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I am attracted to booming Texas cities with excellent job market, such as Austin, Dallas, and Houston; however, I do not adjust well in hot summers. I prefer the cold. I am also attracted to Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota but I am not sure if I could handle that kind of cold though.
Lower Midwest is perfectly in the middle when it comes to climate so I have been looking into Lower Midwestern cities as ideal choices for relocation/new change in life.
Affordable cost of living and good economy along with nice suburbs and good schools for children are all musts. My wife and I are both fiscally moderate and socially liberal. There should be a plenty of things to do for families with children. We like to go on dates just two of us plus we have my own Guys Night Out and her Ladies Night Out so there should be a plenty of non-family things to do as well.
My wife and I enjoy fishing, camping, hunting, and swimming at lakes once awhile. Museums, pro sports (baseball & football) and college football, amusement parks, and theatre (plays & opera) are more of my thing.
We both work in the field of education with my wife having a licensure in Deaf Education and I have experiences at university level teaching. Our jobs are mostly in the field of education and government. We plan to start out renting then buy a house eventually so property taxes need to be considered.
Do you have any suggestion for best cities in Lower Midwest to live? Please use the poll to vote on some of the cities we have been checking out.
Last edited by SciFiNerd1; 05-26-2015 at 08:06 AM..
I am attracted to booming Texas cities with excellent job market, such as Austin, Dallas, and Houston; however, I do not adjust well in hot summers. I prefer the cold. I am also attracted to Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota but I am not sure if I could handle that kind of cold though.
Lower Midwest is perfectly in the middle when it comes to climate so I have been looking into Lower Midwestern cities as ideal choices for relocation/new change in life.
Affordable cost of living and good economy along with nice suburbs and good schools for children are all musts. My wife and I are both fiscally moderate and socially liberal. There should be a plenty of things to do for families with children. We like to go on dates just two of us plus we have my own Guys Night Out and her Ladies Night Out so there should be a plenty of non-family things to do as well.
My wife and I enjoy fishing, camping, hunting, and swimming at lakes once awhile. Museums, pro sports (baseball & football) and college football, amusement parks, and theatre (plays & opera) are more of my thing.
We both work in the field of education with my wife having a licensure in Deaf Education and I have experiences at university level teaching. Our jobs are mostly in the field of education and government. We plan to start out renting then buy a house eventually so property taxes need to be considered.
Do you have any suggestion for best cities in Lower Midwest to live? Please use the poll to vote on some of the cities we have been checking out.
Grand Rapids fits all of your criteria minus the pro sports(has minor league in all sports). Not as cold as Minneapolis, but makes up for it in snow. Very strong economy and growth in knowledge based fields.
Honestly if you're looking at Indy, Columbus and KC, I'd look at Louisville. It's refreshingly surprising. Although it can get a little sticky in the summer, but no more than the others listed.
I think there is very little recognizably "Texan" about KC, for the record. It is certainly nothing like any of the cities of Texas. In fact, the only city you listed that's anything like anyplace in Texas is Columbus, which has some pretty important things in common with Austin, i.e., capital city/colossal college town combination, growth, white collar economy, etc.
I think I'd also look at Cincinnati, which is kind of mix of KC and StL culturally and physically, and Louisville as well, which I don't consider midwestern, but is in the same climate belt and has a kind of unique vibe for a place of its size.
Indianapolis and Columbus are Lower Midwest
Cincinnati and Louisville should be in the poll instead.
Uh....Columbus is a 2 hour drive from Kentucky (the South). Indy, less than that. Both are about 7-8 hour drive straight north to the UP.
Both are certainly in the Lower Midwest - no question. Just look at a map. I live way the hell north of both, and it's still many hours to the northern reaches of the Midwest.
Uh....Columbus is a 2 hour drive from Kentucky (the South). Indy, less than that. Both are about 7-8 hour drive straight north to the UP.
Both are certainly in the Lower Midwest - no question. Just look at a map. I live way the hell north of both, and it's still many hours to the northern reaches of the Midwest.
Yeah, both are definitely lower Midwest, and Louisville is the start of the upper South, so it wouldn't belong on the poll either.
Yeah, both are definitely lower Midwest, and Louisville is the start of the upper South, so it wouldn't belong on the poll either.
If the OP is looking for something that is undeniably within the definition of the Midwest then you're right, Louisville does not belong. If the OP is looking at those cities, and would consider other cities that share similarities culturally and climate wise, I don't see why it wouldn't.
^ I can agree with that. But those two cities are definitely lower Midwest....
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