Find My Spot

[wade moore]

Interesting Website.. It's meant to tell you where you should live based on a quiz..

hxxp://www.findmyspot.com

cthomer5000 will find this funny, my #1 is Plainfield, NJ...

After that I get:

Some other NJ, a few NH, then PA..

I guess I emphasized cold more than I should have ;)...

[Pumpy Tudors]

El Paso. They think I belong in El Paso. Yikes.

(Hi, Jeebs!)

[Ben E Lou]

1. Brownsville, TX
2. McAllen, TX
3. CHUCKTOWN, BABY!!!

[CU Tiger]

1. Brownsville, TX
2. McAllen, TX
3. CHUCKTOWN, BABY!!!


Scary....my same top 3...

[Honolulu_Blue]

1. Portland, OR
2. Salem, OR

I always thought I'd like the Pacific Northwest...

[cuervo72]

Nashua, NH
Anchorage, AK
Portland, ME
Manchester, NH
Ann Arbor, MI
Erie, PA
Duluth, MN
Altoona, PA
Flagstaff, AZ (that would make my wife very happy)
Boulder, CO
Syracuse, NY
Rochester, NY
Buffalo, Grand Rapids, Fort Wayne, Mansfield OH, Rochester MN, Idaho Falls, Eden Prairie MN, St. Cloud, Lansing, Fargo/Morehead, Bismarck, Cedar Rapids.

I wonder what ruled out Frederick. I'm pretty much happy here, I'd have to say.

[Flasch186]

Las Vegas, NV
Baton Rouge, LA
Little Rock, AR
Phoenix, AZ
Baltimore, MD
Tucson, AZ


Wow. I WOULD love to live in Las Vegas but I'd be scared what would happen to my bankroll.

[Peregrine]

Hmm Little Rock, Arkansas and Portland, Oregon were my top two.

[Noop]

1. Baton Rouge, LA - Go Tigers but I don't like the country
2. Little Rock, AR - Again I dont like the country
3. Baltimore, MD - The Wire paints a bad picture in my mind.
4. Los Angeles, CA - Earthquakes sorry I will pass
5. San Deigo, CA - No Thanks
6. Honolulu, HW - Maybe.


I saw Tampa and Orlando later in the list.

[MIJB#19]

1 Albuquerque, New Mexico

They factored in the city name spelling difficulty way too much!

[Pumpy Tudors]

1. Baton Rouge, LA - Go Tigers but I don't like the country
I know you're down in Miami and all, but Baton Rouge isn't really the country. I guess it might seem that way to somebody from a huge city, but since I moved up to Pennsylvania, I've seen what "the country" really is. Some of these places around here make Baton Rouge look like Manhattan.

[wade moore]

Nashua, NH
Anchorage, AK
Portland, ME
Manchester, NH
Ann Arbor, MI
Erie, PA
Duluth, MN
Altoona, PA
Flagstaff, AZ (that would make my wife very happy)
Boulder, CO
Syracuse, NY
Rochester, NY
Buffalo, Grand Rapids, Fort Wayne, Mansfield OH, Rochester MN, Idaho Falls, Eden Prairie MN, St. Cloud, Lansing, Fargo/Morehead, Bismarck, Cedar Rapids.

I wonder what ruled out Frederick. I'm pretty much happy here, I'd have to say.

Your list looks in many ways similar to mine.. I think you probably did the same thing as me and probably emphasized cold weather a bit more than you really want.. it's hard in there to get the balance you want.. where you like "seasons", some snow, but you don't want it to be white all year round..

[Alan T]

Huh.. my top 3 are:

Honolulu, Hawaii
Jacksonville, Florida
Charleston, SC..

[Coffee Warlord]

Phoenix or Tucson were my two tops.

[cuervo72]

Your list looks in many ways similar to mine.. I think you probably did the same thing as me and probably emphasized cold weather a bit more than you really want.. it's hard in there to get the balance you want.. where you like "seasons", some snow, but you don't want it to be white all year round..

Yep, I did try to factor snow in there, and gave the thumbs down to humidity. I like the cold more than the heat.

[wade moore]

Yep, I did try to factor snow in there, and gave the thumbs down to humidity. I like the cold more than the heat.

Ditto. I'm thinking that's the key. Cause I love Williamsburg really, and would love to have the settings for "whatever Williamsburg is"... but it's just hard to really get the weather stuff... and the cost of housing is a misleading question imo because housing cost depends on where you live, I don't like that as a factor..

