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Hi Jordy,
Where do you live right now? Anyway, if I were moving here are a couple of places I would check out...
Asheville, NC and Boise, ID. Both are really two of the up and coming cities. Don't know about cost of living in Boise, but Asheville is suppose to be very reasonable. Another place where cost of living is reasonable is Indianapolis. My best friend used to live there and loved it.
Sharon
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is in the running. I think I would like Asheville, Chapel Hill, Wilmington, knoxville, nashville, SC, NM, Missouri, Coloroda.....
Indianapolis is very affordable...but don't know if I could live in INdiana.
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I grew up there, and the weather sucks!! One cycle of seasons, and you'll be begging to leave! 
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Mommy to Rhiannon Marie (Dec. 13, 2008)
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Where you decide to move really depends on what you do for a living, and the need of that skill and talent in that local market.
What do you do?
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I already live in the midwest. I don't I want to live here the rest of my life.
I heard that the Denver area gets lots and lots and lots of snow? How are the winters? Have you ever heard of Little or Auroura?
Do you work? What's the job market like? I sent for a relocation pack which hopefully, will answer many questions.
Thanks, Lisa Marie
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I really don't have a skill or training to be anything specific. My BA is in a liberal arts area....so I would be willing to do anything as long as I could pay the bills!
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I lived in Aurora, CO for 4 years...loved it. Littleton and Aurora are suburbs just south of Denver. The climate there is great, sunny probably 300 days of the year, even when it's snowing  The summers are hot, but not steamy, rather dry. And, the saying goes...if you don't like the weather when you wake up, give it a few hours, cause it'll probably change. The mountains are beautiful. I didn't find it any more or less expensive than any of the other big cities I've lived in (Toronto, Tampa). When we lived there, (late 90's)we lived on just my husband's salary (mid-30's). I'm sure it's probably cheaper to live outside the "city". It's not about how much money you make, it's what you do with it!
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I live in Charlotte, NC. It's nice, but humid. The cost of living is a bit high, but there are surrounding smaller towns that don't cost as much. We do have a lot of very good medical facilities & doctors. Geographically, it's the perfect location because you're 4 hours away from the mountains & 4 hours away from the coast. But again, the humidity is really hard to cope with. I actually have been thinking about moving out west, to a desert area, to escape the humidity!
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How about AZ? I live in the east valley of the Phoenix area and love it. Yes our summer temps can get extreme, but it's only a few weeks out of the entire year. The rest of the time it is beautiful! I am a sunshine person, I love waking up everyday to early sunlight and when I come home from work I still have several hours of daylight. I just spent the past 6 months up in the northwest and it was aweful! Even though that's where I grew up, and it is beautiful the dark, gloomy, rainy, wet and cold where terrible. No wonder Seattle has the highest suicide rate in the nation, ther's alot to be said for light therapy! As for cost of living and job availability, we are pretty much average. There are places where houses are inexpensive, but you have to make some trade offs. And depending on what you do, I would hire a headhunter before I moved. Just to let you know San Diego is only 6 hours away and the mountains are even closer. I love the desert it has its own unique beauty, I like riding my horses in the desert and other places and you'd be amazed at the beauty you can miss until you slow your pace. Best of luck wherever you decide!
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Don't believe it - we really don't get a whole lot of snow in Denver. The mountains do, yes, but not really the lower elevations. Sure, there are always exceptions, but for the most part, the winters are very temperate. We don't get that bitter cold that the midwest gets from Canada. And unlike the midwest, the sun shines in the winter!  The winters here are AWESOME compared to the midwest. Even if it's a blizzard in the morning, by mid-afternoon the sun is shining, the snow is mostly gone, and you'd never know it snowed 6 hours earlier.
I'm not sure about the job market. I can't imagine it's that much different than anywhere else. I'm an aerospace engineer, so my industry is a pretty big one out here. Family home prices average $250,000 to $300,000, which can be hard for midwesterners to grasp. But it's definitely cheaper to live in the suburbs. I live in Lakewood, which is the next city north of Littleton.
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