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Say a friend of yours gets a job in the US, would you recommend him to move or not? Why? | Log In/Create an Account | Top | 114 comments | Search Discussion
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  • (Score: 2) by Runaway1956 on Friday April 27 2018, @06:17PM (1 child)

    by Runaway1956 (2926) Subscriber Badge on Friday April 27 2018, @06:17PM (#672697) Journal

    2. Where in the US is it? There's a big difference in quality of life between working in Seattle and working in Hot Springs, Arkansas.

    You know this because . . . . you've lived in both places?

    I am probably not the best of people to recommend cities to live in. For one, I don't like cities. For another, I have never "settled in" to a city. But, I've been around. Hot Springs isn't a real "working" city. It's a freaking tourist trap kind of place. Hot Springs has much in common with places like Virginia Beach, Mayport, or even Seattle. Personally, I have almost zero use for tourist trap cities. Winter Harbor, Maine, is more my kind of place, or Cape Flattery, Washington. The quality of life in either place is much, much, MUCH higher than any tourist trap town.

    I suppose that a person's political leanings might sway his opinion of some cities and towns. Seattle is pretty damned liberal. Seattle tends to attract a little more than it's fair share of crazies. If you're a liberal, or a crazy, you'll likely recommend Seattle. If you're less liberal, and a little less crazy, you'll probably prefer Hot Springs. But, "quality of life"? You'll need to offer some serious citations for that. And, I DO NOT mean some crazed politico's talking points about local/state/federal politics, and voting records. You specifically used the term "quality of life". Justify it.

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  • (Score: 1) by DECbot on Tuesday May 08 2018, @10:24PM

    by DECbot (832) on Tuesday May 08 2018, @10:24PM (#677205) Journal

    If you're looking for the "working" part of northern Arkansas, you'll want to investigate the I-49 corridor (Fayetteville, Springdale, Bentonville, Rogers). That's the better region to compare against Seattle--though the cost of living is accelerating. This is mostly accredited to Walmart's headquarters being located in Bentonville. Basically, anything coming from Arkansas that is not rice, cotton, sod, or soy comes from that area.
     
    The real tourist trap of the region is Branson, MO. That place is the Ned Flanders version of Vegas.

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