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The problem is that many of those conservative cities are changing as they become more diverse. The Woodlands is really only moderately conservative and becoming less so as more Asians move there. Sugar Land is decidedly more liberal now than it was only a few years ago.
The California cities offer a good quality of life, but are very expensive, so I could not afford them.
I would move to Boston (again too expensive) or Chicago (my home town) in preference to any of the above, but in fairness, I don't really know much about the cities you list other than San Francisco and the Woodlands. I don't go solely by politics in terms of where to move.
I lived in The Woodlands for 2 years before I bailed. It was the definiton of generic suburb, albeit with trees. I don't get the love of the place. I guess compared to the rest of Houston it's a step up.
The California cities offer a good quality of life, but are very expensive, so I could not afford them.
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I just did a quick google search, it looks like quality of life means observes life satisfaction, including everything from physical health, family, education, employment, wealth, safety, security to freedom, religious beliefs, and the environment. If this is the case, I think different people have different idea of good quality of life.
My parents' house in Newport Beach is closed to 1.8 million dollars (it is really below or average price for that area), my fiance's house is close to 1.2 million, my own house is close to 1mil. ALL my friends in other states have bigger better houses and their houses are 1/3 of the price we have to pay here. All my friends live in the good low crime neighborhoods.
A solid middle class couple cannot afford to live in my, my fiance, or my parents' neighborhood in California. They cannot afford buying a house here, but in other states, they can.
The traffic, oh my God, if we include traffic as a factor of quality of life, California perhaps is the worst.
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1) Berkeley, CA
2) San Francisco, CA
3) Oakland, CA
4) Arlington, VA
5) Pasadena, CA
6) Boulder, CO
7) Sunnyvale, CA
8) Durham, NC
9) Alexandria, VA
10) Bellevue, WA
I wanted to ask as general question: 1. Hypothetically, without using politics, if you were given a job offer in one of the cities above? Could you put politics aside to relocate to San Francisco? Keeping in mind costs of living, quality of life, real estate values, demographics, etc.
2. What about one of the most conservative cities?
1) Lafayette, LA
2) Tyler, TX
3) The Woodlands, TX 4) Knoxville, TN
5) Frisco, TX
6) Carrollton, TX 7) Murfreesboro, TN 8) Chattanooga, TN
9) Scottsdale, AZ
10) Huntsville, AL
Where would you rather live politics aside?
For me using these two lists I'd pick
1) Scotsdale, AZ
2) Boulder, CO
3) The Woodlands, TX
1. I'm not a knee-jerk, partisan hack lemming. But I could not and would not under any circumstances live in any of the towns in your Top 10 list. Not because of the cost of living (because if any of these towns were under consideration it would be because the job offer was sufficient enough for the COL to not be a consideration). But for both QOL and political considerations. I have lived in large metropolitan areas in England, Australia and Canada. I no longer want to live in big cities. Too many people, too little space, too little breathing room, too many choices, too much noise, too fast a pace, too much.............just too much. Additionally, the extreme partisan politics of these towns would preclude me from living in any of them. Completely, totally, absolutely contrary to the priorities, belief systems and priorities that I have in my life. Living in any of them would be like a prison sentence to me.
2. Re: your conservative cities. Lived in Middle TN for many years. Know Knoxville, Murfreesboro and Chattanooga very well. Knoxville and Chattanooga have some great qualities about them (not the least of which is their proximity to rivers, mountains, state and federal parks). Murfreesboro is a congested, crap-hole, bedroom community to a very liberal Nashville. Good place to shop and eat (and in the case of my son, go to college) but wouldn't live there if you paid me good money. All three - high crime. Nope, nope and hell nope. Huntsville AL isn't any better.
There are no cities on your list that I would consider. Ever.
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