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I currently live in central NJ, and I'm looking for a change. I'm sick of the combination of high cost of living, traffic and cold weather here.
Can someone compare the pros and cons of living in San Antonio, TX vs. Houston, TX vs. Orlando, FL vs. Atlanta, GA, with regards to factors such as cost of living, quality of schools, safety, hurricane and flooding risk, diversity of residents and differences in year round humidity?
I am considering the above cities as I am pursuing vacancies within the VA (Veterans Affairs).
I currently live in central NJ, and I'm looking for a change. I'm sick of the combination of high cost of living, traffic and cold weather here.
Can someone compare the pros and cons of living in San Antonio, TX vs. Houston, TX vs. Orlando, FL vs. Atlanta, GA, with regards to factors such as cost of living, quality of schools, safety, hurricane and flooding risk, diversity of residents and differences in year round humidity?
I am considering the above cities as I am pursuing vacancies within the VA (Veterans Affairs).
Thanks in advance for any helpful feedback!
Don't mean to rain on your parade, but jesus brother that's a lot to ask. You could probably look most of those things up such as cost of living and relative humidity.
Diversity is the easy one here though..majority Hispanic, followed by Caucasian, a small percentage of African American and a smattering of "other" (no disrespect intended, just too many to list).
Also humidty is a bit of a personal opinion, some say its terrible here, others who have lived in places where it really is terrible say its not that bad. Traffic is going to be bad no matter where you decide to move, every town has "bad" areas
Houston and Atlanta metro areas are about 3x the size of San Antonio and Orlando. Not familiar with Orlando traffic, but Houston and Atlanta have much worse traffic than San Antonio. San Antonio is the least humid of the four by far - we just have really bad heat. However, if you are in the shade in SA, it's bearable, you won't sweat nearly as much as the other three cities. Low risk of hurricanes in SA.
You will find a lot more diversity in Houston and Atlanta. However, San Antonio has a real sense of community for a larger city and a common feel across the area. It is more than just a bunch of suburbs strung together. It is not uncommon to run into people you know when you are out and about in SA - probably wouldn't happen nearly as much in Atlanta or Houston. Cost of living is pretty similar in both Houston and SA - very low compared to NJ. You will be smiling after you leave the grocery store and spend about 2/3 of what you would spend in NJ. Housing is inexpensive in both SA and Houston.
I currently live in central NJ, and I'm looking for a change. I'm sick of the combination of high cost of living, traffic and cold weather here.
Can someone compare the pros and cons of living in San Antonio, TX vs. Houston, TX vs. Orlando, FL vs. Atlanta, GA, with regards to factors such as cost of living, quality of schools, safety, hurricane and flooding risk, diversity of residents and differences in year round humidity?
I am considering the above cities as I am pursuing vacancies within the VA (Veterans Affairs).
Thanks in advance for any helpful feedback!
I think this would be best addressed in the cities vs. cities forum.
I think this would be best addressed in the cities vs. cities forum.
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