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Bismarck North Dakota .... not overcrowded ...

how about this on 27 acres .... $310k
http://www.prairieroserealty.com/windy.htm

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<--- grew up in Boston. The city itself is compact compared to other cities and very beautiful. The housing stock is very different compared to California: most houses are older and more worn. Boston's expensive (but nothing like California), the job market is very weak right now...not a great combination. Traffic is not too bad compared to other cities but the drivers are simply insane. Public transportation is actually good. Falls are spectacular, summers are steamy, winters are wet and miserable, springs are termed "mud season".

It's an OK place to live, but not that great.

I lived in DC for five years about ten years ago (so my comments could be well past their sell-by date). DC is really two cities: a very upscale and mostly white area (NW) that is almost subsumed by a larger, crime-ridden mostly black area (anthing not NW). Racial tensions were readily noticable to me living there. Georgetown is absolutely gorgeous (one of the best urban neighborhoods in the US, IMO) as is most of Capitol Hill, DuPont Circle/Mass Ave and parts of Adams Morgan. IMO, most everything else in the city is either pretty bad or downright scary. Frankly, the DC government brings ineptness to the level of art, it's the worst run place I've ever lived. The Maryland burbs are either fairly unexceptional (Silver Spring) or very swank (Chevy Chase). The northern VA burbs are typically huge, sprawling towns of brand new developments of McMansions. Alexandria and Arlington are both more urban and more interesting suburbs (to me at least). DC is very slightly cheaper than Boston (much cheaper than California). Summers are tropical, Winters are fairly mild (with occassional ice storms), Spring and Fall are both delightful (particualrly spring with the cherry blossoms). Traffic is awful, just awful. Public transportation is fairly good but the Metro doesn't go to Georgetown.

I wouldn't pick either city. Guess which city I'd pick.

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Was discussing the same thing with my friend earlier today, she lives in Fairfield, CT, hour from New York, houses prices are starting to come down. Have never been but looks nice.

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It looks like you've picked Chicago?

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Minneapolis and Chicago are both lovely cities that are :eek: in the winter. Elina might not have trouble with that much snow though. :p

If humidity is an issue, and it will be if you live on the East Coast, what about Colorado (Boulder comes to mind) or Northern California/Nevada (eg Sacramento, Reno)?

For culture and connectivity to the UK you can't beat NYC but you'll encounter high property costs and quite a bit of winter.

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Reno is a cess pit and Sacramento is not far behind. (Sorry if I offended anyone :)

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Ooookay .... they didn't seem that way to me, but I was a too-rist. :)

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Well, Reno is a cess pit, maybe Sacramento's not that bad. The in-laws live there so that's probably why I don't like the place :D .

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I wouldn't go quite as far as LeedsGirl but...

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The governor's mansion was very nice (I didn't see the governor himself so that may have helped :D ) and having a large liberal university nearby (UC Davis) seems attractive. :)

What about northern northern California (as in the w(h)ine country)? :D

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Apart from being in CA, 6000 miles from the US cities I named in my original post, expensive housing, nowhere near any museums and art galleries ( unless you drive to SF) and no other matches to my original outlined criteria ........ that's a great recommendation :rolleyes:
Do you have ADD???

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thought about FLorida - i hear Orlando is superb, near International Drive :D :D

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[QUOTE=lionheart] I don't think I'd like to be too far out in the sticks and nowhere too hot like AZ, TX, NV.

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We didn't want you to come here anyways! :rolleyes:

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As part of my quest to visit all 50 states, Bismarck is next on my list for a weekend visit.... North Dakota, btw, was the last of the 50 states that Clinton visited when he was President.

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I'll second that!