During the past three months, I've traveled to Manhattan, San Francisco, San Jose, Portland, Chicago, and Miami for biz/personal trips.
I've stayed in mid-priced hotels. (Actually, non were cheap as in staying at a Best Western in the 'burbs. :-) )
Observations:
Manhatten: Used to love to go here. Now I find it crowded, dirty, and people are rude on the streets, but normal once inside. Least value per sq ft of hotel space of all the cities.
San Fran: Love the Wharf. Expensive, a homeless problem, past its prime?
Portland: Beautiful, had to fight off the homeless on every block as I walked. No sun the entire trip.
San Jose: Energy! Wonderful weather, expensive as hell. Traffic sucked.
Chicago: More I go, the more I fall in love. Clean, not crowded, people are friendly. Saw two panhandlers the entire weekend. Good hotel value.
Miami: Great food, the babes on South Beach were amazing eye candy. It would be too hot in summer. Condos expensive.
So if I had to move from middle of no-where Wisconsin where there are more cows that cars, I would pick downtown Chicago and try to find a condo overseeing a river or Lake Michigan.
Originally Posted by dwwataz:
Loudoun County in general is gorgeous. I miss it. My mother is obsessed with Harper's Ferry so I'd always take her there when she came down to see me. Have fun!
I took Harper's Ferry about 100 times in between 2013-2017. I lived in Ashburn and when I had to go survey properties in Gaithersburg or anywhere near there it was much quicker to go over the Ferry.
Loudoun County VA is the #1 highest per capita county in the US followed by #2 Howard County in MD and #3 Fairfax in VA.
They have just built another 5-6 HUGE data centers in Ashburn right where I was living.
I loved going to the wineries; 60+/- within 30 miles. I loved Cana Vineyards and Breaux Vineyards.
Originally Posted by dwwataz:
Loudoun County in general is gorgeous. I miss it. My mother is obsessed with Harper's Ferry so I'd always take her there when she came down to see me. Have fun!
Just got back from Loudoun/Clarke. Just as amazing as I remembered it. I always feel like I'm in the Shire in Bluemont. Only hit up a couple of vineyards/breweries. Stone Tower Winery and Dirt Farm Brewing. Both excellent. I can't believe how cheap everything is there, either. My cousin is renting a house for 1000 that would cost me close to 3k in Denver. I've got 1-1.5 years of college left and then I think I'm gonna try to find something out there. [Reply]
Traffic is atrocious and the whole island thing but I loved living there for 2 years. So much culture, people are great, beaches, weather. Absolutely love it. [Reply]
Originally Posted by ShiftyEyedWaterboy:
Just got back from Loudoun/Clarke. Just as amazing as I remembered it. I always feel like I'm in the Shire in Bluemont. Only hit up a couple of vineyards/breweries. Stone Tower Winery and Dirt Farm Brewing. Both excellent. I can't believe how cheap everything is there, either. My cousin is renting a house for 1000 that would cost me close to 3k in Denver. I've got 1-1.5 years of college left and then I think I'm gonna try to find something out there.
Did you go to Stone Tower for a military event? :-) My buddy recently tweeted a photo of him and his wife there for an event.
You will find a good paying job there in 2 seconds if you bring some technology or healthcare or other decent degree with you. [Reply]
Originally Posted by scho63:
Did you go to Stone Tower for a military event? :-) My buddy recently tweeted a photo of him and his wife there for an event.
You will find a good paying job there in 2 seconds if you bring some technology or healthcare or other decent degree with you.
I wasn't. There wasn't much going on when I was there. Great wine, though. One of the better wineries I've been to out there. I love the view at Bluemont Vineyards, too.
I'm studying Aerospace/Aviation Mgmt so I'll probably gun for an operations gig at Dulles. I could do a ton with that degree, though. [Reply]
if I HAD to live in a big city to keep the money, i'd give it back !
this ole little town boy aint ever gonna live in a big city, I even hate to drive thru them, vacation in them, or visit family in them.
I've lived 54 yrs in a town of 10,000 people and plan to stay here, ask hogfarmer he knows all about it [Reply]
