I think me and my gal are breaking up...7 years :-/ If that's the case I'm gonna leave FLA for good and I will NEVER come back even to visit friend...anyone have any suggestions....thinking maybe California
No idea where you should move to but I'm very sorry to hear about you & your lady friend. 7years? that's got to be tough.
dude, i am sorry to hear this. i hope things work out for you.
yeah, sorry to hear that. at least you can get the hell out of flordia. i don't even like to visit that place. i tell ya, louisville's nice but i don't know what you're into.
thanks guys...isn't it weird how dogs seem to know when somethings wrong...my little chihuahua is right by my side....he's the best and I know he still loves me ;)
Sorry, man. :( SC's great. Great overall vibes, lots of fun people.
Well, I'll tell anyone to move to the "Great White North", but if I lived in the States, I'd move to NYC or Boston... or Chicago.
if i were going to pull up stakes and move anywhere I might consider oregan, colorado, or one of the carolinas, but that's me
Portland is great...but it would be a huge climate change for you. Some can hang, others go crazy ;D
If I was to start anew, I would check out Colorado, or Lake Tahoe in Cali. Still fucking love the bay area too (Santa Cruz, Boulder Creek, Mendocino are all great too...but Cali is expen$ive)....
Sorry to hear about your breakup.... :-[
Sorry to hear man. That's a majot bummer.
I'd look at the midwest as in general it's a little more affordable then either coast. As Dylan said, Louisville is great. So is Cinci, St Louis is alright, Minneapolis/St Paul is good, and Omaha is good too. I love Chicago, but it is fairly expensive to live in.
sorry to hear about your breakup, that stinks :(
If I were going to move anywhere of my chosing I'd probably go to NYC or Chicago. I like city's with good public transportation systems and lots of stuff to do. Start saving up some dough though. it will cost you close to $3000 to get into an apartment in NYC once you pay 1st and last months rent and broker fees, maybe more if you have to pay to get utilities turned on. Louisville isn't so bad but I find it can be a little boring at times and a lot of bands I like seem to bypass it on the concert route.
Edited to add: Cincy and Covington are pretty cool places and the cost of living isn't too outrageous either.
I moved to the ville last year - I'm diggin it. If I were to move again (we'll se if I can find a damn job!)
Vancouver, BC
Denver/Boulder area
Minneapolis, MN
Maybe somewhere in AZ
well, I really love Nashville (although I am being spiritually called to the Black Hills and Plains of South Dakota).
Nashville is a small-big city. We get most of the big time music acts b/c of the music industry, but there's not millions of people eating up the tickets. We have the Titans for NFL and the Predators for NHL (for now, the Preds may leave). Housing is affordable and there's a lot of colleges and universities. You can be in the country in 15 minutes and good hiking is within an hour (Cumberland Plateau and parts further east. The Smokies are about 4 1/2 hours). And the location is great, we're right in the middle of Memphis, Birmingham, Louisville, and the ATL is only an hour beyond those 3. We go to shows all the time in those cities and are able to drive back the same night.
good times!
I hate that Florida gets shat on so easily - it's not as bad as the rest of you think. I'm as close to a lifetime Floridian as you can get (I grew up in West Palm Beach, lived in Pensacola for 5 years, and now reside in the Tampa area - so I've covered most of the bases) and it is what you make of it. I loved Pensacola and would move back there in a second if the opportunity presented itself, it's the only major city in Florida that is really in the South and it has a different feel than the rest of the State.
We lived in Atlanta for 3 years and we had a good time there, but I always hated the land-locked feeling and the traffic. It's funny when you live on the coast and then move away - it does strange shit to your head. All this being said, the answer to your question is:
Halifax, Nova Scotia.
I recommend Indianapolis...we have a great NFL team, good restaurants, awesome minor league baseball field, hip downtown (and it's safe too), small intimate music clubs and a really affordable cost of living (our current property tax crap aside!). And we actually have four seasons.
Although, right now even though the calendar says "Fall" it's still summer. Blech.
Sorry about your recent break-up too. That's no fun. A geographical cure is always good.
QuoteI recommend Indianapolis...we have a great NFL team, good restaurants, awesome minor league baseball field, hip downtown (and it's safe too), small intimate music clubs and a really affordable cost of living (our current property tax crap aside!). And we actually have four seasons.
Although, right now even though the calendar says "Fall" it's still summer. Blech.
Sorry about your recent break-up too. That's no fun. A geographical cure is always good.
Hey - Another one reppin the 317 - good to meet you - I moved to Louisville after growing up in Indy - lived there 26 years. What part of Indy you from?
Yahoo, LizKing! I love Indy. I live in the Broad Ripple area. It's where the Jacket went out clubbin' after their November show, doncha know. :)
My parents live just north of Louisville, in Sellersburg, Ind. I'm down that way fairly often. I love Louisville.
Come to the UK. The Weather's shit, taxes are high, Gas is $9.00 a gallon and the average house costs $400,000 to buy (if you don't want to live in London).
