Your opinion please:  Best areas to live IN and right OUTSIDE of Philadelphia??
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I answered your post about living outside the city.  If you want to live in the city and are renting you might try far Northeast Philly (Somerton 19116) which doesn't feel like the city.  Roxborough/Manayunk is also a popular place to rent (19128, 19127) although slightly more expensive to rent.  I wouldn't recommend buying in Philadelphia though.
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go visit there for a couple of days and ask the people who live there.im relocating the middle of next year.i looked at the citys website and i requested a relocation pack and they sent me one.it has a book with available apartments,a book with some of their laws in and some other neat stuff.
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I say ATL- not because I live here. Atlanta is a work in progress and has much potential to be the best. LA is great if you have work there that can pay your rent and bills. Detroit is too cold(I'm from Indiana) and Houston I don't know about, just that it is IN Texas ^_^
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NC - Charlotte or suburbs\nPA - don't live there. Seriously
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I have some friends moving there and she's been looking for a job.  There is supposedly a very large job market there.  Not only many jobs available, but many good jobs.\n\nIt's a great place for someone on the east coast looking for decent pay and willing to relocate!
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It great! Everything you need is within walking distance (well almost everything) GREAT restaurants, great bars, friendly people. It can get expensive though. So make sure Mom and Dad are up to chipping in on some of your expense. I live in MI and I love going to Ann Arbor. There is so much music and Cultural influences. It just might be the most socially significant area of Michigan.
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O'Fallon's too far, trust me.  Don't go to E. St. Louis, Centreville, Normandy, or Washington Park.  Clayton, Ladue, and the University City Loop are fun to live in, but Clayton and Ladue are for the well-to-do.\nCentral West End is excellent, but a bit highly priced.  South county, yes, South City, no.  St. Charles is nice, but a bit far away.\nFestus, Eureka, Wentzville, and Lake St. Louis are outside of St. Louis as well, but not bad places to live.\nWe have everything here, and on the East side (illinois) the clubs stay open all night.  Strip clubs, dance clubs, casinos, Busch Stadium, U City Loop, Forest Park, Six Flags, etc.
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Philly is pretty cheap.  Can get a decent 1 bedroom for about 550.
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Dear Ortiz,\nNow that the housing market is finally looking up, it's the perfect time to seek out a new place to live. This summer you need to shake off that "lucky I even have my folks to live with" mentality, polish up your shoes, and explore your living quarters options! There are fun, flexible, fantastic places out there just waiting for someone like you!\nNow, get out there and pound the pavement. Beat on some doors until you latch onto that incredible tree house or fort you always wanted! \n(I heard the Blackhawk area is a great place to find a cardboard box near a dumpster behind the pizza joint?)\n-Noah
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I live in Springfield and I love it here. I have lived here in the area my whole life and wouldn't trade it for the world. I have traveled all over the country and visited other cities of similar size and I think Springfield is the best. The streets are easy to understand and get around on, the traffic is never that bad. The shopping is pretty decent here and if you want more then Branson is only half an hour away. Or drive to KC, it's only about 2.5 hours away. I don't know if you are familiar with the area but the weather is variable. One day its cold the next its super hot. But its kinda nice that way. We have 4 beautiful seasons and lots of outdoor activities here.  We have several colleges but the population is diverse, its not all kids. Restaurants here are good, lots of choices. Springfield is the birthplace of Cashew Chicken and I think we have like a couple hundred Chinese restaurants. There is one on about every corner.  =)  Springfield is also the home of Brad Pitt and his family if that interests you at all. Though he doesn't visit as much as he used to now that he is with Angelina. =)  If you have any more specific questions or are interested in a certain neighborhood I would be happy to give you my opinion if you send me a message. Hope you get to make the move here to Springfield I think you will like it!
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"low 40s high 90s all year around easy to find jobs, affordable renting, friendly people"???????\n\nAre you kidding? If this place existed it would have a population of 50 million. And then the rent would no longer be affordable due to supply and demand, and the people would no longer be friendly due to congestion and traffic problems, and all the jobs would be taken.\n\nGood luck finding this utopia.
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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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Yes if I'm thinking of the right area, it is a nice area to live in - close to downtown San Jose. There's a lot of bars/clubs, restaurants, and a nice new shopping center.
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Which is your area..???
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I lived in AZ, it'll depend on why...If working in Phoenix, Casa Grande is about an hour south and a great city to live in...it is also about an hour north of Tuscon so same answer...If looking to retire or just live, I would recommend Wickenburg area
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I lived in both. I enjoyed both. Do you want to be closer to NYC or Philly for down-time? They are good places to live if you want access to Urban benefits. NJ is slightly more expensive in almost everything than PA, but that's because it's closer to Manhattan and the shoreline. If you work in Philly, would you consider living in Philly?
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Best job opportunities are in the Triangle (Raleigh / Durham / Chapel Hill), and Triad (Greensboro / Winston-Salem) areas.  But, of course, cost of living is high there.  (Unless you're willing to commute from outlying communities - public transport is virtually non-existent, and roads are painfully congested.)\n\nI live in Wilson (east of Raleigh); cost of living is definitely lower, and employment opportunities are OK.  Rocky Mount and Greenville are close to Wilson (30-min drive), and have comparable costs & opportunities.\n\nWhat sort of work do you need?\n(High-tech & engineering work can be hard to find outside of Charlotte and the Triangle.)