>> Deanna wrote: >> The midwest has some nice options - Minneapolis, Chicago (if you want >> bigger cities). >> > >Or Madison! Beautiful city with a thriving tech community from what I >can tell (what do you think Deanna?) > >It's close to many major cities (Mpls/St. Paul, Chicago, Milwaukee, >Detroit sorta) and also has tons to do on the outdoors front including >bordering 2 great lakes (Superior and Michigan). > >Atlanta also sounds like it's pretty hot (no pun) these days: low cost >of living, lots of opportunities. But I dunno because I don't get >there much or know many people there. > >There's also Seattle which we're considering buying property at; >specifically Bainbridge Island which is a 20 min ferry ride from a >major city, but, basically, in the country if you consider an island >"the country". > >I think it's an awesome way to have an oasis "away from it all", but >still be close to a major city. And Seattle is an awesome city, in a >beautiful location, close to just about anything you'd want. The only >down side is that you're 2 cities are Seattle and Vancouver: >everything else is quite a hike away. But then if you're looking for >a compromise between slowing down, but not giving up opportunity >(especially tech opportunity) then I can't think of a better place.
These days its very tempting move back to the West Coast - Victoria, BC on Vancouver Island has many of the advantages of Vancouver or Seattle, and few of the disadvantages- ie much less traffic and fog. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Enterprise web applications, build robust, secure scalable apps today - Try it now ColdFusion Today ColdFusion 8 beta - Build next generation apps Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:238954 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
