Where do you think is the best place to live in the US...I also need reasons.

Thank you!

Shouldn't this be in P+R?

NO! I want non-biased answers!

Minneapolis!!!!


We are the:

Fifth-best city for young professionals

The best city for sleep

The city that watches the least TV

Fourth best city to build personal net worth

Seventh best city for the outdoors

No. 1 Most literate city

19th most livable city in the world (out of 50 analyzed)

One of the fittest mayors in America

One of the top five least-stressful cities

Most fun city

Second drunkest city

Second fittest city

see: http://www.downtownjourna...ategory=56

Mipples

As you can tell i am not a big US geog person.

Sea nearby?
Proximity of mountains?

california!!!

...except for the home prices.

i've heard portland is really nice, as is seattle.

mdiver said:

We're in the middle, so no sea, but we have 11,000 lakes in the state, plenty in the city of which many are all public land as well as Lake Superior a 2 hour drive away, which is the largest of the great lakes and the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area.

We've got a mountain, I think, way up in the tip of the state. We're really, really, flat. But we're gorgeous, nonetheless.

Carrie, you forgot to mention the COLD and SNOW!!!!

JerseyKRS said:

i wasn't gonna say it

Denver, CO.


marijuana is somewhat legal there.

JerseyKRS said:

But it's really not that bad!

People fear it when they move here, but once you're here the rest of it is so great you get by.

And you can't beat the change of seasons. From hot, steamy summers, to cool crisp falls with leaves so gorgeous you could cry. OK, yeah winter sucks, but snow is always beautiful at least, and then spring comes and green returns and everyone comes outside again.

JerseyKRS said:

Then i would say if that is the criterion then your house would be good.

San Diego - hands down

The jobs pay less and the cost of living is higher but the weather is perfect year round. No hurricanes, ocean, mountains and mexico near by and it's a couple hours north to LA.

San Fransisco - 2nd

Cool weather year round but no snow, ocean, mountains, diversity in cultures and people and overall pretty progressive in it's collective thinking. It is expensive to live there and there's a ton of people.

I don't have a third as I think there's a handful of other cities that I'd like to live in and then there's Montana where I've always wanted to live for no apparent reason.

Slave2daGroove said:

San Francisco is one of the only other cities in the US I'd consider living in.

Slave2daGroove said:

Me too! I loved it out west. I have only been to Montana where it butts up to Yellow Stone. It was beautiful.
Not sure what you do during the winters though.

mdiver said:

heh heh

Minneapolis.

I actually researched it when I was leaving for college. I wanted to move to Minnesota. But my mom wouldnt let me

I'm seriously considering it now. I need a change

San Diego and San Fran are great from what I hear, as long as you don't mind having a high mortgage for the rest of your life. And LOVE traffic.

JerseyKRS said:

My mortgage here is $3500.00 per month

New Hamphshire!

"For the 4th year in a row, New Hampshire was voted The Most Liveable State in the USA for families, according to a press release from Morgan Quitno Press of Lawrence, Kansas.

For the past 17 years the publication has released its rankings of each state as to which is the best for raising a family and being able to feel safe at the same time in your home and community. New Hampshire has ranked well for its population per area, low crime statistics, high education standards and programs available to help families get into their own homes.

New Hampshire ranks lowest in the nation for the amount of people who live there with a 2006 figure of 1,314,895 living in just under 500,000 dwellings. The guide also says that The Granite State is very family friendly and elderly friendly with many programs offered by the state and local communities to help young families with child care and helping the elderly keep active. The publication judges each of the 50 states in over 550 categories from the most important issues residents have on their minds to the ones people would never even think about. Scott Morgan, President of Morgan Quitno Press said in a press release, "New Hampshire does an outstanding job in a number of quality of life areas. The state has the lowest crime and poverty rates in the country. In addition, the citizens of New Hampshire are employed, well educated and involved in their communities."

and we have an international speedway! (race track)

Val, all these folks are gonna talk a whole bunch of shit about how their city is the best.

Just remember: I never post threads about "I want to kill myself cause of the snow" type of threads. Search inside yourself hun, and you'll know the answer.

mdiver said:

UGH! mine is under $1000.00! actually our housing market is way LOW right now...good time to buy a house here.

Imago said:

Oh.... I remember the "I hate snow" threads that I see from Nov-April.



Decisions..decisions....

Shorty said:

That is exactly why we are looking. We can double our home size and halve our mortgage

mdiver said:

check it out!

http://www.nhms.com/

Shorty said:

Hmmm it is an option for sure. My family is in Tennessee and I do not want to live there, that much I know.

Neverland.

Imago said:

I never said that!

This was a particularly bad winter, I'll admit. But sometimes you barely even notice it's winter here.

mdiver said:

You could live in a MANSION here for that price.