But what it comes down to for me was tht most of the cities in my top 10-20 where towns that I view as much like Williamsburg in "feel", it was just the weather was shifting me to the NE... as I got down the list I had like Lynchburg, Roanoke, things like that...

[Barkeep49]

I am not a huge fan of the snow, but still managed to get Chicago, my home town (at least if we're counting suburbs), as my first choice which is nice since I find it hard to conceive of living anywhere else.

[cartman]

My top 3 it said were:

Jacksonville, FL
Charleston, SC
San Marcos, TX, which is the closest city to where I currently live

Well, I thought. On the second page of results it had Wimberley listed, which is 8 miles from my house.

[Desnudo]

1. Fredericksburg, Texas
2. Hickory, North Carolina
3. Hopkinsville, Kentucky
4. Greenville, South Carolina
5. Paris, Tennessee

[Simms]

I knew something felt "right" about moving back to this area....Virginia and N. Carolina with lots of representation.

Long Island was a surprise in the top 5...even more surprising was that it showed up in my wife's top 5 as well.

Norfolk, Virginia
Charlotte, North Carolina
Baltimore, Maryland
Chesapeake-Virginia Beach, Virginia
Long Island, New York
St. Louis, Missouri
New York City, New York
Cincinnati, Ohio
Hampton, Virginia
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Greenville, North Carolina
Alexandria, Virginia
Rocky Mount-Stony Creek, North Carolina
Manhattan, New York
Overland Park, Kansas
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Kansas City, Missouri
Richmond, Virginia
Raleigh, North Carolina
Minneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota
New Haven, Connecticut
Frederick, Maryland
Bergen-Passaic, New Jersey
Boston, Massachusetts

[wade moore]

Boy, you hit every population center in Virginia that is not part of the "DC Metro Area" ;)...

[Flasch186]

My top 3 it said were:

Jacksonville, FL
Charleston, SC
San Marcos, TX, which is the closest city to where I currently live

Well, I thought. On the second page of results it had Wimberley listed, which is 8 miles from my house.

I have a home to sell ya just outside of J'ville :)

[Warhammer]

Cincinnati, Ohio
Rochester, Minnesota
Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Duluth, Minnesota
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Bloomington, Indiana
Minneapolis-St Paul, Minnesota
Cleveland, Ohio
Overland Park, Kansas
Madison, Wisconsin
Indianapolis, Indiana
Topeka, Kansas
Springfield, Missouri
St. Louis, Missouri
Hartford, Connecticut
La Crosse, Wisconsin
Iowa City, Iowa
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Chicago, Illinois
Champaign-Urbana, Illinois
Eau Claire, Wisconsin
St. Cloud, Minnesota
Kalamazoo, Michigan

This list doesn't surprise me at all. Most of my family lives outside of Chicago, I lovy Cincy, Chambana, Grand Rapids and St. Louis. Heck, I'm trying to decide now whether Chicago or C-U would be better to move to for the family and potential new job.

[cartman]

I have a home to sell ya just outside of J'ville :)

If under 'things to avoid' they would have listed hurricanes, J'ville and Chuck-town wouldn't have made the list.

:D

[Simms]

Boy, you hit every population center in Virginia that is not part of the "DC Metro Area" ;)...

Well, it did give me Alexandria, too. :)

It's weird....I've always had an affinity for North Carolina, and when I was in the market for one, have looked for jobs there. I've always thought it would be a great place to live...sort of the ideal mixture of cosmopolitan living with a smaller-town feel.

Why is that weird, you ask? Well, I've never actually set foot in North Carolina.

[Warhammer]

North Carolina is a great state. If I would have clicked on the South/SE I'm sure some places would have been in my list. My preference was for the Midwest.

[M GO BLUE!!!]

1. Long Island, NY
2. Carlisle, PA
3. New York (where I live)
4. Cleveland
5. Detroit (my beloved hometown)

[Radii]

1. Charlotte
2. Tuscon
3. El Paso
4. Oklahoma City
5. Phoenix


Raleigh and Durham both made my list, Atlanta didn't. If I was going to leave the Southeast, Phoenix, Portland, Seattle have always been the top places I figured I would consider.

[miked]

Wild...

Honalulu, HI
Charleston, SC
Las Vegas, NV (wtf!)
Portland, OR (nice)
Little Rock, AR (seriously??)
Jacksonville, FL

I must have had some weird answers, because I also got Hartford (foul), New Haven (foul), Baton Rouge and Houston.

