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What do you think is the best US city to live in or near, and why?
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Depends on what you like.
I've ended up in Hampton Roads, VA. Specifically on the Peninsula side, in Newport News.
I like the seasons - it's hot in summer but not as hot as other places I've lived. We get snow basically every year, although not for long. The trees lose their leaves for longer than I like, but we actually have some spring and fall, not just summer and winter. Trees are nice. Being close to water is nice.
We don't have the international food that NYC has, but how could we? But we do have a pretty good selection here.
Traffic isn't bad even during rush hour compared to other places I've lived, although the bridge-tunnels back up, and there are a few pain points mainly southside, but none that are really bad.
It's not as blue as I'd like, but it is solidly blue in the cities. We're considered the southernmost tip of the Northeast Megalopolis. We do have Amtrak here.
I'd also take a gander at Richmond as it's got a lot going for it as well.
Mountains are not too far to the west - they are accessible.
Thank you, that was a great breakdown. How's the humidity?
Not as bad as Florida, but definitely worse than semi-dry like DFW and no comparison to very dry like Arizona. :)
I've found that shade often makes a strong difference, except when it's near the peak of our heat. We do get up to 100° but it's pretty uncommon. Upper 90s is about where we generally top out, with low-to-mid-90s typical for the hottest part of summer.
We are on the Atlantic (and lower part of the Chesapeake Bay), so we do get humidity from being on the coast. But our heat season makes it more bearable than Florida because we're not at that peak heat for quite as long.
June-July-August is definitely hot, but in Texas, that's like May-September easily. Here, if anything, this past winter I just got so done with the damn cold, but it was a bit unusually cold with a bunch of days below freezing lows. Usually winter gets cold but it's bearable.
Of course, it's all subjective and what you're used to and what you can get used to. heh