Pimp your town..

I'm moving soon and need a place to go.

I was thinking Minneapolis.. I don't like cold. I'm leaning towards Austin.

Anything resembling Portland? I love the weather there. But not Portland.

Good schools and public transportation is a plus.

then pimp your own town :shrug:

pimp my ride is a show on MTV.. A bad but well played joke.

joke being (and stay with me on this one) is that my town has already been pimped. although upon reviewing your OP it seems any one of those towns will suit your template just fine.

Well outside of Denver to stay out of the traffic but the area is spectacular.

And kids in that part of town shoot up schools? Oh, shit, kip did that here too.

Snow scares me..

we see a lot of it in the mountains and you can go play in it but we might get 20 inches a year total here in Denver. And GOPisEvil is right, stay off the freeways and it's a great city. Of course our Football team SUCKS!

traffic isn't that bad. :shrug:

I liked Denver a lot.

It gets hot here in the summer, but spring and our extended fall make up for it. We never really get winter. Maybe 2 or 3 days a year.

Good schools? Well, I can't stand the University of Texas' sports teams, but it is a great school. Texas State is right down the road in San Marcos. Public Transportation? Ehhhhh...Capital Metro is pretty decent but there are still lots of things you need a car for.

We have excellent music, food, a little culture, it's very laid back and casual.

Austin isn't what it used to be, but I still like it here.

Im in the rust belt and its pretty much dying away into nothingness.

Used to be vibrant and alive but now its like a depressing little shithole with a stoplight thats broken and a run down city park. Damn, now Im depreseed. :(

And once you get through one winter, the weather is really no big deal. Plus, we have skyways: elevated walkways that connect all of downtown. You can walk miles downtown without ever stepping outside, if you don't want to.

Minneapolis/St. Paul is one of the best places to live in the nation, IMHO. Good jobs, affordable living, and the property values aren't too insane yet, either. We've got a great arts scene, a killer music scene, and some of the most liberal politics in the nation.

Taxes may be the 4th-highest in the nation, but we have a very solid social safety net, even after several years of Republican misadministration. We have a very educated workforce, and unemployment rates are usually well below the national average. We also have some of the healthiest population, and 99% of our residents have medical insurance (either through employers or through a subsidized insurance program called MinnesotaCare).

And don't worry too much about the weather. True, the winters can be brutal (especiall January), but most people stay indoors for the worst parts. We may get a couple of blizzards a year, but it's rare that anybody dies. At worst, you may get a couple days off work while we dig out.

And did I mention the HUGE contingent of active MN DUers, too? We meet up about once a month at a local watering hole for fun and entertainment. And we have a blast, everytime!

Come on up to the northland, the weather's fine! :hi:

If it sucks I can leave. I hate to die without going someplace I want to.

...the kind that barrels out of Siberia, across Canada, skirts the Dakotas and lays the Hand of God upon us....say, 20 inches of snow and six or seven days of -20F temps to follow.
No, that hardly ever happens any more.

It's been a hot summer. Summer is great and the lakes are sweet...mostof them anyway...

and you can learn to love the sound of new snow crunching under your boots.
people are generally nice.
it's a solidly blue state
we gave the nation Paul Wellstone....and, on the dark side, Norm Coleman....