Can't believe no one has mentioned the Raleigh/Durham area of NC yet.
- Warm most of the year: check
Summers are hot and muggy, but definitely no worse than some of the other places mentioned here like Nashville, Austin, and Tallahassee. Winters are generally pretty mild - there's usually 1-3 snow "storms" of 1-6 inches that melt in a few days.
- Affordable cost of living: check
NC does have a (modest) state income tax, but you'll find the price of housing, consumer goods, etc. to be quite reasonable
- Decent running community: check
There are a lot of great races, running groups, and places to run in the area. My favorite places are Umstead Park, the American Tobacco Trail, and Duke Forest.
Other perks:
- Raleigh-Durham Airport (RDU) has many connections across the country, and is super-easy to get in and out of.
- There are a lot of young professionals in the area with the Research Triangle Park, grad students at Duke, UNC, and NC State, etc.
-You're only 2-4 hours from both the mountains and the coast, both great places to get away for the weekend.
- Between the Symphony Hall in Raleigh and DPAC (Durham Performing Arts Center), you get the chance to see world-class arts and theater that come through town.
Also if you like the mountains and don't mind a little bit more of a smaller city, check out Asheville. If I could have my same current job in the Triangle instead in Asheville, I'd move there in a heartbeat.
I've lived in both Nashville and the Triangle, and Nashville really doesn't compare when it comes to running and overall quality of life, in my opinion.
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SeeYouLaterBoston wrote:
As far as Boston girls go (since that's been brought up a few times), it's a great city to meet girls if you're in college. Just from sheer volume you'll meet tons of girls (it's a crazy stat, something like 25% of Boston's population during the school year is girls 18-24). The problem is what happens when you graduate. You find yourself going on the same dates with the same types of girls because that's all Boston has to offer. Even girls in their late 20s still act like they're 19 years old, living in rathole apartments in the slums of Allston and Brighton while working at joke upstarts and nonprofits. After a while, you get sick of hearing "I'm a foodie who loves to travel, and if you have a dog, we will be best friends!" Maybe the grass isn't greener on the other side, but it sure will be less predictable and annoying.
You might just be dating the wrong people. Boston is one of the nation's biggest healthcare/medical hubs. Are you telling me that all of the skilled professionals involved in this industry (MDs, DOs, PAs, research Ph.Ds, etc.) are a bunch of vapid twits? Same with the young professionals in the city's financial industry? And the same schools that bring in hoards of 18-22-year-olds also bring in grad students from all over the world.
Whatever problems Boston might have, its most prominent industries all involve highly educated labor. In a city where nearly 20% of residents have graduate degrees, it shouldn't be too hard to find a handful of women to date who are smart and earn decent salaries.
OH, HELL NO!
Boston listed among most livable cities in US by Conference of Mayors..
None of 'em were there this frickin winter. I've still got snow in my driveway.
BOSTON (MyFoxBoston.com) – The U.S. Conference of Mayors has named Boston one of the most livable cities in the country.
The first place award was announced in San Francisco and recognizes mayoral leadership in programs that help improve the quality of the city.
