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Good places to live?
So, what are some good and affordable places to live?
Just curious whta everyone things... you need to have visited there for a long period of time, havelived there once in your life or currently live there.
I would say Folsom, CA where I live is an awesome place to live but the cost of living is WAY to much for what you get, and the price increase has gone all the way up the mountain to Lake Tahoe
I was looking at Alabama (some random city) and for 150k you can get 5 acres, 2car garage + other garage, 2400sq.ft house... now would the QOL be the same as CA probably not but is it "that bad" ?? These are things I`d like to know
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04-23-2006, 12:07 PM
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It depends on your definition and "good" and "affordable" really. Those can differ greatly from person to person.
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04-23-2006, 12:14 PM
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Singapore ? It is a green and clean place to stay.
http://www.sg/
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04-23-2006, 12:17 PM
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It depends on your definition and "good" and "affordable" really. Those can differ greatly from person to person.
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Guess I should have said what do you the poster think are good and affordable places. Or simply share your opinion  heh
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04-23-2006, 12:34 PM
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Singapore is good, too. But if we retire we need our pension (Social Security)to be stretched out. So we purchased a 4 bedroom 2.5 bath in Cavite, Philippines for $30,000 near the beaches. Payable in 10 years. We bought it in 2000. $280 a month.
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04-23-2006, 12:35 PM
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I live in a Cleveland, OH suburb and its pretty affordable. The cost of living is decent and so on. Good schools, best medical.
But whenever I go to BIG cities (like NYC), I fall in love with that. I think I'd love to live in a big city for awhile.
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Where I live is affordable, but its not where I want to be for the rest of my life - my plan is to move abroad, or to be close to a beach, and the sea.
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04-23-2006, 07:08 PM
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Originally Posted by ToddW
So, what are some good and affordable places to live?
Just curious whta everyone things... you need to have visited there for a long period of time, havelived there once in your life or currently live there.
I would say Folsom, CA where I live is an awesome place to live but the cost of living is WAY to much for what you get, and the price increase has gone all the way up the mountain to Lake Tahoe
I was looking at Alabama (some random city) and for 150k you can get 5 acres, 2car garage + other garage, 2400sq.ft house... now would the QOL be the same as CA probably not but is it "that bad" ?? These are things I`d like to know 
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Huntsville, Alabama is considered to be the Silicon Valley of the south. We have the Space & Rocket Center, NASA, and Redstone Arsenal Military Base along with Research Park, which is an area much like Silicon Valley with Businesses such as Adtran.
The Quality of life is very good. Low crime rate, high income compared to living costs.
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04-23-2006, 07:12 PM
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Originally Posted by BamaStangGuy
Huntsville, Alabama is considered to be the Silicon Valley of the south. We have the Space & Rocket Center, NASA, and Redstone Arsenal Military Base along with Research Park, which is an area much like Silicon Valley with Businesses such as Adtran.
The Quality of life is very good. Low crime rate, high income compared to living costs.
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Cool, what about Wetumpka ?
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Wow, just did some research on Huntsville... it really does sound like a nice place to live.
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Question: Why does one reviewer say " Don't live in Northeast or East Huntsville." ?
I checked out some homes on realtor.com and it looks like for 150-250 you can find some very very nice homes!
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Originally Posted by BamaStangGuy
Huntsville, Alabama is considered to be the Silicon Valley of the south. We have the Space & Rocket Center, NASA, and Redstone Arsenal Military Base along with Research Park, which is an area much like Silicon Valley with Businesses such as Adtran.
The Quality of life is very good. Low crime rate, high income compared to living costs.
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Did you ever listen to WeUP? Do you know of J-Daniels?
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04-23-2006, 08:12 PM
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I went to high school with him!
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04-23-2006, 08:17 PM
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Originally Posted by BamaStangGuy
I went to high school with him!
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He's my best friend and "hero" (personal reasons) but of course he won't admit to it.  Did you listen to him on the radio? He used to mention me in his shout outs. Now, he's doing what he loves and he's happy.
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04-23-2006, 10:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Colleen
He's my best friend and "hero" (personal reasons) but of course he won't admit to it.  Did you listen to him on the radio? He used to mention me in his shout outs. Now, he's doing what he loves and he's happy.
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I dont listen to radio much but I have listened to WEUP and have heard him on the radio before. Cool guy indeed. How do you know him???
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04-23-2006, 10:32 PM
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Originally Posted by ToddW
Wow, just did some research on Huntsville... it really does sound like a nice place to live.
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Question: Why does one reviewer say " Don't live in Northeast or East Huntsville." ?
I checked out some homes on realtor.com and it looks like for 150-250 you can find some very very nice homes!
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04-23-2006, 10:43 PM
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Gotcha.... did my price range seem right for the nice area or ghetto areae? What are some new streets or housing developments called?
Just curious
Thanks
-Todd
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04-23-2006, 10:49 PM
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150-250 will net you a very nice home here.
Check out houses in the Monrovia area. There are many new housing developments popping up out in this area.
Look into Madison Alabama as well. Huntsville and Madison kind of run together. Madison will probably be a bit more expensive though as it is a much nicer, smaller city.
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Would love to live in the bahamas... i think it is really a good place for lovers hehehe
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04-23-2006, 11:32 PM
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Would love to live in the bahamas... i think it is really a good place for lovers hehehe
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I`d love to live on Grand Caymen. House on the ocean with private dock! I love the ocean/water and diving etc... would be awesome  But $$ LOTS OF IT! + Just a few years ago the whole island was underwater and you have to be able to afford to rebuild after that happens :-/
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