Where should I move? (Big city, young professionals, good weather, great public tran

jmj8778 · Jan 3, 13, 8:26 pm

I am lucky enough to be able to move anywhere to set up a new office for my company as long as it is a major city, US preferred but possibly internationally. We are running a new trial that can be done from anywhere.

So I'd like to go somewhere that matches what I've always wanted from a city:

-Big, with a ton going on
-Great public transit
-Lots of educated young professionals
-High Jewish population
-Great weather (I don't like winters)

What cities seem to fit this criteria best?

jsmeeker · Jan 3, 13, 8:35 pm

too bad Los Angeles doesn't have great public transportation.

braffy · Jan 3, 13, 8:37 pm

Depends on what you're hoping for weather, but, New York jumps to mind. Boston is smaller but might also fit.

Most cities with warm weather seem to have shoddy public transit.

uni3052 · Jan 3, 13, 8:40 pm

Montreal.

aroundtheworld76 · Jan 3, 13, 8:52 pm

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Originally Posted by uni3052

Montreal.

Have you been to Montreal or is this sarcasm? I'm in YUL now and it's -10 and snowy at best. Great town, but winters here suck. OP should check out SEA, PDX, YVR or SFO in US. SIN, BCN, MXP might be good options abroad.

BankerManUSA · Jan 3, 13, 8:58 pm

+1 for PDX.

I'd also recommend Chicago (aside from the weather) or NY for the Jewish communities in both cities. PDX has a diverse smattering of Judaic denominations. Are you looking for Reform, Conservative, Orthodox?

C-Kay · Jan 3, 13, 9:02 pm

Singapore. I don't think there's a high population of Jewish though....
Vancouver is nice too but the weather isn't that great sometimes....but not as cold as the other cities in Canada like Montreal and Toronto.

I used to work in London, UK and ticks the boxes (except the weather...) but that was 8 years ago. I don't know how it's like now.

pogopossum · Jan 3, 13, 9:07 pm

You are currently in TXL?

Maybe Tel Aviv?

PP

nrr · Jan 3, 13, 9:09 pm

I'd vote for San Diego--great weather, a good bus system and a nice train system (one line goes right to the Mexican boarder). A great zoo, Balboa park has many great museums. The Jewish population ranks 80th for the US.

**obscure2k** · Jan 3, 13, 9:10 pm

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Originally Posted by jsmeeker

too bad Los Angeles doesn't have great public transportation.

Los Angeles public trans is pretty good and getting better. I LOVE Los Angeles and it has everything you desire. I can't remember, did you mention beaches?

nerd · Jan 3, 13, 9:15 pm

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Originally Posted by aroundtheworld76

Have you been to Montreal or is this sarcasm? I'm in YUL now and it's -10 and snowy at best.

Huh? If you're out for a 10-15 minute walk, appropriately bundled up, -10 is really not a big deal.

jsmeeker · Jan 3, 13, 9:17 pm

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Originally Posted by obscure2k

Los Angeles public trans is pretty good and getting better. I LOVE Los Angeles and it has everything you desire. I can't remember, did you mention beaches?

Well, maybe we have a winner after all

It certainly meets all the other requirements. Can't exactly say it has a large PERCENTAGE of college grads, but there are plenty of schools there and lots of educated people living and working there. Scores well on the Jewish front, too. And there is always something going on. Car chases, wild fires, mud slides, earthquakes.. ha ha .. just kidding. It's got tons of stuff going on. Unless you like the NFL. It doesn't have that.

pogopossum · Jan 3, 13, 9:18 pm

I've rethought this. New York City. It meets all of your requirements except weather. If it doesn't matter where you are, spend six months in Tel Aviv

PP

shawbridge · Jan 3, 13, 9:45 pm

Cities with great public transit in the US are? Here are a couple of lists:
http://cleantechnica.com/2012/05/01/...ystems-in-u-s/
http://www.shareable.net/blog/the-13...public-transit

Lots happening? NY, Chicago, LA, SF, Boston, maybe. Sort of depends upon what you want to be happening. Is it artistic (then NY), intellectual (then Boston), high tech (then SF, Boston), political (DC, though these days one could argue that nothing happens in DC).

Warm (LA, SF, Portland).

Jewish populations: NY, Miami, Philadephia, Boston, DC. LA is 8th, SF 11th. http://www.bangitout.com/articles/vi...cle.php?a=3145

Educated young professionals: Boston, Washington, D.C., the San Francisco Bay Area, San Jose, Calif., and Madison, Wis.. See http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/0...n_1504098.html.

I'd say Boston if you can stand the winter as it has everything else or San Francisco if want a milder winter.

hydrogen · Jan 3, 13, 9:59 pm

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Originally Posted by braffy

Depends on what you're hoping for weather, but, New York jumps to mind. Boston is smaller but might also fit.

Most cities with warm weather seem to have shoddy public transit.

New York also jumped to my mind. As someone else posted, Montreal does come to mind as well. Montreal has a European feel, but you probably wouldn't like the winters.