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Why do you want to live in the suburbs as a person fresh to the country in their early 20's?
Not saying there's anything wrong with the suburbs, but most younger people who want to try a lot of newer things try to move more into the city than way out in the burbs.
That's fine if this person wants sprawl with limited towns to travel outside to. There really aren't many suburban areas of these cities.
Go to suburban NYC. You can travel miles and miles and there will be civilization (unlike many cities where if you travel 20 miles outside, you hit the boonies). The suburbs of NYC are denser/better transit/more diverse than most cities in this country.
right, he needs to specify some other criteria because there are nice suburbs all over the country. Even the worst cities have some really nice suburbs
Ok sorry guys, forgot to look back on the post. I would like to live in a place where it is nice warm in summer on the coast, and in a city that snows or is within 2 hours to snow in winter. Also, I will be specializing in the financial industry eg stock broking, Investment, accounting, banking. My best mate lives in Houston but im not sure I wanna live so far inland from the coast but if it is has a pretty high standard of living then I wouldn't mind.
Also may I inform you guys, GDP isn't necessarily an indicator of standard of living.
You think you will be working in center city and commuting in, or do you want to work in one of the suburbs? Chicago has both. Suburbs like Des Plaines, Arlington Heights. Mundelein have commuter train service to downtown. Suburbs with white-collar employment include Schaumburg, Oak Brook, Rosemont and Naperville. If you end up working in one of those, you have to live rather close.
Ok sorry guys, forgot to look back on the post. I would like to live in a place where it is nice warm in summer on the coast, and in a city that snows or is within 2 hours to snow in winter. Also, I will be specializing in the financial industry eg stock broking, Investment, accounting, banking. My best mate lives in Houston but im not sure I wanna live so far inland from the coast but if it is has a pretty high standard of living then I wouldn't mind.
Also may I inform you guys, GDP isn't necessarily an indicator of standard of living.
Thanks guys
New York City is certainly the place for your industry, and you've got plenty of nice warm summer coastal areas in both New Jersey and on Long Island. I work in the city and live a mile from the beach, although my commute is a little longer than most people are willing to bear.
Nice suburban choices exist in New Jersey, on Long Island, Westchester County, NY (north of the city) and even southern Connecticut.
It's a coastal city. Very urban, and just as expensive as other major US cities. The Cape and the Islands are two hours to the south, the Berkshires and Vermont are two hours west-with plenty of skiing and outdoor activites.
Suburban Boston is very safe and very livable. You have some very expensive cities and towns of MetroWest [Newtown, Brookline, Weston, Concord] but someone your age will want to look at Somerville, Arlington, Medford, Quincy. All serviced by the T/subway system to downtown Boston.
Boston is unarguably the 3rd or 4th largest financial center in the US-so you will be in good company for work there.
From what I gather from you, you being a recent college grad, as I am myself, you're looking for a big city, single, great night scene, and affordability. But you also want to live in the suburbs. With that being said, I have heard that Chicago is one of the most affordable large cities with nice suburbs. I am not from Chicago so I can't tell you any.
If you're looking at the South, Atlanta has some nice ones in Sandy Springs that you may like.
It's all a matter of perspective, but most people I know don't think of Chicago as affordable....and that includes a few dozen relatives in Chicago.
Housing is probably cheaper there than a lot of places, but taxes/sales taxes are high, there's a lot of wear and tear on your car and gas wasted in traffic, and parking in the loop never costs less than $20 a day....usually more like $30.
From a tourist's perspective, most of the museums/restaurants/sights are sort of a rip-off, too....
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What are some big cities with nice suburbs?
I would like to live in a place where it is nice warm in summer on the coast, and in a city that snows or is within 2 hours to snow in winter. Also, I will be specializing in the financial industry eg stock broking, Investment, accounting, banking. My best mate lives in Houston but im not sure I wanna live so far inland from the coast but if it is has a pretty high standard of living then I wouldn't mind. 
