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Really depends. Right now I'm looking at Raleigh-- I'll probably take a trip down there soon to scout it out.
Other contenders include Atlanta, Charlotte, DC, and New Castle County, DE (why don't more LIers look there??).
I thought about Chicago, because I love it there (especially Evanston), but I can't deal with the winters.
I'd love to try out Texas (Austin, Dallas, Houston) or California (SoCal, in particular), but I want to remain within driving distance of Long Island.
I finish my masters degree in December, so we'll see what happens then.
Delaware is like a forgotten state, true. You can definitely get cheap newer housing and still be a half days drive from LI.
Not to give any more fodder to the resident big ego, but why are you skipping over the Richmond VA area?
The streetcar suburbs of Chicago are beautiful..there are like 5 or 6 Garden City type neighborhoods with little downtowns that are beautiful, but it's not much less expensive than Long Island.
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Delaware is like a forgotten state, true. You can definitely get cheap newer housing and still be a half days drive from LI.
Not even... I can get there in three hours flat! I know of some people who actually kept their NYC jobs and commute up twice a week (<2.5 hour train ride to Penn Station) while telecommuting the rest of the week.
It's sad that Delaware goes forgotten-- it fits the bill for what most Long Islanders describe they want, and it's so close. Philly isn't too far, and they're about to add commuter rail service to DC and Baltimore.
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Not to give any more fodder to the resident big ego, but why are you skipping over the Richmond VA area?
I forgot to mention that! I only became aware of how nice that area was a few weeks ago when that retirement thread was going on and BigMike mentioned it. I still need to do more research on the area to see if it fits the bill for what I'm looking for.
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The streetcar suburbs of Chicago are beautiful..there are like 5 or 6 Garden City type neighborhoods with little downtowns that are beautiful.
Agreed! They really are. In addition, Chicago is probably the cheapest city of its caliber.
I forgot to mention that! I only became aware of how nice that area was a few weeks ago when that retirement thread was going on and BigMike mentioned it. I still need to do more research on the area to see if it fits the bill for what I'm looking for.
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I don't know what the pipeline to NC from NY is that somehow bypassed Virginia. I guess the Universities there (VCU) aren't considered as highly as Duke or UNC Chapel Hill, so maybe that's part of it. The nice parts of Richmond provides some good "city" things (the slums are bad, and they are somewhat plentiful but can be avoided), and the suburbs are nice.
^ I've always liked NoVA. How's the food there? Any beaches within a reasonable drive? Is it really that much cheaper?
NoVA is not cheap, and the traffic sucks. Totally different.
Richmond is basically beyond commuting distance from DC (although I'm sure some crazy people do it), and is much cheaper.
Food is basically like LI, just substitute more barbecue and comfort food type places for red sauce Italian and Pizza joints on every corner. Same chains, the "hip" parts of Richmond have all the ethnic foods. The places that are pleasant surprise are the "diners/drive ins and dives" type local places, with scratch made food, especially in college areas down south. On LI, garbagey Greek diners are the norm, using frozen/jarred old ingredients..including the Greek food. Frozen Gyro meat?
LI food is wildly overrated....it's not NYC.
I've got 10 diners within 20 minutes of where I live, and ONE of them can make a decent breakfast.
Virginia Beach isn't too far but traffic is miserable from what I've heard. I can't imagine driving 2 hours to go to the beach when it's been 30 minutes or less my whole life.
You can buy a 2500 sq foot house with a half acre with good schools for $300K in Chesterfield County.
Hi SC here I come,
As you know we are planning on leaving NY also for SC. I would love to be there now but we're waiting 4 more years for kids to finish high school. Hoping to buy down there in a few years do the snowbird thing for a few years then in 10 years live year round.
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I could def. do Delaware. Close to major cities, beaches, ocean, no state sales tax(not sure of now) and no taxes on retirement monies.
Still no sales tax I'll be down there next month, and you better believe Illnbe doing some shopping
I hope this doesn't come off the wrong way, but I never took you for someone who wanted to move off the island. Your posts always portrayed you as happy here-- or we're you just saying that DE is doable, but you're not leaving?
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I don't know what the pipeline to NC from NY is that somehow bypassed Virginia. I guess the Universities there (VCU) aren't considered as highly as Duke or UNC Chapel Hill, so maybe that's part of it. The nice parts of Richmond provides some good "city" things (the slums are bad, and they are somewhat plentiful but can be avoided), and the suburbs are nice.
I don't know, honestly. DE and VA don't seem to get much love. I only know about DE from visiting friends, and VA from BM50.
Regarding NoVa-- it seems like that would be a lateral move from Long Island, still have congestion and overpriced real estate. The Metro is cheaper than the LIRR, though.
I believe though that in NoVa, workers have other employment options outside of DC so commuting to the city center is not always necessary.
You probably still need to use the beltway, and it sucks. DC is what it is because of Gorvernment jobs and all the apparatus that comes with them. I'm not sure how the employment opportunities are any less city-centered than the NY metro area.
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I'll be down there next month, and you better believe Illnbe doing some shopping 
