Favorite place to live on the east coast

Not Charleston!!! It sucks here. Don't move here. Nobody move here anymore. Go away.

 

I know you've gotten a ton of feedback so far, but...

F Richmond. I lived there 11 years. F. It. Don't do that to yourself. Go somewhere good. Its only redeeming quality is being halfway between Summit and VIR.

Raleigh sounds like it might be a good fit for you. TN would be a good fit for you guys too, especially if he's coming and is into development. Lots of startups/small dev groups in Nashville. There's no money here like what he's getting though (not yet anyway). But, you have to consider the local economy. It'll be cheaper.

 

LOL, ain't that the truth. No regard whatsoever for how new developments and the like impact existing residents. Build build build because fookers keep moving here, meanwhile we sit in some of the worst traffic around.

 

There are a lot of similarities between Athens and DeLand.

 

Maybe we need some vicious rumors about the population of Ga carrying various STD's and developing a taste for human flesh.

 

Raleigh is full too. Over a million people live in Wake County now...

 

I got on wikipedia. I didn't realize Athens had a population of around 100,000. We pack our 33,000 people in tighter here though... population density.

 

Athens isn't bad at all except on game days. We live 20 miles or so from Athens.

At third of that population is UGA students IIRC.

 

If you can put aside the requirement for no below-freezing days, the Hudson Valley somewhere between NYC and Albany fits the rest of your needs.

 

^^^^ This
You wont regret a move to Greenville. Quality of life factor is very high.

 

Charlottesville or Lynchberg would actually be much closer to the line between Summit and VIR, but may not meet the requirements in terms of jobs. It is beautiful out there near the mountains. For that matter, many of the places being mentioned may not have the population to support OP's new accounting firm either.

 

I work for Red Hat, and whenever I go to Raleigh for training, I cannot stand leaving.

Lots of tech opportunities in the Triangle area down there.

 

Don't worry Dart, I'm not going anywhere. I'm too old to sit for the Georgia Bar exam... I just don't have it in me any longer.

Come on down, the water's fine. You'll love it.

 

Summit was 2 hrs 15 for me, VIR was 2 hrs 30. I just meant in terms of driving, not literally in between. Charlottesville was probably a lot better to get to both. But probably less desirable to get to other places.

 

Bumping this back up as I'm getting ready to pull the Washington plug in the next 6 months or so. Has anything changed? Boyfriend in original post is no longer, so the whole dev thing should be ignored

 

Just do your self a favor and don’t move to Atlanta or South Carolina. Athens is nice and Work should be easy to find with in an hour commute a day. And the house/ land you can get there for under $200,000 is awesome.

 

I still say outskirts of Charlotte (belmont/Mt Holly) or Asheville area.
land is cheap( but raising in belmont.) and its close to the tracks, and close to citys, even asheville is only 1:30 to Charlotte.