The best city, good schools, whether, and overall quality without the big tag??
2006-07-05 04:26:13 · 9 answers · asked by lovethelobo@sbcglobal.net 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Investing
Depends what you want.
Health/Eco/Nature/Safe/Quality:
Costa Rica, Scandinavian Countries, New Zeland.
Future Possibilities/Working to Improve:
Singapore, Spain, Argentina, Thailand, Croatia
Places in the USA depends. Big coorporations' influences keep deciding public policy and on the other hand the government will affect next generations with an ever incresing public debt. But if maverick fesh politicians from any party break through, there could be good things happening.
In the meanwhile:
Missouri and North Carolina may become better beautiful affordable non-freezing choices if they hold to their green resources, plan carefully ahead and their international Universities keep promoting more tolerance of ethnicity and healthier ideas with the rest of the state.
If social or stress problems (crime, high cost, traffic, depravites, health issues) are ok with you there are many attractive cities to choose from:
Miami, New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, Tampa, Chicago, Seattle, Boston, Baltimore, Dallas, Orlando, Vancouver.
If extreme weather or landscape is not a concern:
Phoenix, Santa Fe, Minneapolis, Madison,...
2006-07-07 08:43:03 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
The littlest big city on the planet. It has a small town feel. It is easy to network. You can walk anywhere from downtown. But Pittsburgh has big city amenities.
WEATHER:
There are four distinct seasons with no extremes. It rains, it snows, you get a tan, and you wear a light sweater all through out the year. There aren't devastating floods, earthquakes or storms. It gets humid in the summer but its never too uncomfortable.
CULTURE:
Pittsburgh's thriving cultural district is the heartbeat of the city. Because of an endowment from the Heinz family the theater district is home to state of the art venues for local productions as well as touring shows.
The pittsburgh symphony is the only american symphony to be invited to play for a pope.
http://www.pgharts.org
http://www.culturalguide.com/
MUSEUMS:
The Carnegie Museum has the largest collection of dinosaurs in the world. The Warhol is the Largest single artist museum in the U.S.
http://www.carnegiemuseums.org
FINANCIALLY:
Pittsburgh has a low cost of living compared to other cities in the northeastern U.S. The average price for a 3- to 4-bedroom, 2-bath family home in Pittsburgh is $162,000, which is well below the national average $264,540, as of October 2004, according to the Federal Housing Finance Board.
Pittsburgh has adapted to the collapse of the region's steel industry. The primary industries have shifted more to high technology, such as robotics, health care, tourism, biomedical technology, finance, and services. Education is also a major employer, from primary through magnet schools, specialized professional institutes and highly-ranked universities.
Pittsburgh has grown its industry base in recent years to include technology, retail, finance and medicine. The largest employer in the city is the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, followed closely by the University of Pittsburgh.
Fortune 500 Corporations headquartered in Pittsburgh include:
Alcoa
H. J. Heinz Company
Mellon Financial
PNC Financial
PPG Industries
WESCO International
U.S. Steel
Fortune 1000 Corporations headquartered in the Pittsburgh region include:
Allegheny Energy
Allegheny Technologies
American Eagle Outfitters
Dick's Sporting Goods
Kennametal
Mylan
Wheeling-Pittsburgh Steel
Other major employers in the Pittsburgh area include the North American headquarters for Bayer, SKGlaxo and Lanxess. Northeast U.S. regional headquarters for Nova Chemicals, FedEx, Ariba, Rand, US Airways and National City. Guru.com, 84 Lumber, Giant Eagle and Rue 21 are major non-public companies with headquarters in the region.
2006-07-09 08:04:43 · answer #2 · answered by phillipsa9 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
i can't give you an answer in regards to schools. and i don't know what's best as far as other countries are concerned (i don't want to leave the u.s. so i never checked europe or anything.) in fact,, all i know about is the weather (seeing as how i live in s. fla. and don't much care for these hurricanes.) the best info i could find listed the top three cities as:
1. honolulu
2. boise
3. santa fe
honolulu's out of the question though. for one, they have hurricanes too.,,, and volcanos. and it's very expensive to live there.
boise's no good to me because it snows there, and i don't care for tire chains, and heavy boots and shovels, and having to turn my car on 5 minutes in advance. but,,, maybe you like the cold.
so i went with santa fe. well,,, i didn't actually "go" with it. i still live in fla. but it seems like it would be good as far as weather is concerned, and it's got low crime, and it's very cheap but developing (which means if you buy property there, it'll appreciate). the only thing is,, i hear they have microbursts (?) or something, which are gusts of wind in the stratosphere that have the potential to push airplanes out of the sky. (??? !!!) anyhow,, i hear it's rare that an airplane lands on someone's house.
one more thing i need to point out,,,, this info i was using (the best info i could find) was using a really sucky system. not only did they neglect to consider volcanos and forrest fires as natural disasters, but they equated all other natural disasters using a point system. (i.e. -- earth quakes and strong winds were given equal status.) so like,,,hattiesburg, miss was considered a worse place to live than san fran or l.a. because it's windy and rains a lot there. very poor system. the whole southeast of the country was ruled out this way. (you don't wanna live in the southeast anyway. lots of fault lines and ignorant racists.)
2006-07-05 06:27:45 · answer #3 · answered by tobykeogh 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Las Vegas
2006-07-05 04:30:15 · answer #4 · answered by ES 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-05 22:15:51 · answer #5 · answered by blinebry 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Monterrey, Nuevo León, México.
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2006-07-05 10:06:30 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It depends on what you like and how expensive is too expensive for you, but I really like Portland, Oregon. It has just about everything going for it except that it rains all winter. To me, it's well worth it.
2006-07-05 04:38:08 · answer #7 · answered by rainfingers 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
just about anywhere as long as it is in the USA
2006-07-05 04:30:53 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
australia
2006-07-05 04:29:39 · answer #9 · answered by roh 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