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Best City in U.S. to Live
I'm looking to move to another city in the U.S., which satisfies
certain criteria. 1. An academic center. 2. Not a big dirty city like New York, Chicago or Philadelphia. 3. Housing costs reasonable. 4. Lots of shopping centers. 5. Lots of ethnic restaurants. 6. Lots of movie theatres. 7. Traffic not horrendous. 8. Lots of intelligent people. Cities I've visited which come close, but no cigar: 1. Scottsdale, Arizona. Has just the right ambience, lots of fabulous shopping centers. Unfortunately, not intellectual or academic particularly. 2. San Diego, California. Housing costs too high. (True for anywhere in California, I presume.) And not particularly intellectual. 3. Boston, Massachusetts. This is actually a possibility, but the housing costs are kind of high, and the traffic is definitely "horrendous". 4. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Another possibility, actually. What do you think? What I'm hoping is that there is a city in the U.S. which has the look and feel of Scottsdale or San Diego, with a university or two, but low housing prices and not bad traffic, and intellectual people. (I don't think the presence of a university guarantees an intelligent populace. For example, Austin, Texas has a huge university but the people are typical narrow-minded Texans, for the most part.) Thanks in advance. Matt Beckwith, M.D. Hagerstown, Maryland |
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How about Omaha? Or Des Moines? Kansas City would be
another choice, although more traffic there. On Thu, 1 Jan 2004, Matt Beckwith wrote: I'm looking to move to another city in the U.S., which satisfies certain criteria. 1. An academic center. 2. Not a big dirty city like New York, Chicago or Philadelphia. 3. Housing costs reasonable. 4. Lots of shopping centers. 5. Lots of ethnic restaurants. 6. Lots of movie theatres. 7. Traffic not horrendous. 8. Lots of intelligent people. Cities I've visited which come close, but no cigar: 1. Scottsdale, Arizona. Has just the right ambience, lots of fabulous shopping centers. Unfortunately, not intellectual or academic particularly. 2. San Diego, California. Housing costs too high. (True for anywhere in California, I presume.) And not particularly intellectual. 3. Boston, Massachusetts. This is actually a possibility, but the housing costs are kind of high, and the traffic is definitely "horrendous". 4. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Another possibility, actually. What do you think? What I'm hoping is that there is a city in the U.S. which has the look and feel of Scottsdale or San Diego, with a university or two, but low housing prices and not bad traffic, and intellectual people. (I don't think the presence of a university guarantees an intelligent populace. For example, Austin, Texas has a huge university but the people are typical narrow-minded Texans, for the most part.) Thanks in advance. Matt Beckwith, M.D. Hagerstown, Maryland ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Katherine Becker "As god is my witness I thought turkeys could fly" NEVER SEND A FERRET TO DO A WEASEL's JOB --WKRP ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
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Best City in U.S. to Live
Matt Beckwith wrote:
I'm looking to move to another city in the U.S., which satisfies certain criteria. 1. An academic center. 2. Not a big dirty city like New York, Chicago or Philadelphia. 3. Housing costs reasonable. 4. Lots of shopping centers. 5. Lots of ethnic restaurants. 6. Lots of movie theatres. 7. Traffic not horrendous. 8. Lots of intelligent people. Intelligent people with lots of movie theaters & shopping centers? Lots of luck! Small college towns come to mind, of which there are many. Although, they are very cliquish. A larger college town & state capitol like Madison, Wisc would fit. MTV |
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"Matt Beckwith" wrote in message om... I'm looking to move to another city in the U.S., which satisfies certain criteria. 1. An academic center. 2. Not a big dirty city like New York, Chicago or Philadelphia. All large Cities have their "Dirty" areas, & Crime Problems. 3. Housing costs reasonable. Compaired to What? and What range compaired to area cost of living? 4. Lots of shopping centers. 5. Lots of ethnic restaurants. 6. Lots of movie theatres. 4, 5, & 6 Can be found in most cities. 7. Traffic not horrendous. Lotsa luck. 8. Lots of intelligent people. What is your definition of "intelligent". Cities I've visited which come close, but no cigar: snip Thanks in advance. Matt Beckwith, M.D. Hagerstown, Maryland Your standards don't seem to fit any city. You seem to be hooked on "intelligence" Your name is followed by "MD" so I will assume that your search for intelligent people will be concentrated in the Medical Profession. Start your search in cities with top rated health care & medical centers. Although, judging by your requirements, you won't be relocating very soon. Jim Davis Sr. Houston, TX |
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On Thu, 01 Jan 2004 10:37:24 -0700, Hatunen wrote:
