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Princedriss

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What if you don't have nobody to go in the US when u are freshly new immigrant, what can you advise as place to go, affordable and acceptable ?
 
California is great but not that affordable. After Hawaii, it is the least affordable state in the country. High housing costs, gas prices, insurance, sales taxes, state income tax, and various other taxes and fees, etc. It has the nation's highest poverty rate according to latest Census figures which take into account factors like housing. So unless you're confident you can get a secure, high-paying professional job pretty quick, California could be a struggle.

For a new immigrant to any country, finding work is the key, and preferably not minimum wage.
 
Boston is also expensive but more job on it.

The place that u find less expensive , you find less job on it, what the state or region that can combine the opportunities and the affordability ?
 
California is great if you have money because everything is really expensive there.

It really depends on where your workplace/job is and the means you have available and if you have young children or not or if you are single or married.

At the moment Texas is the booming place. Check out this article on BBC about Texas.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22649624


Florida - Orlando (specifically Lake Mary and Sanford) and Tampa have really cheap beautiful houses. If I find some suitable work I am definitely picking Tampa because its beautiful there and on the ocean. Alternatively there's Miami/West Palm Beach/Fort Lauderdale which have their respective levels of costs (Miami being damn expensive in terms of places like Key Biscayne, Coral Gables) and west of Fort Lauderdale (Weston) being affordable.

Pennsylvania - not too bad if you're in the suburbs (Allentown, Quakertown, Easton) in terms of housing (a good 3 bedroom home will be around $180,000 to $250,000 depending on the area - Macungie is pretty nice and quiet) but as you move closer to Philadelphia it gets a little bit more pricy. I've heard the outskirts of Pittsburgh are awesome in the good neighbourhoods and because State College is up there it is really a happening place.

New York/New Jersey - job wise there's lots of jobs but lots of competition for those jobs so its a rat race and survival of the fittest. Houses in New Jersey (especially in places like Hoboken, Weehawken, North Jersey) or near the George Washington Bridge are crazily expensive (a good home would be going for approximately $750,000). Personally visiting a city for entertainment is fine but I'd not want to live to close to one or in one because of the extra overheads involved.

California - San Francisco/San Diego (PARTY TOWN!!!) /LA all beautiful places and pricy. Job-wise iffy but depends on what field you're in. I have to admit that being a single guy I'd love to live in San Diego if work opportunities were there. The Gaslamp District is simply fantastic!


I think we can all speculate or do our homework but it really comes down to being on the ground in America and exploring our options there first hand...
 
I dont have any intention to buy house, i am talking about job opportunities and cost of living, this is the two part of the equation.

from what i see from ur link, texas is a good place for an immigrant , job opportunities are available more than other places
 
Princedriss said:
What if you don't have nobody to go in the US when u are freshly new immigrant, what can you advise as place to go, affordable and acceptable ?
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Oregon is nice, not too many immigrant so you won't have to compete against them. My advice is to avoid immigrant cities such as Boston (even though I was there), NYC, Miami, L.A, San Francisco ect... focus on mid sized cities like Seatle, Portland (Or), Philly (just avoid its bad places)... and do not rush for the city center, go to the suburbs. Me personally I plan (if I win the lottery or get my E-1 visa) to go to : D.C, Portland / Seatle.
 
portland sreatle is rain all the year, the only state that has a moderate weather is california, not hot not cold, all other state suffer from extreem weather
 
I have a feeling with texas but you know... the cliche...
Momo1980 said:
California is great if you have money because everything is really expensive there.

It really depends on where your workplace/job is and the means you have available and if you have young children or not or if you are single or married.

At the moment Texas is the booming place. Check out this article on BBC about Texas.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22649624


Florida - Orlando (specifically Lake Mary and Sanford) and Tampa have really cheap beautiful houses. If I find some suitable work I am definitely picking Tampa because its beautiful there and on the ocean. Alternatively there's Miami/West Palm Beach/Fort Lauderdale which have their respective levels of costs (Miami being damn expensive in terms of places like Key Biscayne, Coral Gables) and west of Fort Lauderdale (Weston) being affordable.

Pennsylvania - not too bad if you're in the suburbs (Allentown, Quakertown, Easton) in terms of housing (a good 3 bedroom home will be around $180,000 to $250,000 depending on the area - Macungie is pretty nice and quiet) but as you move closer to Philadelphia it gets a little bit more pricy. I've heard the outskirts of Pittsburgh are awesome in the good neighbourhoods and because State College is up there it is really a happening place.

