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I am new to the city-data forum, and I am looking for help in finding a place to relocate. I moved here to San Jose, CA from Tampa last year for my husband’s job. So far, we have enjoyed living here but we have had the good fortune to have paid very little for rent as it is mostly been subsidized by his employer. While we would definitely not mind staying out here awhile longer, our goal is to eventually buy a house and paying Bay Area rent is not going to really allow us to save what we need to do that, and it would not leave much money for us to budget for travel, fun, etc. We know buying here is out of the question for us - too $$. Therefore, we need a new home! We are both in our early 30s and we have no kids. Here are some characteristics that we want our new city to have:
-Weather: preferably no snow (or very minimal snow, < 5 in. a year), a moderate level of humidity with some noticeable rainfall (we are not interested in desert weather, but don’t really want to go back to Florida humidity either), and we both love warm & sunny weather so we do not think we would do well in a city that is more often cloudy than sunny (like Seattle)
-Good air quality due to our health considerations
-Excellent hospitals/medical facilities nearby
-Affordable housing – pretty much anything less than the Bay Area
-Low crime rate
-Fairly diverse population and good acceptance of interracial couples (I spent a chunk of my childhood in Alabama, and my experience there as a multiracial person was horrible. I am not interested in moving to a place with a lot of racial issues)
-Moderate to liberal people and political environment(we are pretty liberal and agnostic, and hope to find a place where there might be other people somewhat like us)
Ideally, our new home would offer access to these things too but we would be willing to travel a little for them if necessary:
-a variety/quantity of ethnic restaurants (we like Indian, Thai, Vietnamese, Ethiopian, etc.) and cultural events/festivals
-reasonable access to outdoorsy stuff (hiking, parks)
-an assortment of stores for shopping like Borders, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, Target, department stores
-less than 1- 1.5 hours from an airport
I know there is a lot listed here and we may not find a place that has all of this. Thank you for reading this and for any help you can give!
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