Originally Posted By beamerdog So, if you were a 59 year old active woman who likes baseball, being near a big city, museums, all kinds of music, art, being outside, and being near people-- Where would you move?
Originally Posted By friendofdd In the west you would be looking at Seattle, SF Bay area or SoCal. Phoenix and Denver are also good. Each of those have Pro baseball teams.
Originally Posted By hopemax Denver, it's where we're going. Housing is pretty reasonable, the city is big but not too big. Lots of outdoor activities. Seattle is expensive and traffic is horrible. If you get the weather blues, that's an issue too. Aside from that it is beautiful and there are lots of outdoor activities too, and a good arts scene. Phoenix is hot, and very big. Housing prices depend on where you are, but I feel like we are always driving a half an hour to get to wherever we want to go. And did I say it's hot? But if you love baseball, we have spring training.
Originally Posted By fkurucz <<Denver, it's where we're going. Housing is pretty reasonable, the city is big but not too big. Lots of outdoor activities.>> And winters are milder than you might think. Lots of people move to Colorado from the north plains and great lakes states for the weather. We get more days of sunshine per year than SoCal.
Originally Posted By Big Thunder If I were a 59 year old active woman who likes baseball, being near a big city, museums, all kinds of music, art, being outside, and being near people. What city would I want to locate to?... Chicago San Francisco New York
Originally Posted By Sport Goofy San Diego meets all of those criteria. It would take ages just to get through all of the great museums at Balboa Park -- which is also a great place to spend time outdoors. The Padres are a great baseball team with a wonderful field for spectators. The weather is great year-round. The downside? Cost of living, particularly housing.
Originally Posted By beamerdog I've been to San Diego, Chicago, NYC, Denver, and Phoenix. I could see me being in Chicago, NYC or San Diego. I really liked Denver, but I'm wondering if its elevation is high enough to make it hard for me to breathe. >>The Padres are a great baseball team with a wonderful field for spectators.<< LOL, I have a picture of Randy Wolf with one of my dogs taped onto the side of my screen. thanks for the suggestions. Any cities in the South? or Southeast?
Originally Posted By LuLu I've been thinking a bit about relocating, and have found that the sites that have you input your wants, then give you suggestions, can come up with some places you've never heard/thought of. Some sites I have bookmarked: <a href="http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2007/index.html" target="_blank">http://money.cnn.com/magazines /moneymag/bplive/2007/index.html</a> <a href="http://www.findyourspot.com/" target="_blank">http://www.findyourspot.com/</a> <a href="http://www.bestplaces.net/" target="_blank">http://www.bestplaces.net/</a> Is cost of living or weather not a factor for you, beamer? I'm extremely limited by virtue of being totally spoiled by the good weather here. I can't imagine Chicago or NYC being places I'd even want to *be* outside for most of the year!
Originally Posted By trekkeruss I don't particularly care for the weather here, but the D.C area certainly has baseball, museums, art and music. Balitmore isn't far away either.
Originally Posted By Lisann22 Yeah, while I loved both Chicago and NYC I was homesick due to weather when I lived there along with the ability to be so close to anything I wanted here in Nor Cal - rivers, lakes, snow, mountains, beach, big cities, open land, museums basically everything you named. I think NorCal is one of the best places in the country to live. You do not have to live right smack in the middle of SF to enjoy the entire Bay Area. There is affordable places if you look for it. I know I'm biased but we have everything up here. ;>
Originally Posted By friendofdd Nothing wrong with bias about geographical locations. I lived in Denver several years and loved it. Still have a DD and family there. Would have retired there in a heartbeat if it weren't for the snow. I've had enough of shoveling and driving in it. Unless you have a health problem, you will adjust in just a few weeks to the altitude. I should have listed San Diego, too. It is a wonderful city. Very beautiful and a marvelous climate. Lisann is right that costs are less when you get away from San Francisco proper. But property costs in Bay Area, SoCal and San Diego all tend to be higher than other parts of the country.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 ^^^^^^^^ Well as the resident of the #2 best place to live in Money magazine 2005 & 2006 ( you can scroll that link you have down)before 2007 limited the population to 25K) - Naperville , Illinois ( suburb of Chicago pop about 150K ) - I can tell you that if you don't like the cold - Jan-Feb would be miserable here. But I can also tell you I love my town - it offers so much and although people scream here about the prices / taxes etc. - compared to what people pay on the coasts -- it is quitre the bargain. -- top ranked school systems - #1 library system in US city, great parks -- you'd like it the other 10 months for the most part, city is Wi Fi linked, <a href="http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/snapshots/PL1751622.html" target="_blank">http://money.cnn.com/magazines /moneymag/bplive/2006/snapshots/PL1751622.html</a> <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Naperville" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/N aperville</a>,_Illinois
Originally Posted By vbdad55 and fkurucz - lives in the #1 town from 2006 ( one up on me ) - if I remember correctly
Originally Posted By vbdad55 I mean I love SD and LA - spent a lot of time there after HS - with my relatives --( LA ) - but what you people spend for housing is insane ! $1M house in Irvine ( where I have a good friend) would be maybe $400K here - and the lot would be 3 times the size and include a full basement ) --
Originally Posted By Lisann22 I know we have a lot of Atlanta people here but I'm so miserable when I am there. That is just not a place I want to live. I might be making a career choice due to that city to in the next couple years. I'm being pressured to relocate there and I just do not see myself living there and being happy. To each his own though.
Originally Posted By DJ7K My Mom was just telling me Ventura really nice. Her and husband say Morro Bay is really nice, but expensive. Infact people I've run into down here (not Oceanside, but SoCal) have told me it is really nice up there.
Originally Posted By trekkeruss My mom is in Oceanside. It's small town-ish, but SD and LA (and DL!) are close enough.
