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 ...
Maybe a little of both
I hardly think you know much about “Pittsburg.” You can’t even spell it correctly which suggests to me that you’ve never been there. It’s spelled “Pittsburgh” and it was named America’s most liveable city in the most recent “Places Rated Almanac.” Sure, it’s been controlled by Democrats since the 1930s which explains its economic problems. On the plus side—it is affordable, has relatively low crime, great universities, medical facilities that are world-renowned, sports teams, a thriving cultural life with a world class opera and symphony orchestra, and three rivers running through it which means there’s plenty of water unlike some places in the sunbelt.
Add to that, easy access to beautiful scenery and a large national forest, Amish villages 70 miles to the north and northeast, and an incredibly beautiful fall season with colors that rival New England. If you like hills, Pittsburgh has them. It also has tight-knit neighborhoods where generations of the same family continue to live unlike crime-infested transient communities in the west. The winter weather may be a challenge for wimps, but for those of us who like changeable weather that isn’t going to start fires or result in hurricanes, Pittsburgh’s and western Pennsylvania’s snowy, cloudy winters are okay.
Why don’t you visit sometime.
I had relatives living there at the time so was on those threads. It was amazing coverage listening to the police radios.
TOLEDO, OHIO!!!!!
No place in Ohio is affordable.
You’d think a County Agent would have known that.
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After spending 44 yrs in Indianapolis.....you’d think I could come up with a few nice things to say about it....
We do have the largest children’s museum in the U.S.A. if children’s museums are your thing.
And, something I enjoy, you can drive an hour out of downtown, and still find dirt roads, and some beautiful rural areas. (that’s a plus in my book)
Pittsburg is the northernmost town in New Hampshire. A great place. Don’t tell anybody, please.
I was by chance in Europe during the Riots of 2001. The press coverage over there was unbelievable! (I guess it was similar here).There was a special bulletin handed out to the passengers on our ship between Casablanca and Lisbon. When a bartender in Madrid admitted that things were not perfect in Europe either (actually hundreds were dying and hundreds of thousands were abandoning their homes in Kosovo at the time), that put it in perspective for me. The media and the Federal Government put a small group of criminals in control of Cincinnati that spring. The increasingly ghettoized city of Cincinnati may in fact never recover. Incorporated Cincinnati is however less than 1/10 of the Cincinnati urban area, and shrinking every day.
Because the only people that live in Detroit don't pay for anything, they are all dependent on the government. Those that can afford to live there move out.
If that’s the way you want to live, why don’t you move right in between the fire station and the hospital and then maybe you won’t worry so much.
Not to worry. I like clean air and water.
What a nice thing to say, thank you balls. ,
Mayberry does exist.
Hint: Southern Delaware-Lower slower Delaware. Sussex County. Beaches, farms, rural life, where church is still important. Out of the way, but not isolated. Low taxes, no sales taxes, low cost of living. People wave to each other—and they use all five fingers.
Can still get to DC,Baltimore, Philly; north to Cape May, NJ via ferry; south to the Chesapeake Bay Bridge Tunnel to Norfolk and NC Outer Banks.
But don’t tell anyone—we’re trying to keep it a secret.
>>Whatever happened to Mayberry, like the one they used to have on TV?
Guy on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives just visited there. It was modeled after the town Andy Griffith grew up in, Mount Airy, NC. Guy was visiting The Snappy Lunch diner.
http://www.thesnappylunch.com/
I feel your pain. And I really can’t disagree on anything you posted...especially the taxes (I’n guessing you’re in Allegheny County, perchance in the city limits?) I’m out in Westmoreland County (property taxes aren’t as bad YET...school taxes are up and up and up). I too am ready to move (south). Hubby might (and this is a big might...but boy I am praying it happens) get moved to Tennessee for work. Other than Steeler and Penquin games, I don’t think I’ll look back either (if were lucky enough to go).
You get it. ReignOfError gets it. I get it.
She doesn’t get it.
It’s that simple.
LOL...the ‘h’ is about whats left of my civic pride :)
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