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| January 19th, 2012 at 4:12:31 PM permalink | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| pacomartin Member since: Jan 14, 2010 Threads: 547 Posts: 6206 | Are you better off in a cheap part of the country (Harlingen TX is at the bottom) or an expensive part (Manhattan NY is the top)? Do the higher wages and better career opportunities make it worth living in the more desirable sections, or do wages never keep up with expenses? I realize most of us were partly manipulated by circumstance, but most of us made some kind of choice to go budget or pricey. Do you regret your decision? Does it depend on your age?
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| January 19th, 2012 at 4:21:34 PM permalink | |
| EvenBob Member since: Jul 18, 2010 Threads: 231 Posts: 6402 | The chart is confusing, what does it mean. There aren't any numbers or rankings. One casino owner to another: "It would be so much easier if we could just hit them over the head, steal their money, and throw their bodies in the creek." Al Swearengen, Deadwood |
| January 19th, 2012 at 5:24:17 PM permalink | |
| pacomartin Member since: Jan 14, 2010 Threads: 547 Posts: 6206 |
I said Harlingen TX was the cheapest, and Manhattan was the most expensive. But I put ranking numbers in the chart Wine loved I deeply, dice dearly -Edgar, betrayed son of Gloucester in King Lear |
| January 19th, 2012 at 5:24:30 PM permalink | |
| AZDuffman Member since: Nov 2, 2009 Threads: 153 Posts: 2912 | I've lived in high-cost COLA areas with a dog of an economy and mid-cost places where it was easier to get hired. Most important is to be flexible and move when you need to, until you find your spot. Rochester, NY high cost I was lucky if I had interviews a week when job searching while in lower-cost AZ (by the chart, anyways, housing in AZ was crazy at the time) during one search I had an unbelievable 19 interviews in one week! Smaller towns seem to have just a handfull of major employers while the bigger, and higher COLA places, have many mid-size employers to choose from. "The Roman Empire wasn't planned, but neither did it 'just happen.'" |
| January 19th, 2012 at 9:04:16 PM permalink | |
| buzzpaff Member since: Mar 8, 2011 Threads: 82 Posts: 2835 | I was not surprised by #10 Washington-Arlington-Alexandria DC-VA but shocked at #21 especially Frederick,MD. Used to drive through there enroute to Charlestown Race Track from Baltimore. Is there any industry there, or is it just the overflow of federal employees has spread to this location, an hour away from DC ? Buzz Paff |
| January 19th, 2012 at 10:15:33 PM permalink | |
| pacomartin Member since: Jan 14, 2010 Threads: 547 Posts: 6206 |
Frederick is mostly a bedroom community, but Gaithersburg has a lot of jobs. Wine loved I deeply, dice dearly -Edgar, betrayed son of Gloucester in King Lear |
| January 19th, 2012 at 10:19:34 PM permalink | |
| buzzpaff Member since: Mar 8, 2011 Threads: 82 Posts: 2835 | Thanks Paco. Suspected the same. Were some beautiful horse farms in Frederick County. One had a whitewash 3 rail fence that seemed to go on for miles. also #221 is Colorado Springs, Colorado Buzz Paff |
| January 20th, 2012 at 6:54:49 AM permalink | |
| toastcmu Member since: Nov 11, 2009 Threads: 16 Posts: 240 |
It's not just the Feds anymore - here where I work in Alexandria I know of people that commute from Fredrick, Annapolis, Warrenton va and Fredericksburg va. In the last decade a lot of homes and people moved to the metro area. Since Dc metro is pricey in terms of real estate compared to much of the country, I believe the growth in the suburbs is tied to not wanting a 4000 mortgage payment. This doesn't include the super commuters who live in Richmond va or north of Baltimore. -B |
| January 20th, 2012 at 7:04:29 AM permalink | |
| boymimbo Member since: Nov 12, 2009 Threads: 12 Posts: 2533 | I have several considerations when choosing where to live. For me, I need to be close to an airport in case I need to go anywhere for my job (my job almost exclusively involves travel) and I need to be close to my kid (who lives in New York State), so I chose Niagara Falls. It's not a preference, and when my kid gets out of high school, we're going to buy whatever we can afford in Vancouver, BC. The day to day lifestyle is very important to me, and I know that we prefer a sophisticated, big city lifestyle over the burbs or a rural area. We only live once, after all, so why not go with the best of the best. Vancouver offers great job opportunities, has a nice airport, good transportation, and is among one of the most beautiful places to live in the world. It's also one of the most expensive. But if you're not going to "go for it", then I would recommend a burb somewhere where the housing is cheapest, you're close to an airport (for me anyway) and can fulfill the basic needs of living. There's no point of living somewhere expensive if it isn't enjoyable. -----
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| January 20th, 2012 at 7:18:42 AM permalink | |
| CrystalMath Member since: May 10, 2011 Threads: 3 Posts: 476 | You really need to consider the opportunities in each location. I live in Denver, which is pretty high on the list. I used to live in Austin, which is much lower on the list, but the jobs pay higher for tech and there are as many or more opportunities. You have listed "Round, TX" which is either Round Top or Round Rock. I'm guessing it is Round Rock, a suburb of Austin. This may be the perfect place financially, because it's cheap to live and you have many opportunities and high salaries. I also see Pueblo, CO way down on the list, but I would never want to live there and the salaries are low, so it would be no real benefit to move there unless you're retired. I heart Crystal Math. |
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