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Old 10-13-2008, 07:13 AM
 
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Ideally I'd like to stay in the Lehizzle Valley from May to November and live in Phoenix, Austin, or Las Vegas from November to May.
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Old 10-13-2008, 10:54 PM
 
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I left Philly (spend almost 15 years) like 4 years ago and moved to my Dream city. NYC! And I am so glad that I did. NYC is such a world class and exciting city. Although I still have connections in Philly, so I go back there alot.
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Old 10-14-2008, 10:09 AM
 
Location: Morrison, CO
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I'd be fine staying in the Philly area, but I'm looking to get out for a little and maybe return later. Places that interest me:
Denver & Colorado Springs and 'burbs (Centennial, Cherry Hills Village, Lone Tree, Highlands Ranch, etc.)

Since you're young you may want to focus more on some of the hipper areas closer to downtown Denver like Highlands or Washington Park. The communities you cite above are really the southern burbs which are mostly families with kids. Nice areas though, but again, you may want something where more younger, single people tend to live.
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Old 10-14-2008, 06:46 PM
 
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Since you're young you may want to focus more on some of the hipper areas closer to downtown Denver like Highlands or Washington Park. The communities you cite above are really the southern burbs which are mostly families with kids. Nice areas though, but again, you may want something where more younger, single people tend to live.
I know. I'm just looking waaaaay ahead haha.
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Old 10-14-2008, 09:08 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia,New Jersey, NYC!
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I left Philly (spend almost 15 years) like 4 years ago and moved to my Dream city. NYC! And I am so glad that I did. NYC is such a world class and exciting city. Although I still have connections in Philly, so I go back there alot.

i did the reverse. honestly, Philly reminds me of what NYC was, and that's a good thing imo. no wonder so many ny'rs are moving here.
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Old 10-15-2008, 10:03 AM
 
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i did the reverse. honestly, Philly reminds me of what NYC was, and that's a good thing imo. no wonder so many ny'rs are moving here.
So you move to Philadelphia because that was your DREAM city? Or you move there because you could not afford to live well in NYC? I have friends that moved to Philadelphia from NYC but they moved because Philly is much affordable for living space and they can afford to live in better areas of the city. But they did not move there cause Philly was their DREAM city, it was more like their last option. Yes I had to give up living space when I moved to NYC. But is all worth it. What an amazing city to experience.
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Old 10-15-2008, 11:43 PM
 
Location: South Philly
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NYC is an amazing place to experience if you're from Iowa or Michigan.

The real New York died a slow death starting about 10 years ago.
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Old 10-16-2008, 12:54 AM
 
Location: TwilightZone
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I just noticed that many people in Michigan dream of Orlando, Florida or possibly Arizona.

People in NYC always talk about either San Francisco or Miami as places they would consider.

People in Portland Oregon, if they were to move, perhaps Austin Texas or Denver, Colorado, perhaps.

HOW ABOUT PEOPLE IN PHILADELPHIA?
People in Philadelphia dream only about Philadelphia because they don't know better
Personally I dream of moving even further out into the country than previous now that I've been in Philly
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Old 10-17-2008, 10:13 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia,New Jersey, NYC!
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So you move to Philadelphia because that was your DREAM city? Or you move there because you could not afford to live well in NYC? I have friends that moved to Philadelphia from NYC but they moved because Philly is much affordable for living space and they can afford to live in better areas of the city. But they did not move there cause Philly was their DREAM city, it was more like their last option. Yes I had to give up living space when I moved to NYC. But is all worth it. What an amazing city to experience.
all of the above. my wife's family lives in so Jersey. i just couldn't transition top the Jersey burbs....and Philly more than fits the bill.
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Old 10-17-2008, 10:16 PM
 
Location: Philadelphia,New Jersey, NYC!
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People in Philadelphia dream only about Philadelphia because they don't know better
Personally I dream of moving even further out into the country than previous now that I've been in Philly
gotta say its a rough town, but also a very passionate, rough, intellectual (center city), diverse, more accepting than 90% of the country, cool city. new england can learn a thing or two. only NYC/Jersey is as accepting...flame on
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