more so in KC - I could barely use my deck in the summer months. it’s getting a little worse in omaha than it used to be
It wouldn’t be my personal choice since I’ve lived there and I would try something new in your scenario, but Charlotte is at least one worth considering. There are lots of little pockets of CLT and surrounding burbs that are cool. Cost of living not terrible for a medium ish sized city. Traffic sucks but is not Atlanta level bad. The biggest plus to me would be having an American hub of an airport that gives you direct flights to just about anywhere. Good concerts. You have MLS, NBA, NFL, and a AAA baseball team (all of which suck but they exist and are fun). Good age demographic for meeting people. 2 hours to the mountains, 3 hours to the beach.
PNW is heaven on earth if you want mountain scenery and mild temps. Western WA and lots of Oregon. I will never put down roots anywhere else. It's expensive, tho But if you're not an avid outdoorsman, winters can be rough. Edit: in the coming climate and water wars, Northern WA will be a haven. None of you are welcome when me and owsley recreate the Ron Swanson Last of Us episode, tho
Yeah if you can make it work out financially, pretty cool place to live. Really no place in America I would prefer to live.
We were a little bit to the east in Hunter but were there for 5 days and drove around the entire area. It really is a gorgeous area that seems to be relatively unspoiled.
ive heard charlotte and raleigh are both pretty cool. what’s a nice walkable neighborhood i could zillow real quick?
It’s been too long since I’ve lived there, don’t want to lead you astray. Paddy Murphy hensleya Ray McKigney Edit to say, I went to grad school in Raleigh and absolutely fell in love with the city. That was 12-14 years ago though, nowadays when I visit it seems you get all the traffic and cost of Charlotte without half of the amenities. Definitely a cool city though. Durham too.
Hidden Valley in Charlotte but seriously, I always enjoyed driving through the Elizabeth neighborhood going to school. Tobias will be able to help ya out on the neighborhoods
I think Charlotte sucks but obviously ymmv Raleigh/the triangle is great though. Drew Swinney Esq lives in the area so maybe he’ll chime in with more info.
If I were to start over now I’d probably consolidate properties and get a place in Newport RI on the water.
I’ve always been fond of the idea of wearing flip flops and shorts all year round. Try Naples Florida. edit. I loved living in Hendersonville North Carolina. Just south of Asheville. Always festivals around in small towns. Beautiful area and I only turned my AC on in August.
Perhaps you should go the other direction and find the lamest place possible to live. That way you would be king shit of the new area and be top of dating food chain day one.
I like the triangle area a lot, but live about as opposite from walkable as you can get while still being close enough. What kind of residence are you looking for? City or suburb? i think this is a pretty good breakdown of Raleigh areas in/close to the city. https://www.metrodigs.com/post/top-8-walkable-neighborhoods-in-raleigh
suburbs are okay but it has to be somewhere with character and trees and not a hellhole full of builders grade homes
I grew up a little further north west of hear, north of Cooperstown. Hope you or Funshot Residue stopped by Brewery Ommegang if you are beer guys. You weren't too far.
There’s a fuck ton of those little boxes neighborhoods going up all around. They’re everywhere between Durham and Raleigh. Cary, Apex, and Morrisville are popular burbs but expensive. I like Hillsborough for something smaller and a little further out. Carborro if you want a bohemian vibe, but you’ll be close to Chapel Hill. I haven’t spent much time on the other side of Raleigh but you lose the benefits of being close to a lot of stuff living on that side. Probably cheaper though.
Minnesota Upstate NY near the mountains or a lake Canada probably closer to Vancouver Anywhere in Italy
I thought about this so much when I got divorced but didn’t work from home and have a fairly specialized career so I just bought a house one mile from my old house. my preference would have been New England but like a smaller city or North Carolina. Denver seems great but $$$$$.
Went through this a year ago, have loved the Denver metro since moving. I’ve lived in a few other places already mentioned like Fayetteville and Birmingham, and while they were good places to live no doubt, I’m taking CO 10/10 times. It honestly gets annoying listening to CO transplants espouse the positives but it really is a great place all around
Maybe not outwardly white supremacists but instead trust fund racist whites who want to cosplay as cowboys
I’ve always liked the idea of living in the New England area. I’ve loved every day I’ve spent in the mass, New Hampshire, Maine area. Probably either that or Oregon. I’ve lived my entire life around the state of South Carolina and I’m kind of just tired of the heat. And republicans.
I loved every minute I lived there and the cost of living is great. This was going to be my suggestion, you should definitely reconsider joe- or maybe go there for a month and enjoy life a bit after your breakup.
I’d second Michigan. Grand Rapids, Ann Arbor, Traverse City as well the places already mentioned… there’s a lot of good options if you can stand winters. Personally, we’ll probably retire in Santa Barbara or Monterey county. San Diego is awesome too. Also like Santa Fe and Taos. Chicago is the best big city for value/experience imo.
Those are cute hills. less than one hour outside Bellingham: Spoiler I'm just being a c*nt, the Appalachians are great. I'm just more drawn to snowcaps and glaciers.
Pretty much this. It never gets too cold, only a few times below freezing, but overcast, grey, and from mid-December to mid-February the sun rises after 8 and sets before 5. Lots of people struggle with seasonal affective disorder. But, the tradeoff is that from late May to late August (now well into Sept, really), the weather is high 60s to low 80s and you get sunlight until like 10 PM. In my opinion, the rain of the PNW is significantly overrated (annual rainfall numbers back this up), but the dreariness is real. I used to abscond to Mexico/warmer temps in the winter, but now taking up snowboarding to deal. We don't have skiing like Colorado or Wyoming, but there is some very good skiing/snowboarding in Washington. And it's a very easy drive to BC and Whistler. Access to BC is another enormous plus. Southwest British Columbia is stupid beautiful.
joe- feel free to PM me with any Raleigh questions. Have lived here since 2007 and think it would be a great choice for you. We make pretty much every list there is for young people, businesses, jobs, education, medical care, etc. Happy to help if I can.
Medellin is famous for the hookers, but being a decently attractive white guy who speaks even just a little bit of Spanish is like fishing with dynamite.
Raleigh is great. I can vouch for that as well even though I moved in 2020. Perfect location, city is great, young professionals, diversity is off the charts... I miss having an H Mart. Also the Indian food spots were incredible.
somewhere out west seems like it would fit your description, the problem is that housing/infrastructure hasn't kept pace and its cities are so much more expensive than the east. my on "where to live" is that the #1 factor needs to be "the people." the kind of people who live there make all the difference, and people are definitely not the same everywhere.
the western fringes of the Triangle -- Chapel Hill, Hillsborough, western parts of Durham -- are like this, kind of slow-growth gentrified areas with lots of big trees. nice hills and fall color. overall very nice places.