New York/New Jersey - job wise there's lots of jobs but lots of competition for those jobs so its a rat race and survival of the fittest. Houses in New Jersey (especially in places like Hoboken, Weehawken, North Jersey) or near the George Washington Bridge are crazily expensive (a good home would be going for approximately $750,000). Personally visiting a city for entertainment is fine but I'd not want to live to close to one or in one because of the extra overheads involved.

California - San Francisco/San Diego (PARTY TOWN!!!) /LA all beautiful places and pricy. Job-wise iffy but depends on what field you're in. I have to admit that being a single guy I'd love to live in San Diego if work opportunities were there. The Gaslamp District is simply fantastic!


I think we can all speculate or do our homework but it really comes down to being on the ground in America and exploring our options there first hand...
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am already making plans for AUSTIN TEXAS.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22649624


Florida - Orlando (specifically Lake Mary and Sanford) and Tampa have really cheap beautiful houses. If I find some suitable work I am definitely picking Tampa because its beautiful there and on the ocean. Alternatively there's Miami/West Palm Beach/Fort Lauderdale which have their respective levels of costs (Miami being damn expensive in terms of places like Key Biscayne, Coral Gables) and west of Fort Lauderdale (Weston) being affordable.

Pennsylvania - not too bad if you're in the suburbs (Allentown, Quakertown, Easton) in terms of housing (a good 3 bedroom home will be around $180,000 to $250,000 depending on the area - Macungie is pretty nice and quiet) but as you move closer to Philadelphia it gets a little bit more pricy. I've heard the outskirts of Pittsburgh are awesome in the good neighbourhoods and because State College is up there it is really a happening place.

New York/New Jersey - job wise there's lots of jobs but lots of competition for those jobs so its a rat race and survival of the fittest. Houses in New Jersey (especially in places like Hoboken, Weehawken, North Jersey) or near the George Washington Bridge are crazily expensive (a good home would be going for approximately $750,000). Personally visiting a city for entertainment is fine but I'd not want to live to close to one or in one because of the extra overheads involved.

California - San Francisco/San Diego (PARTY TOWN!!!) /LA all beautiful places and pricy. Job-wise iffy but depends on what field you're in. I have to admit that being a single guy I'd love to live in San Diego if work opportunities were there. The Gaslamp District is simply fantastic!


I think we can all speculate or do our homework but it really comes down to being on the ground in America and exploring our options there first hand...[/QUOTE]
 
josephodibo said:
am already making plans for AUSTIN TEXAS.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-22649624


Florida - Orlando (specifically Lake Mary and Sanford) and Tampa have really cheap beautiful houses. If I find some suitable work I am definitely picking Tampa because its beautiful there and on the ocean. Alternatively there's Miami/West Palm Beach/Fort Lauderdale which have their respective levels of costs (Miami being damn expensive in terms of places like Key Biscayne, Coral Gables) and west of Fort Lauderdale (Weston) being affordable.

Pennsylvania - not too bad if you're in the suburbs (Allentown, Quakertown, Easton) in terms of housing (a good 3 bedroom home will be around $180,000 to $250,000 depending on the area - Macungie is pretty nice and quiet) but as you move closer to Philadelphia it gets a little bit more pricy. I've heard the outskirts of Pittsburgh are awesome in the good neighbourhoods and because State College is up there it is really a happening place.

New York/New Jersey - job wise there's lots of jobs but lots of competition for those jobs so its a rat race and survival of the fittest. Houses in New Jersey (especially in places like Hoboken, Weehawken, North Jersey) or near the George Washington Bridge are crazily expensive (a good home would be going for approximately $750,000). Personally visiting a city for entertainment is fine but I'd not want to live to close to one or in one because of the extra overheads involved.

California - San Francisco/San Diego (PARTY TOWN!!!) /LA all beautiful places and pricy. Job-wise iffy but depends on what field you're in. I have to admit that being a single guy I'd love to live in San Diego if work opportunities were there. The Gaslamp District is simply fantastic!


I think we can all speculate or do our homework but it really comes down to being on the ground in America and exploring our options there first hand...
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Yep everybody is talking about the booming in texas, i am making it also in my list.
 
Princedriss said:
I know the US very well , i think u are the one who do not know it, since u do not agree with that.
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Really.

