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We're a family of four. By retirement time, dd will be 9 and 14 yrs old. My husband wants to work with airplane maintenance in a museum or manage a team at a smaller airport. I worked at a university as an instructional technologist and trainer. I taught too but I rather do my desk job
Before I met and moved with my husband in 2002, I lived in the northend part of Boise. Loved the market, co-op, independent coffee shops, my old house and quite liberal friends. Hubby's from MS, bordering Memphis. No way we're moving back there. Boise seems to be the best place but we want to research more. Boise doesn't have or near a museum and not a lot of cultural events (or maybe it's different now?)
Before we moved, we both worked and made a bit over six digits together in a town an hour away from Kansas City but who knows what we'll find job wise after retirement. But assuming we both get career jobs again, we hope we can make a decent amount so that we can get a forever kind of home.
We don't want to be in tornado alley, an ultra conservative place or bible thumping community. Not a two climate or super hot place like Texas. We'd like to be near an international airport. I love shopping areas like the Kansas City Plaza (not big shoppers but love the setting). We love great food. Would like to be near a variety of good restaurants. I love old houses but hubby loves garages. He has a vintage car and will always have one. We value good education and unless something changes, my oldest is a gymnast. A good gym club needs to be in or near where we live. A city like LA is too big.
We read up on the Salem/Beaverton area. There is an aviation museum around there. But after England, we may want some place sunnier. Plus the school seems questionable. Budget issues. Dayton has museum but the city seems really dodgy.
I love reading about the different eastern state cities, but houses are so expensive! I don't want a new house. I was looking at early 1900 ones. It'd be great I thought to live near or in a historical city and walk to a pub. Colorado seems like a possibility.
I have 3yrs to figure this out. We want to rent a campervan one summer and drive around to get a feel but we would like to narrow the area down so not to drive around aimlessly
While it's likely to be England-like weather, the Pacific Northwest has quite a bit of aviation. Vancouver (WA) has an air museum, as does Seattle. There was a nice air museum at Hill AFB in Ogden (UT).
There are lots of air museums around, but ones that actually employ people might be tougher to find. Here's a list of them in the US.
Perhaps Wichita KS may work. Cessna is based there and I believe that there is an Air Base there as well. Its claims to be the Air Capital of the World as well. There are firms like Boeing, LearJet and Spirit AeroSystems have plants there too. Wichita, Kansas - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The only thing that would disqualify it is the tornado alley aspect.
We're a family of four. By retirement time, dd will be 9 and 14 yrs old. My husband wants to work with airplane maintenance in a museum or manage a team at a smaller airport. I worked at a university as an instructional technologist and trainer. I taught too but I rather do my desk job
Before I met and moved with my husband in 2002, I lived in the northend part of Boise. Loved the market, co-op, independent coffee shops, my old house and quite liberal friends. Hubby's from MS, bordering Memphis. No way we're moving back there. Boise seems to be the best place but we want to research more. Boise doesn't have or near a museum and not a lot of cultural events (or maybe it's different now?)
Before we moved, we both worked and made a bit over six digits together in a town an hour away from Kansas City but who knows what we'll find job wise after retirement. But assuming we both get career jobs again, we hope we can make a decent amount so that we can get a forever kind of home.
We don't want to be in tornado alley, an ultra conservative place or bible thumping community. Not a two climate or super hot place like Texas. We'd like to be near an international airport. I love shopping areas like the Kansas City Plaza (not big shoppers but love the setting). We love great food. Would like to be near a variety of good restaurants. I love old houses but hubby loves garages. He has a vintage car and will always have one. We value good education and unless something changes, my oldest is a gymnast. A good gym club needs to be in or near where we live. A city like LA is too big.
We read up on the Salem/Beaverton area. There is an aviation museum around there. But after England, we may want some place sunnier. Plus the school seems questionable. Budget issues. Dayton has museum but the city seems really dodgy.
I love reading about the different eastern state cities, but houses are so expensive! I don't want a new house. I was looking at early 1900 ones. It'd be great I thought to live near or in a historical city and walk to a pub. Colorado seems like a possibility.
I have 3yrs to figure this out. We want to rent a campervan one summer and drive around to get a feel but we would like to narrow the area down so not to drive around aimlessly
I hope I have given enough info! Thx!!
Amazing what living in "socialist" Europe will do to Americans. I'm very glad to hear you don't want to live in the ultra conservative bits of the US. If only millions and millions more Americans would travel to Europe and become maybe a tiny bit less religious and right wing.
Consider SE PA. Not religious at all, cafes and good social life. Most people here are moderate to liberal. Bible thumping is almost unheard of around here. If you blab a lot about your religion, you would most likely end up a loner.
I'm curious though why Idaho would be top on your list. I've heard it is just about as conservative as the US South. I can't imagine Idaho having many liberals considering the politicians they send to Washington DC.
I can't believe people are recommending places in NC or Kansas. These states are way more religious and conservative than anywhere in England.
Amazing what living in "socialist" Europe will do to Americans. I'm very glad to hear you don't want to live in the ultra conservative bits of the US. If only millions and millions more Americans would travel to Europe and become maybe a tiny bit less religious and right wing.
Consider SE PA. Not religious at all, cafes and good social life. Most people here are moderate to liberal. Bible thumping is almost unheard of around here. If you blab a lot about your religion, you would most likely end up a loner.
I'm curious though why Idaho would be top on your list. I've heard it is just about as conservative as the US South. I can't imagine Idaho having many liberals considering the politicians they send to Washington DC.
That's a bit of a blanket statement considering the number of highly liberal pockets throughout the "US South". I would imagine Boise has a similar role in that part of the country.
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