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My background:
30's, female, no kids, work white collar jobs. Looking for an active city with the least amount of religious zealots, cigarette ban, good colleges, great doctors, good economy with variety of industries, art galleries, music venues, museums and a midwestern friendly feel.
Lived in:
1. Chicago, Illinois
2. Denver, Evergreen, Littleton, Highlands Ranch and Wash Park Colorado
3. Las Vegas, Henderson Nevada 3x's
4. Italy
5. Carrollton and Dallas, TX
6. Ft. Myers, Punta Gorda, Sarasota Florida
I've entered my third year of living in Las Vegas and wanted to escape since the first week back. Places I've considered:
Phoenix:
Pros: From all my visits people are nicer there, it's cleaner, I don't see much trash on the ground like I do in Vegas, no snow, good doctors, and lots of outdoor hiking to be explored. I've been applying for jobs hoping it's a better market than Vegas. Considering going there for a month in an extended stay to job hunt.
Cons: the heat, the dirty air that gives me headaches and sneezing fits every time I visit, not sure about the job market/wages, the freeway system is a jungle like LA. Just don't feel excited to relocate there, even after 5+ visits, but I'm kind of feeling desperate to leave Vegas.
Boise, ID: After a lot of research and talking with people, it seems rather podunk. Some people must leave the state for doctor specialists. Not cool, having seen family and friends suffer at the hands of Las Vegas' bad doctors.
Pittsburgh, PA: People are leaving there and there's a population decline. Several people I've spoken to don't recommend it.
Montana: too rural, not enough white collar jobs
Raleigh and Nashville: Not sure about this, but I'm not a huge fan of living in south since my experiences living in Florida and Texas. Neither really appeal to me, but then again no where does.
Salt Lake City: the religious Mormon's and absurd liquor laws are a huge turn off. SLC also has an air quality problem.
How do you determine where to move when no where feels right? I've spent time sending my resume across the states to see who bites. When I was seeking employment in Dallas and living in Denver, no one would schedule an interview until I actually lived there.
I really want to leave Vegas, but I'm just not sure where the heck to go. I do know I want to live somewhere brand new. Do NOT want to return to any place I've ever lived. Made that mistake several times now. Financially, I'm free to leave when ever, I just seriously cannot decide where the heck to go?! Any thoughts or constructive feedback are welcome.
Then pretty much anywhere is likely to be good enough.
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Looking for an active city with good colleges, great doctors, good economy
with variety of industries, art galleries, music venues, museums...
I just seriously cannot decide where the heck to go?!
How do you determine where to move when no where feels right?
Feeling right can only come after the time needed to learn the new cities;
but more critically where you have people to be there for. Or at least just one person.
My background:
30's, female, no kids, work white collar jobs. Looking for an active city with the least amount of religious zealots, cigarette ban, good colleges, great doctors, good economy with variety of industries, art galleries, music venues, museums and a midwestern friendly feel.
For a friendly midwestern feel check out Milwaukee. Milwaukee has a great art museum and a natural history museum. There are also plenty of music festivals like Summerfest.
"The region also offers access to some of the best medical care in the country. Wisconsin consistently ranks among the top five states in terms of quality of medical care delivered. The Milwaukee area is home to three of the state's major tertiary-care hospitals, which provide the most advanced medical care available - Aurora St. Luke's Medical Center, Children's Hospital of Wisconsin, and Froedtert Hospital. The region is also home to the Medical College of Wisconsin, a major medical education research center."
Move where you can find a good job and the cost of living is reasonable.
Couldn't agree more on this one. Of course if you're job skills and education are limited, then so will the choices.
I'm finding too many places out of reach for my field(trucking) since we're a rather, workaholic bunch.
As for where you should head, I would keep Phoenix and SLC in mind. Phoenix is surrounded by plenty of nicer suburbs with plenty of white collar or tech work. And SLC isn't as heavily LDS as the rest of Utah.
Seemed quite relax and chilled out last time I hung around there.
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