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Old 05-23-2007, 04:42 PM
 
Location: Wisconsin
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I'm graduating from college in about a year or so, and I'm looking for cities that I would want to live in. I pretty much like it in the northern part of the country. I like it down south, but it's way too hot year round and the bugs would drive me crazy. I live in Wisconsin right now and I enjoy it here for the most part. I want a fairly big city to live in though. I have Milwaukee, Minneapolis and Denver as my main interests right now, as well as Pittsburgh, Philly or a city like Buffalo. I really don't know much about Philly and was just looking for some more information.

My main questions are:

What kind of apartments or lofts can you find in the downtown area and are the prices reasonable? By reasonable I'm talking in the $700-$900 range, give or take.

Is there opportunity for jobs in Marketing?

How are the bugs? Specifically, what kind of spiders are in the area. Spiders just drive me crazy. I hate them, even the small ones. I don't have a problem with seeing them outside, but once they're inside, that's when I have a problem with them. Is it usually just the occasional house spider you have to worry about?

How's the weather there? I enjoy a nice summer, but I also enjoy winter. I like a mix of all seasons really.
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Old 05-23-2007, 10:54 PM
 
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Just my opinion, but do yourself a huge favor and don't move to Buffalo..maybe it's just me, but I have never been to a more depressed area in my life! My husband is from there, and so we have no choice but to go a few times a year..it is soooo dismal and gray and just...ugh. I will stop myself there. I'm sure there must be nice parts but I have not seen any. I also have never seen such a depressed housing market in my life. If you want a cheap house that is the place to go I guess. You can buy a house for 65K....
I haven't been here in PA long but the seasons do seem nice...I'm used to FL where the spiders are LARGE...in my exaggerated panic I called them tarantulas and yes they did come in the house. I haven't seen any spiders here yet. My kids tell everyone, though, that "the ants in PA are friendly"...we do not miss FL fire ants at all.........
Have you looked into Boston? That's a nice city. I wish I could say more good things about PA but I'm still learning as I go. I would say that the landscape and the architecture are really nice. Hopefully you'll get some input from more people on here about life in the city and cost of apartments...good luck!
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Old 05-24-2007, 07:12 AM
 
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Boston is great area for young adults due to the many colleges in the area but very expensive. I agree about Buffalo. Near Philadelphia is Manayunk http://www.manayunk.com/ and I know some recent college grads that live there. I would suggest that you get a Southwest charge card and rack up some miles visiting places!

I'm afraid our east coast cities are probably a little more expensive then Milwaukee.
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