The Wall Street Journal had a great article yesterday about the best places to live in 2010. This article focused on 5 cities that people just graduating for college are flocking to as they begin their careers after this recession.
10 Best places To Live in 2010
1. Washington, D.C.
1. (tie) Seattle, WA
3. New York City
4. Portland, OR
5. Austin, Texas
6. San Jose, CA
7. Denver, CO
8. Raleigh-Durham, NC
9. Dallas, TX
10. Chicago, IL
10. (tie) Boston, MA
It is interesting that all of these places are major U.S. cities that carry a very high standard of living cost. This article was focused on twenty somethings that don't have families yet so that could explain this. But, either way, many of these cities are very expensive to live in. They offer great job opportunities, but those opportunities come at a high price.
For years I have wanted to move back to Washington, DC. My wife and I both went to college in DC and we absolutely love it there. But, the main things stopping us are (1) the price of housing and (2) the long commute that I would have. Both of these concerns are probably not something that someone right out of college would have as they are not concerned about the quality of the public schools in D.C. and they can live in small one bed room apartments in the District.
I would love for The Wall Street Journal to follow up on this story about how these 10 (actually 11) cities compare for people in their thirties, forties, fifties, ect.
If you could live anywhere, where would you like to live?
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Out of all of those places, I would pick Raleigh-Durham. Been there before and liked it. Washington and NYC would be at the bottom of my list. It would be interesting to see their actual criteria for selecting those cities, as there is more to life than high paying jobs.
I don’t think that I could live in NYC. I don’t like the idea of living in a city that is hard to get out of. But, boy I love DC. It is a very beautiful and exciting town.
I think that Austin and Raleigh-Durham are likely the most inexpensive of the lot. Durham had a decent number of manufacturing/tobacco jobs leave the area, and are recently enjoying a revival due to tech.
My fiance and I are trying to get out of the bay area of Northern California. It is so darn expensive here and we’d like to start a family in the next few years. I’d love it if there was a good list of the best (and affordable) places to live.
@Bdubs Thanks for leaving your comment. I will have to write an article on the most affordable places to live. In the meantime, you should check out this Forbes article from 2007 on the most affordable places to live – http://www.forbes.com/2007/11/05/homes-property-affordable-forbeslife-cx_mw_1106realestate.html