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Post by hopefalj on Feb 24, 2014 15:11:38 GMT -5
When my friends ask me to explain the process to them, Toledo is my default location that I give them when explaining the types of locations I would most likely end up. If I am lucky enough to join the ranks, I assume that's where I'll end up based on the rationale found in The Secret. I'll be 100% good with it, too.
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Post by lildavey on Feb 24, 2014 15:31:02 GMT -5
Glad to know I'm not the only one who passes time cruising realty sites for areas near hearing offices. Got to love the Zillow. Beats realtor.com hands down.
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Post by clevelandbrown on Feb 24, 2014 15:44:08 GMT -5
Leo is right. Cleveland is terrible. You all would be foolish to move there. No world-class art museums or orchestras. No theater, no sports, no thriving artists scene. Especially no well-maintained network of county parks (integrated with a national park). Plus high housing prices, unbearably hot summers, crowded streets, and nowhere good to eat. About all it has to offer is first-class professional football. Ha! Trust me when I say, moving there would be a huge mistake (on the Lake).
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Post by bartleby on Feb 24, 2014 16:12:49 GMT -5
I take it Clevelandbrown you are being sarcastic to discourage others? I liked Cleveland and Toledo, but real estate taxes are sky high..
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Post by Gaidin on Feb 24, 2014 17:13:45 GMT -5
Just from a glance through Zillow, it looks like your housing dollar goes a long way. I usually consider that a bad sign: there's probably a good reason no one wants to live there. But I suppose there must be gold mines out there somewhere: ALJ jobs in small paradises that have low property values because other people can't live there but would if they could. Where are those places? Not trying to discourage you faq or even change your mind but I think you miss something really key to this discussion. Go to a cost of living calculator (http://money.cnn.com/calculator/pf/cost-of-living/) type in where you live then compare it to some place like Cleveland. Based on things you have said the ALJ salary might be tricky for you where you currently live by comparison to Cleveland maybe it starts to look pretty good. When you say can't live there you are really talking about places it is hard to get a job because there aren't that many. Guess what $118 goes a very, very long way in some of these places so you can live there. I live in what is generally considered to be an affordable patch of Crapland and I was blown away by housing costs in Toledo and Cincinnati. There are houses on the market in those communities for sub $200K that you couldn't find for less than $400K in my patch of Crapland. I can't imagine what they go for in your slice of paradise. An ALJ job means you can live in these places.
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Post by clevelandbrown on Feb 24, 2014 17:55:37 GMT -5
I was being sarcastic to defend Cleveland, because it's a good place and deserves defending. I kind doubt anything I say will influence anyone's decision to move there one way or the other. You are right Bartleby about NE Ohio property taxes; they are unusually high. On the other hand, a similar house in a similar neighborhood in my new home DC costs roughly 5-6xs what my house in Cleveland did. That said, if anyone wants to make property taxes the deciding factor in passing on an offer in CLE, by all means, let the tail wag the dog.
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