Place to settle down in US

tish · Post by **tish** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 1:08 am

If you have the choice to choose a place to settle down in US

In regards to the following metrics in that order

a. Warmer tolerable weather year round
b. Cost of living/cost of home or rentals
c. Sr level career opportunities (IT/Corporate/R&D)
d. Affordable quality education for kids through public schools
e. Tolerable traffic during peak hours/availability of public transportation
f. Scenic beauty/easy access to recreation
g. Social life for an Indian family
h. Peaceful / reasonably less crime rate

how would you rank the following places as choice to settle down

1.Atlanta
2.Carolinas (Raleigh/Durham/Charlotte/Cary/Charleston
3. DC Area (DC/MD/VA)
4.Jacksonville
5.Tampa
6.Dallas
7. Houston
8. Austin / San Antonio
9. Phoenix
10.Southern California (Los Angeles/San Diego/Orange County)
11 SFO Bay Area
12 Rest of California (Sacramento/Santa Barbabra/Fresno)
13. Seattle
14 Other place of your choice

or at least mention your Top 3 rankings in that order

Thanks!

NELLAIKUMAR · Post by **NELLAIKUMAR** » Sun Jul 03, 2011 2:09 am

CNBC has recently published the rankings of the states based on many factors including quality of life, cost of living etc.. Check this out.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/41666602/

tish · Post by **tish** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:43 am

NELLAIKUMAR;397150CNBC has recently published the rankings of the states based on many factors including quality of life, cost of living etc.. Check this out.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/41666602/

The rankings mentioned in the link is in regards to the states to do business rather than places for a family to settle down but anyways nice to know that

Virginia
Texas
North Carolina and
Georgia

top the rankings

while

Florida and California are ranked 18th and 32nd respectively...

Old-Spice2 · Post by **Old-Spice2** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 8:03 pm

NELLAIKUMAR;397150CNBC has recently published the rankings of the states based on many factors including quality of life, cost of living etc.. Check this out.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/41666602/

Most of the rankings by US media is useless for typical Desi family. For many of us access to rasam, Indian groceries and Bollywood DVD rental is more important than museum, theater or golf course.

Rajram · Post by **Rajram** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 9:44 pm

Old-Spice2;397292Most of the rankings by US media is useless for typical Desi family. For many of us access to rasam, Indian groceries and Bollywood DVD rental is more important than museum, theater or golf course.

Bollywood DVD is not important these days as dish network is all one needs which you can have anywhere in the USA.

tish · Post by **tish** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:11 pm

Old-Spice2;397292Most of the rankings by US media is useless for typical Desi family. For many of us access to rasam, Indian groceries and Bollywood DVD rental is more important than museum, theater or golf course.

rajram123;397304Bollywood DVD is not important these days as dish network is all one needs which you can have anywhere in the USA.

Easy access to Indian Groceries and Indian Restaurants are also available in most of the cities in USA...

okonomi · Post by **okonomi** » Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:22 pm

[QUOTE]Thread: Words of wisdom for a blissful married life and raising a great family by tish
I am planning to get married soon. I am also leaning to LIA (though sometimes thoughts of R2I comes now and then) currently after a failed R2I. I might also bring my father (as my mother is expired)...

Thread: How happily married couples in US are managing their finances?
by tish
OP has an orderly sequence of going about researching the information: About components of happiness in a marriage, about Job Offers, Investments, and now, a place to settle. Not easy for ordinary persons to achieve such level of order; most go about lah-di-dah, and continue on a problem-solving vein for the rest of their lives.
It is not clear whether the Place-to-settle-down would come before marriage or after. The parent might want a senior-friendly place too.

dcnri2india · Post by **dcnri2india** » Tue Jul 05, 2011 12:34 pm

My recommendation is DC area suburbs.

The Good
Safe.
Good educational schools and institute.
Three international airports.
Good weather (you get snow AND 90 degree days).
Access to south and North of Eastern seaboard.
Truly metropolitan population.
The best infrastructure among major cities (being capital has it's advantages).

The Bad
House prices may be a shock.
Driving is akin to road warrior game.

The ugly
Have not seen yet.

Cheers

zzebie · Post by **zzebie** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 1:45 am

No NY/NJ in the list :)

GutsyGibbon · Post by **GutsyGibbon** » Fri Jul 08, 2011 2:02 am

Santa Barbara my dream city.
North of LA - easy access to Channel islands, very beautiful
Great schools, and a good univ.
Decent size indian communities working in biotech - Camarillo, Thousand Oaks areas of north LA
Huge well seasoned indian community in LA, giant Malibu temple etc. (if that matters)
Much less traffic compared to LA
Great coastal calif. weather
Very peaceful, affluent, low crime rate,
Higher home prices - ok if one is willing to downgrade to smaller houses.