Where would you move right now...

[CowboyWay]

In keeping with Bags' moving to Boston theme........

If you could just pick up and find the equivalent job right now, where would you move to in the US. And most importantly, why?

Currently I live in the suburbs of Dallas, but I think I would move to Denver, or just north of Denver to a town called Fort Collins specifically.

I really like Dallas, but two things about it just kill me.
1. The summers are absolutely brutal. I start sweating in mid May and don't stop until the first of November. I start cutting grass in March and don't stop until thanksgiving.

2. No mountains. Hell, I'd settle for a few hills. I love mountains and everything they offer. I'm into skiiing, hunting, and first and foremost, fly fishing for trout, so the mountains to me is pretty much where I would spend all my time if I could. I have freinds who take their vacations and sit on a beach somewhere and bake. I'd rather slam my fingers in a car door than do that. If I have vacation, I'm 7000 feet high, fishing a cold mountain stream.

If you've ever been to Fort Collins, its a small town, college town, but its very family driven, very little crime, bike paths everywhere, and its pretty much dedicated to all things outdoors. Its probably the nicest place I've ever been to raise a family.

I could see myself there in the next 5 years or so.

Your turn.

[Bob Sacamano]

either Breckinridge, CO or Boston, MA

[Sam I Am]

I moved from Dallas to New York. I now live in Connecticut, but work in Lower Manhattan. Connecticut is absolutely beautiful and I get the greatness that is New York City. I'm happy. :)

[Yeagermeister]

Dallas

I wanted to make that move earlier this year but right now I couldn't sell my house.

[DA FAN]

If I could keep my exact job/position, I would move to San Antonio.

It is only a 4 hour drive to Dallas so I could possibly go to more games.

It's only 1 hour away from Concan. I love the Frio River.

[Dallas]

Dallas

I wanted to make that move earlier this year but right now I couldn't sell my house.


Excellent!!


Im w/ Yeagman here. I envy those who live in the DFW area.


Im surrounded by mountains. Some of the biggest in the world.

Trust me - you aren't missing much after a few years of staring at them. =)

[Ren]

Probably Austin, i love that city but having lived most of my life in Norway the Texas summer heat would be torture

[DFWJC]

I like the Research Triangle Area of North Carolina---Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill. Close to beaches and mountains, good weather, 4 season, decent cost of living, great universities, etc.

Like many of you, I also like Colorado.

Also, San Diego would be sweet....for obvious reason such as beauty and weather.

Definitely not the Northeast though.

[Duane]

I like the Research Triangle Area of North Carolina---Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill. Close to beaches and mountains, good weather, 4 season, decent cost of living, great universities, etc.


Really beautiful part of the country.

[CowboyFan74]

I'd leave the city life again and move back to a ranch with a stock tank full of bass. And of course wild game, deer, turkeys, etc. I also hate the cold weather and find myself thinking of living in Washington State, Alaska, or Canada.

[Heisenberg]

I'd live in Montana. Somewhere. :D

[tomson75]

Tahoe in the States. New Zealand otherwise.

[Yeagermeister]

I'd live in Montana. Somewhere. :D

Don't you mean a mysterious island in the South Pacific?

[Heisenberg]

Don't you mean a mysterious island in the South Pacific?

I'd go for that too, but such islands tend to be hard to find and once you get there, you never know what might happen. :D

[WoodysGirl]

Chicago...but with a cost of living raise.

[AbeBeta]

Vancouver, BC.

[BrAinPaiNt]

Dallas/Arlington area (of course to be close to the Cowboys).

San Antonio loved it there when I was stationed at Ft Sam Houston.

Maybe somewhere nice in New Mexico or Arizona.

Somewhere that would be better for my sinuses and ear problems and I think those above areas would fit well.