California no hot nor cold? I have been snow skiing in California (Lake Tahoe is on the border of California with Nevada). San Franciso can be very warm indeed and on the same day be cold enough to need a coat. Drive from San Fran out 30 minutes (to Pleasanton for instance) and you'll see summertime temperatures of well over 100 degrees F. In LA or further south in San Diego you will see very warm summer temperatures with mild winters. So - IN CALFORNIA I could be in a snowstorm or be on the beach. In the same day - so that sounds like you don't now California too well.

As for Oregon, yes Seattle is famously rainy, but Portland is very nice, very mild weather on not too rainy at all.

As for the statement "all other state suffer from extreem weather" - well that is just silly. Have you ever been to North Florida, or South Carolina? Louisiana? Georgia? Alabama? All very mild weather - rarely see any more than a light frost in winter and very nice summertime weather. How about Texas, somewhere around Houston or Austin - Extreme weather - I don't think so!

So - yes I know the USA extremely well - having lived there for several years in the 90s, and commuted back and forth to the USA from the UK every two weeks from 2005 to 2010. I still own property there in 3 states, my brother lives in Boston. Really Princedriss - if you are going to make sweeping generalisations, don't be surprised when someone with more knowledge points out you are wrong.
 
britsimon said:
Really.

California no hot nor cold? I have been snow skiing in California (Lake Tahoe is on the border of California with Nevada). San Franciso can be very warm indeed and on the same day be cold enough to need a coat. Drive from San Fran out 30 minutes (to Pleasanton for instance) and you'll see summertime temperatures of well over 100 degrees F. In LA or further south in San Diego you will see very warm summer temperatures with mild winters. So - IN CALFORNIA I could be in a snowstorm or be on the beach. In the same day - so that sounds like you don't now California too well.

As for Oregon, yes Seattle is famously rainy, but Portland is very nice, very mild weather on not too rainy at all.

As for the statement "all other state suffer from extreem weather" - well that is just silly. Have you ever been to North Florida, or South Carolina? Louisiana? Georgia? Alabama? All very mild weather - rarely see any more than a light frost in winter and very nice summertime weather. How about Texas, somewhere around Houston or Austin - Extreme weather - I don't think so!

So - yes I know the USA extremely well - having lived there for several years in the 90s, and commuted back and forth to the USA from the UK every two weeks from 2005 to 2010. I still own property there in 3 states, my brother lives in Boston. Really Princedriss - if you are going to make sweeping generalisations, don't be surprised when someone with more knowledge points out you are wrong.
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britsimon said:
Really.

California no hot nor cold? I have been snow skiing in California (Lake Tahoe is on the border of California with Nevada). San Franciso can be very warm indeed and on the same day be cold enough to need a coat. Drive from San Fran out 30 minutes (to Pleasanton for instance) and you'll see summertime temperatures of well over 100 degrees F. In LA or further south in San Diego you will see very warm summer temperatures with mild winters. So - IN CALFORNIA I could be in a snowstorm or be on the beach. In the same day - so that sounds like you don't now California too well.

As for Oregon, yes Seattle is famously rainy, but Portland is very nice, very mild weather on not too rainy at all.

As for the statement "all other state suffer from extreem weather" - well that is just silly. Have you ever been to North Florida, or South Carolina? Louisiana? Georgia? Alabama? All very mild weather - rarely see any more than a light frost in winter and very nice summertime weather. How about Texas, somewhere around Houston or Austin - Extreme weather - I don't think so!

So - yes I know the USA extremely well - having lived there for several years in the 90s, and commuted back and forth to the USA from the UK every two weeks from 2005 to 2010. I still own property there in 3 states, my brother lives in Boston. Really Princedriss - if you are going to make sweeping generalisations, don't be surprised when someone with more knowledge points out you are wrong.
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I did my school in the south, i know very well the weather in that region , there is no need that you say something wrong. stop saying nonsense stuff, Summer in the south is just so hot so humid and sometimes showers in TN KY GA lousianna , is just so much. What to say about Louisiana ? lol it has the same weather than Houston, New orleans is hot and humid as hell , you can check the weather now, and still we are not in the summer yet.

When I was talking about CA, i was talking about the major cities in CA , which ARE SAn Francisco, LA, San diego, Santa barbara, OC, eureka and we can add sacremento , cool most of the summer time and warm in the winter. I am not talking about few days of hot weather, but in General , summer in LA is nothing compared to summer in Atlanta or New orleans, so stop saying nonsense stuff, i have lived many years in the south as student, and i know what does it mean summer in the south , and still i am not talking about storms , that is another subject lol !

