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EL PRESIDENTE

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Doing a thread for good places in the US to move to. As the pandemic ravashes the nation, people in bigger cities are likely to flee to mid-sized cities that are safe, where you can get a big house, etc.

I was just in Austin all weekend. Seems like a really nice spot. Its a bit quirky. Very clean city for being as big as it is. It gets really country a bit out of town though, or very generic/midwestern, which can be expected. Its a much smaller city than I thought it would be. A slower pace of life. I thought it would be much busier than it was. Drivers were kind of shitty like they are in the NW, slow drivers in the left lane, etc, but there arent' tons of maniacs, but yeah...slow drivers.

Seemed to be a smaller, less ghetto version of Nashville.

People were very friendly, its the most liberal city in Texas. Up north, there was a nice, yuppie area too called the Domain, which was pretty nice. Very very clean as well, its like the Streets of Tanaborune/Bridgeport Village x 100.

Housing check showed it was pretty affordable. I saw Joe Rogen moved here and is setting up his studios. Big tech influence. Rumors are that Tesla is going to move here in the future. There are some big Google Buildings downtown.
 
ABM said:
Nashville's ghetto?

Please.
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EL PRESIDENTE said:
Doing a thread for good places in the US to move to. As the pandemic ravashes the nation, people in bigger cities are likely to flee to mid-sized cities that are safe, where you can get a big house, etc.

I was just in Austin all weekend. Seems like a really nice spot. Its a bit quirky. Very clean city for being as big as it is. It gets really country a bit out of town though, or very generic/midwestern, which can be expected. Its a much smaller city than I thought it would be. A slower pace of life. I thought it would be much busier than it was. Drivers were kind of shitty like they are in the NW, slow drivers in the left lane, etc, but there arent' tons of maniacs, but yeah...slow drivers.

Seemed to be a smaller, less ghetto version of Nashville.

People were very friendly, its the most liberal city in Texas. Up north, there was a nice, yuppie area too called the Domain, which was pretty nice. Very very clean as well, its like the Streets of Tanaborune/Bridgeport Village x 100.

Housing check showed it was pretty affordable. I saw Joe Rogen moved here and is setting up his studios. Big tech influence. Rumors are that Tesla is going to move here in the future. There are some big Google Buildings downtown.
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Go where there might be drinkable water for the next 50 years....I see you in beautiful Central Oregon....maybe LaPine
 
ABM said:
Nashville's ghetto?

Please.
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Just in comparison to Austin. Maybe I couldn't find the bad areas this time around.

I mean, Nashville was cool, had a nice healthcare industry and other stuff, but I couldn't see myself living there personally.
 
EL PRESIDENTE said:
Just in comparison to Austin. Maybe I couldn't find the bad areas this time around.

I mean, Nashville was cool, had a nice healthcare industry and other stuff, but I couldn't see myself living there personally.
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Ann Arbor Michigan....college town...lots of yuppie charm
 
MARIS61 said:
Genuine thanks. Most of my business is from referrals and word of mouth. :cheers:
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Depending upon who buys the 7 places on our hill that are for sale I might be looking to get further out myself...neighbors change everything..
 
ABM said:
Nashville's ghetto?

Please.
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As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Nashville morn'
A poor little aborted fetus isn't born
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)

And his mama cries
'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need
It's another ABM lecture to heed
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)

barfo
 
THE HCP said:
I HAVE FAMILY THAT LIVES THAT LIVE THERE AND TOLD ME “FIRSTHAND” THAT IT IS A GHETTO!
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Actually my nephew has lived in Nashville since the he got back from the Iraq invasion...his wife is from there..they're moving back to Iowa due to the crime and having two young ones to raise
 
barfo said:
As the snow flies
On a cold and gray Nashville morn'
A poor little aborted fetus isn't born
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)

And his mama cries
'Cause if there's one thing that she don't need
It's another ABM lecture to heed
In the ghetto (in the ghetto)

barfo
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I need to get to Graceland.
 
this seems to depend on how big a 'city' you want to live in and the weather you want. The Austin metro area has 2.2M people, which is just about 2.2M more than I'd like. I think PDX metro is close to 2.5M

I'm stuck in Salem for a variety of reasons, and the metro here is about 400K, and to me that's 400K too many

I wouldn't mind a place like Le Grande or Baker City or even a tiny place like Lakeview in Oregon. I like those areas of the state and I generally get along fine with rednecks unless I'm driving a keyboard. I like some places on the coast too like Florence. Newport is too dense and crowded

but it seems like El Pres needs some crowds around him. No fun whirling a katana if you don't draw blood
 
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