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I'm a young woman, 25, and I'm currently living in Cleveland and I hate it. I've been planning for a while for a move, but I'm having a really hard time coming up with a place because I'm so jaded (I've moved 8 or 9 times now). So I thought I'd reach out and see if anyone had any ideas!
I have a small list of things that, if a city had them, would make it perfect but I understand that the perfect package probably doesn't exist. But I'd like to get as close to perfect as possible because the place I move I plan on being there for 3 years (while I save for a 1 year global backpacking trip).
Above everything else it needs to be relatively inexpensive. The benchmark being that I can get a 1 bedroom nearish the city center/center of culture with all utilities for $1000 or less.
I've bolded the parts of my list that are most important to me for consideration.
So here is my 'Dream List':
-Southern City or East Coast City -Liberal-ish (NOT a hard-line Republican area)
-Large library system
-At least 1 Asian grocery story -Ethnically diverse GOOD food (Pho, Sushi, Indian, Mediterranean, Pizza, American etc)
-Relatively low unemployment rate (9% or less) -Either a bikeable city or one with good public transportation
-Whole Foods or other natural grocery store
-Has a zoo or aquarium
-Has nearby (30 min or less) rural areas for horse boarding -150+ population -Not a TON of snow
-Some sort of culture, be it food, fairs, history or art (sports are not a draw).
I've already lived in: Salem, Seattle, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Cleveland, Rochester and Louisville. So I'm not interested in any of those cities. I'm also not interested in anything in California, Florida, Nevada, Ohio or Washington.
Anywho, I hope someone here can help point me in the right direction because currently the only place on my list is New Orleans.
Above everything else it needs to be relatively inexpensive. The benchmark being that I can get a 1 bedroom nearish the city center/center of culture with all utilities for $1000 or less.
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-Either a bikeable city or one with good public transportation
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I've already lived in: Salem, Seattle, San Francisco, Las Vegas, Phoenix, Cleveland, Rochester and Louisville. So I'm not interested in any of those cities. I'm also not interested in anything in California, Florida, Nevada, Ohio or Washington.
So pretty much you've eliminated all of your options.
Don't know a lot about a zoo or aquarium, but everything else would work for Asheville NC. A car would help there, but depending where you are, it's a bike able place most of the year and there are buses.
I think it might be a tough job finding these with all the facilities aviailable as mentioned in the post. Of-course, some of the houses are having most of the facilities and I think that It won't availabe for $1000 and it may cost more than this. Are you willing for proceeding further in this. I
It doesn't sound to me likely you will find any place that satisfies you. Your requirements are incredibly specific, and the fact that you've tried so many places in such a short life seems to indicate you expect a perfect fit in no time flat.
I hope you are successful in finding it, but I fear you won't. Places, like people, are not perfect. And life is all about compromise.
I think I should reiterate that I don't expect all of those ideas in one place.
And I've lived in all of those cities for more than a year. I don't really think of that as 'expect something perfect in no time flat'. The only place I stayed a very short time was Las Vegas and that was because the society there appalled me.
But many of those moves occurred prior to me being an adult as my family moved around.
Wow....you've lived in some amazing places and if you don't like any of those I'm not sure what you'll like.
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