Considering housing, jobs availability, commuting
2007-03-23 05:08:43 · 6 answers · asked by MichaelRealAnswers 1 in Business & Finance ➔ Renting & Real Estate
Take a look at this from Money Magazine's "Best Places to Live"
http://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bplive/2006/top25s/shortcommute.html
I note that the #1 and #3 shortest commute times are cities in Iowa.
2007-03-27 14:32:50 · answer #1 · answered by Kraftee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well where are you moving from. I just moved from Long Island to Omaha Nebraska. I would have looked at Iowa also. Just like any other state what kind of work are you looking for? and what climate are you used to. This part of the country is nice, cheep housing etc but parts of it can be very deserted and parts of some citys are drug infested. Do crime reasearch no matter where you go . Housing costs in Iowa are real low and so are the pay scales as compaired to other areas. I picked Omaha for the simple reason I already knew people here and I applied for a job and it just so happened they asked if I would want to relocate to Omaha. So here I am. I can tell you commuting is a lot quicker in the mid west and there is room for huge growth. I am used to 2 hr commptes to travel 54 miles to work from LI to NYC. I was 2 hours early here for an interview .. What that call traffic here is a no traffic day in NY.
2007-03-31 01:38:17 · answer #2 · answered by asccaracer 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We moved from the NY Metro area after 49 years to Cedar Rapids in 2001, three months before 9/11.
Housing here is much more affordable than NJ, which will come as no surprise. Our home would cost at least twice the price in NJ and the property taxes here are very reasonable.
There are several large corporations here with good paying jobs, among them Rockwell Collins, Aegon, Toyota Financial.
While people out here think 5 minutes is a long time in traffic, there is no great commuting problem. We are served by Eastern Iowa airport, which has direct service to 12 cities, including Chicago, Atlanta, Denver and Orlando.
The University of Iowa is located about 20 minutes away in Iowa City.
There are two major hospitals in our city, while the University Hospitals are located in Iowa City.
We are about 4-5 drive away from Chicago, Twin Cities, Milwaukee, St. Louis and Kansas City.
The air is very clean and the neighbors are great citizens. Locally there is not a great deal of diversity, either good or bad depending on your point of view.
We like it here and you would too!
2007-03-28 15:29:15 · answer #3 · answered by Postal Professor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think you will find that housing is less expensive than most other places and there are so many new housing developments going up all the time that there is never a shortage. Job availability seems to be about average for the country, but it depends on what field you're in. Commuting is not a big issue. I don't know anyone who drives more than 20 minutes to work. Hope that helps!
2007-03-23 12:45:00 · answer #4 · answered by Reverie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes i lived there 17 years before i retired housing is cheap (compared to where i live now) the people are nice the winters can be long but all in all it's a nice state.
2007-03-23 12:19:48 · answer #5 · answered by bluemist 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
My father in law used to live in Des Moines for a few years, and he said it was terrible. Very rural, and not much to do. I can't say for myself, but for you it really depends on the kind of lifestyle you want, right?
2007-03-23 12:13:36 · answer #6 · answered by Matt S 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