Comments on: Best Cities to Live In

By: sophie

sophie — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 20:02:53 +0000

Irvine is a very nice city to live in. There are tons of jobs there and they have a great university and VERY LOW crime rate.

By: Ben

Ben — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 04:09:35 +0000

Thanks for the perspective on the city Anya.

By: Anya

Anya — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 21:14:51 +0000

Biggest mistakes of our lives moving to Raleigh.

Do not believe all the hype about this city. If you do do not have a job before you come here you will find it very very hard to get a job. I know many people, including myself, who were fooled by the alleged job market only to arrive and not find anything for months or years.

Also, what you are not told about this city.

1.)The locals are hostile and not interested in outsiders. They see them selves as true Raleighians and resent all the people who have come here for RTP, even though without RTP, this town would be an even bigger provincial backwater, then it already it is.

The locals have even come up with a phrase to describe their hostile sentiment-”inside the beltine.” Inside the beltline-ie,the original city of Raleigh, is were all the important and true locals live! Outside the beltline is where the outsiders generally live, by in large all the money for the city tends to stay inside the center of Raleigh. How does this effect you? You might ask, well if its between you and a local who has less education, less experience and a history of ineptitude compared to you for the same position. Locals will choose the local, almost every time. Mediocrity and ineptitude thrive here.

2.) The cost of living here is very high and we have found it even higher then in other big cities that our near by, like Richmond for the cost of food and gas, etc.You will need a median of at least $50,000 to live and save a bit of money. If you want to live well you will need at least 60K+, If you have a family + children, you will need 65+.

3.) Despite Raleigh making it on to Green Living lists, forget about public transport. Again, if you do not live in the center or around NC state, have fun standing (v. few shelters, especially North Raleigh-I have seen 2 and one of them is new.) in the hot sun for nearly an hour. There are very few buses and the ones that do run, run sporadically and it could take you an 1 1/2 to get to your destination after your 1 hour wait.

Give Raleigh a miss. Unless you work in R&D, Medicine, or Tech and you know you have a job to come to.

By: Mark Diorio

Mark Diorio — Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:47:19 +0000

The author mentions Bradenton as a good place to live in FL. I’ve lived here for almost three years now and when my lease is up I’m getting out of Bradenton. Why? There’s nothing to do without driving to St. Pete/Tampa. I mean nothing! If someone knows something I’ve missed, then please write me and fill me in.

By: Dirk

Dirk — Fri, 26 Dec 2008 15:19:54 +0000

Better think twice before moving to Austin. Yes, its a great place, but there are no jobs. There is a huge pool of cheap labor with the number of universities in the area. I always see articles that say Austin has a hot job market and is a hot place for real estate. If you can make it on $8 an hour as a cashier at Target or $9.37 at Dell taking inbound phone calls from the rudest people in America, come on out. There are plenty of foreclosures and cheap apartments to choose from, and plenty of traffic to sit in while the democrats who still drive around with anti-Bush stickers on their cars would rather fight something they have no control of (like troops in Iraq) than do something practical, like getting the stop lights properly timed so traffic will flow. And for those thinking of moving to Orange County, CA because of the TV shows, don’t. Irvine is smack in the middle of OC. Very expensive and very crowded. Disneyland costs something like $70 per person now.

By: Eric J. Nisall

Eric J. Nisall — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 03:42:33 +0000

I definitely agree about the 3 Florida cities. I currently live in Coral Springs (for 2 years now) and lived in Sunrise for the 8 years prior. Nothing in these areas is particularly attractive anymore, although you certainly won’t be bored with all of the entertainment options in the immediate vicinities (and especially with Ft. Lauderdale only 15 minutes away).