. Evolved

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    #1 Evolved, Jan 9, 2006
    Folks,

    I am getting a little restless with the western PA stagnation. I really had hope for this area for a long time but as of late I've started to change my view. Sadly, Pittsbugh is not going to improve.

    So that leaves me in a pickle. If not here, where?

    What I look for in an area. Small towns or community feel. Row after row of nameless .25 acre developments do not appeal to me.

    Good jobs growth & market. Foward thinking people with a positive outlook. One of the problems here is to much looking back to "the good old days". I currently do IT, operations and fnancial management work for a medium sized charity.

    Top flight universities.

    A decent metro area and a close by airport would be nice but not required.

    Weather is not a major concern. I would even consider places in Alaska if I could find a good job with pleasent people.
     
  2. ryalex

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    #2 ryalex, Jan 9, 2006
    Charlotte or Seattle.

    Also, the communities directly North and West of Boston have very quaint, small town feelings still. Places like Weston, Belmont and Concord. #2 tech sector behind Silicon Valley, best universities in the world.
     
  3. darth550

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    #3 darth550, Jan 9, 2006
    Charlotte
     
  4. darth550

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    #4 darth550, Jan 9, 2006
    Great minds think alike!!! :D:D:D:D:D
     
  5. iceburns288

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    #5 iceburns288, Jan 9, 2006
    Charlotte... as in, North Carolina? I'll say! Only if you promise to come to the meets will we let you in ;)
     
  6. ryalex

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    #6 ryalex, Jan 9, 2006
    Queue Twilight Zone music...
     
  7. Stackhouse

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    #7 Stackhouse, Jan 9, 2006
    I turned down a promotion and quit my PA job because I saw no future in the area for my children , or me, should the company go belly up. The manager whos position I took ended up working as a cell phone salesman because he could not find a job! Scary Stuff!

    Move where there is growth!
     
  8. Webby

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    #8 Webby, Jan 9, 2006
    errr... Huber Heights, OH?
    Huber Heights is growing rapidly so it might be a good place to start a new business.
    (A new super walmart was just built and a new super meijer's is coming, roads are being widened and repaved everywhere, new neighborhoods being set up left and right [we just moved to a very nice new house 5 minutes away from our old one], both places in HH I've lived in have had what I think you would call a small town or community feel - side note, Huber Heights OH is the brick-house capital of the world :D)
    Dayton International Airport is about 10-15 minutes away, decent sized downtown Dayton 20 minutes away, bigger Cincinnati 30 minutes away, probably similar weather to PA, you get both extremes.
    I don't know what you consider "top flight" but the University of Dayton isn't too bad, and Miami U, Wright State, U of Cincinnati are some others nearby. Lots of colleges in this area.

    Sure, nobody has heard of Huber Heights, OH, but it's a good place to live in. Just note that I am 18 and I probably have no clue what I am talking about :D
     
  9. jimpo1

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    #9 jimpo1, Jan 9, 2006
    Southlake, Texas.
     
  10. jimwalking

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    #10 jimwalking, Jan 9, 2006
    Go to this website

    www.findyourspot.com

    fill out the questionaire and it will list the places that are suitible given the answeres your provided
     
  11. Evolved

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    #11 Evolved, Jan 9, 2006
    Thanks for the inputs so far.

    A little more backround. I grew up in Poughkeepsie, NY area. An area that when IBM closed a lot of plants suffered devastation on the same scale as Pittsburgh did. But they have recovered and flourished. I couldn't dream to afford the house I grew up in. I wouldn't discount living there save the fact that I feel a great sense of loss when I see all the farms I grew up around turned into McMansion farms.

    FYI: Poughkeepsie city used to be a hell hole. Now its quite nice.

    Keep the idea's flowing.

    -Dave
     
  12. Perfusion

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    #12 Perfusion, Jan 9, 2006
    San Jose, CA of course! If you can afford a Boston suburb, you can afford the Bay Area.

