What is the best city or state to live in the USA with a young family ?

Question

Please take income tax, house prices, cost of living etc into consideration.

Thankyou for your answeres.

We will be legally entering the country, as a nurse I am sure I will find work, my partner will be expanding his business and be generating approximately 1000 jobs to begin with all of which will be locally advertised wherever we end up.

Answer 1

Boise, Idaho

Answer 2

New Jersey, you'll be able to find work there definitely. The summers are pretty hot, but the winters aren't terrible.. we only have about 2-3 months of actual ''really cold weather'' per year, and the rest is tolerable, and the summers are excellent and we're right on the ocean too. New Jersey is one of the most multicultural states in the country... my friends and I normally like to go out and eat a different type of ethnic food once per week and sometimes it's Chinese, or Indian, or any type of Latin American (Mexican, Peruvian.. etc) New Jersey is situated right between two really happening places, Philadelphia and NYC.. but we also have other places like Atlantic City or the shore (which is really nice during the summer). New Jersey has a really good bus system, and depending on how close to NYC you'd be living you can take the train to NYC to spend the day there or whatever instead of driving there, it makes life a lot easier not having to worry about where you leave your car. My friends and I would take the train to NYC all the time. NJ never gets natural disasters, a hurricane once or twice a decade but they're normally super weak by the time they hit us anyway so it doesn't cause much damage, just some rain.

Answer 3

Depends on what you plan to do once you get here.

It would be better to pick a city based on your own skills matching them to the labor markets than to pick a city where you will not be able to find work and community.

In Seattle, WA computers and bio-tech rule the job market. It is different for each city.

1.) Do some research on the net to find out where you will be able to find work that you have the skills for.

2) Once you have narrowed the lists you can research individual cities and town located near potential jobs for cost of living and crime rates.

3) You should be able to find an area that also has a population of you counrtymen so you will have a support network and sense of community.

For example: an Asian nurse immigrating to the USA would find that medicine is a huge industry on the West Coast.

Then narrow it down....Seattle has a large asian population with many clinics targeting that group.

Finally, the largest concentration of Asians live in the Rainier Valley district of Seattle.

Cost of living varies by home type, lots of housing is available, and schools are available-either public or Asian Private.

There is a heck of a lot more research needed to decide a huge move than just Asking Yahoo members.

Answer 4

I'm gonna second what katsulover said about Carmel, Indiana.

I recently moved to the area from a NYC suburb and it's a phenomenal area. I settled on the neighboring city - Fishers Indiana, which trades off with Carmel on best school system in the state. Fishers is listed as one of the top family cities in the country.

Low cost of housing is great. I moved from an 80 year old house on a busy street in NY to a new house in a golf course community that is literally twice the size - with money left over. Groceries are very inexpensive, property taxes are 1/3, utilities are much cheaper, and even my telephone bill is incomparable.

Most of the neighborhoods are designed with unique entrances and are located off of manicured boulevards, there is great shopping within ten minutes and high end shopping in 15 minutes. There's a boating/sailing lake 5 minutes from my house, people are out walking and socializing in the neighborhoods, and kids actually go out to play among themselves. There's a large pool, park, and tennis courts only five houses away, the best YMCA I've ever seen at very low cost, and countless youth and sports programs ranging from pre-school to adult leagues. There's also nearby colleges and universities ranging from Arts to Medical school.

Additionally, you can go to NFL football, NBA basketball, minor league baseball, NCAA championships, plenty of golf, Indy 500 (worlds largest sporting event), and much more without fighting traffic or paying huge ticket prices. Last weekend, for example, free concerts included Charlie Daniels, Hootie and the Blowfish, and Ted Nugent. I'm also five minutes from an amphitheater that hosts everyone from James Taylor to Pink Floyd.

And finally, it's within 2 hours of wilderness camping in Hoosier National Forest, it's 3 hours from Chicago, less than 2 hours to Cincinatti, and many other points that are great for day trips. The only thing it's missing are ocean and mountains, but the rest easily makes up for it.

Answer 5

Just a little Northwest of Indianapolis ,In there is a city named Carmel.In,it is in Hamilton country one of the richest in the state.It is absolutely beautiful the homes,the schools ,the recreation,its just a lovely city.Indiana is known for its family friendly attitude.Taxes are far cheaper and the amount and quality of homes is much less expensive than where I live in AZ.The schools are the best in the state.I have friends that live there and we have visited quite often and love this city.Its very close proximity to Indianapolis makes jobs very easy to find.There are many major company's that call Indy home.Compared to other parts of the country excluding the deep south ,its COL is low. Its green and lush but the winters are harsh but the city is prepared for them so commuting isn't bad even in the dead of winter.Here in AZ its just too high to live and its going to get worse before it gets better.Carmel,IN has a great web site just look it up and good luck.

Answer 6

1. Fort Collins, CO
2. Naperville, IL
3. Sugar Land, TX
4. Columbia/Ellicott City, MD
5. Cary, NC
6. Overland Park, KS
7. Scottsdale, AZ
8. Boise, ID
9. Fairfield, CT
10. Eden Prairie, MN

I would choose Boston even though its not on the list. Such a homey city.

Answer 7

If you want low cost of living, low crime, good house prices, and low taxes, two of the best cities I can name for you are in North Dakota -- Minot and Grand Forks. Only problem is they are in very rural areas and they have VERY nasty winters. The people who live their don't get paid as well as they do in other major cities either. But hey, if you're looking for a good place to bring up children and can deal with the cold/snow, then it's worth a look.

Answer 8

Seattle

Answer 9

Connecticut.
Its a very peaceful state.Crime rate is very low and people of CT are well mannered and good to behave. People are too nice in all respects.
Weather throughout the year is good for health.
You can enjoy your life with your family in CT.

Answer 10

Gary, Indiana

Answer 11

Cary, North Carolina...its on the list of best places to live in America...the best things here are....lots of young families....the best jobs you can find...( research Triangle) the house prices are from low to high...whatever you wanna pay..lots of green ways( for pedestrian and bicycles) ppl actually walk here...taxes are not to bad ...I will send you a link to check it out ...Its the only place in America that has the most educated ppl on a square footage i.e.PhD etc.

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