What is the best town/ city in the USA to live in and why?
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Sioux Falls, SD. Safest drivers in the country.
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I am from Nashville and have raised three children here. The cost of living is not bad and there are jobs everywhere. Kentucky however has a very high unemployment rate.Unless you are a farmer I would suggest Tennessee.
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Greenville is a great place. A modern city in the making, Greenville is growing in the foothills of South Carolina. I've never lived there, but I have visited thousands of times. It's a good market for finding a job, buy a home and start a life. There is a good mix of nightlife, shopping and hiking. Not to mention the Bi-Lo Center and Peace Center have great shows. I highly recommed Greenville, or a small town outside of Greenville. Good luck!
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Any state with a large medium salary would also have the highest tax deduction and a higher cost of living, so you would look at Massachusetts, California, New York.\n\nIf you are looking for a career move, then consider AZ, NM, TX.  They don't pay as much but the taxes are lower as is the cost of living
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to live:\nbest to avoid northwest and old southwest to live (crime).\nsoutheast is alright.... and i just mean that.... it's alright.\nnortheast is nice.\nsouthwest city & county is nice.\nsalem has some nice areas to it too....\n\nto work:\nit's decent.  depends what you want to do.
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New York City. I grew up in NYC. Have spent some time in Hollywood as well, and it's very different. I enjoyed it, but it isn't the same -actually Los Angeles is very spread out but Hollywood is just a small part of it. New York is spread over 5 boroughs, all of which are part of NYC so I'd have a lot more choice of where to live. Culturally New York is the best place to be (even though I don't quite concur with Woody Allen's assessment that the only cultural advantage LA has is that you can make a right turn on red). There are some things about Hollywood/LA that are nice (like the fact that you can go sunbathing on the beach in January), but even in winter, NYC would be the place I'd want to live.
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I live in the washington area and agree. \n\nBut you left out NYC. The best place on earth to live!!!!!!! \n\nI also loved living in San Antonio too!
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they are ALL great\n\nbut New hampshire has the easier taxes to pay\n\nalabama is pretty cheap to live in\n\ntennessee is seeing an economic renaissnce\ngood decent pay, and expanding opportunities.\n\nnew york has the best seasons\n\ncalifornia has the best hanging out places\n\nhawaii has the best surfing\n\nOMD!\ni am soooo glad we have all fifty states and can travel between them without passports (unlike europe)\n\nthe friendliest peopel are in hawaii, nevEVADA, NW MEXICO, AND OREGON\n\nthe most moderate in climate is north carolina\n\nnew jersy hs a nice sea shore but it is a little expensive
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Oh yeah!  What a great city.  It's my favorite (after a visit there last summer).  It's clean, has wonderful people, and is beautiful.  I'd vote for it!!!
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Missouri Has the Best Cost of Living and would be nice, I'm  told the weather is modest..however Washington State has the Highest Minimum Wage and they have it good there with your option of Ocean, Mountain,etc and a wide varity of job Markets.
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Why would you want to live in Florida? I live in Phoenix. I have the same nice winters. But without the humidity and bugs. Plus gorgeous scenery. Mountains,etc. Also,if you want water. Move to the Colorado river area.(It's a series of lakes). Las Vegas is near Lake Mead where you can do anything you could do in Florida.(No hurricanes either).
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that is what i am doing, but im not moving to another state, just another part of town.  you need to ask your self what kind of town is the best place for you.  what are you looking for.  small town were it is quite but no shopping centers for 140 miles (that is Gillette, WY. were i am at) or large city were you have tons of thing to choose from for your free time, but cost of liveing, crime , and houses are a lot higher.  there is no reason to be misrable if you dont like being were your at.  if you have the fredom of leaving when ever you want then do it.
