??best place to live in the united states??

[SuprSpdDB7]

NY and CALI are expensive as hell to live in...

FL is nice, most of FL has low insurance rates, crime isn't outta control, and you have your lower income, middle and high class areas too, some places are really nice to live. I personally love living in Tampa now, i lived in Vero Beach before and it was nothing but old people...
Just don't move to Orlando (or Miami, personal opinion) NO ONE knows how to drive there... orlando cuz everyone is from somewhere else and miami cuz a lot don't even have licenses and can't read a word english...

[Bebo0001]

Come to Da Nooga. or Chattanooga TN for you out of town guys.. we need more 6ers here. Lots of MTN roads to tear up and its big enough for most shopping places for the ladies. aka we have the biggest mall in the state.

[Ian]

PA baby! Philly suburbs are great. I live in a town of 35,000 or so, like 5 miles from philly. Great area, house prices keep rising (good investment!), low crime, plenty of shopping areas, but not overpopulated. For stuff to do, go to philly at night!

Id also say delaware (which is only like 15 min from me), but property taxes are $$$$$$$$$$$$! No sales tax and stuff like that, but property taxes are damn high.

And not just cause i live here, i honestly think PA is the best state there is in terms of weather, people, government, laws, stuff to do, natural beauty, and cost of living.

Its damn nice!

[PewterBird]

Don't go to cali, its to damn crowded here already.

If you do come to cali, there is nothing like living on the beach [img]smile.gif[/img]

[jamie]

i can honestly say delaware. or surround regions of lower PA. from my house in delaware i can get to philly in 20 minutes. NYC in 2.5 hours. baltimore in 45 minutes. and the beaches of jersey in like 1.5 hours. like skiing? mountains are only 2 hours away. hell delaware has decent beaches only 1 hour away. we get all 4 seasons. and their really isn't a bad area. some of the city and "ghetto's" can be bad. but not as bad as what you are currently living in.

[imported_admin]

Jennifer and I are from Virginia Beach, we moved up to Washington D.C. last year to tap into the high-tech job market up here. Even though the dot coms are out, the D.C. metro region still has more high-tech high-paying jobs than Silicon Valley. Cost of living is high but salaries are very high. We don't live in the District itself, we're in a suburb called Reston, on the Virginia side about 15 miles out of the city.

Some people say high salaries are not worth a high cost of living. I disagree. Cars and modifications cost the same regardless of where you live in the U.S., might as well live in an area where the incomes are high. The chances of you having extra $$$ leftover to spend on whatever you want is higher in an expensive/high salary area than it is in a cheap/low salary area.

EDIT: Let me rephrase that... high salary/expensive cost of living vs. low salary/low cost of living... they do NOT cancel out. In VA Beach we worked for pennies but covered the bills... but for us having $300 leftover at the end of the month to spend on mods was a big deal. Now in D.C. the leftover at the end of each month is four times that amount. Last time I checked TByrne and Thunder did not have a "cost of living price adjustment" when you order from them. ;)

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[Max2k1Camaro]

I agree with stefan on this one. I work in DC and for a 21 year old without an undergraduate degree I am getting paid alot of money. The cost of living is expensive here but if you are willing to travel about 15 mins more, you can find places that are cheap. I live in Rockville, Maryland. I kinda like this area because you have DC, MD, and VA all 20-30 minutes from each other.

[Mogobs30th]

