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am done with Cali. I am looking to move to a city that would be:
- not too sunny. I prefer overcast, though not gloomy and dark. SF when is overcast is my fave.
- that will not cause me to use the heater much. It makes my throat swell, but maybe that has to do with living in Sacramento smog, maybe in a city with cleaner air I would not have that problem.
- the least possible amount of insects (This is very important due to TWO bad experiences, not counting the apt where I woke up with a bat on my neck)
- quiet, at least at the place where I live.
- not one of those places that are terrible for allergy sufferers because hey, I'm an allergy sufferer.
- not outrageously expensive, no more New Yorks or Californias for me. I hate being nickeled and dimed and everybody around me thinking $$$ just because they have to in order to survive.
- low crime
- condos or townhouses that I could rent that are new construction
- I'm single so somewhere I could meet a quality SO
_ I telecommute so I will make the same amount of $ anywhere.
After S.F. and Seattle let me down and I wanted to move back east, I was looking for that place too. I found it:
Don't let the blue sky in the pic fool you, it's the cloudiest city outside the Northwest. Hilliest outside of San Francisco, too, with twice as many steps.
After S.F. and Seattle let me down and I wanted to move back east, I was looking for that place too. I found it:
Don't let the blue sky in the pic fool you, it's the cloudiest city outside the Northwest. Hilliest outside of San Francisco, too, with twice as many steps.
I thought I'd create a little mystery by not naming it, since most people visualize a smoking, industrial ruin. That image of it is only about 50 years out of date.
I took both of these from atop an overlook/park in the West End neighborhood of PGH. It was a super nice day. I am, however, a fan of cloudy Pittsburgh
Last edited by CityGrrl77; 08-22-2008 at 09:40 PM..
Chicago...a notably cheaper/lower-taxed version of SF/LA/NYC, w/many positive attributes of the coastal powers: powerful economy and many well-educated, young professionals...lots of new condo towers (w/cheap rentals vs CA/NYC); arguably better restaurants than SF/LA; awful winters and hot/humid summers; flat topography, but would argue Chic's dramatic skyline vs LkMI is as intriguing a physical setting as SF or coastal LA, though quite different....
SF/LA (Westside)....one pays steep rents/taxes for near-perfect coastal weather (and minimal insects)....ultimate regions (weather, topography) for car nuts...
Many cities are far cheaper....there are many reasons why....
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