On 1 Jan 2004 09:19:48 -0800, (Matt Beckwith) wrote: I'm looking to move to another city in the U.S., which satisfies certain criteria. 1. An academic center. 2. Not a big dirty city like New York, Chicago or Philadelphia. 3. Housing costs reasonable. 4. Lots of shopping centers. 5. Lots of ethnic restaurants. 6. Lots of movie theatres. 7. Traffic not horrendous. 8. Lots of intelligent people. Almost anywhere on the San Francisco Peninsula if you can afford it. Criteria #3 rules out anywhere within 100 miles of S.F. |
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Beckwith wrote: I'm looking to move to another city in the U.S., which satisfies certain criteria. 1. An academic center. 2. Not a big dirty city like New York, Chicago or Philadelphia. 3. Housing costs reasonable. 4. Lots of shopping centers. 5. Lots of ethnic restaurants. 6. Lots of movie theatres. 7. Traffic not horrendous. 8. Lots of intelligent people. I'd nominate Madison, Wisconsin. My $.02. YMMV. -Lynne |
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Best City in U.S. to Live
In article , Matt
Beckwith wrote: I'm looking to move to another city in the U.S., which satisfies certain criteria. 1. An academic center. 2. Not a big dirty city like New York, Chicago or Philadelphia. 3. Housing costs reasonable. 4. Lots of shopping centers. 5. Lots of ethnic restaurants. 6. Lots of movie theatres. 7. Traffic not horrendous. 8. Lots of intelligent people. Cities I've visited which come close, but no cigar: 1. Scottsdale, Arizona. Has just the right ambience, lots of fabulous shopping centers. Unfortunately, not intellectual or academic particularly. 2. San Diego, California. Housing costs too high. (True for anywhere in California, I presume.) And not particularly intellectual. 3. Boston, Massachusetts. This is actually a possibility, but the housing costs are kind of high, and the traffic is definitely "horrendous". 4. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Another possibility, actually. What do you think? It's an interesting question, although as someone else said it reveals a slight narrow-mindedness on your own part. :-) No matter. If you're looking at moving and have a wide range of choices, certainly it's worth trying to find out where would fit best your preferences. One, I'm not sure what you're looking for as far as intellectual/academic. Do you want everyone you meet to seem a certain way? I challenge you to find anyplace that fits that. Thus, I'm not sure where you would conclude that Scottsdale and the surrounding areas of Arizona (outlying Phoenix, that would be) couldn't fit that description. Seems a bit of an arbitrary conclusion. May be correct, I don't know. I have only spent a small amount of time there. I dunno about the housing costs there either. Certainly San Diego and Boston don't have reasonable housing costs. Trust me. I was once looking to move to Boston area. The amount of extra income I would have had to get to maintain same standard of living as here (Pittsburgh) was not a likely thing for me to obtain. Pittsburgh, well, I live here, and it really isn't bad. The shopping isn't spectacular, but it's more than adequate. Ethnic restaurants are not as varied, perhaps, as some other places, but they're here (more in some areas than others). Traffic is decent. It's an academic center. Not a big city, but not too small either. Crime is low. Housing costs are very reasonable. All in all, it's a pretty good place to live. (I've been here 12 years now.) It's not particularly cosmopolitan, though. It's probably more socially conservative than the other places you mentioned. And it has its other quirks, parochial ways, etc. as many places do. And that brings up some other things: you need to get more detailed with this probably. What sort of political leanings do you have? You might as well look into that. What kind of weather do you prefer? You have places here that are varied in that regard. As an MD, what sort of medical facilities? Boston is good for that, as is Pittsburgh. (Dunno about the other two.) Are you concerned about schools for kids you have or may eventually have? And of course, these four choices are only what you have so far. As a side note, Pennsylvania, as you may know, is apparently having a slight crisis in the area of malpractice insurance premiums. Just an extra thing you need to be aware of before moving here, assuming you are going to continue to practice medicine. I suggest you give this web site a whirl: http://www.findyourspot.com/ I tried it once a couple years ago. It's quite fascinating what it can dig up, actually. You answer a few pages of questions, and it matches up your responses with a database of info about cities and small places all over the country. The questions do a good job of picking out certain things. I know when I did it several of the resulting places sounded very appealing to me. Try it out, worth a little while of your time. (I have no association with it, just found it insightful.) Matt Beckwith, M.D. Hagerstown, Maryland Heh. I grew up in Shepherdstown, WV, not far away from there. Still pretty familiar with the area. What's wrong with Hagerstown anyway? :-) Good luck, feel free to email if you have more questions about the Pittsburgh area (remove the SPAMX bit). -- CrazyOne | "I say what it occurs to me to say aka Greg Pacek | when I think I hear people say Pittsburgh, PA, USA, Earth | things. More I cannot say." |
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