Well, not sure how they qualify things... I was sure I'd wind up roughly
where I am (in the west)
but it consistantly (insistantly) put me in Maryland, Virginia, New Jersey
or New York.
All places I'd only live if there were a gun to my head!

So I screened only for the West and THEN got the places I figured I'd live
:)

Juneau, AK
Anchorage, AK
Olympia, WA
Elk Plain, WA
South Hill, WA
Tacoma, WA
North Marysville, WA
Marysville, WA
Covington, WA
Eugene, OR

Of course I tweeked the options... I don't care if there's adequate
nightlife, low student/teacher ratios, or botanical gardens within a 30 mile
radius. I pretty much only dealt with weather, housing, environment and
income. Sadly, I think I'd have to exclude Alaska for a variety of reasons,
but the rest look pretty attractive :)

Cool site....



----- Original Message -----
From: "Barb Jernigan" 
To: 
Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 7:31 AM
Subject: [BR-2] where do you want to live?


> Of course, it might just depress some of us....
>
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>             A WORD FROM THE CHEF
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>
>
> I enjoy the luxury of being able to live and work anywhere I want, and
> I know that not everyone can do the same.  Still, this cool
> match-making tool should be of interest to just about everyone, if
> only to exercise the daydreaming muscles.  It belongs to the Money
> Magazine web site which is owned by CNN.  Maybe I'm being a bit naive,
> but I tend to put quite a bit of faith in the accuracy of the data
> presented by the world's most trusted news organization.  Judge for
> yourself.
>
> If you would like to play the "where is the best place for me to live"
> game, point your browser to http://money.cnn.com/best/bplive/ There
> you will find links to two tools.  One is a quick "Easy Search" that
> chooses a place based on ten factors such as weather, tax rates,
> leisure opportunities, the quality of health care and education, and
> pollution.  You rate the importance of each of these factors from 0
> (not important) to 3 (very important).  You can also specify the
> region of the United States (sorry, there are no locations outside the
> US) and the size of the cities you wish to consider.
>
> If you want a more detailed analysis, click on the "Super Search"
> link.  This takes you through more than 40 questions in five
> categories (weather, housing income and taxes, travel and
> entertainment, college and education, health and safety), each of
> which you get to rate on a scale of 1 to 5 in importance.
>
> Be prepared for some surprises based on your choices, and go ahead
> and play with the things for a while.  I found that even a minor change
> in one or two of my choices made a big difference in the results to tools
> provided.  Very cool.  And they also have a tool for "The Best Place to
> Retire" at http://cgi.money.cnn.com/tools/bestplaces/bpretire.jsp - also
> very cool.
>
> Next week I'll share with you the criteria I used that resulted in my
> planned move to southern Florida, and more about some of the web tools
> I used.  Until then, have a great weekend.
>

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