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If you’ve already broken your “New Year, New Me” resolution by ordering pizza and skipping the gym (guilty as charged), it’s not too late to make a change in your life for 2017. If you’re on the job hunt and considering making a move, you’re in luck, because Trulia helped us out with all of the places you should be sending your resume this year. Housing website Trulia just released their ranking of American cities on a variety of criteria, such as growth potential, a good job market, low vacancy, and the ever important factor – affordability. If you’re looking to save some cash on rent while ensuring job stability in a booming area, these ten cities might just have what you’re looking for. Without any additional delays, below are the ten cities you should start looking at for your next big move.
10. North Port – Sarasota – Bradenton, FL
9. Phoenix, AZ
8. San Antonio, TX
7. Charleston, SC
6. Colorado Springs, CO
5. Tampa, FL
4. Grand Rapids, MI
3. Deltona – Daytona Beach – Ormond Beach, FL
2. Cape Coral – Fort Meyers, FL
1. Jacksonville, FL
Unlike other lists based primarily on affordability alone, these are cities you might actually enjoy, unlike Cleveland-Akron and Detroit (my apologies if you live there). Coming from someone who just spent Christmas at a toasty 80 degree Florida resort, I can totally get behind this trend of moving as far south as humanly possible. Warm weather, beach access, and low cost of living apparently make up the perfect combination for the ideal city, and honestly, I can’t say I disagree. If you’re not already in the South, it may be worth packing up your winter coats and using that tax refund on some movers, because live down here is pretty damn good. .
[via Town & Country]
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Steph W. is a new Master's degree graduate with an intern's salary and six-figure taste. She realizes her expectations far exceed reality, so she spends her days pinning away Loubs she pretends are in her physical closet instead of her virtual one. Her hobbies include attempting to trapping her boyfriend into marriage before he finds out how insane she is and pretending that Black Box wine tastes as good as the kind she could afford when she was gainfully employed. Send her tips for getting out of student debt at recruitchairtsm@gmail.com
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Guys I live in Florida. Here’s a little breakdown:
Pros
– World Class Fishing
– Great Beaches
– Publix Subs
– Abundant Sunshine
– Delicious Seafood
– No State Income Tax
– Water Sports
Cons
– Stifling Humidity
– Dangerous Wildlife
– Crazy People
– Hurricanes
– The Drivers
– No 40’s of Malt Liquor (not a deal breaker, but still significant)
Definitely a deal breaker.
Name checks out
Can’t you get/receive golden showers in any state?
I second the drivers. Also don’t forget to toss in season, and the OLD PEOPLE. So. Many. Old people.
I would switch services from the Army to the Air Force if they would guarantee me being stationed in Charleston. That city is perfect
San Antonio has breakfast tacos
Moved to San Antone in April, only regret I have is that I miss my friends in Dallas.
I’m flying to Jax next week about a job. Makes me feel better about moving that far.
Moved away from their in August and I can’t tell you how much I miss it right now.
Really? While I’m sure it’s changed in the 10-odd years it’s been since I’ve been there, I was struck about how the downtown basically rolled up the sidewalks in the evenings, and how it took a good 20 minute drive in any direction to find something remotely different. Just felt like a very spread out city with terrible public transit.
You’ve gotta get to the east side, near Ponte Vedra Beach and Jax Beach. They just opened up a Top Golf over in the St Johns Towncenter, and there are some sweet bars there. Loved that place.
I was visiting some clients down there right when the Top Golf opened. They were so excited. Like, depressingly excited haha
Jacksonville has really stepped it up in the last several years. Also fun fact, if you ever wanna find a Jacksonville resident anywhere in a different city just yell Duval out loud and you will be responded to
Loved going to the Armada games and hearing that, but it’s also kind of ratchet. Hahahahha
Duval County is an elite county to rep.
How’s the job market down there? Was about to start looking there actually
The position I’m looking at is within my current company. Couldn’t tell you otherwise.
Let’s not get crazy here. If all you folks move to Florida, then eventually the idiots who run my adopted state might get the idea to take away all those great tax incentives that make this place bearable to live in 4-6 months out of the year when it isn’t 400 degrees, excessively humid, 5 o’clock showers, rednecks, bugs, gators, hurricanes, etc…
You couldn’t pay me enough to live in Florida.
As a transplant from SoCal, I miss it a lot while living in Florida. Then I head to Boston for work and realize I am heading into a blizzard while leaving 80 degree weather, so things could be worse.
Please, don’t move to Charleston. We’re all full.
Two more Ohioan’s coming next month. I bet you’re thrilled, right?
No. NOOOO. NOOOOOOOOO. /Michael Scott voice
Seriously, the worst. Ohio people everywhere. Please just drive the speed limit, if not a few mph over. It’s okay, you won’t get pulled over. I promise.
Seeing (unsurprisingly) that my town is outside of the top 10, I will drink until I’m too drunk to comprehend where I live. Wish me luck
Is this a list of places for everyone to move, or did you just forget to mention millennials?
You can’t really knock her for not using “millennial” which is what we’ve asked for over and over again.
However, I was getting ready to queue up a “Well looks like Recruitment Chair is still using millennial in 2017” comment.
Grand Rapids makes sense, ya know for all those hipsters with cash that still think the craft beer market isn’t totally over saturated yet and wanna open a brewery.
I sell beer in GR and the market is not even close to saturated for the breweries making good beer!
Yeah I’ll be opening up an office in GR this coming fall and I’m so-so about it. The business culture is up and coming but the hipster population is unbearable. Luckily my finance business will more than likely never cross paths with hipsters and I’ll be able to “mind my own business.”
Grand Rapids checking in here. Thrilled to see it make the list (or maybe I shouldn’t be because the more people that move here the more my rent will go up). I live and work in the heart of downtown and absolutely love it. The job market is growing, the nightlife is killer, and the cost of living is very affordable. I’ve also traveled a decent amount and in my opinion the hipster population isn’t nearly as bad as other places I’ve been. Only bad part is the massive amounts of lake-effect snow during the winter but being from the Midwest it didn’t take that much adjusting.
Yeah I’ve lived on the east side of the state my whole life other than college in Bloomington, but I’m ready to get near a large city. It’s close to Chicago without the outrageous cost of living (I also explored an office location there but it’s ridiculously priced anywhere) so it’s an easy day/weekend trip to the city via the train. Weather sucks (tonight it looks like 10″) but it’s a pretty central location to a lot of different cool places and very up and coming.