Where do you live, and is it nice?

I didn't have time to answer this from work, so here goes:

Grew up in the Finger Lakes region of upstate New York. Very pretty area, but the winters are harsh (but maybe not to you). If you live in one of the smaller towns near a college city it can be quite nice (I went to Cornell), lots of entertainment, good schools, etc.

Lived in Tucson for about sixteen years. I think Tucson has a lot to recommend it. It is very hot in the summer, and it is the desert. Anyone who says "It's a dry heat" has never lived there. However, they have theater, lots of various nightclubs and everything is air conditioned or evaporative cooled. Oh yeah, there is an ongoing competition between Tucson and El Paso over who has the best Mexican food. There are some really good restaraunts there.

Now I live outside of Nashville. If you like country music, why would you live anywhere else? It isn't all about country music though. Pretty much every major record label has a large studio here, so you get a lot of entertainment (Sheryl Crow is in town right now). Of course there are excellent concert venues too. I would have to say the schools are disappointing though. You'd think with Vanderbuilt here the schools would be better.

Finally, though I've never lived there, I have to agree with unc about the Atlanta area.

Hope all this helps, Paul. Feel free to PM any questions or post them here.
 
fury said:
Greenwood, IN, USA: a little piece of hell above ground. Hehe, j/k
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Of course you're kidding. That's because Fresno claims that title. :D

Fresno is a sprawling city of just under half a million located in the eastern half of the middle of California's central San Joaquin Valley. It is home to California State University, Fresno, which is known in the athletics world as Fresno State. Fresno State just opened up a $103 million arena, the Save Mart Center (Save Mart is a local supermarket chain which teamed up with Pepsi to put up $40 million). It's for all intents and purposes the agriculture capital of the world, as the San Joaquin Valley is one of the richest ag areas anywhere. We have a fairly small "international" airport, which has jet service to several major hubs. The public transportation system is comprised of the Fresno Area Express (FAX) buses. Those things seem to have stops everywhere.

Main employers: Agriculture, construction, government jobs and low-paying service jobs.

Pros: Housing is cheap here compared to the rest of the state. Same with gas prices. Fresno is the only city within an hour's drive of three national parks (Yosemite, Sequoia and Kings Canyon). The Save Mart Center promises to bring more exciting athletic competition, plus higher-profile concerts; Andrea Bocelli was the first concert there. The ethnic diversity here is unbelievable, and with it so is the range of food you can find. Grizzlies Stadium, home of the Fresno Grizzlies, the AAA affiliate of the San Francisco Giants, is a gem among minor-league parks.

Cons: Smog. Number two in the nation for car theft. Smog. Looped in with the rest of California with the financial crisis. Smog. Fog in the winter that prevents motorists from being able to see past their front bumpers. Smog. Fresno Unified year-in and year-out turns out some of the most uneneducated graduates possible (the ones that do graduate; of every freshman class, less than half will still be in school their senior year). Smog. The unemployment rate hovers around 12 or 13 percent. Smog. There is at leat one payday loan place on every corner, which is both a contributing factor to and a symptom of the economic situation for most of the people here. Smog. For years, all the growth headed north, leaving downtown, south and west Fresno to wither and die. Smog. Manchester Mall, once a nice mall in the 1950s and 1960s, is now about half stores and half government offices and is the most depressing place in the sity to be. Smog. The abovementioned Fresno Grizzlies suck bigtime. Smog. All the other crime stats are high, not just car theft. Smog. Housing and gas might be cheap compared to the rest of the state, but 1) it's still higher than the rest of the country, and 2) those costs are going up, especially housing, and salaries are staying flat. Smog. Nothing stays open late around here. Smog. Very little to do in town that is cheap, besides getting your girlfriend pregnant. Smog.

Now, about that smog. Fresno creates plenty of its own smog. But some also blows in from the bay area. Once the smog gets here, it stays. The air stagnates around here, so nothing blows it away. We get plenty of sun, so it bakes it and makes it worse. It's a big reason why there's such a high asthma rate around here. The urban sprawl doesn't help, because everyone has to hop in their sport-utility vehicles to do anything important. When the air gets really really bad, they have a "spare the sir day," when people are asked to avoid driving or otherwise using internal combustion engines, and kids at school aren't allowed to play outside. On the off-chance that we get a surprise summer storm, the air will clear out for a day or two and you get a really nice view of the mountains to the east. But by the third day you can't see them anymore. Finally, when winter is coming, the rain and wind clears out the air... and clears the way for bad fog.

Info on the air problem.
 
home=Rockville
I loved it there but it is expensive

school=Wilson,NC
NC is a beautiful state and a good place to live but this town isnt the greatest area. for here id suggest Nags Head its close to the beach and is incredibly beautiful there :)

parents and i live currently in Frederick
not my home but i came to love it. :) its nice there too :)
 
I grew up north of Atlanta near Gainesville, Georgia. If you want to live in or near a big city, Atlanta would be a good choice. Very foresty (I made that word up), only a couple of hours from the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains, and there are three huge lakes nearby for plenty of boating action.

I left Atlanta becase of overcrowding, crime, traffic, and high cost of living. Panama City, Florida has a slow growth rate, the population is around 76,000, crime rates are low, and the cost of living is unbeatable. We pay no state income tax in Florida, no tax on groceries, and fuel prices are below the national average. Housing and land is relatively cheap, and the climate is very nice. And the white sugar-sand beaches and emerald waters are incomparable.

