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[LEFT]My wife and I recently relocated to Knoxville, TN from Arizona and are ready for another change in scenery. My wife's degree dictates where we would be potentially moving to and as a result we have limited our new search to the above locations. In Atlanta it would be in the Emory area, George Mason (Outside of D.C.), UNC Charlotte, Loyola in Chicago and UT Austin. I have been to D.C., though its been awhile and as for the rest, neither of us have visited any of them. I am in the mortgage industry though looking to make a change for obvious reasons so as far as jobs go a strong banking community would be great. We spend alot of time outside and my personal favorite city is Seattle if that gives anybody any particular idea of the direction we are looking. I know this is vague but if anybody has any insight it would be much appreciated.
I don't feel like Charlotte would be a good fit for you. The other cities you mentioned are all very progressive and liberal, and much larger than Charlotte. It is beautiful here, but it is on the more conservative side and a very family oriented city. As for the banking industry, well, that's messed up everywhere, but being a banking center it has hit us hard here. I don't know much about it, other than knowing hundreds of people out of work. Hopefully someone else can jump in and give you some info about it.
Um...Where did you get that from the OP's post? He said nothing about politics???
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Originally Posted by coastalgirl
I don't feel like Charlotte would be a good fit for you. The other cities you mentioned are all very progressive and liberal, and much larger than Charlotte. It is beautiful here, but it is on the more conservative side and a very family oriented city. As for the banking industry, well, that's messed up everywhere, but being a banking center it has hit us hard here. I don't know much about it, other than knowing hundreds of people out of work. Hopefully someone else can jump in and give you some info about it.
It would be nice to be in a city with some diversity. I tend to be fairly middle of the road politically and it's been a change from the West Coast being in a city that tends to lean far right. I'm not expecting any miracles on the banking front, everywhere has been hit and thats just part of the time we're in right now. I would love a vibrant music scene (however I also don't listen to country music), mountain biking, hiking, I basically gave up on snowboarding when I left the northwest but any semblance of a mountain in close proximity would be fantastic. I also miss having a true city, Phoenix was just a mass of sprawl with no real downtown to speak of.
Frankly, I'm not thinking Charlotte is what he's looking for either. He sounds perfect for D.C.
thanks, Loves. I would give you some points, but I must spread them out...
anyway, I wasn't trying to make it political. If you are familiar with the cities he mentioned, then you know they are all known for being progressive and liberal - in many ways other than political. I feel that Charlotte is a more conservative place to live when compared with these cities, and really that has nothing to do with politics. I wish people wouldn't make everything political nowadays!
It would be nice to be in a city with some diversity. I tend to be fairly middle of the road politically and it's been a change from the West Coast being in a city that tends to lean far right. I'm not expecting any miracles on the banking front, everywhere has been hit and thats just part of the time we're in right now. I would love a vibrant music scene (however I also don't listen to country music), mountain biking, hiking, I basically gave up on snowboarding when I left the northwest but any semblance of a mountain in close proximity would be fantastic. I also miss having a true city, Phoenix was just a mass of sprawl with no real downtown to speak of.
Thanks for all the replies!
I can only really compare DC and Charlotte. I will say I did enjoy the music scene in DC, they have some great small clubs(9:30 club, the grog and tanker, etc) that we were able to see a lot of great up and comming bands, plus all of the large venues, but I have not been able to check that out here but that is just because we have kids now and havn't been able to get out to do that. There are also great hiking places(im sure mountain biking too...again not my thing) in and near DC - i.e. the crescent trail, rock creek park, etc, plus the mountains are near - of which there are a couple of ski places near there too. In Charlotte you are about 2 hours from the mountains and there are ski places here too. DC is more of a city(though no skyscrapers due to the capital) and bigger...but there is a LOT of sprawl in northern VA and MD. Charlotte is a little big city, in my opinion...you have a city feel but its not too big. I am thinking from the things you are looking for DC would be better. Personally I LOVE Charlotte and didn't like DC as much as we started to have a family...we wanted a smaller, slower paced atmosphere that was very family friendly, less traffic, good weather, access to a lot...and that is what Charlotte is to me.
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