Nerdy Woman looking for a new city to call home. (renter, high schools)

[TalanV3235]

Straight single woman, no kids or pets.
Jr. Developer (5 years of experience and a few worthless expired certs, but no degree). Given ONLY this information and the 4 things most important things to me in my next place, where should I move to next?

in no order:

1. A place with tech culture is part of the culture 365 24/7. kids in school have coding classes. where it's not unusual for a video game release to make the 10pm news.

2. SUNNY. it does NOT have to always be warm/hot, but i want to move somewhere that isn't grey skies all the time.

3. Renter and roommate friendly culture. I have and I don't mind renting a room in a house/apt with 3 other people. if this is 'unusual' and hard to find, that's not the right place for me.

4. year round outdoor activity. baseball, soccer, running, etc. some places are described as "this place really comes alive in the summer". that is NOT the place for me.

Thanks!

[kyle19125]

#1 and #4 aren't going to overlap. If you can lose the overt definition of #1, I would say a place like Raleigh-Durham works well for you.

[sad_hotline]

I'd say California, if you really want that nerd culture. Obviously everywhere has nerd culture, but if you want something like you describe, you would want to be near E3, Comic Con, etc. Plus, a lot of famous video game figures live throughout Cali.

I disagree with kyle's above post. Nerd and sports culture have been meshed together now for well over a decade. It ain't like the 80s portrayals of high schools where there is sharp delineations between nerds and sports. Even in rugged, blue collar towns there are usually very strong tabletop miniature war gaming subcultures, for example.

The issue is cost. You won't have a choice for option 3. You probably will be forced to room with other people to save money if you move to Cali.

[Gaylord_Focker]

Every place has 3. You described Seattle/Portland, save the need for sun.

[CCrest182]

Austin/San Francisco for sunny places, Portland, Seattle, and Madison WI otherwise would also work.

[KoNgFooCj]

Boston

[Drewjdeg]

Silicon Valley or Irvine.

[turkeydance]

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[kyle19125]

Originally Posted by sad_hotline

I disagree with kyle's above post. Nerd and sports culture have been meshed together now for well over a decade. It ain't like the 80s portrayals of high schools where there is sharp delineations between nerds and sports. Even in rugged, blue collar towns there are usually very strong tabletop miniature war gaming subcultures, for example.

There's hardly a nerds meshing with sports movement, which for the vast majority involves football, hockey, baseball and basketball. Tabletop miniature war gaming would be the equivalent of wearing a "Please don't beat me up" sign in most small town/blue collar sports bars.

[sad_hotline]

Originally Posted by kyle19125

There's hardly a nerds meshing with sports movement, which for the vast majority involves football, hockey, baseball and basketball. Tabletop miniature war gaming would be the equivalent of wearing a "Please don't beat me up" sign in most small town/blue collar sports bars.

Nah. Tons of people nowadays are in both worlds! I know plenty of folks who are sports fans and nerds.

"Please don't beat me up sign"? So blue collared sports folks are all brutes? That's a bit of a stereotype, no? That's up to them to feel offense though.

I'm not spinning fabrications from thin air. There exists a continuum, where there are of course more traditional nerds vs. sports fans, but in today's age there are millions of people in between.

I'm not going to even talk about how geeking out over athlete's stats and strategies is pretty much the same as geeking out over fictional character's stats and strategies. As if one is somehow more dignified.