where would you live if you were starting over?

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  1. DuffandMuff

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    A lot of these recommendations don’t seem to take into account the fact you’re single/starting over. Some of these towns may be affordable/beautiful/etc., but none of that matters if it’s a small population full of families and/or retirees IMO.
     
  2. wes tegg

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    Chicago is the easy answer.
     
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  3. Connor Norman

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    Yeah it really is amazing
     
  4. wes tegg

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    low key the richest thing ever posted on this site :golfclap:
     
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  5. Fran Tarkenton

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    I love Colorado and its proximity to stuff. Denver for City, Crested Butte/Glenwood Springs if smaller town.

    Bozeman everyone already priced out of. But great accessible airport.

    Detroit is underrated for me. Love it every time I go. Their renaissance is coming. Have heard good things about Grand Rapids.

    Tucson is solid. Really want to check out Flagstaff.

    California has too many good options but prices are the hurdle. San Luis Obispo and Santa Cruz for small metros.

    North Carolina I would for sure look at Durham/Raleigh. Great airport situation. Close to Outer Banks. Asheville is fantastic but more remote.

    Chattanooga is a good call. Vibrant downtown. Lots of recreation. No taxes. Home prices affordable. Just have to live in a bottom 5 state.

    Savannah is the move for Georgia. If we ever have a kid, that is where we'd move to. Just wish Airport situation was a bit better.
     
  6. Mr Mortisay

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    Yeah just went to a wedding at a farm in Jamestown RI and stayed in Newport….thats some generational wealth shit
     
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  7. Eathan Edwards

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    I didn't know anything about the area but I almost took a job to work for Walter (owner of the Dodgers that owns a lot of the city) pretty recently to develop a lot of the town so took a trip out there. Cool town, it'll definitely be a lot more developed soon.
     
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  8. Simon Templar

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    Fuck I’d be happy to slum it in Narragansett
     
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  9. GoodForAnother

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    you should buy a camper van and just work wherever you feel like for a year
     
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  10. GoodForAnother

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    also I will say Duluth is lovely. I’m guessing the dating scene there is mid. just from friends I know it also sucks in KC
     
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  11. Eathan Edwards

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    I was between NYC, LA, Miami when coming out of college and I stand by my choice but either of the other two would have been a good time.

    I will say to LA's detriment, if I had not started working nights in hospitality my first year out here I would have hated it. LA is pretty unenjoyable if you aren't making a lot of money (basically double what I thought was enough initially) - I was bored off my ass and knew zero people but thankfully started working on a staff of 300 people that wanted to go out every night.

    If I had stayed in Finance I doubt I would have stayed here.
     
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  12. steamengine

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    Just do whatever Nug says for a year to get comfortable with a more mobile lifestyle
     
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  13. Eathan Edwards

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    Me and MLS did it for 3 months during Covid and just stayed in hotels whenever it was a cool city we wanted to spend more time in - it was awesome.

    Having a remote job so you can hit wherever anytime is probably my actual answer.
     
  14. Nug

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    This x100
     
  15. steamengine

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    Same. Kids make this difficult but I guess some people do it.
     
  16. Eathan Edwards

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    Well after they're like 5 they become "travel influencers" and can fund the worldwide galavanting
     
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  17. steamengine

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    Little Zayne was a probably in Helsinki. Watch this clip.
     
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  18. Lyrtch

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    Cost of living adjusted it's easily Chicago then Minneapolis
     
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  19. Lip

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    I’ve heard the same about Brazil
     
  20. CF3234

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    Medellin is such a strange city in this sense. Their main tourist area with bars, restaurants, etc is very safe, reputable, and the food is excellent while being dirt cheap. If it wasn't for the language, you'd think you were in the US. Then you literally turn a corner, cross the street, and you are in the seediest area you have seen in your life with hookers and drug dealers walking the street selling themselves/drugs like if they were selling hot dogs out of a cart in NY.

    If you wanted, you could live like an absolute King for pennies on the dollar and never really interact with the stereotypical Medellin experience.
     
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  21. i am a bammer

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    Digital nomadship is pretty lame in the big picture :twocents:
     
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  22. steamengine

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    Can’t beat those Chicago winters
     
  23. bertwing

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    Only intelligent thing you’ve ever said
     
  24. Nug

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    Nah, not at all. And Portuguese is ridiculously difficult.

    Personal preference, but Brazil is one of my favorite countries in the world. Pretty much everything is great except the food is kinda meh.
    it is a problem and is part of the reason I stopped. I hate that term even though, by definition, I was a digital nomad.

    But yea, white people renting cheap Airbnbs in low COL countries and driving up rent prices really harms the local population. I did whatever I could to give back, but it was peanuts compared to rising living costs.
     
  25. Simon Templar

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    Outside of maybe a two week stretch the last couple years they’ve been really pretty mild. I don’t think I’ve used my snowblower in probably two years
     
  26. steamengine

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    Getting back to the original question of the thread if you have to own a snowblower it’s an auto elimination.
     
