Help with relocation out of NYC

[WRnative]

In many respects, you described Cleveland. You could buy an excellent home there for $600,000, or less.

Penton has substantial operations in Cleveland.

Cleveland also is the center of the rapidly-growing content-marketing industry.

http://www.crainscleveland.com/artic...nformation-age

In the Cleveland "Tips" travel article linked below, check out Gallery One and ArtLens at the Cleveland Museum of Art. Case Western Reserve University also is a virtual reality center.

There are several rowing organizations.

http://www.clevelandrows.org/

http://www.crainscleveland.com/artic...e-a-year-round

Lake and river kayaking is big. There are beaches along the length of Lake Erie. With young kids, perhaps especially check out the Lake Metroparks Fairport Harbor Beach, which has a breakwall to knock down waves. Mentor Headlands State Park Beach is the largest natural sand beach on Lake Erie; it has surf swimming and even surfers.

There are superb metro (county) park systems in several counties, including the Cleveland Metroparks' Emerald Necklace, as well as the Cuyahoga Valley National Park.

http://www.everytrail.com/best/hiking-cleveland-ohio

https://www.nature.nps.gov/nnl/state.cfm?State=OH

Perhaps check out Shaker Hts., a very diverse community with good schools, which even has a high school rowing club, connected to downtown with light rail and excellent bus service to University Circle, one of the nation's great cultural districts.

//www.city-data.com/forum/cleve...cleveland.html

There are great houses with lawns in Shaker Hts., but high real estate taxes. Garbage collectors go up driveways as the city residents don't want garbage containers on lawns, robust city recreation programs, facilities.

http://www.zillow.com/shaker-heights-oh/

http://www.tripadvisor.com/Travel-g5...Cleveland.html

Good Luck!

[march2]

The I-95 corridor from DC northward, the west coast metros, and Denver are going to be pretty expensive. Charlotte, Atlanta, Dallas, and Phoenix would be good areas. Affordable and strong economies.

[dude1984]

My two serious suggestions are Philly and Atlanta. My just winging it suggestion is Chicago.

[crystalballmagic]

I would pick Philly out of those.

I lived in DC for a bit, and I don't know, I couldn't commit staying there forever. It's really expensive and it gets to be a hassle.