    Check. Willow Glen, Campbell, Los Gatos are all fantastic examples of small towns with a distinct community feel.
    Check. The tech industry isn't dead yet, and in fact, is making quite a comeback here in the Valley of Silicon.
    Double-check. If you are a Dem, you'll have no shortage of people to chat with "around the water cooler." And if you're not, there's plenty of them too. Contrary to the stereotype that people in the other 49 believe, the Bay Area is not full of raging hyper-liberals - it's actually a really well-adjusted place. Another good thing about living on the West Coast, in general, is that it's the youngest part of the nation, so there aren't that many "good ol' days" to look back to. Instead, you have more of a spirit of re-creation.

    Stanford, UC Berkeley, Santa Clara Univ. to name a few...

    San Jose has a great downtown, it's consistently rated the "#1 Safest 'Big City' in America" by the FBI crime statistics. The Bay Area has 2 MLB teams, 2 NFL teams, an NBA team (Golden State), an NHL team, and last year was the inaugural San Jose Grand Prix (CART). San Jose has a medium-sized airport with regular flights from all major carriers, but SFO and OAK are 35 minutes up the road if you are looking for something a bit more "extravagant" (i.e., international travel). Downtown S.J. has several different theaters, an opera house, museums, comedy club, and many nice restaurants/bars. Lots of free activities throughout the year for people of all ages, both indoors and out.

    Bonus - You're in luck! Gorgeous weather year-round, to boot.

    Seriously...check it out. Take a long weekend out here sometime in the spring, and I guarantee you that you'll fall in love.
     
  13. Evolved

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    #13 Evolved, Jan 9, 2006

    This was acctually worthwhile. Thanks!

    FYI: Charlotte was a first page winner.
    It's not flawless, so was Detroit.
     
  14. frefan

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    #14 frefan, Jan 9, 2006
    Too funny. California is doing everying possible to get high income earners back. Congratulations, you too can be paying the highest income taxes in the country! Sign me up for 2!!
     
  15. Alex_V

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    #15 Alex_V, Jan 9, 2006
    Intresting quiz, apparantly, if could live anywhere it would be Orlando, Charleston (hey!) Norfolk, Houston or West Palm Beach......
     
  16. coolestkidever

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    #16 coolestkidever, Jan 9, 2006
    Stay in PA, come to Philly.
     
  17. Z0RR0

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    #17 Z0RR0, Jan 9, 2006
    Currently doing the findyourspot quiz ... not done yet, but I have a feeling the damn thing will send me to remote Idaho! lol

    Ogden or Provo, Utah, Idaho Falls ... :D

    I did know :)
     
  18. ^@#&

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    #18 ^@#&, Jan 9, 2006
    I agree
     
  19. kito

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    #19 kito, Jan 9, 2006
    I have to agree with San Jose. I've visited a couple of times and I absolutely intend on moving there after law school. I like it because as stated before the weather is nice pretty much all the time, it's close enough to San Francisco for the city needs and it's close enough to Monte Ray and places like that to get away for the day and relax.
     
  20. jimwalking

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    #20 jimwalking, Jan 9, 2006
    Seems as though Detroit is improving. I'm not sure I'd move there, but recent press has been far more favorable than what people said in the 70s, 80s or 90s.
     
  21. Perfusion

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    #21 Perfusion, Jan 9, 2006
    I don't know about Detroit "proper", but I've never heard a bad thing about West Bloomfield and/or Auburn Hills...
     
  22. Mike J

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    #22 Mike J, Jan 9, 2006
    Princeton and the surrounding area seems to fit your criteria.
     
  23. Perfusion

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    #23 Perfusion, Jan 9, 2006
    That's actually where my wife grew up, and she was reading the thread over my shoulder earlier and mentioned it as well!
     
  24. MurcieMurcie

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    #24 MurcieMurcie, Jan 9, 2006
    You can't go wrong with Newport Beach:cool:

    Or if you prefer we have some sleepy little beach towns near by....Live a life most people dream of!
     
  25. Dino Martini

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    #25 Dino Martini, Jan 9, 2006
    According to this site my top three matches are:

    Denver
    Seattle
    Salt Lake City

    Heck, Calgary is almost like Denver. I could handle living in Denver or Seattle or Salt Lake City..
     
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