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  27. Lip

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    I dunno man. I get the language barrier aspect, but the pics of the women who my average looking friends were landing in florianopolis was like something out of a fantasy movie
     
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  28. Lyrtch

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    I don't have to own a snowblower in Minneapolis
     
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  29. i am a bammer

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    There's not much industry, but Sonoma and Napa county are the nicest places I've ever spent time. The weather is great, the food is incredible, wine, a bunch of single people who like wine, not far from SF and Oakland or the wilderness. Tough place to move to though because it's incredibly expensive, there aren't many houses, and no one leaves(unless their house burns down). Santa Rosa is fine, not as nice as the places around it though.
     
  30. Tiger Tiger Woods Y'all

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    Most tourists stay in Poblado, go out to Parque Lleras and Provenza, venture to sightsee Comuna 13 (another tourist trap now) or go out into coffee country (which is awesome).

    I've been working on becoming more fluent in Spanish, so I've been a few times this year already and we almost always stay in Laureles. I am going again in December and might fly to Cali where a friends father owns a hotel.

    A friend from college sold his fathers business when he inherited it, bought a gorgeous new 3br flat in Medellin (for like $250k) and does indeed live like a king.

    I also like Mexico City and Buenos Aires, but neither are as inexpensive.
     
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  31. ClemPson

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    I live in Charleston and people fall in love with downtown and the beach and move here to cookie cutter neighborhoods 45 minutes away in terrible traffic. It falls into the category for me of great for vacation or if your are wealthy now. Unfortunately I’m stuck here for work and my house is paid for so it’s tough to uproot.

    I have been traveling for work to Connecticut and Maine a lot lately and love both areas. Not sure if I could do the winter but spring, summer, and fall have been wonderful.
     
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  32. Mr Mortisay

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    Love to visit Chicago but are you saying it’s cheap to live there? Traffic and winter would be a tough sell for me
     
  33. kennypowers

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    This thread is giving me the itch to explore the New England area tbh
     
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  34. Hank Scorpio

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    I know a good chunk of native Floridians that relocated to Denver after college and seem to love it. I'd give that a hard look if I was ever in a situation to relocate to a US location of my choosing. Lots of outdoor things to do, sports teams for all major sports, etc.

    Chicago seems like it would be super appealing as a single mid-30 yr old I would think, unless you hate the cold.

    I say all of this having no idea on whether to cost of living would be feasible. Just going off of vibes.
     
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  35. joe-

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    I love love love chicago and could basically stay in fulton market for the rest of my days but I don’t make enough
     
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  36. Simon Templar

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    You don’t have to own anything. You can shovel if you’d like
     
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  37. CF3234

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    If I was ever in a situation where I had to start over, couldn't stay in SFL, and family wasn't an issue, Denver/Colorado would be really hard to turn down. Skiing in the winter, short flight to Cali/Vegas if I want to gamble/spend time on the beach, etc.
     
  38. Vito Corleone

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    Vancouver BC, especially northern BC if money isn't an issue and don't need much room. A clear day in Vancouver is like looking at a Christopher Nolan film set in the future.

    Fortunately I've been able to settle in the NW, which is where I want to end up. I love Portland and would happily move to it if my wife's career could transition there. Seattle is the best NW city iyam, but housing isn't fun. I think we end up there and downsize a bit in the next few years, which will be a great lifestyle for us and depressing to out finances.

    End game though is to blend those options and end up in Victoria BC area.
     
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  39. Lip

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    after reading your responses to the thread I think it makes sense to stay in the AL Central so you can see your Royals play 6-7 times per year

    so

    1) Chicago
    2) Minny
    3) Detroit





    4) Cleveland
     
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  40. Simon Templar

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    Power ranking is correct but not a big enough gap before you agree to live in Ohio
     
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  41. Goose

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    Cincinnati does not have natural disasters and is better than the rest of Ohio by a wide margin
     
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  42. Simon Templar

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    Plus you can live in Kentucky
     
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  43. Baron

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    Or Indiana
     
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  44. Vito Corleone

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    Talk about an all timer sales pitch

    keep this on the DL before you know it a bunch of Cali snobs will flood your housing market
     
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  45. joe-

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    that doesn’t appeal to me so much as renting a place for a year and then moving elsewhere if it sucks/buying a place and settling in
     
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  46. K-slim3

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    You already know pal
     
  47. K-slim3

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    Have you been to Greece? Santorini is nothing but gram idiots and very overrated maybe Crete but that's a stretch, it's hot af and the people are assholes
     
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  48. Emma

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    k well nvm I'll stay pat in Wisconsin
     
  49. K-slim3

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    A week there sure but i don't think you'd want to relocate there, there are some great places abroad, I've been to a lot of them but there are a lot of downsides to not living here. Just my opinion obviously. And if I was forced to leave America it would be Ireland-Shannon specifically or Toronto is pretty awesome
     
  50. The Guglia

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