Looking for place in US that is affordable, has a mild climate, liberal, and safe for recent college grad (water, best)

[trobesmom]

Originally Posted by AceQueenJacqueline

Thanks for the tip. I have actually been told that before by some conservative family members of mine.

Don't listen to them. I was conservative growing up and into my 40s. Got more liberal with age.

[Sockeye66]

The Pacific NW is mild temp wise, we are known for our gray skies and steady rain though.

We do have mountains, trails, hiking, trees (Evergreen State!) and plenty of liberals.

I'd suggest looking from Everett to Bellingham and Longview/Kelso to Olympia.
Stay out of the Seattle metro area, to crowded, costly, and... damn crowded.

[TabulaRasa]

Originally Posted by AceQueenJacqueline

Somewhere with less than 100K people would be nice.

Communities of fewer than 100k people are not going to be awash in multitudes of ultra lucrative human services jobs, unfortunately.

[2nccoast]

We can flip from being liberal to being conservative in an instant:
- A conservative is a liberal who has just been mugged;
- A liberal is a conservative who has spent one night in jail.

[artemis]

Originally Posted by AceQueenJacqueline

Good day!

I am a 23 year old woman, and in a couple years I want to move out of Texas. I am having trouble finding a place that fits my criteria. It seems like all liberal states are expensive and freezing in the winter.

Here is what I am looking for:
Low crime (this is an absolute requirement)
Not a big city like Dallas, Austin, Chicago, or Boston (this is an absolute requirement)
Weather: mild or warm. Doesn’t get in the teens or below freezing. I can’t physically and mentally handle freezing cold, rainy, windy weather. Especially if it is happening all at once. (This is an absolute requirement)
Affordable for recent grad starting a job in social work. I suspect I will be making between 40i and 60k a year (this is an absolute requirement)
Liberal and/or progressive. It’s okay if the state is conservative as long as there are liberal pockets (high priority)
Small town or small city. A small town should be within an hour drive or less from a big city. Preferably one that had a University or teaching hospital. (High to very high priority)
Good for hiking, walking, lots of scenery like forests, parks, hills, nature trails. Fancy restaurants and nightlife are not important to me. (Mid to high priority)
I don’t plan on raising a family. I would like to get married eventually. So a median age around 35 would be good. (Low to mid priority).
Good public transportation (low priority).

Thank you!!!

Nashville.

[gentlearts]

Originally Posted by duster1979

Based on this statement I have to assume we're either dealing with a spammer or someone completely out of touch with reality.

She would definitely love CA. A bleeding heart liberal, who is a social worker? CA is a dream come true.

[SportyandMisty]

Needles, CA.
Barstow, CA.
Crescent City, CA.
Redding, CA.
Shasta Lake, CA.

[latetotheparty]

Originally Posted by Brian_M

Freezes and snows there pretty much every winter. You get freezing temps all the way down to Atlanta every year. Else I would have said Charlotte, NC or Greenville, SC ~ but the weather precludes those too. Heck, I'm about 2 hours south of Atlanta, about an hour from Auburn, AL, and it's the rare year we don't get hard freezing where I need to cover sensitive plants. We had snow 4 times this last winter, though that's a tad unusual.

Y'all got more snow than we did, (St. Louis), last winter!!

[Sockeye66]

Originally Posted by SportyandMisty

Needles, CA.
Barstow, CA.
Crescent City, CA.
Redding, CA.
Shasta Lake, CA.

North of Sacramento is beautiful and a very different California feel than San Fran on down.

Yuba City, Oroville, Chico, Red Bluff are other cities to look at.

When you hit Weed, you've went to far.

[creeksitter]

All 3 of those get some cold/ freezing in the winter.

OP needs to take some courses in geriatric social work and look for jobs in florida.