Where should I live, if I want...?

Question

I am looking for the best place to relocate a young family, and want your opinions. Here is what I am looking for...

U.S. only

We prefer warm weather, to mild winters
Good education elementary on up to high school
Good job market- professional
Low crime rates
Nice entertainment choices, nearby
small to medium sized town/city OR specific area of larger city that offers small town attributes
Better than average standard of living - low cost housing, food, insurance, taxes, utilities, etc...
Friendly, easy to meet people

What's your opinion, and why?

Answer 1

Naperville is a city in DuPage and Will counties in Illinois in the United States, voted the second best place to live in the United States by Money Magazine in 2006. Naperville is made up of mixed high-value and median value residential housing, along with a good deal of industrial and multiuse business areas. A plethora of restaurants, hotels and bars run throughout the municipality. The Naperville Public Library has been ranked #1 in the United States for eight straight years, from 1999-2006, for cities with populations between 100,000 and 249,999 by American Libraries magazine. Naperville is located in the Illinois Technology and Research Corridor. Employers contributing to the population explosion of the 1980s and 1990s include Bell Labs, Western Electric, BP Amoco Labs, Nalco Chemical Nicor, Porsche Finance and Edward Hospital. Tellabs and Laidlaw have corporate headquarters in Naperville, and ConAgra's Grocery division offices are also in Naperville.[12] OfficeMax moved corporate headquarters to Naperville in 2006.[13] Also, Fermilab and Argonne National Laboratory are nearby. Naperville was one of the ten fastest growing communities in the United States during the 1990s.[14]

Naperville is also home to one of the largest congregations of automobile retailers in the state, as part of the "Ogden Avenue Strip," which extends from Hinsdale to Aurora and includes every mainstream make of automobile available. AutoNation and Bill Jacobs are two of the largest groups within the city itself.[15]

Naperville is also home to a plant and the headquarters of Dukane Precast, one of the area's major precast concrete manufacturers According to the 2005 American Community Survey, there were 147,779 people, 48,655 households, and 37,143 families residing in the city; as of 2006-07-01, Naperville is the 164th most populous city in the United States.[16] The population density was 1,606.3/km² (4,162.8/mi²).[17] There were 51,636 housing units at an average density of 561.3/km² (1454.5/mi²).[17] The racial makeup of the city was 82.00% White, 2.54% African American, 0.07% Native American, 12.65% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 1.26% from other races, and 1.48% from two or more races.[18] Hispanic or Latino of any race were 4.23% of the population.[18]

There were 48,655 households out of which 45.3% had children under the age of 18 living with them, 70.0% were married couples living together, 6.2% had a female householder with no husband present, and 23.7% were non-families.[18] 17.8% of all households were made up of individuals and 3.9% had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older.[18] The average household size was 3.04 and the average family size was 3.55.[17]

In the city, the population was spread out with 30.2% under the age of 18, 7.6% from 18 to 24, 29.4% from 25 to 44, 26.7% from 45 to 64, and 6.1% who were 65 years of age or older.[18] The median age was 35.9 years.[18] For every 100 females there were 95.9 males.[18] For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 95.2 males.[18]

The median income for a household in the city was $93,338, and the median income for a family was $117,110.[17] Males had a median income of $82,515 versus $46,533 for females.[19] The per capita income for the city was $44,235.[17] About 2.5% of the population was below the poverty line, including 1.2% of those under age 18 and 9.1% of those age 65 or over.

Answer 2

Panama City, Florida. They job market is huge, the weather is awsome in the winter, a few cooler days, but mostly warm. The people there are just awsome, friendly and welcoming, schools are excellent, not sure of the crime rate, but don;t hear about alot of crime, tons and tons of entertainment, and housing costs are extremely reasonable. I am selling my home soon and that is where I will be going. I have been down so many times and have checked into the same things you are concerned with, and am very satisfied with what I have found there.

Answer 3

Houston, TX. Or one of the outer areas, such as Katy, Sugarland or Clear Lake.

And it has one of the lowest costs of living in the country. It's a huge city, but living in a suburb gives you smaller town feeling. But you still have access to professional sports teams (football, basketball, baseball, soccer, and hockey). You have some incredible theaters, both major and smaller. Alot of concerts come through year round. A zoo, museums, etc. An hour from the beach. 2 major airports for easy travel.

It is also one of the biggest cities in terms of commerce around. We have some of the largest companies in the world headquartered here. Some of the finest medical facilities and doctors in the world are here. Great job market for almost any profession. Nasa, Exxon, alot of IT opportunities, medical, and of course everything needed to support them. Financial stuff (banking, accounting, financial planning) Clerical. Sales of anything and everything.

And friendly people. I alway meet people wherever I go in this city.

Answer 4

The best city I've travelled to,that meets 9/10 of your pre-requisites is Bend, OR.

It does get cold winters, but they're not terrible...it hardly snows there. Everything else is awesome, and it's beautiful.

Small enough city with history, is expanding and has lots of cool stuff...but still is surrounded by a lot of nature.

Answer 5

Ahwatukee Arizona. Good weather very peaceful area. I was able to live there for a little over a year. I loved every minute of it. Great place to grow, because that city is growing at a high rate compared to US average.

Answer 6

Simi Valley, California. I have lived here my whole life and I plan on staying in the area if not the city for the rest of it.

Answer 7

Stan "the guy" Musial. 3630 hits, 475 HRs, 1951 RBIs, walked 1599 circumstances whilst in comparison with in basic terms 696 strikeouts. 3 time MVP, and grow to be an All-famous individual each and each season for the period of his occupation. (22 circumstances) Seven time NL Batting champ, led the league in hits six circumstances, inducted into the hall of popularity in 1969.

Answer 8

http://www.findyourspot.com/