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10 low-cost locales where jobs are plenty
MSN Money/MSN Real Estate ^
| 16 March 2007
| By Melinda Fulmer
Posted on 03/16/2007 6:56:17 AM PDT by Vigilanteman
If you're looking for areas with a low cost of living, good job prospects and a high quality of life, here are 10 best bets to research.
Cities such as New York, San Francisco and Los Angeles might be great places to jump-start your career, but their high cost of living can break the bank for many grads and young families.
Some of the best places to live and work may be smaller so-called flyover cities such as Fayetteville, Ark., Blacksburg, Va., or Logan, Utah, according to Bert Sperling of Sperling's Best Places.
He has put together a list of the top 10 affordable job powerhouses for MSN Real Estate: places where the cost of living and unemployment are low and the number of jobs is growing steadily.
(Excerpt) Read more at realestate.msn.com ...
TOPICS: Business/Economy; Culture/Society; Extended News; Philosophy
KEYWORDS: demographics; redamerica; saneamerica
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Interesting that all 10 of these cities were in states that went red in the 2004 election, and 7 of those were solidly red. Does that tell you anything?
[OK, Moorhead, the lesser city in Fargo-Moorhead was in a blue state, but Clay County of Minnesota where it is located was red-- despite the solid moonbat presence on campus in this college town.]
To: Vigilanteman
Ain't nuttin' in Oklahoma 'cept Indians and outlaws.
Move along, nothing to see here in Oklahoma.
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posted on
03/16/2007 7:01:55 AM PDT
by
battlegearboat
(2007 Oklahoma Centenial Celebration)
To: Vigilanteman
Doesn't list Fort Worth, Texas. Do we get demerits because of proximity to dallas?
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posted on
03/16/2007 7:06:50 AM PDT
by
r-q-tek86
(Snakes can't be taught to walk.)
To: r-q-tek86
Right now I've been trying to hire 3 people for almost 2 months, but the oilfields are so busy there's nobody left.
West TX is booming.
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posted on
03/16/2007 7:10:23 AM PDT
by
Graycliff
(Long haired freaky people, need not apply.)
To: Vigilanteman
Lotsa yobs here in Tucson if you habla the lingo..../sarc
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posted on
03/16/2007 7:10:36 AM PDT
by
Don Corleone
(Leave the gun..take the cannoli)
To: Vigilanteman
See that, Yankees, Texas isn't on the list...
Logan, Utah is one of my favorite places!
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posted on
03/16/2007 7:14:48 AM PDT
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: Graycliff
Hire for what? Roughnecks? Or office work writing oil checks!?
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posted on
03/16/2007 7:14:50 AM PDT
by
sam_paine
(X .................................)
To: battlegearboat
Sounds like Oklahoma is the place to be.
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posted on
03/16/2007 7:17:54 AM PDT
by
gruffwolf
To: battlegearboat
Move along, nothing to see here in Oklahoma. You meant Tennessee, didn't you? Nothing to see in Tennessee.....
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posted on
03/16/2007 7:29:03 AM PDT
by
Thermalseeker
(Just the facts, ma'am)
To: Graycliff
I'd hire two architects TODAY if there were any out there. We can't even find a drafter.
I blame it all on Bush.
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posted on
03/16/2007 7:31:11 AM PDT
by
r-q-tek86
(Snakes can't be taught to walk.)
To: battlegearboat
Move along, nothing to see here in Oklahoma.
Too late, I've already bought my OK house and am in the process of moving. But you're right, there's nothing there. I certainly wouldn't recomend anyone else moving there.
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posted on
03/16/2007 7:33:34 AM PDT
by
freedomfiter2
(Duncan Hunter: pro-life, pro-2nd Amendment, pro-border control, pro-family)
To: Vigilanteman
LOL!
I've noticed a pattern, here on FR...
On this sort of thread focus on the "nothing to see here, this place stinks!" statements.
Just sayin'...
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posted on
03/16/2007 8:30:58 AM PDT
by
Publius6961
(MSM: Israelis are killed by rockets; Lebanese are killed by Israelis.)
To: Vigilanteman
Looks like AL is doing ok.
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posted on
03/16/2007 8:36:42 AM PDT
by
mtnwmn
(mtnwmn)
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posted on
03/16/2007 8:41:24 AM PDT
by
restornu
(Grace is God Pesently at Work in Our Lives - Faith Works; John F. MacArthur)
To: r-q-tek86
I'd jump at that, but I am an Enterprise Architect.
And no, I don't design space ships! :-)
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posted on
03/16/2007 8:44:13 AM PDT
by
Redleg Duke
(Heaven is home...I am just TDY here!)
To: sweetliberty
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posted on
03/16/2007 8:46:39 AM PDT
by
null and void
(To Patriots, male bonding happens in the USMC, to Democrats, it happens at a Gay Pride parade)
To: freedomfiter2
Sounds like its time for me and the 27 members of my immediate family to move to OK. I'll be working--I think-- but they want to know: "Hows those welfare benefits in Oklahoma?" <(;)
To: Redleg Duke
Ok... i"ll ask... what's an Enterprise Architect?
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posted on
03/16/2007 11:42:07 AM PDT
by
r-q-tek86
(Snakes can't be taught to walk.)
To: Vigilanteman
Blacksburg, VaThe last job was just taken. Try the next town
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posted on
03/16/2007 11:42:52 AM PDT
by
AppyPappy
(If you aren't part of the solution, there is good money to be made prolonging the problem.)
To: Graycliff
Right now I've been trying to hire 3 people for almost 2 months, but the oilfields are so busy there's nobody left. West TX is booming.
So is Southwest Wyoming. Entry level, unskilled work in mines, oil or gas is in the $17-20 / hour neighborhood. Those with experience can expect much more.
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posted on
03/16/2007 11:43:16 AM PDT
by
TChris
(The Democrat Party: A sewer into which is emptied treason, inhumanity and barbarism - O. Morton)
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