Pros and Cons of your area (section 8, sales, real estate)

[CHICAGOLAND92]

What are the pros and cons of your area?

Here in NWI

Pros: Cheaper than the Illinois side, and tons of places to eat
Cons: Fairly segregated, nothing to do for the younger population.

[shannon2007]

In Eau Claire, WI

Pros: Virtually no crime, one of the best school districts in country, great place to raise kids

Cons: BRUTAL winters, no diversity

[CTownNative]

Heres Cleveland,Ohio
Pros-Almost Everything
Cons-Whites and Blacks can't get along

[Marodi]

Gettysburg.

Pro - Historical and nice area
Con - Town quintuples in size during reenactments, population is booming as people use the town as a means to avoid maryland taxes eating up farmland turning it into mini-maryland. Not too much to do. Illegal fruit pickers for apple orchards.

[SpeedyAZ]

Phoenix Area:

Pros:

Newer city, mostly built after WWII
Tons of beautiful scenery
Good infrastructure
Great weather 8 months of the year
NO SNOW!!!
Tons of golf courses
Sem-affordable real estate
Tons of biking, hiking, jogging trails throughout the Valley (which I take full advantage of)
Great stadiums and ball parks
Proximity to San Diego, Las Vegas, and Palm Springs.

Cons:
HOT in the summer!!
Not many Forture 500 companies
Small downtown for a city of its' size

[tahiti]

Northwestern NJ:

PROS:

4 distinct seasons
beautiful rolling green hills - green as far as the eye can see
educated population
low crime
great schools
low pop density (compared to the rest of the state)
good job market - pharm and telecom hdqrts
good paying jobs
proximity to: NYC, Philly, Boston, DC, Pgh, Baltimore, Jersey Shore beaches down to VA, the gorgeous states of VT, NH, upstate NY, skiing and other winter fun!
food food food!
no tax on clothes
friendly people (not a typo)

CONS:

property taxes into the stratosphere
high cost of housing - but slowly coming down
traffic can be a bear
depending where you are in this part of the state, you can be far removed from necessities, car is mostly necessary.
a wee bit sprawly (see above) - but nothing like other areas, i.e. - sacramento, denver metro, phoenix (i mention them b/c they are the places i've been to recently)

[WallStreetWarrior]

Well Tuxedo Park, has pros...not any cons yet though

Pros: I've lived here for about 4 weeks, and I literally already know everyone
Gated community shuts out crime very well
On site country club with fitness center, golf, racquetsports, etc.
Proximity to NYC
Very compatible neighbors

Cons: A little ways away from the mall
Kid's school is about 15 minutes away so I'll have to backtrack to the train station after I drop him off. He start's on Friday! We're all excited.
Community lake only allows electric boats, which could be a pro too, I just happen to be on the market for a motorboat.

[Wi_Girl]

Newport News, Virginia

Pros:

- strong economy, lots of jobs
- lots of community activities for families and children
- close to Busch Gardens and Water Country and Williamsburg
- lots of history, great location (near DC, NC, mountains)
- having a nice airport in the city that has cheap flights (Airtran)

Cons:
- food tax, car tax, state inspections, outrageous traffic fines
- lots of racism
- traffic
- very high cost of living
- crime
- bad schools
- overpriced house assessments
- BIBLEBELT (people freak out over religion constantly)
- VDOT
- very hot and humid summers
- not much snow in winter (yes that is a CON for me)
- lots of section 8

[M TYPE X]

Pros: Lots of corn, and it's not Ohio
Cons: If it doesn't move, Illinois taxes it. If it moves, Illinois kills it and applies a death tax, and taxes on the tax.

[Hatless Wonder]

I'm in Boston.

Pros
4 Seasons
Culture
Lots of Universities
History
Scenery
Extensive public transportation
Diversity
Lots of stuff to do
No sales tax on clothes or groceries

Cons
Extremely expensive housing
High cost of living
High property taxes
Segregation
Bad public schools
Crazy drivers
Very little parking
Winter parking wars
Unreliable public transportation
Not enough doctors