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 ...
We’re on the Central Coast of California — in paradise, where it’s 70 degrees average year round, and 15 minutes from the most beautiful beaches around anywhere. Cost of living is lower than many places in CA — commuting isn’t a nightmare, and there’s no smog anywhere. We’re close to everything — within 2-3 hours drive.
Life is slower and more “hometown” here, for CA. It’s great...
Dip it into an onion chutney and you're breath is hopelessly stinky....make sure your beloved eats it too! LOL!
“There’s a reason those places are cheap...no one wants to live there.”
I don’t know about that. I have lived in Houston since 1979 with an eight-year break in rural East Texas. I’d rather live in Houston than any other big city in the nation (although DFW would be a close second). The weather is lousy in the summer, but you get some of the nicest and most helpful neighbors in the world in Houston or Dallas.
And, no. I was not raised in Texas. I grew up in SE Michigan (which is both a lot prettier and a lot less comfortable place to live than Houston). I moved to Texas in my mid-20s, and would as soon stay here the rest of my life.
All of you liberals read this? Central California is the place to be:')
'a wise guy are we?'
Nyuk, nyuk, nyuk PaMom
That’s how we weed out the wimps.
I haven’t even read the article, but I’m sure it’s somewhere in North Mpls. Simple solution - stay out of there! There’s no reason to go. Most other parts of Minneapolis are very nice, except for some of the areas around E. Lake St.
It’s still Minneapolis.........
What makes you think you’d need extra heat? I used to play hockey outside for hours in just a sweatshirt. If you’re cold, put on a stocking cap! You’ll be fine.
Landlocked from oceans perhaps, but I’ll take fresh water over salt water any day, and we’ve got plenty of that here in the land of 10,000 lakes.
Maybe I’m crazy, but I love winter in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Did you ever go ice fishing in South Carolina? Snowmobiling? Take advantage of the opportunity!
Hey can I get in on the name-calling too?
I wouldn’t live in any of those sh!tholes either!
Minneapolis is fine as long as you stay out of North Mpls, which thankfully is very isolated.
Anything recommending moving to Cincinnati is poorly researched.
Cincy is setting homicide records annually so far the past six years, folks.
Yep, parking is cheap, and because everybody that can afford to do so has moved beyond the city limits, you can get affordable housing, renting or purchasing. Same for office space.
But you also get ‘discounts’ on funeral arrangements, you have more opportunities of getting shot, beaten, mugged, raped, or being a victim of arson, credit card fraud/indentity theft, and every ‘scam’ known to mankind.
On top of that, you get elected leaders who if you don’t agree with them call you a racist.
I was born at Good Sam in 1958. I moved from Cincinnati in the spring of 2000.
And I chuckle to myself when I see the ‘local news’ from sixty miles due east, and thank God I got the hell out of Zimbabewe on the Ohio.
I prefer the ocean. Fresh water is nice to visit but too limiting if that's all there is.
But I plan to have both in the next place I live, along with forests right down to the seashore.
And four seasons, too.
What do you dislike about Mpls so much? I mean, aside from the fact that it pales in comparison to St. Paul...
I think the ocean is more limiting. I’ve lived in both New Jersey and in Redondo Beach, CA, and all the beaches are crowded and there’s a ton of rules saying what you can and can’t do in the water. My family has a cabin on the Wisconsin side of the St. Croix, and I love taking the boat out on the water and go waterskiing, tubing, windsurfing, etc. I also love fishing year round (including winter!). The only thing I think is better about the oceans is the ability to go surfing, but that’s a limited-time activity on the East Coast and SoCal is full of obnoxious “locals only” types.
I dislike and avoid both of them. But, now, it appears that the worst of both have been migrating and infesting the southern suburbs.
Time to move, again........
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