Where is the best place to live in the United States?
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I looked for a mid-size town, reasonable real estate, a generally nice vibe, a good airport (I have my own plane, quality of life, other things. I visited the top two candidates (Kamloops and Regina) for a closer look, then chose Kamloops. A bit more expensive, but milder winters. Bonus: the airport here has an amusing ICAO code (CYKA. :-)
Date: 2020-10-02
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halifaxx55
Thank you for discussing these silly real estate data manipulations. The city by and far that gets so overrated is Austin. It's expensive but people don't understand that there's little social services and some highways, one has to pay to get on, a toll, the wages also are federal minimum wage, Seattle, NYC have all raised their min wage to meet cost of living. A lot of the wealthy people there, didn't make their money there, so it's not like you can move there and then make money to grow there. Most recent case in point, Joe Rogan, made money in LA, then dipped. Silicon valley entrepreneurs, tech heads the same, they owe their fortune to SF/SanJose.
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Thank you for discussing these silly real estate data manipulations. The city by and far that gets so overrated is Austin. It's expensive but people don't understand that there's little social services and some highways, one has to pay to get on, a toll, the wages also are federal minimum wage, Seattle, NYC have all raised their min wage to meet cost of living. A lot of the wealthy people there, didn't make their money there, so it's not like you can move there and then make money to grow there. Most recent case in point, Joe Rogan, made money in LA, then dipped. Silicon valley entrepreneurs, tech heads the same, they owe their fortune to SF/SanJose.
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Shibe
My family and I lived in Fishers, Indiana which is #3. We liked it for the time but none of us really wanted to stay in the suburbs forever. Honestly everyone leads the same life. Move into a house/condo/apartment, have kids, work either in Fishers or commute to Indianapolis, and so on. I m a teenager and I can tell a lot of my peers in school are going to live the same exact repetitive and boring life as their parents.
It s all subjective though. The generic suburbs family life is not want I desire. But there are people who want families and to live in good places for that, and I understand that.
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My family and I lived in Fishers, Indiana which is #3. We liked it for the time but none of us really wanted to stay in the suburbs forever. Honestly everyone leads the same life. Move into a house/condo/apartment, have kids, work either in Fishers or commute to Indianapolis, and so on. I m a teenager and I can tell a lot of my peers in school are going to live the same exact repetitive and boring life as their parents.
It s all subjective though. The generic suburbs family life is not want I desire. But there are people who want families and to live in good places for that, and I understand that.
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Darth
I would say that there should be adjustable rankings based on what you value. For example, you may not have to consider unemployment if you already have a job lined up at the place that you're moving to. For the same reason, you may not need to know the median household income. Perhaps the two most important rankings would be cost of living and crime rates. But even for the former, you should really do it by metropolitan area, not by every municipality. So you should really rank individual neighborhoods by crime rates, schools, and taxes.
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I would say that there should be adjustable rankings based on what you value. For example, you may not have to consider unemployment if you already have a job lined up at the place that you're moving to. For the same reason, you may not need to know the median household income. Perhaps the two most important rankings would be cost of living and crime rates. But even for the former, you should really do it by metropolitan area, not by every municipality. So you should really rank individual neighborhoods by crime rates, schools, and taxes.
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Connie
As an Indianapolis metropolitan area resident, I have to say that it is INCREDIBLY subjective to single out Fishers as the best city in the state. Not only is Fishers not the most popular Indiana city for white upper middle class families (that would probably go to other nearby commuter suburbs like Zionsville, Carmel, or Noblesville, it's HATED by anyone who isn't from Fishers, both for its reputation as a bougie snooty rich white suburb and because of its unnavigable winding roads despite the completely flat terrain.
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As an Indianapolis metropolitan area resident, I have to say that it is INCREDIBLY subjective to single out Fishers as the best city in the state. Not only is Fishers not the most popular Indiana city for white upper middle class families (that would probably go to other nearby commuter suburbs like Zionsville, Carmel, or Noblesville, it's HATED by anyone who isn't from Fishers, both for its reputation as a bougie snooty rich white suburb and because of its unnavigable winding roads despite the completely flat terrain.
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dafff08
air pollution can also be a quite big factor.
my uncle lives in a small polish town, about 15. 000 inhabitants.
the air there is absolutely atrocious because of all the vw diesels from germany.
at least 95% of the cars were diesels.
each car that drove by gave you a metallic taste on the tongue and the urge to cough.
no doubt that a lot of people will die prematurely due to lung illnesses and other exhaust fumes toxins.
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air pollution can also be a quite big factor.
my uncle lives in a small polish town, about 15. 000 inhabitants.
the air there is absolutely atrocious because of all the vw diesels from germany.
at least 95% of the cars were diesels.
each car that drove by gave you a metallic taste on the tongue and the urge to cough.
no doubt that a lot of people will die prematurely due to lung illnesses and other exhaust fumes toxins.
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DJTI99
Columbia, MD was the most shallow, status-obsessed, aspirational town I've ever lived. In a normal town, people go out to the park on a nice day. In Columbia, people would go to the mall and try to outspend their neighbors.
And Ellicott City was great, until they started over developing, especially up the hill from Main St. All that impermeable pavement from newer developments caused two 100-year floods in two years.
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Columbia, MD was the most shallow, status-obsessed, aspirational town I've ever lived. In a normal town, people go out to the park on a nice day. In Columbia, people would go to the mall and try to outspend their neighbors.
And Ellicott City was great, until they started over developing, especially up the hill from Main St. All that impermeable pavement from newer developments caused two 100-year floods in two years.
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10
I think most people end up where they end up due to finances, not due to any ranking of what city most suits there personal needs & even if they think that city is good to live in they probably don't have any objective knowledge or ability to have any choice in the matter. People don't sit down & type up a list of what they want in a city then run it through some city choosing app then move there, that is not reality.
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I think most people end up where they end up due to finances, not due to any ranking of what city most suits there personal needs & even if they think that city is good to live in they probably don't have any objective knowledge or ability to have any choice in the matter. People don't sit down & type up a list of what they want in a city then run it through some city choosing app then move there, that is not reality.
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travel
I am thankful to live in Vienna, the most livable city in the world for the tenth time in a row (according to the yearly Mercer study. Not in the US though. What's important (for me): excellent infrastructure (public transportation, public healthcare, free schools/universities, affordable housing, water and air quality, political stability, located in the center of Europe.
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I am thankful to live in Vienna, the most livable city in the world for the tenth time in a row (according to the yearly Mercer study. Not in the US though. What's important (for me): excellent infrastructure (public transportation, public healthcare, free schools/universities, affordable housing, water and air quality, political stability, located in the center of Europe.
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jthummell
I lived in Bentonville, if you like city life do not go. But if you love family and want to have a bunch of kids, great for you. You will have to drive everywhere, there is no public transport, and for a large town, there is a crap ton of traffic. Also, cleanest Walmarts anywhere. I'll stick to the crappy Walmarts of the Northeast.
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I lived in Bentonville, if you like city life do not go. But if you love family and want to have a bunch of kids, great for you. You will have to drive everywhere, there is no public transport, and for a large town, there is a crap ton of traffic. Also, cleanest Walmarts anywhere. I'll stick to the crappy Walmarts of the Northeast.
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