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I find Boston to have just about every trait I loathe:
1). High Cost of Living
2). Rude People
3). Yuppies
4). Too many colleges(read: a Masters degree doesn't stand out)
I'd love to find a few cities that are as opposite the above traits as possible. I do like the Northern Mid-west but it seems as if the contrarian utopia I seek might be harder to find there than it might be in the South - I'm not a fan of year-round warm weather(attracts too many transplants); However, I can be open to any place that meets the stated criteria.
Last edited by Curious Wanderer; 07-01-2011 at 09:07 AM..
Is there a size range you are looking for in a city?
I'm thinking moderate to large: 200,000 to maybe 900,000. I'm not overly concerned with the raw size as some cities are larger in land mass and therefor have fewer people per square mile than less populated cities.
IS this a serious post? I'd be embarrased to go around asking people --even under the cloak of Internet anonymity -- "Hey guys, please help me find a place to live that's cold, cheap, unsophisticated and uneducated. Just make sure the people are nice!"
Seems like the northern Midwest fits the bills to me. Although a couple of these are not Midwest, but interior northeast. They are all cheap places with a blue-collar, non-yuppie vibe. Some have large universities in the city, but it's not over the top like in Boston.
Seems like the northern Midwest fits the bills to me. Although a couple of these are not Midwest, but interior northeast. They are all cheap places with a blue-collar, non-yuppie vibe. Some have large universities in the city, but it's not over the top like in Boston.
Cleveland
Buffalo
Milwaukee
Pittsburgh
Cincinnati
I've been to Cleveland and I didn't see one Massachusetts license plates in either of that two city and they had the vibe you mentioned. Buffalo is nice too but it's too close to NYC and Boston to my liking.I would love to check out Cincinnati. It sounds like it's got a bit of a southern vibe to it, along with the midwestern vibe.
Based on this it seems that you fit in quite well in the places you despise
It rubbed off on me, what can I say? Also, that poster must have been in his/her early 20s, based on the immaturity of the post. Again, I'm just asking a question. If you can't muster up a good answer, move along.
Calm down. I'm not trying to pick a fight or be disrespectful. But you would not have set yourself up to look like such a rube if maybe you asked about a relo by stating positively what you want rather than negatively what you don't. THe way you framed your question makes you sound like a hick out of water, even with Master's degree. (FWIW, by the way I'm not crazy about Boston either.)
Have a happy Fourth.
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