I agree with you, south carolina can be comparable to the coast of California, but in term of extreme weather, Most USA suffer from that
 
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Nevada can be bloody cold especially around the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Tahoe.

My brother and I went to San Francisco in 2009 and being the idiots we were, we thought it would be sunny and warm and my goodness it was bloody FREEZING to the point we had to get jackets!

San Diego was very pleasant weather, almost like how we have here in Tanzania during our "winter" months (May to September). I remember on one day when we visited the Old Town and the haunted Whaley House the temperature reached 34C that day.

Florida weather was mustard although once when I was in Orlando it did get quite cold for two nights but during the summer months when I was there it used to rain quite a bit (and was pretty muggy and humid). Miami was pretty decent weather too a bit like San Diego. We were staying at the Fontaineblue (however its spelt lol) and it was windy on that front but the rest of Miami (Coral Gables, Biscayne) were pretty nice.

Pennsylvania/New York/New Jersey/Maryland did get pretty cold when I was there during the winter months and it snowed quite a bit that time so we were holed up in the house or shovelling snow outside. The only way I'd stay in a cold state is for work but given the choice I'd rather be somewhere a bit warmer and with a touch of light frost in the winter.

Georgia (Atlanta) did get cold (a little snow too) but nothing extreme during November/December and once the cold weather blew over it got pretty pleasant like a decent spring day in the UK.

Texas (Dallas/Fort Worth) was bloody hot when I went there in July 2009. The temperature during the day soared to an equivalent of 35C and the sun was actually stinging but I have heard (and I may be mistaken) that it can get cold there during the winter months because of the desert.

Arizona is a mix mix i.e. very hot in the summer and cold in the winter because of the terrain.

Portland is supposed to be pretty pleasant and Seattle is pretty grey (English type rainy weather). The Carolinas are pretty nice too especially places like Raleigh or Charlotte.

My personal pick (if I found a suitable work opportunity) would either be Florida (Tampa or Fort Lauderdale/Weston or Boca Raton) or Texas (gooooo Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Stars!!! Did I mention that they have pretty good looking cheerleaders too? lol). Being a partial Englishman I fancy the cheesy Southern accent :p


Isn't this exciting??? We're all starting a new chapter in our lives :)))
 
Nevada can be bloody cold especially around the Sierra Nevada Mountains and Tahoe.

My brother and I went to San Francisco in 2009 and being the idiots we were, we thought it would be sunny and warm and my goodness it was bloody FREEZING to the point we had to get jackets!

San Diego was very pleasant weather, almost like how we have here in Tanzania during our "winter" months (May to September). I remember on one day when we visited the Old Town and the haunted Whaley House the temperature reached 34C that day.

Florida weather was mustard although once when I was in Orlando it did get quite cold for two nights but during the summer months when I was there it used to rain quite a bit (and was pretty muggy and humid). Miami was pretty decent weather too a bit like San Diego. We were staying at the Fontaineblue (however its spelt lol) and it was windy on that front but the rest of Miami (Coral Gables, Biscayne) were pretty nice.

Pennsylvania/New York/New Jersey/Maryland did get pretty cold when I was there during the winter months and it snowed quite a bit that time so we were holed up in the house or shovelling snow outside. The only way I'd stay in a cold state is for work but given the choice I'd rather be somewhere a bit warmer and with a touch of light frost in the winter.

Georgia (Atlanta) did get cold (a little snow too) but nothing extreme during November/December and once the cold weather blew over it got pretty pleasant like a decent spring day in the UK.

Texas (Dallas/Fort Worth) was bloody hot when I went there in July 2009. The temperature during the day soared to an equivalent of 35C and the sun was actually stinging but I have heard (and I may be mistaken) that it can get cold there during the winter months because of the desert.

Arizona is a mix mix i.e. very hot in the summer and cold in the winter because of the terrain.

Portland is supposed to be pretty pleasant and Seattle is pretty grey (English type rainy weather). The Carolinas are pretty nice too especially places like Raleigh or Charlotte.

My personal pick (if I found a suitable work opportunity) would either be Florida (Tampa or Fort Lauderdale/Weston or Boca Raton) or Texas (gooooo Dallas Cowboys and Dallas Stars!!! Did I mention that they have pretty good looking cheerleaders too? lol). Being a partial Englishman I fancy the cheesy Southern accent :p


Isn't this exciting??? We're all starting a new chapter in our lives :)))
 
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