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I'd rather be culturally expected to recycle than culturally expected to be religious.
I'm not religious myself, but it's always so enlightening when people make blanket statements like that. And if anything, recycling is probably split more along an urban-rural divide than a regional divide...
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I'm not religious myself, but it's always so enlightening when people make blanket statements like that. And if anything, recycling is probably split more along an urban-rural divide than a regional divide...
What's your preference, Poached Salmon or Fried Chicken?
Southeast. Better prospects for long term rather than that damp dog weather of the PNW.
Besides I can live near beaches that I would actually want to go to like Charleston, or the mountains of Asheville.
I would miss the beautiful nature areas of the PNW. Problem is that the only nice areas are on the coasts while the SE has the coasts to the mountains as getting better. Particularly in the cities which is where I would move to anyway.
The PNW has Portland and Seattle for its realistic contenders for where I would live. The southeast has
Even though I enjoy the Southeast and think there are plenty of beautiful areas around here, I much prefer the PNW due to the better outdoor activities. Much more dramatic mountains (better hiking and skiing), breath-taking coast-line, and better summers (depending on where in the PNW).
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Wanted to get feedback on cost of living, economic opportunity and quality of life from now to the next decade.
I'll admit the southeast probably wins in COL and economic opportunity. You have a lot more cities to choose from and associated employment.
Quality of life is more subjective - PNW wins for me due to being stronger for my hobbies.
To make this a fair comparison we should first define the regions and try to make it of a similar land area. Now lets just limit the PNW to WA and OR. ID is usually included but it's kind of far removed from the coastal states.
PNW
Washington: 66,455.52 sq mi | 7,405,743 people
Oregon: 95,988.01 sq mi | 4,142,776 people Total: 162,443.53 sq mi | 11,548,519 people
SE
North Carolina: 48,617.91 sq mi | 10,273,419 people
South Carolina: 30,060.70 sq mi | 5,024,369 people
Georgia: 57,513.49 sq mi | 10,429,379 people Total: 133,192.10 sq mi | 25,727,167 people
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