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On June 15 2009 07:10 SingletonWilliam wrote:Sounds just like what you want, I'm not informed on the sports scene there though.
Hockey, hockey and more hockey.
Lot's of diverse food and cultures here (you can find chinese/canto, indian, taiwainese, malay, singaporean, mediterranean, etc, plus all the usual white food places), and it's a very clean city.
Also you should read this: http://www.finfacts.ie/irishfinancenews/article_1016868.shtml
Summers here are peeerrrfect -hot, with nice warm breezes. There are tons of national parks and urban ones too for outdoor activities... and as for a "large body of water', well there's the pacific ocean.
The winters here suck.
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San Francisco is a great place for young professionals, and it meets your criteria nicely, as others have pointed out. The parking sucks and the weather isn't exactly warm (40-70 year round), but parking sucks in every big city and the weather beats most everywhere else anyway. Silicon valley has better parking and warmer weather, but it's not as great of an environment for people in their 20's. Younger people are crowded into SF apartments, whereas silicon valley is full of families and old people. Single 25 year-olds simply can't afford houses here. 
Are you studying for a state bar exam?
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On June 15 2009 09:58 ShadowDrgn wrote:San Francisco is a great place for young professionals, and it meets your criteria nicely, as others have pointed out. The parking sucks and the weather isn't exactly warm (40-70 year round), but parking sucks in every big city and the weather beats most everywhere else anyway. Silicon valley has better parking and warmer weather, but it's not as great of an environment for people in their 20's. Younger people are crowded into SF apartments, whereas silicon valley is full of families and old people. Single 25 year-olds simply can't afford houses here. Are you studying for a state bar exam?
Step 1 of the medical boards
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Seoul <3 !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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On June 15 2009 07:46 caelym wrote:
Boston, if you don't mind the weather.
or the obnoxious sports fans THATS RIGHT I SAID IT
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montreal, if you dont mind the language.
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On June 15 2009 12:24 YPang wrote:
montreal, if you dont mind the language.
montreal is beautiful. i would give my endorsement if i didnt want to kill myself during the winters - and im from nyc, so im not unused to cold. but once you cross that border, things change during the winter months..
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On June 15 2009 07:56 radar14 wrote:Show nested quote +On June 15 2009 07:48 ffswowsucks wrote:
This looks like Athens...
1) Greece is known for its sunny/warm weather dont need to explain furthermore
2) Lots of things to do for fun, also you can visit Acropolis, Olympic Stadium etc
3) Our food rocks!!! Go give a try at ouzo, gyro, souvlaki, feta
4) Hooligans! I hate sports in my country!
5) There are asian restaurants in athens, mostly chinese.
6) You go wherever you wanna go without a car!!! The metro is the new big thing for athens the past years, you basically go from one place to another in 5 minute time.
7) We arent like US or UK so ye low crime rate. tho greeks tend to "steal" from foreigners. I hear this all the time on the news about how taxi drivers usually tend to overcharge some tourists that come here.... so thats a bad thing... not everyone does it tho. lol
Always wanted to visit...I know that one basketball player from the NBA moved to Greece and seems to be enjoying it. Although he also is a multimillionaire which probably helps you enjoy most places. How can you hate sports when you live in the birthplace of the olympics??
Actually I am a big fan of basketball (used to play in my school's team with a team mate that now is a professional basketball player here in greece). And I love olympic sports. Like swimming and running. The only thing that bothers me is that you cant go watch a football match because I personally hate all the swearing involved and the hooligans. 
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My town (Santos, Brazil) meets all your criteria perfectly. Sunny weather, good nightlife, awesome food, lots of asian stuff, great local sports scene, very low crime rate etc.
It just fail at one thing that is more important than anything else that you didn't put in any of your criteria: it sucks for finding a job lol. This is mostly a touristic town that retired people come to enjoy their final days. Great for having a good time if you don't need a job. Sucks if you need one. ><
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On June 15 2009 06:35 radar14 wrote:
Ok, so I'm burning out a bit from studying 10 hrs/day for the past 5 weeks (with 1.5 weeks to go). So I'd like to look forward in time a little bit and solicit advice for "best city to live in as a young professional."