I live near Vernon, Florida, a small town (pop. 1700) about 40 miles north of Panama City Beach. Land runs about $1000 an acre, and it is very pretty rolling hills with huge old oak trees, farms, and crystal-clear spring fed ponds. Crime is almost non-existant, and people are really nice.

http://www.cityofpanamacity.com/

http://www.panamacity.org/

http://www.800pcbeach.com/

http://pcbeach.org/

http://www.beachview.com/panama_city_beach.htm
 
metro Boston area.

pros: plenty of cultural events. world class hospitals. several major universities. 5 major pro sports teams, 6 if you count politics. lots of minor league teams in the general area. plenty of historic places to visit. just about any type of outdoor activity is, at the most, a few hours drive away. fine dining.

major employers: high tech, govt contractors, bio-tech, healthcare, travel/tourism.


cons: insane drivers, taxes can be rediculous depending on the town. questionable public schools, again depends on the town. housing prices are out of control. cant buy alcohol on sundays except in bars/taverns. the weather can drive non-natives nuts.
 
Wichita KS; Air Capital of the World

Pros: World-class economy based nearly entirely on the aircraft industry (Boeing, Cessna, Lear, Raytheon, etc...they're all here and have a very large presence). Also home to the first Pizza Hut (on my campus, actually), Rent-A-Center, and White Castle. Other major manufacturers include Coleman, LSI Logic, LoveBox, Koch, meat packers like Excel and Dold, Big Dog Motorcycles, and others I can't think of.

Cons: Hail and tornadoes. Don't worry though, you get used to them.

http://www.wichitakansas.org
 
Awe, damn Pauly, I think we're a bit too far south for yer mate. But just so you know - yeah, Jozi's a great place to live. Full of energy, people are friendly, plenty of job opportunities for the people who want to work (and not just have everything handed to them), weather's excellent (Summer average of +/- 24ºC - 27ºC and Winter average of around 16ºC - 20ºC). Public transport is basically non existent and hey, street names are forever changing, so you get to feel like an FT in your own hometown!

**FT = Fucking Tourist

edited to add a link with some piccies

http://www.meetings.ichotelsgroup.com/destinations/johannesburg/photos.html
 
I live in Wisonsin, USA the only positive thing i can come up with is we have the greenbay packers, and this year that isn't sayin much.....if you were dying this would ne the place to live..reason, everday seems like an eternity

but no for real stay out of wisconsin unless ya like farmin, i lived in GulfPort Mississippi for a few months, i didn't get a great deal of time to look into work but the people were great, lots of fun things to do, the land was gorgeous if i wasn't tied to where i am now i would move back and spend the remander of my life there
 
Luis G said:
Morelia, Mexico

Pros: beautiful city, nice and calm.
Cons: is a shithole, just like the rest of Mexico.
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:( Sonora beach pwns all :D, but your'e right, 99% of mexico is shitty. :/
 
I live in New Jersey. South Jersey, to be specific. I have to be specific because New Jersey has two personalities which are divided north and south. North Jersey is like NY City's back yard, while south Jersey is farmland and pine forests. I would not recommend this state to anyone....Our state government is so into chasing its tail and taxing us that most of us want out of here. It sux...Hard!
 
Bloomington, Indiana. Popluation of about 70,000 permanent residents and about 35,000 college students. Beautiful town with lots of city parks, absolutely gorgeous college campus (Indiana University). Basketball crazy, as is the rest of Indiana, but Bloomington is the epicenter since we have the Hoosiers.

The town has four distinct area’s: The West Side, where the residents are mostly working class; South side, the upper class area; Downtown, which is mostly where students live; North and East sides, predominantly middle class area’s with some student bleed over. We have parks in every area. Crime is fairly low (most of the crime is alcohol related).

Manufacturing, medical and the university are the major employers.

A very liberal town in the middle of a conservative state.

Lots of hot chicks (go IU!). Lots. Unfortunatly, they are mostly semi-retarded and only get into college because mommy and daddy are rich. Thank God they are nice to look at.

Pros: Beautiful town; friendly, anything-goes atmosphere; not much traffic; lots of little shops in the down town area; active music scene; if you are a sports fan, you can find about any sport there is due to IU, from water polo to rugby to cricket; very multi-cultural (again, due to IU).

Cons: The west side is turning into Greenwood (Indianapolis suburb), nothing but strip malls and big national chains and more and more traffic. Very “plastic” and suburban. The state has approved a plan that will run an interstate through the county and through the west side, which may turn Bloomington into an Indianapolis suburb and take away lots of what makes Bloomington unique. We don’t want to be another Greenwood, we want to be Bloomington.

It’s a good place to be right now. I hope that I am wrong about the Interstate and Bloomington remains Bloomington in the future.
 
Currently, Ketchikan Alaska.

150" Rain per year.
Highest suicide rate in the nation.
One of the highest sexual assult and murder rates.
More bars than churches.
Expensive cost of living.
Cheap one bedoom apt $600-800 per month
Bread $2.50
Gas $1.90
Milk $3.50
DSL $50
Cars 20% higher than avg.


The best in the world...
Mountians
Ocean
Forest
Fishing
Hunting
Interesting people
 
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