[Warhammer]

Little Rock doesn't have that bad of a climate, and it has a lot of amenities that other cities don't have since it is the state capital, but it never occurred to me as being a particularly good place to live.

[molson]

1. Lewiston, ME
2. Jamestown, NY
3. Carlisle, PA
4. Palmer, Alaska
5. Seward, Alaska

[LoneStarGirl]

I loving living in Little Rock, I just moved here 4 months ago.

My top spots are

Shreveport
Little Rock - woohoo I win!
monroe
Brownsville, Tx
Allen, Tx
Jackson, MS (yuck)
Alexandria,
Batonrouge
Abilene


All my places are Texas, MS, LA and AR. This website is pretty good

[digamma]

1. Little Rock
2. Baltimore
3. Norfolk, VA
4. Frederick, MD
5. Augusta, GA

Little Rock is a bit of an outlier, and there are several other cities in Virginia I would choose before Norfolk, but I can see the other three. For better or worse, though, I don't see us leaving Los Angeles anytime soon.

[GoldenEagle]

Greenville, SC
Abilene, TX
Louisville, KY
Columbia, SC
Clarksville, TN

[hukarez]

Ack!

1) Cincinnati, OH
2) St. Louis, MS
3) Kansas City, MS
4) Portland, OR
5) Seattle, WS

EDIT: I'm going to have to re-do this again. Didn't realize scrolling over revealed "Disagree" and "Strongly Disagree" options!

[rkmsuf]

The title of this thread is just horrible.

[wade moore]

The title of this thread is just horrible.

I have to admit, I was beginning to worry you wouldn't notice ;)...

[cuervo72]

4. Frederick, MD

w00t!

[timmae]

boston mass here I come...

[lordscarlet]

Baltimore, MD
Boston, MA
Hartford, CT
Worcester, MA
Providence, RI
Little Rock, AR
Washington, DC (Woo!)
Honolulu, HI
Portland, OR
Baton Rouge, LA
New Haven, CT
Milwaukee, WI
Chicago, IL
Norfolk, VA
San Francisco, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Bergen-Passaic, NJ
Charlotte, NC
San Jose, CA
Las Vegas, NV
Albuquerque, NM
San Diego, CA
Chesapeake-Virginia Beach, VA
Frederick, MD

[JAG]

Interestingly, number two on my list is where I'm currently living. Number 1 was Anchorage, Alaska, which my wife has said I would enjoy visiting. Others:

3. Worcester, Mass
4. Duluth, MN
5. New Haven, CT
6. Bismark, ND

[st.cronin]

Harrisburg, PA
Altoona, PA
Johnson City-Kingsport, TN
Chattanooga, TN
Roanoke, VA
Spokane, WA
Carlisle, PA
Clarksville, TN
Albany, NY
Great Falls, MT
Grand Rapids, MI
Bloomington, IN
Asheville, NC
Lynchburg, VA
Knoxville, TN
Tulsa, OK
Hattiesburg, MS
Salt Lake City, UT
Springfield, MO
Jackson, MS
Erie, PA
Olympia, WA
Tacoma, WA
Ogden, UT

Spokane I believe is the only place on the list I've ever even BEEN to, and that was for about 2 days.

[wade moore]

st. cronin, based on your list, we could split rent ;)...

[King of New York]

Medford, Oregon is #1 for me!

Strangely, Albany, NY figured in my top 40. I must have clicked the "prefers soulless, drab, concrete state capitol" button without realizing it.

[st.cronin]

st. cronin, based on your list, we could split rent ;)...

cool!

[CamEdwards]

I tried to stay in the Mid-Atlantic region, but the nearest place I could actually live was Reston. New Brunswick, New Jersey was my #1, with Bergen-Passaic #2.

[Warhammer]

Johnson City - Kingsport and Knoxville ar great areas to live. I almost moved to Knoxville about 3 years ago myself.

[st.cronin]

Johnson City - Kingsport and Knoxville ar great areas to live. I almost moved to Knoxville about 3 years ago myself.

I don't know anything about Johnson City-Kingsport or Knoxville (or Clarksville). Sell them to me, please.

[Warhammer]

You have 4 seasons in each city. The summers are fairly mild for the south since you are up in the mountains. In addition, you have plenty of water nearby with all the rivers in the area. If you want beautiful scenery, you have the Smokey Mountains within an hour to a two hour drive from each. Both areas are smaller cities, but they are fairly large. The Knoxville metro is roughly 650,000 people while the Tri-Cities are roughly 500,000 (larger than Chattanooga). The schools, especially in Knoxville, are among the best in the state as far as public schools go. There are also plenty of universities in the area with ETSU (Johnson City) and UT (Knoxville).

