I want to move, but I'm not sure where.

[slightlyhuman]

texarkana...

seems just like what you're looking for.

we just got a best buy a few years ago, staples is being built now. have everything you need and it's cheap as hell.

3 hours from dallas and 2 hours from little rock. 1 hour from shreveport. i have a house i rent with a roommate and we both pay 450/month including utilities(except cable and net) 2 garages and an acre in the backyard.

 

[Brentx]

I say you come to UW-Milwaukee.

The city of Milwauke is about 600,000 people, and with the entire metro area it is about 1.8 million, so its not in the middle of no where. UW-milwaukee is where I go, and I'm in the business school here. It's actually an excellent business school. We just got a 10million dollar grant and stole 2 professors away from Harvard last month . The business school is brand new, built in 2004, and pretty much the rest of the school is new as it was redone in the 90's. There are about 32,000 students at UW-Milwaukee, and for a big city the cost of living is cheap. You can get by on 300-400 a month for rent.

Plus you have Lake Michigan about a 2 minute walk from camupus, which is referred to as "the Lake" around here. Sometime people get a kick out of that because it seems like an ocean when you look out the coast. And Milwaukee's East Side and Third Ward are awesome parts of the city. Lots of clubs and bars, live music, and fun if you are into that thing. The 3rd Ward used to be a bunch of factories and they are now redoing them into million dollar condos. And if you get bored, just hop on the Chicago Metra train for $6.90 and you will be in Chicago 90 minutes later.

And we do have 4 very distinct seasons here. It might just get a bit hot during the summers, 95+ with full humidity, and a bit cold during the winter, like -10 below, -20 with the windchill. We are actually supposed to get about 9 inches of snow tonight.

Since I am a photography nerd, I will show you some pictures of the city that I took.

Milwaukee skyline 1


Milwaukee skyline 2


Downtown 1


The Milwaukee River


The Calatrava, our Art Museum - Take that Chicago!


The third Ward


Water St.


Train Lines- they are all over the city


Very small part of the UWM campus - The building you see in the back with the radio tower on it is one of four of our 28 story dorm buildings.

What can I say I love my city

 

[Insomniator]

You could move to the new brunswick/rutgers area.. rutgers business school is very very good and new jersey certainly has the snow storms and the heat waves. Plus you'd be close to the ocean which is always nice. I live here and i like it, housing might be a bit pricey though i'm not sure. My girlfriend pays 450 a month for a house with her roomates who each pay the same. An hour south is my home town (brick) and there are a couple of good community colleges around, housing is gonna suck in brick though cause its on the shore, but hey! its the number 1 safest town in America (for places with over 75k people)..

 

[IGBT]

..I hear Wyoming is a good place to start over. lots of work opp's.

 

[S Freud]

I take it most people on here are from the east coast

I like the look of UW-Milwaukee and Texas A&M Texarkana, but keep the ideas coming

 

[S Freud]

So far some places I am considering are, UW-Milwaukee, University of Washington, Boise State, Texas A&M Texarkana, and maybe Eastern Oreogn University.

But keep the suggestions coming in, I like to hear of new possibilities

 

[slsmnaz]

Another one you could add is App. St. in Boone, NC. Great town (2 brothers went there) but winter was a little too long for me.

 

[S Freud]

I like all of these suggestions, but the only thing is that ever place that has been suggested is one the other side of the country. I don't really know how I would make a move like that, finding housing, job, touring school, getting moved. etc.

 

[chrisms]

Salt Lake City.. some of the world's best skiing just minutes away, weather changes during the year, not too costly.

 

[S Freud]

Originally posted by: chrisms
Salt Lake City.. some of the world's best skiing just minutes away, weather changes during the year, not too costly.

Really, I would picture Salt Lake having a higher cost of living. That is another place to consider though.

 

[DougK62]

Originally posted by: amish

Originally posted by: huberm
Why not Indianapolis or Lafayette, IN? You definitely have four distinct seasons here. IUPUI is here (in Indy) and Purdue is in Lafayette, as well as IvyTech, a statewide community college.

Both towns are rapidly growing and benefit from fairly low cost of living.

seconded. hot summers, frigid winters, great fall colors. IUPUI is a pretty good school and you graduate with an IU degree. everything can be reached in 30 minutes in indy. downtown is surprisingly nice with the bars, food and other things to do. there are multiple colleges and universities in indianapolis so there is plenty of opportunity to meet the opposite sex, especially in broadripple which is a strip of 12 or so bars.

I'll throw another Indiana area into the mix - South Bend. There are many fantastic colleges in the area including Notre Dame and a branch of IU. It's close to Chicago, Detroit, and Indy for those weekend getaways. Right on the 80/90 tollroad for easy travel. Cost of living is dirt cheap - my first job out of college had me making $12/hr and on that I owned my own nice house and had two reliable cars. It also has a very large shopping/restaurant area - second in the state only to Indy.

