Recommend me a place to live... that is warmish + plus other requirements!

[VulgarDisplay]

I vote Tampa/Clearwater area of Florida. Hopefully I'll make my way there in the next year or so, and get out of this hellhole that is Illinois.

 

[Leros]

I vote Tampa/Clearwater area of Florida. Hopefully I'll make my way there in the next year or so, and get out of this hellhole that is Illinois.

Florida is an interesting place

http://www.reddit.com/r/floridaman

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Having lived in Spring Hill/Weeki Wachee for 10 years and Melbourne for four, I would avoid Florida... Although I guess it does fit some people. Granted, you can do much worse than the good parts of Florida (northern Florida is very shitty), but you can do a lot better too in my opinion.

 

[jpiniero]

Orange county CA or San Diego. Would be at the upper range of your rent though.

Well, considering he can live anywhere, CA would be a bad choice simply based on taxes.

 

[sdifox]

Ours is solar heated so the season is extended a month or two on either end. My preference is damn near 90 degrees, but the water is tolerable now.

I seem to have lost my pool in the snow :awe:

 

[rednas]

you should consider the Atlanta area. But if i could work from anywhere i'd move to Puerto Rico. Its kinda like the Hawaii of the east coast without the obscene cost of living.

 

[Pr0d1gy]

Maybe Athens Ga? Gets kinda warm and humid in the summer, but otherwise quite nice. Lots of good places to eat, reasonably close to the mountains, and not too far from ATL either. You'll have no trouble getting a large house for that rate, and cost of living is fairly cheap here.

I second this one, really just Georgia in general.

 

[TheAdvocate]

Charlotte is pretty cool. I lived there for 13 years before I moved to Phx.

Yes. Big, but not as big or ridiculously congested as Atlanta is. You are 2-3 hours from mountains or the beach. Downtown is beautiful and clean (and modern). It has a commuter rail line that is being expanded. It is bounded by large lakes on the north and south edges of the county, has pro football, pro hoops and AAA baseball, Lowes Motor Speedway, as well as a large public U that plays d1 football and hoops. Cost of housing is reasonable ($130k will put you comfortably above average). The weather is warm, but it does have actual seasons. Known as a city of old growth trees as well (especially the myers park area). And yes, there are costcos and trader joes aplenty (and 4 malls, including one of the largest on the east coast). The airport is the chief hub for US Air.

 

[UglyCasanova]

I second this one, really just Georgia in general.

That would certainly be on my list as well.

 

[Shlong]

Savannah, GA or Charleston, SC (beautiful southern cities).

Or somewhere in South Florida (no state income tax and great weather).

 

[MongGrel]

Florida is an interesting place

http://www.reddit.com/r/floridaman

Like you probably couldn't find 5xs as many for California.



Savannah GA actually looks pretty nice too, I had a job offer there a few years back and didn't pursue it, looks a nice area though.

 

[88keys]

One thing about the mid Atlantic region is that our summers aren't all that. We had a mild one last year. But typically you can expect about a month straight of 90+ avg temps and 10,000,000% humidity during summer.

I generally can tolerate cold, although this winter has been especially miserable, but the mid atlantic still doesn't get winters as bad as they do in New England.


I do suppose you could say that the mid Atlantic has some benefits.

We don't get tornadoes like they do in the midwest.
We don't get earthquakes like they do in the southwest.
We don't get blizzards nearly as often as our northern neighbors.
We don't get hurricanes nearly as powerful or frequent as our southeaster neighbors.
So I guess that it's not too bad all things considered.

But if youre considering the mid Atlantic region, look at southeastern PA. The cost of living is drastically cheaper in terms of car insurance, utilities, taxes. Though it's worth pointing out that the taxes are about the same if you own property. And the drawbacks are that MD generally takes much better care of their roads, and their schools are among the best performing in the country. If I had kids, I would strongly consider moving back to MD.


PA being a commonwealth is very hit and miss when it comes to schooling (more than most states) and I have found that the schools and communities are better towards the south east.... Until you reach Philly.

I'd also recommend staying away from York. If you want to know why, here is a song written about it.

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Like you probably couldn't find 5xs as many for California.

It is known that Florida has the most crazy by volume.

 

[MongGrel]

Depends where you live I guess, I have about 4 or 5 Pinellas County Sheriffs officers living in a few blocks range.

I guess that tends to tone things down a lot in the neighborhood, with the cars in the driveways at various times.

 

[sdifox]

Depends where you live I guess, I have about 4 or 5 Pinellas County Sheriffs officers living in a few blocks range.

I guess that tends to tone things down a lot in the neighborhood, with the cars in the driveways at various times.

So what you are saying is police departments should just lease a whole bunch of police cars and have valets move them around? :awe:

 

[MongGrel]

And speaking of spring break and I still do look at Facebook a few times a week I had too

https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?...78752904045.160102.72803244045&type=1&theater

No, I'm living in a neighborhood a lot of county cops live in, how are valets involved when they live here.

*sigh*

Live with you're own mindless interpretations I suppose.

What police departments should do wasn't a part of the conversation I was aware of.

Is just where I live at you're trying too hard to make an issue out of one comment more or less it looks.