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Originally Posted by kbenoit
A city that has all four seasons and would prefer snow in the winter since i've never experienced that before. Somewhere with nice scenery and beautiful landscape. I want something with an urban feel but not really a rat race type of feel either, but not anything too small. I am a pretty laid back type of person that doesn't get bored easily so it doesn't have to have to be a top notch entertainment city, just enough for an occasional outing. Oh and COL racial integration is important too. I'm born and raised in Houston and love the vibe here. Also being black here doesn't bother me too much, I love the diversity and how all of the races seem to get along pretty well and even mingle sometimes. I guess I would like a city that can sort of compete with this, but this is the least of my concerns. So any suggestions?
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Indianapolis i would highly recommend.
#1 it has all 4 seasons with a modest amount of snowfall but not to much like in Chicago or Buffalo etc.
#2 it has the lowest cost of living of any major US city and the nations most affordable housing market. Its like Houston but smaller.
#3 its a more laid back but very urban city with tons of things to do and amendities to offer.
#4 Indy is within a days drive to 80% of the US population and a 3 hour drive from Chicago and 2 hours from Cincy.
#5 Indianapolis is famous for its sports and major sporting events held. The Indianapolis 500 is the
Largest Single sporting event in the world. Plus our city hosted Super Bowl 46 and did such a great job with that game that Indy will be bidding for another Super Bowl soon. Not Bad for a northern climate city. Also the NCAA is headquartered here and has a contract with the city to host the Men and Womens Final Four every 5 years.
#6 Indianapolis is a very clean and green city. The Northern Suburbs are litterly built into a forest. Historic neighborhoods like Meridian Kesslar and Broad Ripple and Butler University are very walkable and vibrant.
#7 Indianapolis is the fastest growing city in the midwest and in the top 20 nationally. It has character that is close to the Sunbelt well also retaining some midwestern roots.
#8 Indianapolis also has a strong economy with an unemployment rate at 7% which is better than the national average and midwest outside of the Twin Cities and the Dakotas.
#9 Indianapolis or any part of Indiana for that matter have low taxes. Property taxes are capped at 1% of your homes value which is one of the lowest rates in the nation. 2nd Income taxes are only 3.4% and sales tax is 7%.
#10 Indianapolis also has a bunch of construction projects going on around the metro area along with Indiana's Major Moves initative by Governor Mitch Daniels. We leased the Indiana Toll Road and got almost 3 Billion Dollars which is being used to build and extend I-69 to Evansville and upgrade all the interstates in the Indianapolis area and abroad.
Finally Indiana is giving back tax refunds to our citizens due to our state having a 2,000,000,000 surplus in the state budget. Each Taxpayer will get a refund of atleast 100$ and married couples 200$+
How many other states are doing that?
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