 

[ntdz]

Originally posted by: S Freud
EDIT: How would I go about this? Sell most of my things? Do I fly or Drive a U-Haul? How would I find a place to live?

Cliffs if you need them:
-Want to move
-Want a place with seasons i.e. Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring
-Want to transfer to a good business school, currently majoring in marketing in my sophomore year
-maybe have a local community college
-not to expensive to live, I don't want to have to work 40+ hours a week just to pay rent
-I want a place that has grocery stores, computer store, a mall, basically civilization.

SoCal is nice. Sac State is a good business school...

 

[Bacstar]

Anchorage, Alaska

Well... I moved up here a year ago to work for the Municipality from Orange County, California. Everything is within 5 mins of where ever you live. I love the fact that downtown is so close.

They have a Comp USA, Best Buy, and Walmart. They have a couple malls and a new one is being built. hehehe it was big news that Bath & Beyond is coming up here which kinda cracked me up. Cost of living is less if I compared it to living in Southern California, but not by much.

The University Anchorage, Alaska is right down the street. One of my roommates is actually going to school there now, so i can ask about their business program.

And season-wise...well... Winter is cold and the summers are beautiful...fall and spring are here but extremely short. If you're an out-doorsy type, this place is awesome - hiking, camping, mtn biking, wildlife...

So far, people are pretty friendly. Most are transplants from all over the place. I have no regrets and I'm loving it up here.

Edit:

I shipped anything that would fit in a box, and loaded up my car with my more important stuff like my keyboards, computer, etc. and got rid of the furniture. I drove up here in November which was pretty stressful due to the snow and the short days.

 

[NinjaGnome]

do not even think of going to laramie wyoming, I had a friend move there for school and he said it was the most boring place to live ever! Also If you want four seasons do not live in lafayette or Indy, while the winters are cold here there is barely ever any snow here which makes winters stupid and pointless. If you want snow and four distinct seasons then you should live in Michigan since they get a lot of lake effect snow and fall is an awsome sight to see in northern Michigan. I have lived in Illinois and all over Indiana and have spent a lot of time in Wisconsin and Michigan and Michigan is better hands down. I would say Wisconson is pretty good too but Michigan has better schools for business.

 

[S Freud]

The only thing that concerns me with some of the places being suggested is the distance, all of my family/friends live in Oregon with a few exceptions. That far away seems like a huge move, it does seem very exciting and I know that sooner or later I need to move out on my own. I currently live about 4 hours away from my parents, I just wonder about moving that far where I don't know anything about the area, people, I don't know how to find an apartment, job, etc.

 

[DougK62]

Originally posted by: S Freud
The only thing that concerns me with some of the places being suggested is the distance, all of my family/friends live in Oregon with a few exceptions. That far away seems like a huge move, it does seem very exciting and I know that sooner or later I need to move out on my own. I currently live about 4 hours away from my parents, I just wonder about moving that far where I don't know anything about the area, people, I don't know how to find an apartment, job, etc.

You're moving states away - not to a foreign country. The people are the same. You find jobs, apartments, etc. the same way that you would where you are now.

 

[S Freud]

I don't think I can look the same, when I looked for my new place I looked for places in town, and went to look at them. I can't exactly drive over to Wisconsin, or Utah to look at some apartments.

 

[Brentx]

Originally posted by: S Freud
I don't think I can look the same, when I looked for my new place I looked for places in town, and went to look at them. I can't exactly drive over to Wisconsin, or Utah to look at some apartments.

Well if you think of coming to UWM, I am still looking for a roomate for next year, so it wouldn't be that bad finding a place, if you would want to room

 

[jhayx7]

University of Alabama. Has one of the best undergrad and MBA programs in the nation for business (I am enrolled there now). Cost of living is cheap, we have seasons, summers can get a little hot but the winters are not killer like the north. You could live in Tuscaloosa (great city, college town) or Birmingham (another great city, and commute time is about 45min).

 

[Gooberlx2]

Originally posted by: S Freud
EDIT: How would I go about this? Sell most of my things? Do I fly or Drive a U-Haul? How would I find a place to live?

Cliffs if you need them:
-Want to move
-Want a place with seasons i.e. Summer, Fall, Winter, Spring
-Want to transfer to a good business school, currently majoring in marketing in my sophomore year
-maybe have a local community college
-not to expensive to live, I don't want to have to work 40+ hours a week just to pay rent
-I want a place that has grocery stores, computer store, a mall, basically civilization.

Based on your requirements I could say somwhere in Wisconsin. I think UW-Whitewater is supposed to have a decent business program.

 

[Auryg]

Duluth, MN.

Has a part of the university of Minnesota, a community college, and a nice private college.

It's right on Lake Superior, has skiing all around, and has really nice fall colors.

It's not a *huge* city, and certainly doesn't feel like one. You could find a house/rent for cheap if you lived on the...west..side. heh.