- Fresno, California
- Salt Lake City, Utah
- Seattle, Washington
- Rochester, Minnesota
- Hershey, Pennsylvania
In this pretend scenario your husband will have the same job opportunities, whatever they may be. So that part is not taken into account. What would your choices be and if you feel like sharing why would you chose them?
The problem is that I know very little about all but two of those cities. And of those two I only know them from the viewpoint of a child, not as an adult and mother. The lack of knowledge seems to make the picking much, much harder.
But this is a pretend game so you can chose the cities for whatever reasons you like. So let's hear it.
8 comments:
SLC, hands down. This is how I judge a place: 95% physical geography, 5% everything else. Mountains, need I say more? Plus you'd have a lot of family around, which would be nice. Anyway, that is my 2 cents.
Since this is a move for TRAINING, the program should be the first consideration - and the chances for getting into a fellowship since that might be in the future, too. University and major medical center programs would most likely score higher there. You have enjoyed the amenities of the zoo, botanical gardens, etc. in St Louis, so that would be a consideration. You will have a school child very soon, so look at the school systems in the areas of town you might consider (those with school age children in St Louis preferred the county schools to the city schools). Every weather/geography plus has a minus - Fresno is warmer in the winter but is miserably hot with humidity in the summer; Rochester MN is COLD in the winter but lovely most of the rest of the year; the Seattle housing market is in freefall right now but it does rain, often; having family close is great until training obligations and family expectaions pull in opposite directions. No place is perfect but you can bloom in most any place if you focus on what is best about the area- you've done well in St Louis and right now, it doesn't rank well in most "livability" polls.
Since I've "been there, done that," maybe my observations are worth a nickel.
I think that you should move somewhere grossly inconvenient... like PA since my odds of ending up within a few hours of you would be really high.
and I'm obviously the deciding factor for you so somebody owes me a quarter.
I'd want to go where I could buy a great house as close to the hospital as possible. Spending time together as a family is going to be hard and anything you can do to make that situation better is going to make you happier.
Anything else can be negotiated.
I agree with Katie. Somewhere close to the hospital, with a house and a yard. And of course, somewhere close to MEEEEEEEEEE!!! Could you please tell that to the Match Gods?
Spokane. I need someone to go to the car races with. I realise this isn't a possibility but I really miss you.
Definately Rochester, MN- not just because I love MN but because it is a very nice small town where you could live on some land maybe even on a beautiful lake where you can look out all of your windows and not see any people... maybe some deer. And yet, you live super close to an international airport and lots of fun activities.
Seattle.
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