Provide some good AND less good aspects of any city you have lived in or somehow just know a lot about (preferably in the US, but hey I'm curious to hear from places around the world as well). Some things that I would like, but do not require, of a city are (and yes, I realize having all of these things in one city is probably impossible):
1. Warm/sunny weather for a majority of the year.
2. A nice variety of things to do for fun, e.g. outdoors stuff, parks, theaters, cafes, nearness to usable bodies of water, etc.
3. A good diverse foodie culture. This is something I really plan on exploring a lot more after 8 years of cafeteria/dining hall/fast food.
4. A decent local sports scene to follow.
5. Asian supermarkets and restaurants in the vicinity would be nice.
6. Not having to look/pay for parking all the time.
7. Low crime rate always a plus.
So what do you guys think?
Why don't you just say you wanna live in Southern California/LA to begin with. Is this a joke?
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On June 16 2009 18:15 CharlieMurphy wrote:Show nested quote +On June 15 2009 06:35 radar14 wrote:
Ok, so I'm burning out a bit from studying 10 hrs/day for the past 5 weeks (with 1.5 weeks to go). So I'd like to look forward in time a little bit and solicit advice for "best city to live in as a young professional."
Provide some good AND less good aspects of any city you have lived in or somehow just know a lot about (preferably in the US, but hey I'm curious to hear from places around the world as well). Some things that I would like, but do not require, of a city are (and yes, I realize having all of these things in one city is probably impossible):
1. Warm/sunny weather for a majority of the year.
2. A nice variety of things to do for fun, e.g. outdoors stuff, parks, theaters, cafes, nearness to usable bodies of water, etc.
3. A good diverse foodie culture. This is something I really plan on exploring a lot more after 8 years of cafeteria/dining hall/fast food.
4. A decent local sports scene to follow.
5. Asian supermarkets and restaurants in the vicinity would be nice.
6. Not having to look/pay for parking all the time.
7. Low crime rate always a plus.
So what do you guys think? Why don't you just say you wanna live in Southern California/LA to begin with. Is this a joke?
On the off-chance (~15%) that you are not trolling:
1. Because I want to learn about other cities and want as many options as possible in two years when I apply for a job. And no one even mentioned Socal in this thread until you, so clearly there are plenty of other places that have a lot of things on this list. And thanks to some of these posts I have some places I can now consider more carefully.
2. What city in Socal manages to satisfy all those criteria? LA...parking sucks, crime rate not great, plus it's really spread out and sprawling. Orange County (where my parents live)... very suburbia and built for families. San Diego...might be getting closer, but I've never lived here and can't speak from experience. As I said, I don't really expect many places to have all those things. It was more of just a way to start off the conversation.
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On June 15 2009 10:15 radar14 wrote:
Step 1 of the medical boards
Seriously. Durham, NC. Duke University Medical Center right here, you could probably apply for either a volunteering or a paid position, and get some first hand experience while you study for your test. DUKE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER
EDIT: You could also come to all the Duke LANs
Also check out:
http://www.durham-nc.com/media/evergreens-backgrounders/relocation/twenty_reasons.php
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Austin, Texas is definitely a good pick and meets all your criteria easily, just about anything you can think of outdoors and good nightlife, music capital of the world, lots of young people, its a great place. I've also visited to Seattle and I would definitely live there as well.
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Austin has a great music scene
Tucson has me.
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Haha well, studying for this test is pretty much a full-time job (someone tell me to stop posting on TL) and I only have about 8 days, 21 hrs and 3 minutes until the test. Not that anyone's counting carefully. After the test I still have two more years of school and then I apply for residencies. Duke is definitely on the list but it's just so competitive. I'll consider doing an away rotation there for sure.
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My cousins went to UT Austin and I thought it was a really cool place from the few days I was there. Nice young vibe and lots to do for sure.
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On June 17 2009 00:32 XoXiDe wrote:
Austin, Texas .
This would be true but it lacks in the sports scene. San Antonio is the closest city with a sports franchise which is the NBA Spurs.
Dallas, Texas. We have the most strip clubs from any city. I quote Chris Rock "Dallas has more stripclubs then starbucks." Only if we had $60 dollar bath houses. Checked into that and it seems like I would need roughly $400 bucks.
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lol you just described LA
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