[Jon88]

The weather in Dallas is the same as it is in Shreveport, LA, but maybe better. The summers are brutal here too and humid. The winters are cold and rainy. It might snow every 10 years. Less traffic here, but also less things to do. I thought about moving to Dallas when I graduate, but it all depends on where the best job is. We took a trip into the mountains in North Carolina during the middle of the summer and it was 70 degrees with no humidity. Then we got back here....

It's a good question. Florida maybe. Just something new. I'm definitely moving.

[Hostile]

Mexico. Beach front house.

Was offered a position down there about 5 years ago. Wishing now I had taken it. The guy who did has it so easy. My wife and kids did not want to learn Spanish. Now, after a couple of family vacations down there, they would love to go. Too late.

[RESIN8]

Either Marin/Napa County or Central Coast area of California.

[PosterChild]

I'm exactly where i want to be, Arlington. Low COL, great business environment, abundant entertainment and dining options in Dallas and FW (heard that we have more restaurants in Dallas per sq mile than NYC), lots of tourists visiting Six Flags, Lone Star Park nearby, First Place Texas Rangers, the Water park, and now Jerry World. Right down the road a bit you can catch the Mavs, Stars, some Sucker team or another, i don't follow that "sport." The climate does tend to be extreme, with barely tolerable heat(steam) and occasionally violent storms in April/May esp, but it keeps things interesting during the off season. I've really enjoyed the time I've spent in Seattle and if I had to chose another spot I'll go with that. Maybe Hot Springs, Ar as a retirement locale down the line.

BTW, anyone considering relocating to DFW, you should choose your spot with care, particularly if you have school age children. Dallas ISD may not be for you..consider Arlington, Plano, Grapevine, Southlake, Allen, Frisco, FW, Mansfield. Look into the city govt issue in Dallas, too. Messy politics...the Dallas Chamber Of Commerce would not approve of this post but it's not unfair imo.

[Faerluna]

McKinney, TX

My dad lives there and has no family that he is close with. I'm also his only child.

This is actually a long-term plan for me, as long as I can talk Kilyin into it!

He has a shop there with an apartment in the back where he lives. Next door there is an empty lot that is about 1/4 city block, and he knows the guy that owns it.

He also knows some contractors that will build the house to his specs, which would be in the middle of this really nice Arts & Crafts neighborhood.

We also planned to build a little bungalow on the lot for his mom to live in, so we could have her near us as well.

I work remotely, so location isn't an issue for me, but he's concerned about finding a job, of course.

Plus our current situation is allowing us to save some good money, so that will be hard to give up.

[Dallas]

Mexico. Beach front house.

Was offered a position down there about 5 years ago. Wishing now I had taken it. The guy who did has it so easy. My wife and kids did not want to learn Spanish. Now, after a couple of family vacations down there, they would love to go. Too late.

I have a similar story.

Once I was offered a job.... on the Moon.

My kid didn't want to learn...get this....Kingon.



Crazy!

[Bob Sacamano]

I have a similar story.

Once I was offered a job.... on the Moon.

My kid didn't want to learn...get this....Kingon.



Crazy!

that's just ignorant!

[DallasCowpoke]

Funky Town

[VietCowboy]

Definitely San Fransisco.

Denver is great too, but I can't stand cold winters now after living 6 years in NY.

[Sarge]

Definitely San Fransisco.

Denver is great too, but I can't stand cold winters now after living 6 years in NY.

Wuss.

;)

[PullMyFinger]

In keeping with Bags' moving to Boston theme........

If you could just pick up and find the equivalent job right now, where would you move to in the US. And most importantly, why?

Currently I live in the suburbs of Dallas, but I think I would move to Denver, or just north of Denver to a town called Fort Collins specifically.

I really like Dallas, but two things about it just kill me.
1. The summers are absolutely brutal. I start sweating in mid May and don't stop until the first of November. I start cutting grass in March and don't stop until thanksgiving.