Additionally, both areas are predominantly middle class with very little lower or upper classes in the area.

[wade moore]

I would warn to not move to Knoxville if you hate the color orange. (from a Vols fan)

[Terps]

Scarsdale, NY
Peterborough, NH
Blue Bell, PA
Corning, NY
Bangor, ME
Keene, NH

One of the other places on the list was Easton, PA, which I live right across town from in Phillipsburg, NJ.

[QuikSand]

Truth or Consequences, NM was near the top of my list. Beautiful.

[cuervo72]

Truth or Consequences, NM was near the top of my list. Beautiful.

Closest they could find to Let's Make a Deal?

[Glengoyne]

Tacoma or Kent Washington

Not too bad.

[mckerney]

Ann Arbor is #1, followed by Duluth, MN, Grand Rapids, MI, Minneapoils-St. Paul, MN, St. Cloud, MN, along with some places in Ohio and Iowa.


I suppose Ann Arbor is somewhere I would consider living if there was an employment opportunity, though would be much more likely to consider the areas of the Twin Cities and Duluth.

[Scarecrow]

Shot me all over the country:

Hendersonville, North Carolina
Guthrie, Oklahoma
Murray, Kentucky
Hickory, North Carolina
Maryville, Tennessee
Oxford, Mississippi
Morganton, North Carolina
Paris, Tennessee
Salisbury, North Carolina
Clayton, Georgia
Hopkinsville, Kentucky
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Winterville, North Carolina
Chattanooga, Tennessee
Clarksville, Tennessee
Grand Junction, Colorado
Hampton, Virginia
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
Berea, Kentucky
Gainesville, Georgia
San Marcos, Texas
Branson, Missouri
Walla Walla, Washington
Guntersville, Alabama

[lighthousekeeper]

Loveland, CO
Idaho Falls, ID
Provo, UT
Boise, ID
Ft. Collins, CO
Overland Park, KS


Oddly enough, I lived in Overland Park for a year.

[Draft Dodger]

Danbury CT
Albany NY
Harrisburg PA
Hartford, CT
Carlisle PA
Providence RI

I don't think so.

[Draft Dodger]

Keene, NH


woot

[Sublime 2]

Syracuse, NY
Erie, PA
Buffalo, NY
Manchester, NH
Nashua, NH
Harrisburg, PA

All mine were Northeast except a N. Carolina and Maryland. Not too surprising I guess.

[Sublime 2]

woot

Booo! ;)
Not a big fan of Keene...well I guess just the high school...well I guess just the athletes. Ok I like Keene, just not as much as Leb/Hanover.

[Mustang]

Walla Walla, WA
Moab, UT
Grand Junction, Co
Cedar City, UT
Wenatchee, WA
Branson, MO
Dillon, MT
Coeur D'Alene, ID
Springville, UT
Milwaukie, OR


About my speed....

[Karlifornia]

Portland, OR
San Diego, CA
Orange County, CA
Honolulu, HI
New Haven, CT
New York, NY

[Eaglesfan27]

I know you're down in Miami and all, but Baton Rouge isn't really the country. I guess it might seem that way to somebody from a huge city, but since I moved up to Pennsylvania, I've seen what "the country" really is. Some of these places around here make Baton Rouge look like Manhattan.

Saw Noops' reply and was about to post the same thing. Baton Rouge actually has a very nice "midwestern city" feel to it. Certainly not as many sundry things to do as New Orleans, but I actually enjoy the city more and there are plenty of things to do here.

[tanglewood]

Hmm Little Rock, Arkansas and Portland, Oregon were my top two.

Same for me. Washington D.C.was my number 3.

[Groundhog]

If I ever move to the United States, apparently I should live in one of these places:

1. Norfolk, Virginia
2. Providence, Rhode Island
3. Long Island, New York
4. Baltimore, Maryland
5. Columbus, Ohio
6. Lexington, Kentucky

I ranked local pro and college sport teams highly each time it was listed, and I think that heavily affected the outcome. And man, going by the house prices listed as average, housing in the States is a ton cheaper than it is over here in Australia... Getting a place in Norfolk for $182k ($233,000AU) is a damn sight cheaper than anything I could ever hope to buy within 6 hours drive of Sydney, Australia. Makes me think...

