Help Tassadar find a place to Move To

[Nubclear]

Alright, living in Utah, well, sucks. I need a place to move to. There are few job oppritunities, Mormon-centric teaching (Yes NYE, I live here. I would know.), and its just plain BORING.

I need a place to move to out of Utah. Heres my citeria:

-Needs to be fairly cheap.
-Good job oppritunities.
-Good education.
-Something to do!!!
-Fairly low crime. I don't want to get murdered on the way home.

Suggestions?

[ixnay]

There's always Montana. Not sure about the good job opportunities part, though.

[David Floyd]

Austin, Texas.

-Not incredibly expensive
-Quickly expanding, with job opportunities
-Hello? University of Texas!
-Lot's to do in Austin
-Crime rate isn't the lowest in the nation, but I've never had any problems.

[Buck Birdseed]

Sweden is nice.

[David Floyd]

Good point, and in Sweden, you can get by quite comfortably without even working, if you know what I mean

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Buck Birdseed
Sweden is nice.

But the shape of Sweden is ugly. I wouldn't want to live in an ugly-shaped country, now would I?

[Ned]

Try Bagdad. Plenty of action and excitement. You might even have the opportunity to exercise your anti-Americanism up close and personal.

[Jaakko]

Sweden is shaped like a limp penis on the 1 and 2 Euro coins.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Ned
Try Bagdad. Plenty of action and excitement. You might even have the opportunity to exercise your anti-Americanism up close and personal.

Hmm....I prefer English-Speaking countries, thanks.

Sweden is shaped like a limp penis on the 1 and 2 Euro coins.

[Jaakko]

[MrWhereItsAt]

At the risk of sounding facetious (and I am NOT trying to Tass, me ole friend), how 'bout New Zealand?

Lessee..

Cheap? - US1$ is worth around NZ$2, so you would get here with a good start, and we do have a cheap cost to food and property - a decent family-sized house in the middle of Auckland (our largest city) would set you back something like $300k NZ, or maybe $500 NZ rent. Inflation is strictly controlled at around 1.5% too, so that may be a reason for the cheapness as well.

Jop ops? Anything in IT or most hard sciences will have them snapping you up. You won't make a tonne, but then again to live comfortably here you don't need to. Teachers are somewhat underpaid, but they are getting more raises all the time now, and are badly needed. Finance/Commerce I wouldn't know about, but all my Commerce studying friends seem to do OK once they finished Uni. Or you could always become a ski/skydiving/bungyjumping etc instructor.

Good education? You betcha. Our Unis are recognised internationally as (although somewhat lacking in the funds for high-tech machinery) world-class teaching Institutions. Almost the whole lot of them.

Something to do? Well we aren't very big, and if big city life is what you want - keep away. But if you like the outdoors, mountain climbing, tramping, surfing, sailing. rugby, cricket, hockey..... We do all that. Seen Lord of the Rings? Some of the things above you can do in that landscape.

Fairly low crime? Well sure we have murders and that, but the problem is low enough that our cops don't carry guns - there's a special squad for that. Murder cases in NZ are uncommon enough to make news for weeks at a time when they happen.

And since I'm, in Oz, I guess I should throw this in. For most of what I said above, that applies to Oz as well, only with bigger cities and things are more expensive, but then you make a bit more money too.

Just an idea. Hope these ideas help you think through what you really are looking for in a place, Tass.

[Shi Huangdi]

"-Needs to be fairly cheap.
-Good job oppritunities.
-Good education.
-Something to do!!!
-Fairly low crime. I don't want to get murdered on the way home."

Pittsburgh is a pretty good place.

-Pittsbrugh has cheap housing available.
-Not sure on the job opportunities in the area. I know there is a lot of blue collar work in my area, plenty of stores with help wanted signs, but I assume you are a white-collar worker.
- Good public school system in the area, a whole slew of universities in the area too.
- If you are a college age then there are plenty of parites in the area. If not, there is still plenty to do, major sports teams, a nice big part, nightlife, etc. etc.
- Crime is not a big problem, I feel safe there. Supposedly we are one of the lower crime cities.

[Juggernaut]

Originally posted by Jaakko
Sweden is shaped like a limp penis on the 1 and 2 Euro coins.

Says the guy living in the scrotum.

[Jaakko]

Looks like us Finns gave Sweden some balls in more than one way...

[Datajack Franit]

If Sweden is the flaccid penis and Finland the scrotum, what the hell is Norway supposed to be?