2. No mountains. Hell, I'd settle for a few hills. I love mountains and everything they offer. I'm into skiiing, hunting, and first and foremost, fly fishing for trout, so the mountains to me is pretty much where I would spend all my time if I could. I have freinds who take their vacations and sit on a beach somewhere and bake. I'd rather slam my fingers in a car door than do that. If I have vacation, I'm 7000 feet high, fishing a cold mountain stream.

If you've ever been to Fort Collins, its a small town, college town, but its very family driven, very little crime, bike paths everywhere, and its pretty much dedicated to all things outdoors. Its probably the nicest place I've ever been to raise a family.

I could see myself there in the next 5 years or so.

Your turn.

LOL

Water activities for me all the way. In Colorado the water never really warms up (what few reservoirs they have). The only place Ive ever heard of where you could die of hypothermia in July.

Words cannot describe how much I hate that place.

And in Colorado you wear coats from Oct to May, forget that, give me the heat any day. And F them mountains, id rather have the beach, and 4 seasons. I lived in Aurora for 10 years and it was like a lifetime

[lane]

san diego

almost perfect weather year round.


if i won the lottery and did not have to work.....bring on colorado or idaho.

[big dog cowboy]

Metro Dallas.

[Yeagermeister]

Metro Dallas.

I'd like to change my answer :laugh1:

[WoodysGirl]

I'd like to change my answer :laugh1:
You can run, but you can't hide.. lol

[the kid 05]

Chicago...but with a cost of living raise.

i live 30-45 mins away from chicago, i hate that town :|

i'd like to move to Zona or some place in texas but the house has to have a decent size lot

[Sitting Bull]

I love living in Scottsdale except in the summer. I've travelled many places in my job and it's made me appreciate it more.

If I could make a living, I'd like to live in Billings, MT. Nice size, clean, safe, four seasons; close to Yellowstone and outdoor activities I like.

Denver, Austin and several towns near Seattle on the Puget Sound are also appealing.

[WoodysGirl]

i live 30-45 mins away from chicago, i hate that town :|

i'd like to move to Zona or some place in texas but the house has to have a decent size lot
Chicago is like a 2nd, well 3rd home for me. Fam lives there. I go up there all the time. Love it.

Obviously don't care for the big winter storms, but I love the snow.

[the kid 05]

Chicago is like a 2nd, well 3rd home for me. Fam lives there. I go up there all the time. Love it.

Obviously don't care for the big winter storms, but I love the snow.

:mad:its spring time we dont bring up the time in which we suffer...:mad:

[theebs]

THis is essentially what I actually did in 02. I had to get out of central NY, I couldnt leave fast enough which is saying alot when my entire family is there.

We packed up and moved To DFW. I love it. It has been great for us.

as far as the weather goes I loved the weather in central ny in the summer, fall and winter....The spring is just miserable, depressing, grey rainy....terrible.

I loved the snow and I am so glad I grew up there, I wish my two kids could experience the snow storms. Making a 10 foot snow hill in the backyard with the snowblower and then sledding down it etc......Great place to have fun with your friends.

And on the flip side, in DFW the winter is miserable, grey, depressing, brown grass, hardly any trees etc....but the spring is fantastic and the summer is great, I like the heat suprisingly. The fall here is entirely different from the northeast, the northeast fall is one of the most scenic things there is, here in dfw it is basically just a cooler summer!

I like it in both places, I cant imagine leaving here but at the same time I have this small crazy idea in the back of head that maybe someday I can work in TV or Film production efficently enough to live in Southern California, but that is no time soon.

[theogt]

Probably California. San Francisco area.

Or Denver, but I'm not sure I could do what I do there.

[silverbear]

The Oregon coast, in the Reidsport-North Bend area...

Or the Sangre de Cristo mountains, northern New Mexico... not in Taos, but in that area...

[daschoo]

in the u.s. i'd like to live where my girlfriends folks used to live on the outskirts of san antonio. would love to go visit colorado some time though. outwith the u.s. i'd love a big house up in the highlands of scotland or bavaria is a place i've always fancied.

[jterrell]

I am in Dallas and wouldn't move.