[Easy Mac]

Louisville, KY
Nashville, TN
Oklahoma City, OK
Amarillo, TX
Lubbock, TX
Enid, OK

Yeah, none of those sound appealing to me.

[Buccaneer]

Both my wife and I did this and we came up with the same list and unsurprisingly, the towns that it picked were the ones that we are considering to retire to in less than 10 years:

Lebanon, NH
Plymouth, NH
Littleton, NH
Lewiston, ME
Augusta, ME

[Rizon]

West Siiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiide

Los Angeles, California
Honolulu, Hawaii
El Cajon, California
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii
Las Vegas, Nevada
Henderson, Nevada

[Ironhead]

Joseph, OR
St. Helens, OR
Nantucket, MA
Berkeley Springs, WV
Johnson, VT
Essex, CT

[King of New York]

What's the deal with all the people getting "Long Island, New York" as a response? Long Island is about 100 miles long--at the western end is Brooklyn, the East End is (fast dwindling) farms, and in between you have ritzy enclaves, blighted communities, and plain old suburbia.

[kingfc22]

Norfolk, VA
Seattle, WA
Bellingham, WA
Hampton, VA
Augusta, GA
Charlotte, NC
Chapel Hill, NC
West Palm Beach, FL
Oklahoma City, OK
Chesapeake-Virginia Beach, VA
Greenville, NC
Miami Beach, FL
Rocky Mount-Stony Creek, NC
Miami, FL
Boca Raton, FL
Raleigh, NC
Tacoma, WA
Kent, WA
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Sarasota, FL
Durham, NC
St. George, UT
Memphis, TN
Wilmington, NC

[Izulde]

1. Baltimore, MD
I briefly looked into a job opportunity there, but from what I remember the crime rate is pretty high.

2. Las Vegas, NV
Heh, no. Sleazy, dirty city where people age insanely fast. I don't even like visiting there.

3. Las Cruces, NM
Now we're getting somewhere. I could see myself possibly here.

4. Albuquerque, NM
Definitely worth checking out in my estimate. I like the fact that they get at least some snow in winter. Love snow, not a fan of cold.

5. Little Rock, AR
Don't know much about it other than that it's the state capital. How's the humidity in summer? I hate humid climates.

6. Baton Rouge, LA
61" of rain and 0" of snow? No thanks. Plus, I hear Lousiana's humidity is horrendous.

7. Norfolk, VA
I've always had this weird attraction to Virginia as a state and I don't know why. I'm even considering taking the GRE to be apply to some Virginia grad schools (which not all programs in my hopeful master's degree require)

8. Charleston, WV
Don't know much about West Virginia save for it has a hick reputation as a state. Whether or not that stereotype is true, I have no idea. :D

9. Honolulu, HI
Beautiful place to visit, but I'd miss being on the mainland too much and cost of living is HORRENDOUS.

10. Frederick, MD
Amusing. No opinion one way or the other.

11. Chesapeake-Virginia Beach, VA
Not liking the inch of snow.

12. Charlotte, NC
NC as a state is okay. For the longest time I wanted to go to Duke actually, before Princeton became my ideal school for one and for two, I found out Duke's basically a rich kids' playground school.

13. Long Beach, CA
Nah. SoCal city I like is San Diego.

14. Los Angeles, CA
No. I hate it almost as much as Vegas.

15. Alexandria, LA
Eh, nah.

16. Providence, RI
A possibility, though I don't know much about it.

17. Hampton, VA
On the Chesapeake? Kayaking is fun. :)

18. Greenville, NC
Not familiar with it at all.

19. San Diego, CA
Love, love SD. For snow I can go up in the mountains. As of right now, this is where I'm most likely to end up. Best friend will be in the area, great weather, no humidity and relatively moderate in terms of politics. I'd even consider switching baseball allegiance to the Padres. :D

20. Orange County, CA
Ugh, no. Too many people and too much snobbery.

21. Rocky Mount-Stony Creek, NC
No clue.

22. New Haven, CT
Fucking Yale. A no because of that alone.

23. Gaithersberg, MD
Lot of Maryland towns!

24. Phoenix, AZ
Don't like the fact of no snow or the fact that there's so many people living there. Other than that, not a bad option at all.

