That's a really good analogy.
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1. I'd be careful with this. Criminals love them some quick access back to the interstate also when retreating to the quaint, quite suburbs that think they are "too far away from that mess." I see it everyday with crimes along the I-85 corridor south of Atlanta....
2. 100% agree.
3. Ohh, you mean the transplanted "locals" that moved here from up north and can't drive in 1/2" of snow? Because Atlanta is about 80% northern transplants and the 20% that ain't aren't the ones causing the traffic problems, whether it's dry, wet or frozen....
4. There's plenty of power problems in the city, suburbs, etc. You're most likely NOT to have severe utility issues in rural areas. Less people, less stress. But yes, it does happen. The good thing is you can run your 7kw portable generator and there's no Gladys Kravitz neighbor writing an email to the HOA about you.
Wait, you've been unemployed for a year? And you're an "engineer"???
Yea-kind of sends up a red flag......
Sounds like Missouri fits you like a glove!
1. Never had an issue with it. I’ve heard of it, just not experienced it. Then again, the suburbs I live in now are like 2 to 5 acre min sizes. Too far to drive from a decent city, and the locals keep to petty crimes it seems.
4. I’ve been lucky but when an ice storm can take out poles for miles… it can be weeks. Friends a few miles away have long used generators as it was very common for power to go out.
How close do you live to a city of 1 million people or more? The area I'm talking about is ~40 miles away from Atlanta. You need to get 3-5 miles away from the interstate to get into the 2-5 acre lots. I'm 14+ miles from the interstate and we are on about the smallest tract of land around us, 10 acres. No, we do not have any such problem with the roaches coming around our area. But the areas closer to the interstate, which you sounded like you'd suggest, do.
I’m not sure. Quick look shows Boston has less than 700k? should I include suburbs? good hour to get to the outskirts of Boston area. I’m not sure what in New England proper is in that size.
Manchester is over 100k, call it 3x if you want to include the burbs. That’s half hour, maybe?
Anyhow, I see your point, but when I lived over an hour from an interstate, it sure felt like a long drive to get anywhere. Not only that but my career choices were quite limited, in my field of choice. Had I gone into the trades I would have been much better off.
Thank you.
You are 100% spot on about the rest of that paragraph as well.... ESPECIALLY the Trades.
Sounds like you've realized there's a fine line of where to live in relation to a large city and it's economic impact and your financial security. I don't disagree with you. I moved from a poorly-performing small city when I was 23 to a small town, while on an interstate highway, it was more than an hour from any economically robust area. I wasn't well-educated on many economic factors, business, etc., spent 11 years there and I feel it severely impacted my financial well-being, my career advancement and other things. I moved away, hesitant at the time, to the Atlanta area. Within 5 years, I had doubled my salary, and have more than tripled it in 15.
I am in somewhat of a trades-based field, but I wish I had been exposed to more of the trades and such early on and shown that it's not just a bucket of ne'er do-wells, but highly skilled, well-paid people.
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Everywhere is pro-gun nowadays, even CA, despite what the myths are in folklore. If you want pro-whack-someone-and-get-away you may choose Florida or Texas. But why would you even consider that as a criterion.
Low taxes are a different matter but you need to remember that with low taxes come low services that you end up paying one way or another.
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My ideal living situation is where we live, suburb right outside of a big city.
Yep, I think I might have chosen poorly in the scheme of things. All the good jobs are to my south, down in Mass, for electrical engineering. It peters out real quick as I head into the sticks, into the quiet areas where I prefer to live. After 20 years I finally maxed out my career and if it wasn't stagnate before, it will be going forward, which I'm ok with, I'm hoping it'll cut my hours back, albeit with an income cap going forward.
Not sure how it would have worked out had I gone into the trades. Maybe it would have been the same, who knows. I sure would have missed my engineering classes, I loved the theoretical stuff back then. Right now I'm toying with brushing up my skills, maybe get my masters on the side.
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