Opinions needed

My boyfriend and I are thinking of moving after our big trip next summer...

We need a place that has really good public transportation (as neither of us will have a vehicle), good art schools, and a good possibility of finding an environmental job.

Most of you have moved a lot or travelled a lot and everyone since people are from all around the world and the US here, I thought maybe it'd be a good place to get some opinions on good places to relocate.

WE both love Chicago, but it's the only place both of have spent a significant amount of time, so we know the area really well and are a bit biased.

Any ideas?

Thanks!

 

i say go for it.. why not? if you're sure ur ready to move in together, I don't see why not.

 

i would recommend the pacific northwest. it would be a complete change from chicago. the scenery the people the weather and it has great public transit.

 

AHAHAHAHAHA!

I Read this Thread as...

'Onions Needed'

Then Got Rather Confused When Reading the Content...Of the Thread...

 

I found this site and thought it was pretty neat http://www.findyourspot.com. it personalizes a city according to your likings.

 

hey, that was pretty darn cool!

 

Cool - I'm 2-400mi from where I should be.
Desire to get outta the heat n humidity that strong?

 

I took it twice. The first time I got Santa Barbara, CA, and the second time I got Portland, OR.

 

i would suggest portland

 

The other place will be the next Atlantis.

Hmmmm...... wonder if the rest of the coast will follow?

 

I've been to Portland, but haven't really spent any significant amount of time there. It's great to visit places, but it's different when you actually live there...

I love visiting Florida, but I tried living there and I hated it...

 

Maine

Worth a Visit...
Worth a Lifetime...

 

Howard County, MD. It's 30 minutes from DC, 15 minutes from Baltimore, great transit (buses, trains, subways) and there is always some kind of work going on with the Chesapeake. Several art schools in DC and Baltimore.

 

baltimore.

 

haha or what zoombie said... i was thinking of the same general area though. if you go in that radius you can find all of those things.

 

Baltimore? blech

If I was going to live down that way and be near DC, I'd probably choose Arlington - reasonably affordable and good transit to the city.


I'll plug my new home again

http://www.portlandmaine.com/

all the benefits of a larger city, minus the bs. hardly any crime, good arts scene, good public transportation, very affordable, ocean is right here, mountains an hour away, a growing environmental occupation industry, incredible restaurants, laid back and very friendly people.

 

Hehe, that's a good sell

It probably snows often though...I'd like to move to a relatively mild climate.

Of course, the weather in Chicago sucks...so I guess I can compromise if I like the city

 

We don't really get much snow in Portland. The weather is comparable to that of NYC or Boston as we're on the coast. From the little I know of Chicago, the winters are far more mild here. I've actually been shocked as to how much warmer is here than where I lived in Vermont - probably 15 to 20 degrees warmer on average this winter even though its only 4 hours from there.

If you're looking for mild. I'd suggest Asheville, North Carolina. If I didn't love to ski, I'd move there in a heartbeat. Love that place. Only issue I have is once you get outside of Asheville, it is full on bible belt country. Asheville is as liberal a city as you'll find though - great place.

 

well i actually meant outside of baltimore in the area of baltimore and d.c. though

 

Anywhere on the coast is going to be milder than in the middle of the country.