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13 Jul 2014, 2:13 am
Don't go to Seattle unless you have a job squared away that makes some pretty serious cheese. Seattle is my favorite city in the world but it is off the charts expensive.
Others have mentioned Portland, I grew up there and it's not a bad call if you can find a job, but like others said the economy is really, really bad.
If you're amenable to a small/mid-sized city, especially if you're down with cold weather, I'd look into Missoula, Montana. I love that city so much I can't even conceptualize it in writing.
It is balls-cold though, like, I live in Springfield IL now which is cold as s**t (my first day at my new job was in March and it was negative-5 fahrenheit when I left the house in the morning) but I fear the winters in Missoula. I went there in April one time and it was right around freezing temperature and actively snowing.
Missoula rules though, people there are super hard but very nice as long as you approach them with a semblance of balls and a minimum of pretense. They have like amateur boxing matches there held in an old, architecturally gorgeous theater worthy of classic plays with a full house of astonishingly sauced people 
If that doesn't conceptually spark your interest, Missoula may not be for you. Also it's not recommended if you have a strong distaste for guns; most people are armed, but nobody is an a**hole about it. It's the only place I've ever been where I walked into a house and almost stumbled over an assault rifle with a bayonet just lying on the floor, and the homeowner was just like "oh my bad haha I should probably put that away". It is one of the strangest and most rugged places in the U.S. that is an actual city.
It is a hilarious outstanding place and one of the very most beautiful regions on earth.
13 Jul 2014, 7:31 am
It is balls-cold though, like, I live in Springfield IL now which is cold as sh** (my first day at my new job was in March and it was negative-5 fahrenheit when I left the house in the morning) but I fear the winters in Missoula. I went there in April one time and it was right around freezing temperature and actively snowing.
Missoula rules though, people there are super hard but very nice as long as you approach them with a semblance of balls and a minimum of pretense. They have like amateur boxing matches there held in an old, architecturally gorgeous theater worthy of classic plays with a full house of astonishingly sauced people
If that doesn't conceptually spark your interest, Missoula may not be for you. Also it's not recommended if you have a strong distaste for guns; most people are armed, but nobody is an as*hole about it. It's the only place I've ever been where I walked into a house and almost stumbled over an assault rifle with a bayonet just lying on the floor, and the homeowner was just like "oh my bad haha I should probably put that away". It is one of the strangest and most rugged places in the U.S. that is an actual city.
It is a hilarious outstanding place and one of the very most beautiful regions on earth.
Good Lord, tell me more.
I've been through there a couple of times while traveling. I lived 3.5 years in Wyoming, so I get the weather aspect. I almost feel "called" there, but committing to just move and make a life has been so hard (lack of money and family situations). I really need to know more about the place and find a way to get a decent job there to make the jump.
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14 Jul 2014, 9:50 am
