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On Sat, 11 Jan 2003 04:30:55 +0000, dazeychain
wrote:

    >Hi there Karryl,
    >We live in Collinsville, IL, which is just ten minutes away from St
    >Louis, and I'll (eventually) be looking for a job in IT account
    >management/pr/marketing. So I'm sorry to hear about your lay-off, and
    >maybe it'll be harder than I thought to find a job.
    >Incidentally, do you know of a newsagent in St Louis that sells British
    >newspapers? I found a shop in Westport Plaza but it only sells weekly
    >papers, and I'd love to get my hands on a daily, if not The Scotsman,
    >then the Guardian or Times. I'd be most grateful :-)
    >Peace,
    >D.

I know the shop your speakng of...I can't help you with finding a
paper though.
I actually live about 1.5 hours nw of downtown...there have been
positions in downtown I could do but it is just too far...esp in rush
hour... for me to drive daily.
Karryl

dazeychain

Oh, that's cool, I was just wondering if you knew of anywhere that I could go to buy a daily paper...I didn't want you to bring me it or anything!

Peace,

D.

Kara Tyson

    >
    > Why would that be? Did the single women leave town?
    > I doubt the statistic is accurate and a look at the census website will
    > confirm that
____________________
Because the city is geared to Engineering. Many men move to Huntsville
to work for NASA or some other group.

I think Ladies Home Journal was the last to do a study. And it depends
when the last census was taken (at the last census I was never
counted..never got anything in the mail and no one came to my home).

Kara

cropmom11

I just wanted to comment that I stumbled onto this discussion while trying to find information on where the best places to live are--and information about good palces for allergy sufferers.

It has brought a smile to my face to read everyone's opinions--which I so desparately needed today, to smile.

It's so interesting to hear opinions from people who aren't born and raised here--and therefore, see things natives don't notice. [You don't always notice things that "have always been" that way.]

I particularly like the discussion on driving in Atlanta. Amen!

The Texas discussion--I lived there for a bit and I concur with everything said.

AND, I think it is true, that everyone is so diverse, it is difficult to pick a place that will suit us all. But I did pick up some useful information about locations.

My DH is up for a promotion that will necessitate a move--another one! We JUST moved to PA 18 months ago, and I wholeheartedly agree with the man who posted this initial comment. Yes, the taxes and cost of living are horrid.

I am fine with moving, but nervous about finding someplace that will be better. Want to trade up, you see. Our next destination is largely open to the US, but having so many options is overwhelming. Anyway, I just really wanted to say thanks for the good discussion. I enjoyed reading it all!!!

Sincerely,
Alicia
Hails from KY, moved 23 times, 6 states.
Now exiled to PA.
In search of a new home.
[Once engaged to an British ex-patriot]

:-)

katesuiter1

Hey, you leave us tea-drinking Brits alone!!!!!!!!!

We live in South Florida, and although where we are is very pretty and clean, the rate of pay is fairly good, and it's not TOO expensive, we both just can't stand the heat of the summer. It's probably the worst place in the US for us to live for that reason, but everything else is ok. The storms can be spectacular, too!

Kate. xxxxxxx

Marjeta

And I thought it was just me that thought that...

Hmmm... I though people were that fat all over the US. Maybe there is still hope!

David9287

Don't bite my foot off but without a doubt Colorado is the promise land :-) Warm summer nights under the stars, cold winter nights infront of a fire place with that someone special. What more is there to life?

WiAnSiempre

Here's another vote for Atlanta. I grew up in Atlanta and love it here. You don't want to live "in" the city, though. But the suburbs around and to the North are really nice. You have beautiful lakes and mountains in the North and Sea to the East. The weather is nice. Actually 4 seasons, although the winters are pretty mild. The summers can get pretty hot, but not for a long time. I lived in Florida for 7 years and am very glad to be back in Georgia. Florida was just tooo hot and like more than 2 seasons a year!

The housing market and cost of living is not too bad in the Atlanta area (compared with the Northern states).

The job market in Atlanta has not faired well with all the IT lay offs, but it does seem to be picking up recently. And Leslie is right about the traffic...it's the worst in the country! If you can avoid having to work in a office downtown, it is well worth it. A lot of large companies are actually outside the city, so if you can land a job in one of these, perfect.

Angela

Clare & Steven

I didn't read everyone's response yet, but here's mine:
New Jerseyyyyyyyy!!
We have 4 seasons too. We also have beaches & boardwalks, skiing, legal gambling (Atlantic City), horse racing, mountains, countrysides and farmlands, many parks and tons of things to do here!
Our average income is one of the highest in the country. Ok, our car insurance is one of the highest too...(we need those high incomes to pay for it)
We're next to New York City for Broadway shows and entertainment, and to the Pennsylvania and the Pocono Mountains for more skiing! No volcanos or earthquakes here either
Even if you don't want to move here, at least come to visit. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised that our reputation for being a dirty smoggy state isn't true

Kimberly

ALASKA!!!

I love this state. No sales tax, no state tax.
It is so beautiful here. I never tire of the mountains, trees and wildlife. Alaska is a very unique state too. In many ways it doesn't feel like it is part of the US. But, of course it is the 49th state!

Kimberly

Gigiola

Oh please don't let my Indiana STBH read that! He loves Alaska, would hate to live in Florida, has little good to say about CA and let's face it ... I'd go wherever he lived anyway!

ire blues

In Atlanta, you are only about and hour's drive from the mountains and a 3 hour drive to the coast. So recreation is easily available.


LOL...3 hours to the coast? How fast do you drive?

Noortje

Hi!

Anyone here living in Rhode Island or knowing RI pretty well? How is it to live in RI? I have been there and it's a great place to visit.
I'll probably live in RI for some time after my boyfriend and I get married.

ire blues

I have to agree with you cindyabs...I am still a Connecticut Yankee at heart, though I lived many years in Asheville, North Carolina and almost 20 years in Atlanta.

I could not afford to move back to CT, but I think it is a lovely area. I am however thinking of a move back to NC (after saying, "I will never move back to that hick town again", I guess age has changed me). The idea of a smaller city and slower lifestyle is becoming more appealing to me. When I moved to Atlanta, the population had just reached 1 million and seems such a different place now.

I will find out next week if I am going to part of a 5% work reduction plan at my company and that may just get me looking more seriously at a move back to that little 'hick' town...lol

WiAnSiempre

LOL - We Atlantans drive fast !! I can make it to the coast in 3 to 4 hours easy

Angela