[VPI97]

1. Asheville, NC
2. Lynchburg, VA
3. Greenville, SC
4. Norfolk, VA
5. Knoxville, TN
6. Raleigh, NC
7. Hampton, VA
8. Richmond, VA
9. Johnson City-Kinsport, TN
10. Tulsa, OK
11. Clarksville, TN
12. Charlotte, NC
13. Durham, NC
14. Louisville, KY
15. Lexington, KY
16. Chattanooga, TN
17. Hendersonville, NC
18. Roanoke, VA
19. Bowling Green, KY
20. Oklahoma City, OK
21. Greenville, NC
22. Rocky Mount, NC
23. Chesapeake, VA
24. New Brunswick, NJ

I'm pretty familiar with most of these places, and I can't argue with their selection on my list. This thing does a decent job.

[vex]

Alpine, TX
San Marcos, TX
Natchitoches, LA
Clarksdale, MS
Aiken, SC
Bisbee, AZ
Brownsville, TX
McAllen, TX
Carlsbad, NM
Deland, FL
Fountain Hills, AZ
Desert Hot Springs, CA
Calexico-Imerperial Valley, CA
Paradise, CA
Green Valley, AZ
Killeen, TX
Fredericksburg, TX
Leesville, LA
West Hollywood, CA
Murray, KY
St. George, UT
Brunswick, GA
Yuma, AZ
Bryan-College Station, TX

[Noop]

I know you're down in Miami and all, but Baton Rouge isn't really the country. I guess it might seem that way to somebody from a huge city, but since I moved up to Pennsylvania, I've seen what "the country" really is. Some of these places around here make Baton Rouge look like Manhattan.


Might be true but I perfer Florida to most states. North Carolina is cool.

[wade moore]

If I ever move to the United States, apparently I should live in one of these places:

1. Norfolk, Virginia
2. Providence, Rhode Island
3. Long Island, New York
4. Baltimore, Maryland
5. Columbus, Ohio
6. Lexington, Kentucky

I ranked local pro and college sport teams highly each time it was listed, and I think that heavily affected the outcome. And man, going by the house prices listed as average, housing in the States is a ton cheaper than it is over here in Australia... Getting a place in Norfolk for $182k ($233,000AU) is a damn sight cheaper than anything I could ever hope to buy within 6 hours drive of Sydney, Australia. Makes me think...

Living somewhat near Norfolk, VA - I'd be shocked at you getting a place for 182k. It would have to be in the VERY rundown places in the city.. I would imagine a normal house is well over 300k on average.

[Eaglesfan27]

My list:

Chapel Hill, North Carolina
Greensboro, North Carolina
Bellingham, Washington
Wilmington, Delaware
Tulsa, Oklahoma
Greenville, South Carolina
Hampton, Virginia
Raleigh, North Carolina
Durham, North Carolina
Clarksville, Tennessee
St. Louis, Missouri
Norfolk, Virginia
Greenville, North Carolina
Rocky Mount-Stony Creek, North Carolina
Alexandria, Virginia
Seattle, Washington
Atlanta, Georgia
Overland Park, Kansas
Charlotte, North Carolina
Bowling Green, Kentucky
Evansville, Indiana
Springfield, Missouri
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Joplin, Missouri


Not too many surprises. I really don't like the weather down here in Louisiana and would prefer a less humid, less hot environment.

[SackAttack]

1. Hancock-Houghton, MI
2. Traverse City, MI
3. Spencer, IA
4. New York Mills, MN
5. White Bear Lake, MN
6. Branson, MO (oh HELL no)
7. Petoskey, MI
8. Spearfish, SD
9. Glen Arbor, MI
10. Hannibal, MO
11. New Harmony, IN
12. Lanesboro, MN
13. Columbus, IN
14. Stillwater, MN
15. Lake of the Ozarks, MO
16. Sandusky, OH
17. Cedar Falls, IA
18. Scottsbluff, NE
19. Lancaster, OH
20. Pierre, SD
21. Arrow Rock, MO
22. Hutchinson, MN
23. Seward, AK
24. Mitchell, SD

[Groundhog]

Living somewhat near Norfolk, VA - I'd be shocked at you getting a place for 182k. It would have to be in the VERY rundown places in the city.. I would imagine a normal house is well over 300k on average.

How about a decent, 2-bedroom apartment somewhat near town?

Not that I plan on any international relocation anytime soon, but it's interesting to ponder.

[wade moore]

How about a decent, 2-bedroom apartment somewhat near town?

Not that I plan on any international relocation anytime soon, but it's interesting to ponder.

For rent? My gut feeling would tell me around 1200-1500, but I don't know the apartment market nearly as well as the housing market.

