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Re: Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities

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Post by smileysteve » Mon, Nov 07, 2016, 10:52 PM UTC

gtaylor wrote: post #26

libria wrote: post #22

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> Stay away from Atlanta if you value quality of living Can you elaborate on Atlanta's poor QoL?

Dirty, terrible traffic, was decimated by the recession and not quite back. There are very nice areas like Buckhead, and really rough areas like Lithia Springs. You'll need a car to get anywhere and you're going to spend a lot of time in it. Especially if you live in one of the popular suburbs like Marietta or even Douglasville. Source: lived in the area a few times.

> rough areas like Lithia Springs.

To be clear, Lithia Springs is as part of Atlanta as Vallejo is part of San Francisco - as Edison is to Manhatten.

You'd need a car to get anywhere if you lived in Vallejo too... And you'd spend a ton of time in it (and about $10 in tolls) to get to Downtown San Francisco.

Re: Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities

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Post by muninn_ » Wed, Nov 09, 2016, 3:01 AM UTC

godzillabrennus wrote: post #108

muninn_ wrote: post #19

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Stay away from Atlanta if you value quality of living. Look to places like Pittsburgh, Cleveland, Minneapolis, Columbus, etc.... big healthcare areas without being the biggest sprawl on the planet or having insane cost of living.

Cleveland has incredibly low cost of living. It's also got Case Western which is a good engineering school. I've heard that the area around the school is going through some big changes with young tech folks moving into the college areas for school and staying afterward to start companies. Good to see!

+ Cleveland Clinic

Re: Tech Jobs, Cheaper Housing: The New Silicon Cities

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Post by bradezone » Sun, Nov 13, 2016, 1:37 AM UTC

Couldn't read article b/c of paywall, but I gotta put in a good word for Greenville SC, where I currently live. It's been popping up on a lot of "cool cities" lists recently, and rightfully so. Great & growing tech scene. I personally work for a medical start-up & could be living anywhere, but right now I'm content to be in "G-Vegas" =]