Originally Posted by fairladyZ (Post 10825569)

do you have kids? What kind of career?

Boise, Idaho. If you can get on the out skirts it's a great place to live. It's in the top 5 in the nation for raising a family. People are polite, not alot of crime. Lots of stuff outdoors to do and only about 45 minutes from being deep into forrest areas. Cost of living isn't terribly high. It's about average for what salaries are around here. It's a little smaller than SLC and Portland so it has a lot more of a home town feel then those but still feels big. I HATE SLC and portland is a cool town but dirty. Reno is Meh but it's nevada. 99% of Nevada is just blah. Spokane is referred to as Spo-compton. It's 70% s***hole. Seattle is outrageous to live. Don't know about Colorado so can't comment. Arizona most parts are nice but it's hot if you can get past that.

If your thinking mountainy and out west though i would most definitely look into Boise, Idaho. I've been here my whole life and although locals always complain and want out of here everyone always comes back. It's just to good here unfortunately

Originally Posted by lewdog (Post 10825241)

You either hate it or you love it because the weather is on the extreme obviously. 4 super hot months with very little break and 8 months of beautiful weather. That sold me. And the hot days you find a pool or stay inside. It does nothing to mess up my commute like snow though!

Tons to do and all 4 professional teams. Very low cost of living. It doesn't have a big city feel because it is so spread out so traffic is pretty good most of the time. You do have to get used to driving though and the miles on your car add up quick. People seem to kind of stick to themselves which you can see as either good or bad.

But we love it here and are not leaving for a very long time.

Originally Posted by Jerm (Post 10825632)

Thanks! Wife is pushing for Vegas...I love it out there but I just wonder about raising our daughter (10 months old) out there.

Originally Posted by SDChiefs (Post 10825674)

Low cost of living? its everybit as expensive as San Diego.

Originally Posted by Canofbier (Post 10825771)

Look on the bright side: in 17 years and 2 months, she'll have no problems finding work!

Originally Posted by lewdog (Post 10825777)

Phoenix? Are you high?


Median home price San Diego is near 450k. Phoenix is under 200k.

Hell, it's even cheaper to live here than Montana.

Nice try though.

Originally Posted by SDChiefs (Post 10825788)

I want what youre smoking. median house in SD is 350 and its close to that in phoenix. you cant find a shack there for under 200k. When i was looking for apts there 8 years ago they were 1400 a month. Care to guess what they are here? about 1400 a month.

Originally Posted by lewdog (Post 10825792)

http://www.numbeo.com/cost-of-living...=Phoenix%2C+AZ

You would need around 3,539.00$ in Phoenix, AZ to maintain the same standard of life that you can have with 4,400.00$ in San Diego, CA

It is not even close to that for median home price in Phoenix. We live in a very nice neighborhood, 2300 sq/ft house with a pool and our mortgage is under 1200/month.

Our friends live in Scottsdale in a 3b/2b house that cost under 250k.

Why do you think so many people retire here....because it's cheap!

Um so yea, you won't find that in San Diego. Your facts are wrong.

Originally Posted by a pp roach (Post 10825797)

Johannesburg, South Africa. Never been, but just an idea.

Originally Posted by SDChiefs (Post 10825844)

I call bs. my dad was paying more than that in Tucson and phoenix is twice as expensive. People retire there because of the percieved dry heat. When in actuallity its humid as hell during the summer. A lot of snowbirds come this way too. And my facts are life experience. ive lived out there. you couldnt pay me enough to do it again. but i did once.

Originally Posted by Jerm (Post 10825359)

Yeah if I move, I was thinking more coastal or out west near mountains...