[vex]

EF27, if you move to Joplin, we'll have to head to Branson to see ole SA;)

[SackAttack]

EF27, if you move to Joplin, we'll have to head to Branson to see ole SA;)

You can go to Branson all you want, but I won't be there. Have some JD for me! ;)

[GoldenEagle]

Clarksdale, MS


What in the world could you have put in to get that?

[TazFTW]

Norfolk, VA
Little Rock, AR
Baton Rouge, LA
Charlotte, NC
Nashville, TN
Houston, TX
Jacksonville, FL
Orlando, FL
Oklahoma City, OK
Chesapeake-Virginia Beach, VA
Charleston, SC
Augusta, GA
Memphis, TN
Tampa, FL
Austin, TX
San Antonio, TX
Baltimore, MD
Knoxville, TN
Providence, RI
Fort Worth, TX
Dallas, TX
Honolulu, HI
Cincinnati, OH
Oakland, CA

[Scholes]

My #1 is.... wait for it....

Toledo, OH

followed by Milwaukee, WI and where I currently live, St. Paul, MN

[Pumpy Tudors]

Here's my full list:

El Paso, TX (Hi, Jeebs!)
Brownsville, TX
Baton Rouge, LA
Little Rock, AR
Memphis, TN
Oklahoma City, OK
Fort Worth, TX (Hi, Jeebs!)
Austin, TX
Tampa, FL
Enid, OK
Orlando, FL
Hattiesburg, MS
San Antonio, TX
McAllen, TX
Norfolk, VA
Charlotte, NC
Augusta, GA
Jacksonville, FL
Amarillo, TX
Lubbock, TX
Charleston, SC
Birmingham, AL
Nashville, TN (to demonstrate how bad this would be for me, my entire immediate family once left our family reunion in Nashville three days early because we hated the place)
Jackson, MS

There are lots of places in Texas on my list, and I really never saw myself as a "Texas person." I don't mean anything bad by that, but Texas seems to be one of those places that you either "get" or you "don't get." I've never been there, but I don't think I'd "get" it.

To speak toward the Florida places on my list, I've only been to the panhandle, but I have a good friend in Orlando, and he makes it sound good. Jacksonville is a big city, and I like that. I don't know very much about Tampa, but they do have a pro hockey team there, so that would be a plus.

As for the other places on my list, eh, I dunno. If I were going to live near Baton Rouge, I'd probably just go back to New Orleans.

[Butter]

I think my #1 was Alexandria, LA... wherever that is.

[Eaglesfan27]

I think my #1 was Alexandria, LA... wherever that is.

A town about halfway between Baton Rouge and Shreveport (but actually closer to Shreveport.)

[JAG]

Out of curiosity, I normalized the climate info (all neutrals) to see what the change would be:

1. New Haven, CT
2. Worcester, MA
3. Baltimore, MD
4. Providence, RI
5. Chesapeake-Virginia Beach, VA
6. Augusta, GA
7. Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN
8. Hartford, CT
9. Charleston, SC
10. Portland, OR

[Warhammer]

What in the world could you have put in to get that?


Let's see, long hot summer, no snow, no rain, God Forsaken Place with no hope for moving out, am I missing anything?

[lordscarlet]

Wow. I think I'm the only one that got Washington, DC anywhere on my list.

[vex]

Let's see, long hot summer, no snow, no rain, God Forsaken Place with no hope for moving out, am I missing anything?


Not really. I said hot, no rain, and small.

[cuervo72]

Not really. I said hot, no rain, and small.

Yeah, the last one ruled out Hell.

[Logan]

Finally did this...

#1 was New Brunswick, NJ.

Well done sirs.

RU Rah Rah...

[miami_fan]

Houston, Texas
Tampa, Florida
Orlando, Florida
Dallas, Texas
Charleston, South Carolina
Augusta, Georgia
Jacksonville, Florida
Austin, Texas
San Antonio, Texas
Memphis, Tennessee
West Palm Beach, Florida
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Fort Worth, Texas
El Paso, Texas
Clearwater, Florida
Daytona Beach, Florida
Nashville, Tennessee
Knoxville, Tennessee
Kissimmee-St. Cloud, Florida
Corpus Christi, Texas
Galveston, Texas
Bradenton, Florida
Savannah, Georgia
Dothan, Alabama

Not surprised by the Florida and the Texas cities on the list. Florida is home and I have been looking into some options in Texas after I leave the military. I lived about 70 miles from Dothan but I can't see living there. Okie City and the Tenneesee towns were not on my radar though. Maybe I should investigate.

