Is Tampa better then west palm beach?
I went to undergraduate college in the Midwest and am very familiar with Michigan. I spent a summer in Mackinaw City long ago. I have worked in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Tallahassee, and the Panhandle. I also worked in Texas, Colorado, Arizona, and California. I am an engineer. The job market in Florida is harsh for young people. It's not uncommon for young college graduates to have to move back in with their parents because they are unemployed or underemployed. This is for people in their early 20s. By contrast those who are in their 30s or 40s with ten or more years of experience in software, engineering, healthcare, or accounting can easily get a job in Tampa or West Palm Beach/Fort Lauderdale. But you are 22. So the job outlook for your age group in either Tampa or West Palm Beach is tough. This video is about Miami but could easily apply to the general job market for young college graduates in South FL. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QVRBfEtpB... For young people in their early 20s starting a career I would highly recommend Texas. I worked for a year in Austin then San Antonio and found the job market to be much stronger for recent college graduates. http://www.forbes.com/sites/danielfisher... On the other hand, if you go to graduate school at USF in Tampa and study accounting, healthcare administration, computer science, computer engineering, biomedical engineering, management information systems with a focus on data mining, or an allied health field your outlook will be much better. Perhaps you can go to graduate school at USF. http://health.usf.edu/index.html I commuted daily from Ft. Lauderdale to downtown Miami and hated the congestion. It often took well over an hour just to drive about 25 miles in rush hour. I also witnessed the stress of coworkers commuting from W. Palm Beach to Davie, FL. South FL commutes are horrible in the extreme congestion. West Palm Beach is about 1.5 to 2.5 hours from Miami during rush hour traffic. I moved to the FL Panhandle and love it.
Where are you from? If you’re from Baltimore or Chicago (or, indeed, any major American city), then Dublin is pretty much safe across the board. The intentional homicide rate in the USA is about three and a half times as high as the same rate in Ireland. In fact, with the exception of New Hampshire, the murder rate in Ireland is lower than it is anywhere in the US (it’s a tie with NH).Unless one or more members of your family is suffering from an ongoing condition, you probably don’t need to worry too much about being close to a hospital. It’s actually a little difficult to find somewhere in Dublin that’s more than four miles or so from a hospital. That said, Blanchardstown Hospital is five kilometres from Damastown industrial park, so living in that area probably makes a lot of sense.However (and this is where things get a bit lunatic), a 1,500pm budget for a two-bed house outside the M50 ring road is actually overly optimistic thanks to the Dublin rental market being completely bonkers and desperately short of rental stock (right now, less than four thousand properties are available to rent on Daft.ie, which is the biggest rental website in Ireland by a considerable margin). On Daft right now, there is not a single house matching that description in Blanchardstown; the nearest is in Tyrrellstown, several miles away. You may need to consider renting an apartment rather than a house; there are three properties in Blanchardstown for 1,500pm or less.
What is the best/safe place to live in Windsor(Ontario)?
Hi...I live in Windsor. Around the University, anywhere east of the University (Rankin, Randolph, California, Askin, etc.), there are a lot of student rentals here and the area is OK. These streets stretch from the river to Tecumseh Road and the lower the street address (100s, 200s, 300s, etc. the closer to the campus and river). The higher the address (1700) you are near Tecumseh Road and it would be quite a hike, although not impossible. West of the University, beyond the bridge, (King, Queen, Peter, Mill, South, Felix), this is a rougher neighbourhood with an assortment of geared-to-income families and some housing projects. Right around the bridge (Indian Rd.) used to be nice, but the bridge developers have bought out a lot of those places for expansion and now places are either boarded up or in disrepair. As the other poster commented, if you have transportation you have more options. South Windsor is good, the communities west of Windsor (Lasalle, Amherstburg) are good, Riverside is good but, again, a bit of a drive and probably more pricey. Avoid the streets around downtown as well (Church, Dougall, Janette, Bruce, especially between Wyandotte and the river) as, again, they tend to be low-income and frequented by druggies and hookers. Windsor has a great waterfront (which is not so great at the moment as we have a city workers strike); the downtown is not much as far as shopping, unfortunately, but there are tons of bars and restaurants (drinking and gambling age here is 19 so on the weekend these spots are frequented by young Americans). There's also a few good bars/pubs around the university (The Mill, Spicoli's...3 or 4 along Sandwich Street). Of course, we have a huge casino downtown, Caesars Windsor. Two major malls, Devonshire and Windsor Crossing. Bus transportation is decent. Right now, one of the cab companies is on strike as well (ggrrr...) so cabs are at a premium. Windsor's in an economic slump right now (a result of the automotive/manufacturing slowdown) so home sales and rentals are reasonable. There are tons of rentals in Windsor at the moment, and landlords are offering lots of incentives, so don't be afraid to try and get a good deal. It is a renter's market. Check "www.kijiji.ca", under Windsor, for places to rent. Good luck! Anymore questions, just let me know.
