My boyfriend and I are planning to move out of our hometown of Portland, OR. We are planning to make the move within the next few months. We have been stuck pondering multiple places and can't seem to make the push to go for one or the other. We are young and ambitious and would like to explore as much as we can while we are young, which is why we want to take the leap while we can. We moved to Reno, NV for a few months about a year ago and ended up back in Portland.
We are looking for a few different factors.
1) My family is in Portland, OR. His family is in Austin, TX. We'd like to remain as close as possible to family but it is definately not a make or break.
2) We are young and of course like to go out and have fun but, we did not appreciate living in the midst of Downtown Portland. We really appreciate living in a suburb city that's a few miles out of a huge town.
3) I don't have a specified degree in anything particular. We both have experience in Property Management, and that's most likely the career path we would be taken to start out with.
4) I am a HUGE animal lover. Most importantly dog lover, I will be bringing three dogs with me (relatively small) and would love to have a yard and semi large house for them.
5) I would be renting, my budget for rent would most likely be between $900-$1300 per month.
6) I'll have money saved up to make it a few months without work.
7) I absolutely love the beach. I would love to be close to the beach but understand it may be hard to be along the coast with my type of budget.
The states I have did research on:
California, Arizonia, Colorado, Texas, Hawaii, Florida, Texas and New York.
Any cities that you would reccommend in the above states that fit my criteria for an animal loving couple in their young 20's? Or any outside those states? I've really been stuck the past couple months and would appreciate the help. I'd love to hear as much as possible about the cities YOU LOVE!
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