[WVUFAN]

Keene, NH
Boston, MA
Worchester, MA
Hartford, CT
Nashua, NH

I love New Hampshire. I spent most of my summers not far from Keene in a little town called Fitzwilliam. Fantastic area.

[Axxon]

My top 3 are

Little Rock Arkansas
Baton Rouge Louisiana
Las Cruces, New Mexico

[Deattribution]

Living somewhat near Norfolk, VA - I'd be shocked at you getting a place for 182k. It would have to be in the VERY rundown places in the city.. I would imagine a normal house is well over 300k on average.

You can get a reasonable place in 185k range.

[korme]

El Paso, TX
Little Rock, AK
Oklahoma City, OK
Augusta, GA
Nashville, TN
Tampa, FL
Baton Rouge, LA
Orlando, FL
Charleston, SC
Dallas, TX
Fort Worth, TX
Memphis, TN
Houston, TX
Long Island, NY
New York City, NY
St. Louis, MI
Austin, TX
Philadelphia, PA
San Antonio, TX
Jacksonville, FL
Kansas City, MI
Cincinnati, OH
Manhattan, NY
San Diego, CA
I guess I emphasised warmth too much. I'd rather live in the midwest-northeast than down south like they suggested so much.

[wade moore]

You can get a reasonable place in 185k range.

You'll have to share what black market you're getting those at.

[Sublime 2]

Keene, NH
Boston, MA
Worchester, MA
Hartford, CT
Nashua, NH

I love New Hampshire. I spent most of my summers not far from Keene in a little town called Fitzwilliam. Fantastic area.

Gotta love the Nude Hampster!

[Abe Sargent]

Carlisle, PA
Denver, CO
Altoona, PA
Anchorage, Alaska
Seattle, WA
Duluth, MN

Very interesting.

(Later Pages, Harrisburg, PA; Grand Rapids, MI; Knoxville, TN; Rochester, MN;Ann Arbor MI (Good God no!); Flagstaff, AZ; Boulder, CO; Cincinnati, OH; Ogden, UT; Albany, NY; Olympia, WA; Roanoke, VA; Great Falls, Montana; Missoula, Montana; Cleveland, OH; Minneapolis-St.Paul, MN; Spokane, WA: Ft. Collins, CO)

[Abe Sargent]

HAHAHAHAHAHA

I changed one thing in my answers - I went from medium sized city to small and Boone, NC rocketed up to number one. For those who may not remember, I just applied for a job at AppSate.


Funny.

[Deattribution]

You'll have to share what black market you're getting those at.

Do you have any actual experience with the Norfolk area market? I do. I'm not 'imagining' any price ranges either.

Peddling through online real estate doesn't necessarily count, although even there you can find places in that range.

It's a decent area, but I don't know if I'd recommend it to anyone.

[wade moore]

Do you have any actual experience with the Norfolk area market? I do. I'm not 'imagining' any price ranges either.

Peddling through online real estate doesn't necessarily count, although even there you can find places in that range.

It's a decent area, but I don't know if I'd recommend it to anyone.

Umm... yes....

I live in Williamsburg and worked in Norfolk for 3 years. You don't think I was looking at houses in the Norfolk area in those 3 years?

[Deattribution]

Umm... yes....

I live in Williamsburg and worked in Norfolk for 3 years. You don't think I was looking at houses in the Norfolk area in those 3 years?

This clearly makes you an expert. Our experiences with the area obviously differ.

To avoid threadjacking any further, I'll reiterate my initial post - to anyone interested and presumably patient, You can get a reasonable place in 185k range.

[wade moore]

This clearly makes you an expert. Our experiences with the area obviously differ.

To avoid threadjacking any further, I'll reiterate my initial post - to anyone interested and presumably patient, You can get a reasonable place in 185k range.

If you hunt and dig for a long time, yeah, you might be able to...

But I would not call 185k in the normal "price range" of Norfolk which this site seems to imply that it is in the like 135-185k range. That's all I'm saying. I'm not saying it's impossible, but I'm saying that 185k is definitely not in the "average price" for a good home.

[Vegas Vic]

Charleston, SC
Jacksonville, FL
St. George, UT
Gainesville, FL
Phoenix, AZ
Biloxi-Gulfport, MS
Ocala, FL
Orlando, FL
Hattiesburg, MS
Augusta, Ga