Whats a better choice-Indianapolis or Boston?
Boston (actually you should think of it as Boston/Cambridge; the two cities, both vibrant, stare at each other across the Charles River) shares with San Francisco the distinction of being the most European-like cities in the USA, with lots of things to do, a central city full of people who live there, and a good public transportation system (underground, trains and buses), and also good national system (Amtrak) train service for visiting New York and other nearby interesting places. It also has the greatest proportion of university students of any large city in the world. It is also on the sea. It is full of history, It is part of New England which, politically and socially, is more like Western Europe than most of the USA. Indianapolis, on the other hand, is a more average American city, which unfortunately means a place mostly of some skyscrapers without much activity otherwise downtown and little to do. Most of the people who live near the central city are poor. The public transit system, such as it is, is only buses and one needs a car to get most places. There is one Amtrak train per day to Chicago, otherwise you will be stuck if you want to get to anyplace interesting. The landscape is flat, flat, flat. The politics of Indiana is the opposite of Massachusetts: conservative, full of religious fundamentalists, and gun lovers who think that America is still No. 1 in the world in everything. You might think from the above that I suggest Boston is far better for you than Indianapolis but that is not necessarily so. Although I would never choose to live in Indianapolis versus Boston in fact Indiana is much more typically American so you may wish to go there simply to have the experience of learning and experiencing about that for the summer, even if you dislike the poor transportation and much of the cultural attitudes. As far as job opportunities: if you have a J-1 already presumably you already have a job. But for the record, at the present time Boston/Cambridge has less unemployment than Indianapolis. Indianapolis' in-city violent crime rate is higher than Boston's but both places' suburban crime is minimal. The cost of lodging is far lower in Indianapolis.
I live just outside of Charlotte (in Fort Mill, SC), but have spent some time in the triangle area. Raleigh/Durham has a decidedly more “southern” feel and while not a “small town”, has more of small southern city feel than Charlotte. There are three major universities in the area so a lot of the residents are either students or employees of UNC, NC State or Duke University. This brings a lot of teaching, engineering, legal and medical professionals to this area and the culture reflects that.Charlotte, on the other hand is much more of a melting pot as it is the largest city between DC and Atlanta and has for years struggled to put itself on the map as a “world class city” competing directly with Atlanta. Very few of the people I come across here are from the south. In fact, except for me and two or three of my neighbors, my entire neighborhood is from New York or the New England area. They come here because their money goes a lot further and they can live in fairly large homes and pay a lot less in taxes than they do up north. The effect is that finding some truly southern experiences is a little bit tougher in Charlotte than it is in other parts of the state.Depending on what it is you are looking for, both are very nice areas. Charlotte’s restaurant and arts scene has grown significantly in the last decade. The public transit system, while not equivalent to Atlanta, is gaining in usefulness since they added local trains into the city center. I’m not sure what the housing market is like in the triangle, but it is definitely a buyer’s market in and around Charlotte with new apartments and neighborhoods going up quickly (of course, affecting the traffic). Charlotte also has an excellent and very large community college system as well as UNCC, Queens University, and Johnson & Whales, which has contributed greatly to the uptick in fine dining around here.Wherever you end up living, I hope it meets or exceeds your expectations!
I did this 11 years ago when I moved to Los Angeles. I had never even visited the city before. It was a little crazy! Planning ahead was really important. It took about 6 months. I quit the management job I had and waitressed. I need cash and lots of it quickly. I saved and saved. I left New Hampshire with $6000. I picked an apartment out online. I talked to a few people who had live in/at least been there to decide which neighborhoods to steer clear of. I probably got an old school trip-tic for AAA. I found a national mover to take the big stuff. Packed my VW and drove cross country in 3 days. Again, this was a crazy adventure. Once in LA I looked for a job. I was lucky to find a recruiter to work with me. I found a job with other people my age so I had a built in social network at work. I made friends slowly. It took a few months to get going and to really start enjoying myself but it is the best decision I ever made! So I guess the answer is that you just have to do it even if it seems nuts. Also, it helps to have a back-up plan (like calling your family to fly you home if it turns out you hate it.) I don't really tell people but at the back of mind when I left I thought, " I am doing this. Worst case if I hate it, in 6 months I will come home." I will also advise to give it a little bit of time. I was so sad when I first got there because I missed my family, didn't have friends and to be quite honest the $6000 were spent quicker than I imagined it would be. Good luck!Edit- I should have read the details of the question before answering. I probably could have done it with a lot less money if I was not supporting 4 people with the money I had and if I was willing to sacrifice my spoiled life style a little.