I really like a few places. I have visited nice places before, but there is nothing like Indianapolis. I live by two of the greatest race tracks in the world. IRP, which is home to the biggest, oldest, and most prestigious drag race in the country, the US Nationals, and the Indianapolis Motor Speedway, which hosts the three largest single day sporting events in the world, the Indianapolis 500, the United States Grand Prix, and the Brickyard 400. I have lived a life that revolved around racing in almost every aspect. If it has a motor, most likely I have seen it race, from cars to boats. I have been to boat races in Detroit, Madison IN, Evansville IN, been to NASCAR races in Bristol and Talladega, and have been to IRL races in Michigan and Gateway. But none of it even holds a candle to being here during the month of May. I have worked, toiled, and slaved for 364 days a year, just to be at IMS the Sunday before Memorial Day. At 5:00 am of race day there is a loud boom that echos for miles, a starburst that is set off to announce that the gates have opened at the track. I walk into the track at 6:00 am that race day, and slowly see 400,000 people work their way into their seats. I see and hear cars being prepared for the final time before the race, with a slight smell of Methanol in the air. I listen to Tom Carnegie ramble on about something over the PA system for the track, as cars and teams slowly start making their way to the track and pits. Eventually 12:00 pm rolls around, and I get to hear Jim Nabors (Gomer Pyle) sing "Back Home Again in Indiana", as well as listen to Florence Henderson sing "America the Beautiful". By this time you can hear a fly over from the Air Force, but not just some lame *** F-14 or some junky plane like that, the fly over is done with a Stealth bomber. Not soon after the command for the drivers to start their engines, and the pace car gets underway to start the race. Two parade laps, and one pace lap with the cars set 3 wide, 11 rows deep. The green flag drops, and for 500 miles I watch 33 cars battle for position at speeds of 225+ mph around a narrow, flat, tempermental race track. At the end, I see the winner with a wreath around his neck, sipping a bottle of milk. His face will soon be plastered upon the $1 million dollar trophy that sits behind him, and a very sizable check will be given to him the following Monday for winning the greatest race in the world.

Indianapolis is a big city with a more rural feeling. There are many things to do here, the NCAA Hall of Fame is here with their headquaters, we have two major teams here, the Colts and the Pacers. We also have a nice zoo, plenty of malls, and lots of landmarks. The cost of living really isn't high at all, and there are many technical, cutting edge jobs around here, and that is growing. Crime is on the fall, but never was high in the first place. Weather is somewhat extreme, can get as hot as 95+ in the summer, down to as low as -10 in the winter.

Mainly what I said up top was why I like living here. But for the most part, this city is great. Not too big, not too small, and there is usually something for everyone. Indy is a growing city. I really can't see myself moving away from here for good.

BTW, I have been up for almost 24 hours, so I tend to babble about things. But to tell you all honestly, if it came down to it, I would stab an old lady in the eye with a spork if it meant getting a $20 ticket to that race. ;)

[nino]

right now i drive 2 hours to get to work. the pay is soooo much better than what could be found in san antonio. i dont think i'll mind driving 15 min. ;)
when it comes to me moving, this time in my life, i have to go where the money is. for the last 4 years of my life i have been getting underpaid just because i liked the environment and lazyness at my job. but now when i get out of school i expect to get paid for my education.

thank you guys for all your responses. i have to let my wife take a look at this. too bad when i mentioned dover, she was like in shock. thats a place we never thought about. she did like the minnesota idea, and now she is pondering alaska.

[hawgs]

uhh... youre already in the best state in the country, why move? :D

[57s98Camaro]

Ohio sucks, please skip this state when trying to decide :D

[toady77]

Why leave Texas? Texas is the best state to live in. Everyone knows that. Hottest girls, Hottest cars, Hottest parties, Hottest everything. I say rethink your situation and stay here. Just move somewhere better than S.A. That city isn't the best in Texas, so I can imagaine why you would want to move. Try somewhere like Austin, Houston or even Dallas. Just my opinion.

[hawgs]

<blockquote>quote:</font><hr>Originally posted by toady77:
Why leave Texas? Texas is the best state to live in. Everyone knows that. Hottest girls, Hottest cars, Hottest parties, Hottest everything. I say rethink your situation and stay here. Just move somewhere better than S.A. That city isn't the best in Texas, so I can imagaine why you would want to move. Try somewhere like Austin, Houston or even Dallas. Just my opinion.<hr></blockquote>

Im with Toady

Move to Houston, much better then SA. [img]smile.gif[/img]

[nino]

did some rersearch and it looks like the job market up in DE is ok, but just not hungry enough. i just got a $5,000 sign on bonus down here in texas for a 1 year commitment. delaware seems to only want to offer $2,500-$3,500.

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[wazup158]

look at that...delaware is calling your name... [img]graemlins/naughty.gif[/img] Dont let me down, we need more v6ers around here man. Come to Dover...Come to Dover..Come to Dover...you wont be let down