I am entering my final year of a masters program in the northeast and will be afterwards looking to relocate and find work.
I would very much like to stay in the northeast, but I also want to be closer to my family in northern VA.
Right now, I live in northern CT.
There are several things I have questions on.
1) My field of study is geography and I am into planning....is the planning field a big deal in Hudson Valley? Do they have ample jobs in the state compared to most other places?
2) Which place, if any, in the lower Hudson suits me. Specifically I would like an area which:
1) Is in the NY-tri state sphere of influence
2) Managable for me to go home to NOVA on the weekends
3) Is not an expensive/stressed-out/over-crowded/hectic area....semi-rural or more mellow would be better
4) Has a decent mid 20s/young adult population that an out-of-stater could assimilate to
3) Obviously, getting all of these perfect will be difficult, so reasonably I am looking for an area which balances these out.
I am considering the Hudson Valley because I guess I felt planning might be a profitable field in NY, along with how it is close to NY but also closer to NOVA.
I also have seen the Hudson Valley on I-87 and I-287 and it looks pretty nice, it does not appear over-developed and congested like New Jersey does.
One of my concerns though is this area, since it does appear pretty, would be too costly.
I was wondering if you have any suggestions.
I was thinking perhaps
1) Rockland County (Nyack/Spring Valley/Nanuet/Ramapo)
2) Orange County
3) Putnam and Dutchess (though less likely since they are further away)
4) I do have Asperger's....so it also is important any place I move to has good resources in this area...does the Hudson Valley have such resources?
Thanks!
Last edited by Stifled; 08-05-2009 at 10:20 PM..
|