I'll buy you a pint, though... ;)
QuoteYahoo, LizKing! I love Indy. I live in the Broad Ripple area. It's where the Jacket went out clubbin' after their November show, doncha know. :)
My parents live just north of Louisville, in Sellersburg, Ind. I'm down that way fairly often. I love Louisville.
lizking was smart enough to move to louisville, though. ;)
Oh, SNAP, MillionDreams! I just like to visit Louisville, but my heart lies in Indy. ;D
Rccola, I'm really sorry to hear about the breakup. As far as moving goes, I'll mention the places I know and like best. If i was going for a big city kind of thing I think I'd like Chicago, that's where my girl is from and we might be moving there at some point in the future. I currently live in North Carolina, and the two coolest towns in this state are Chapel Hill and Asheville. Chapel Hill has a great music scene (great music clubs and a number of cool, now defunct indie bands (e.g., superchunk, polvo, kinxbury manx, archers of loaf, etc.) and just a cool college town in general). Aheville is a cool sort of Hippie town (reminds me of Boulder Colorado, another cool town by the way but ultra expensive) and it's situated in the mountains and is very beautiful. Coming to North Carolina keeps you in the Southeast if you don't want to stay in the same general area.
ps- grassyone and lizking where in Indy did/do you guys live (I know someone mentioned Broad Ripple, have you always lived there?) I grew up in Indianapolis lived there from second grade through High School. Cool town to grow up in.
QuoteI love Chicago, but it is fairly expensive to live in.
Compared to cities alike in size, Chicago is actually not all that expensive. My friend has a huge apartment, probably about 1000 sq. ft (maybe more) for $825 in Logan Square. Another has an apartment for $750 in Wicker Park. Both nice apartments. The one that's $750 isn't big at all but it's a good size for one person. I guess you can find deals in ANY city, as long as you give it a good look.
I think it's also one of the coolest cities in the United States (that I've seen) - I would tell anyone to move here in a heartbeat. However, the winters are brutal. If you don't like snow, cold or rain, don't move here.
If you want to stay somewhere warm, I suggest South Carolina, Atlanta, maybe San Diego. I love visiting California, it's just not the best place to live (no offense to anyone on here that may live there). If you're a transplant that isn't trying to get into the "industry" in Los Angeles, you'll probably get sick of it soon. However, CA has In N Out, the Apple Pan, the Counter. All fantastic burger places. hehe.
Sorry about your breakup. I don't know if you knew it was coming at all, but either way, it's got to be tough. Keep your head up and know that things always get better. Sounds cheesy, but that's what I try to do every day.
QuoteRccola, I'm really sorry to hear about the breakup. As far as moving goes, I'll mention the places I know and like best. If i was going for a big city kind of thing I think I'd like Chicago, that's where my girl is from and we might be moving there at some point in the future. I currently live in North Carolina, and the two coolest towns in this state are Chapel Hill and Asheville. Chapel Hill has a great music scene (great music clubs and a number of cool, now defunct indie bands (e.g., superchunk, polvo, kinxbury manx, archers of loaf, etc.) and just a cool college town in general). Aheville is a cool sort of Hippie town (reminds me of Boulder Colorado, another cool town by the way but ultra expensive) and it's situated in the mountains and is very beautiful. Coming to North Carolina keeps you in the Southeast if you don't want to stay in the same general area.
ps- grassyone and lizking where in Indy did/do you guys live (I know someone mentioned Broad Ripple, have you always lived there?) I grew up in Indianapolis lived there from second grade through High School. Cool town to grow up in.
I lived near greenwood - southeast side of town. You? Where did you go to high school?
I'd second Asheville. Small city in the mountains with a very cool vibe. One of America's greatest examples of excess; the Biltmore, is also there. I have to admit that it is impressive.
I grew up in Muncie and Carmel, but have lived in Broad Ripple for more than 9 years now. Moved to Indy pretty much right after college.
How about you, Chris?
I grew up on what I think was the North side of Indianapolis (at the intersection of 91st and Ditch rd). I went to Brebeuf (would have gone to North Central like my brother but didn't for various reasons). Moved away in 1989. My grandfather still lives there in a retirement community and I go visit him a couple of times per year.
Yeah, that's definitely north side, Chris! 91st and Ditch is a great area. Glad you still get up this way on occasion!
1989 was a very good year. It's when I graduated from high school. It was forever ago though. I'm old. :-/
Hey grassy, I graduated in '88 so don't go callin me old ;). Yeah, where did you go to college and is that what brought you to Indy? If I ever move with my girlfriend to Chicago i figure I'll be in the same part of the country as I grew up, just in a much larger city with a lot more to do, but it would be cool to get back down to indy sometimes (I'd conceivably move back to indy, but my girlfriend would scoff at that idea, she's a southside of chicago girl and won't compromise)
QuoteI grew up on what I think was the North side of Indianapolis (at the intersection of 91st and Ditch rd). I went to Brebeuf (would have gone to North Central like my brother but didn't for various reasons). Moved away in 1989. My grandfather still lives there in a retirement community and I go visit him a couple of times per year.
One of my best friends graduated from Brebeuf in '76. :)
Love all the peeps reppin' the 317! You guys rock.
Chris, I went to Ball State--graduated in '93. Lived in Carmel before that, so I was pretty set on Indy post-graduation. I wanted to move to Chicago last year, but met my bf and he lives here too. We both are pretty happy in Indy, but are certainly willing to move.
TEO--Good to see someone else who knows a friend from 'Nap town! Sounds like everyone went to Brebeuf but me! :P