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It all depends on your personal preferences, and on how much money there is to spend...\n\nIf money is not an object, I would have to say southern California, the weather is always 70-80 degrees and there is no humidity, and very little rain.  Basically, the perfect climate for humans.\n\nIf you want to try a place that is a little bit cheaper, but a little hotter, then Arizona is great.  The scenery is amazing, the only cons are it gets very hot (but no humidity) and it is rather expensive, but nowhere near the prices of southern Cali.\n\nHowever, if you want to be in the "hot spot" of the US, and Heat does not bother you, Miami, is awesome.  There is a great Latin vibe there and you'll be running into celebrities every night on South Beach, Bayside, and Coconut Grove.  Miami is a great city, but there is humidity, and hurricanes.\n\nIf having something different to do every night and a wide range of cuisine at your fingertips is important, then the 26 square miles of Manhattan, New York, is where it's at.  Manhattan has everything you could ever think of, and you will never get bored.  However, it is very expensive, and crowded, which some people actually like.\n\nIf a sophisticated atmosphere is what you like, then there is no place like Boston Mass.  The conversations that you strike up are amazing, and it seems that everyone has enlightening things to say.  Boston also has great food, and a decent nightlife.  Boston, though, is very cold in the winter, and it is not cheap.\n\nIf the great outdoors is what ye seeks, then I recommend the outskirts of Salt Lake City, Utah.  This area has the lowest crime of any major metropolitan area in the US.  There are mountains everywhere and plenty of open land to, I dont know, ranch, if thats your thing.  The only con I can see is that the people have a small town mentality, and are not very progressive in their thinking.  So if you're gay...I wouldnt go there.\n\nBut...If you are gay, then I have the perfect place for you.  The suburbs of San Francisco, CA. It is the most expensive real estate in the country, though, and there are a lot of transients in the city proper.\n\nFor southern comfort, I would go with eiither Hilton Head, SC (expensive), or Savannah, GA (very country).  I enjoyed both of these places thoroughly, even though I despise grits and chitlins.  I felt like I was in Gone With the Wind or something.\n\nPersonally though, I live in Daytona Beach, FL.  Worlds most famous beach..perhaps, but unjustly so.  Dont come here unless you like being bored 90% of the time. And for the record, I HATED Atlanta, Wisconsin, and Denver!\n\nTaking everything into consideration, with the salary I have, I would like to move to Boston.  I felt like it was the right match for me.  I loved everything about it, but then, I love the cold.\n\nThen again, I'd also want to live in, Anchorage, Honolulu, Miami, Utah, Manhattan..............
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The Midwest...Iowa\n\nGood schools, nice & affordable housing, not overcrowded, a bit cold in the winter but a person can get use to that.
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I have lived MN,CO,FL,MN,NV,NM,MN, and I have to say that\nMINNESOTA is the best. We have it all. The state has a balance of urban and rural, ALL four seasons, thousands of lakes, bountiful wildlife, and the best baseball team in the Major Leagues(Go Twins!) . No coincidence that its called "God's country".
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Forbes Magazine did a special report in 2005 entitled "Best Places for Business and Careers." Using data from the research firm Economy.com, Forbes Magazine looked at business costs (labor, energy, tax and office space expenses) and living costs (housing, transportation, food and other household expenditures) to come up with their list. Texas and Virginia come up at the top of the list with 7 areas in the top 20 because of highly educated labor force, and relatively low business cost.\n\nThe Best Metros are:\n\n1. Boise ID \n2. Raleigh-Durham NC \n3. Austin TX \n4. Washington DC - Northern VA\n5. Albuquerque NM \n6. Huntsville AL \n7. Fayetteville AR \n8. Norfolk VA \n9. Atlanta GA \n10. Madison WI\n\nThe Forbes website (link below) also includes ranking by cost of doing business, job growth, educational attainment, population. They also have a ranking for small metro areas.
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Well Orlando used to be the best but they shut that down back in 1998. Jacksonville still is a nice station but I do indeed like San Diego the best. People think it's more expensive to live there (true) but the thing about military is the pay differential that you get there. I got an extra $500 a month to live out in town there that was above & beyond what I would have made for housing allowance anywhere else (normal). Pearl Harbor gets mixed reviews. Personnally, I wouldn't want to live there for very long. Sure it's Hawaii, but many people get "island fever" meaning that there is only so many things that you can do & it is soooo touristy (=expensive for everything). Plus if you have family in the continental US, it's much harder to see them. It's a pain in the rear to get a vehicle over there (and back) and even harder to get pets to there. It is pretty - it just wasn't worth being stationed at. Visiting it 5 times was torturous enough. Almost everyone that I ever met that was ever stationed on Diego Garcia loved it there, but I didn't want to for the similar reasons not to get stationed in HI.