"RickH" wrote in message
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On Oct 13, 4:12 pm, "Existential Angst" wrote:
http://money.msn.com/saving-money/10...e-cheaply-forb...

The first listing, Sandusky, Ohio, gives the articles sources.

Michigan, Ohio, Indiana seem to dominate -- haven't checked the geography,
but mebbe all close to mfr'g towns? Elkhart, Indiana f'sure.
But Cumberland, Md-W. Va (not dat far from me) was a bit of a surprise --
altho anything with W. Va. could explain "cheap".

I thought Tennessee might be in there (TVA), and KY, but apparently lots
of
retirees are flocking there, running up prices. And with smaller
mosquitoes
than in Florida....

Note the relatively high crime rate in Fairbanks, about 6x Elkhart, Ind.
Most in the middle.

And the other Q is, Are these place also good for a bidniss??
Food fer thought.
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These surveys never make any sense because they can never apply their
research to the interests of everyone. If what makes you happy, be it
the music scene, cultural scene, dance, work, or community of folks
with a common interest etc... can only be had in a less than "optimal"
place, then that is paradise to you. There are just way too many
factors to weigh for people that have interests outside of just going
to work and coming home for 30 years, raising kids, then dying. If
you have any life at all outside that, then these surveys are
meaningless because they only consider one or two economic factors.
If you truly loved bowling would you want to live somewhere with no
bowling alley for 50 miles no matter how great a bargain the local
economy is?
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Well, these were all sizable cities, so bowling shouldn't be a problem.

Sure, an individual has to sleuth specifics, but cheap, low crime, good
schools is a good basic beginning.
Makes more sense to me than NYeffingCity, where a 500 sq ft studio costs
$500,000, just to be cool, and near Robert fuknDeNiro.
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EA