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Cacique's Recomended Reading List for week of November 12, 2007
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Posted on 11/10/2007 4:58:04 PM PST by shrinkermd
Triple-digit monthly parking fees, $12 movie tickets, clogged intersections and weekly grocery bills that rival some mortgage payments. Welcome to life in the Big Apple. And Los Angeles. And Chicago.
But, it's possible to enjoy such amenities without the hassles. Step one? Look for more affordable spots that offer a similar or better quality of life, and where the dollar goes far.
The Cities are:
(Excerpt) Read more at forbes.com ...
LOL!
Most of the cities are dumps...with Pittsburgh at the top of the poop list.
Bingo.
Crime statistics don't tell the whole story. I have never been robbed, raped, mugged, beaten, shot, stabbed or burglarized. In any city, there are places where you don't want to go, and if you must, you don't go after dark. The neighborhoods where gang-bangers victimize each other. Half a mile away, you have nice middle-class neighborhoods.And half a mile from there, you have nuveuax-riche mansions.
Atlanta fell off the murder list? Huzzah!
(Shrug)
You can take measures to fix it our you can complain. Some folks are wired for the latter. If they clear one complaint they quickly find another.
I don’t remember the ride that dropped us there. Just the one that picked us up. He came sreaming up in a pickup throwing open the door yelling “Get in the truck!”. We did, and he proceeded to give us a lecture on our foolishness.
Well, I’m maybe 45 seconds from the fire station (less than a mile away). The hospital.....maybe 5 minutes. It’s just under 3 1/2 miles, so that would depend on traffic, but it’s never bad enough that an ambulance with a siren wouldn’t get there quite quickly.
My wife has a heart condition so I take this sort of thing into account in determining where I live.
Hank
As a born and bred suburban Bostonian (now living in Columbus), you can keep it. We at least have a CCW law, economic growth, a fairly Conservative population (even with Dems), and a respect for religion not found in the Northeast.
Sarcasm noted. There are many reasons it's attractive to move there, but one overwhelming reason not to -- no jobs. You can get a big house on a big lot in Detroit for what it costs to get a railroad apartment in NYC. The only thing missing is the job so you can pay for it. Cheap houses -- even well-built nice ones -- aren't much of a draw if you have a moribund (I love that word) local economy.
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Cacique's Recomended Reading List for week of November 12, 2007
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I live in Tampa. Flights to NYC are cheap. I visited twice in the past two months. I have friends who have family in Michigan. They pay more than twice what I pay.
The point is, check the air travel. To some people it’s not important, but if you are an older person on a fixed income, and like to visit family, living near an airport is nice.
Close enough so you can always find an airport ride is a bonus. If you don’t have close friends that can bring you, the rides to the airport can cost more than the flight.
You hush now! We don’t want anyone to know. After all the summers are hell, the winters are frozen hell and there are tornadoes every weekend. Not to mention that everyone is a gun happy conservative....no this is no place to move!
I don't know Cincy, so I'l take your word. But yes, Atlanta proper is a small part of the metro -- about 5 million in the MSD (Metropolitan Statistical District, a Census bureau term) and about 500K in the city limits.
There are still some pretty bad areas to be found, though, as you’d expect.
In any city. But they're getting fewer. There are neighborhoods I wouldn't dare to live in a decade ago, and now I can't afford to live in.
The current mayor down there, while far from a conservative, is so much better than the previous two decades’ mayors, that it’s pretty amazing. She is really trying to make things work and get better.
I'm a huge Shirley fan. When it comes to local governance, give me pragmatism and results over ideology every day of the week. Being mayor is about potholes, sewer lines, water mains, law enforcement, schools and parks.
I don't give a good damn what a mayor thinks about Roe v. Wade or the war in Iraq. That is not a mayor's responsibility. Mayor Franklin is kicking ass and taking names, not jockeying for national prominence, but doing the job she was elected to do. I'm impressed, especially after the corrupt mess Bill Campbell handed her.
I visited Indy for the first time two months ago. Loved it. I stayed at The Crowne Plaza at Union Station, visited the American Superhero Museum, went to the Colts-Broncos game at the Dome, ate at the Weber Grill restaurant. Your downtown is beautiful. My wife loved Mass Ave, and I was impressed by the Speedway.
"Turn right out of your subdivision onto Peachtree."
"Continue for 3 miles, then turn left onto Peachtree."
"At first opportunity, turn right onto Peachtree."
"Continue most straightforward onto Peachtree."
"After 1.2 miles, turn right into your destination."
<}B^)
(Why, I know not.)
I once spent a year in Houston. It was June, 1973.
....thank you.
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