Bottom line is Texas is consistently ranked with 4 or 5 of the top markets for pay versus cost of living almost regardless of field.

If I weren't dealing with expenses then I'd live in South Florida or the Portland area.

My wife is from NYC, still has most of her family there and would never move back. Quality of Life is completely different and worse. And living far enough outside the city for affordable and nice housing means unmanageable commutes. I've worked for many NYC companies and it's a great place to visit but no way I'd ever live there. Their was a mass exodus of NY'ers to Texas as the company opened this site because the 300K they'd have in equity bought a house here that was brand new in a new housing area, with much better schools and 3K sq ft and a pool. In NY they paid private school rates, 3x as much for their houses and dealt with 2 hour commutes for the most part.

[jterrell]

THis is essentially what I actually did in 02. I had to get out of central NY, I couldnt leave fast enough which is saying alot when my entire family is there.

We packed up and moved To DFW. I love it. It has been great for us.

as far as the weather goes I loved the weather in central ny in the summer, fall and winter....The spring is just miserable, depressing, grey rainy....terrible.

I loved the snow and I am so glad I grew up there, I wish my two kids could experience the snow storms. Making a 10 foot snow hill in the backyard with the snowblower and then sledding down it etc......Great place to have fun with your friends.

And on the flip side, in DFW the winter is miserable, grey, depressing, brown grass, hardly any trees etc....but the spring is fantastic and the summer is great, I like the heat suprisingly. The fall here is entirely different from the northeast, the northeast fall is one of the most scenic things there is, here in dfw it is basically just a cooler summer!

I like it in both places, I cant imagine leaving here but at the same time I have this small crazy idea in the back of head that maybe someday I can work in TV or Film production efficently enough to live in Southern California, but that is no time soon.

That's generally been the take of the majority of folks I know who have moved from NY or Chicago. Texas is a lot less expensive than either place and it's pretty easy to get used to driving everywhere, having lots of space and just living with AC on all the time, even in parts of the winter.

[masomenos]

I'm young, so I'm still drawn to places that embrace debauchery. I just moved to Seattle, less than 2 months ago, and I love it so far. I could definitely see myself somewhere else in a few years though, Chicago, New York, San Francisco, Boston...they all sound great. Before I decided to move to Seattle, I was this close to moving to Buenos Aries, so I'd be open to the international scene as well.

To those who were talking about Ft. Collins, I lived just a few miles from there in college. It is a fantastic city, absolutely top notch, whether you're artsy, outdoorsy, foody or drunky. It's a great city.

[PullMyFinger]

I the US. Arizona, southern Texas, Hawaii, someplace not too crowded in FLA (if that exist). Definitely some place with long hot summers.

Outside of the US. Belize, Baja peninsula, Australia.

[FloridaRob]

Living in Florida the past 20 yrs has been awesome. I would not want to live anywhere else. I am 30 minutes from Vacation Attractions in Orlando and Tampa, an hour to the Gulf Beaches and an hour and a half to the ATlantic Beaches. IF I could get some South Louisiana Cajun food here on a regular basis, it would be paradise.

The best part about living in a tourist attraction area like Central Florida is that at the end of the day of doing all kind of things, I get to sleep in my bed.

And to the poster that mentioned crowded places in Florida, there are lots of place in Florida that are not crowded. Just stay north of Miami. Now that is a different world.

[theebs]

That's generally been the take of the majority of folks I know who have moved from NY or Chicago. Texas is a lot less expensive than either place and it's pretty easy to get used to driving everywhere, having lots of space and just living with AC on all the time, even in parts of the winter.


I am not from the city though. The reality is, where I live now in mansfield is nearly identical minus the weather to where I am from Utica/new Hartford ny area.

Friendly people, lots of stuff going on, good schools etc, conservative.

Except you know the prosperous buisness, pro sports teams, great weather etc....

I like both places and find them very similar but umm, the cowboys are here!!