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03-10-2007, 12:06 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2006
Location: Concord, NC
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Originally Posted by 2KidsforMe
Charlotte NC comes to mind. Lots of shops & places to eat. Nice skyline, thriving banking community, and it's growing & growing.
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Actually, Charlotte's metro has almost 2 million people. But I agree, it has a great downtown area.
Some mid-sized metros with a really nice downtowns are Asheville, NC, Greenville, SC and Charleston, SC. Really beautiful! |
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03-11-2007, 04:45 PM
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Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: Omaha, NE
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Omaha is an up and coming city... has 859,000 in it's CSA and Lincoln has 281,000 sitting just half an hour away...
Here is alot of information on the Omaha Metro:
CSA population about 859,000
Omaha combined with nearby Lincoln CSA 1.2million
a.Omaha was ranked in the top 20 in 2003 for best jobs in the us according to:
b.top 20 here in the us for quality of life:
c.#5 according to msnbc.com for raising a baby
d.Study ranks the Omaha metro the #30 funnest metro in america
e.#41 for highest per capita income in the US
f.crime rate if very low
g.#7 best big city place to live according to money magazine
h.#15 overal for jobs,
h.#32nd in median household income
h.#12th cost of living rank
h.#55 job growth
a http://www.nbc30.com/news/2608638/detail.html
b http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/16775895/
c http://www.move.com/new-homes/before...e-a-family.cms
d http://www.bestjobsusa.com/sections/...2003/index.asp
e http://bea.gov/bea/newsrel/MPINewsRelease.htm
f http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_..._by_Crime_Rate
g http://money.cnn.com/magazines/money...bigcities.html
h. http://www.forbes.com/home/2007/02/1...obs_table.html
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Forbes Magazine ranked Omaha 15th overall for jobs, 32nd highest in median household income, 17th in unemployment, 12th in cost of living rank 55th in job growth out of all the metros in the nation...
Says Forbes (2/15/07) http://www.forbes.com/2007/02/15/bes...ml&partner=rss
Complete rankings here: http://www.forbes.com/home/2007/02/1...obs_table.html
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http://www.omahachamber.org/pdf/EconomicOutlook.pdf
This one was just released and is the latest
it spells out household income vs US
Cost of living vs US
population of individual counties in Omaha metro and how much they grew by
from 2000 to 2006 and projections to 2011. It lays out the job growth here and by what categories... And what to expect in the next year 2007
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03-11-2007, 04:52 PM
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Kansas
We recently moved from Wichita, KS and I am surprised at how much I miss it. The cost of living is low, the temperature is great and they have a wonderful school system. I wish I still lived there.
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03-12-2007, 08:37 AM
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City Boy in The 'Burbs
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"Reston: Where Snow Plowing Isn't "Progressive" Enough"
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Join Date: Jul 2006
Location: Reston, VA : We're too "progressive" for sidewalks or streetlights.
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Originally Posted by Cosmic
I am starting to think this word Vibrant is CodeSpeak for Jammed, Over Priced, Stressful, Hectic.
Just folks trying to get out of some God forsaken place they made Jammed, Over Priced, Stressful, Hectic to some new Paradise place that they will remake into, you guessed it, Jammed, Over Priced, Stressful, hectic.
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You mean like what the mass influx of NY/NJ residents are doing to Monroe County, PA?  |
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03-14-2007, 10:18 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: Moving to Dededo, Guam, USA
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Boise, ID
Portland, ME
Honolulu, HI
Anchorage, AK
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06-09-2008, 10:24 AM
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Location: Anchorage AK
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Anchorage
I've lived in Anchorage for a while, and not only is it beautiful but there is a lot to do in the city. You just have to know where to look. There are a lot of great places to eat downtown, and a lot of outdoor things to do in the area. Its near some of the greatest national parks in the country and ive its always interesting.
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06-09-2008, 12:10 PM
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Let It Snow, Baby... Let It Reindeer
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Fountain Square, Indianapolis
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Originally Posted by ehenningsen
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Why are there so many people on this board from Omaha that constantly want to gloat about their city as though anyone cares?
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06-09-2008, 12:14 PM
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Senior Member
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Join Date: Mar 2007
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Quote:
Originally Posted by DC 38
Why are there so many people on this board from Omaha that constantly want to gloat about their city as though anyone cares?
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They probably suffer from an inferiority complex. |
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06-09-2008, 12:34 PM
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Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: Albuquerque,New Mexico
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I was thinking the same thing as the above posters, from the sound of it Omaha is going to be the next Phoenix and one of the fastest growing in the nation and I've never heard a word about it outside of this forum.I dont see anything special about the place. Everyone from Omaha on here must be members of the Chamber of Commerce.
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06-09-2008, 05:23 PM
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Happy Holidays.
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"10 inches of snow, wow."
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Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: Omaha
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noooooope, thank you three contestants please try again, how about do some research first before you start talking about Omaha being nothing special. Have fun getting sun burnt in Albuquerque.
I love my city and I like to tell people about it so they don't think my city is some redneck town in Nebraska!f
And, my city is actually doing well and is growing with a very powerful economy, compared to Indianapolis which is growing slllllloooooooooooowwwwwwlllllllllyyyyyyyyyy and Albuquerque, which is over shadowed by Phoenix and hardly has a Skyline to even note
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