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| Without giving the whole backstory, in about 3 years, I will be looking to relocate to another state in order to attend law school, plant my roots, and start my career.
My whole life I've kind of bounced around the country so I don't really have roots anywhere already. So aside from family connections, how else did you decide what state you wanted to end up in?
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Location: never in the right place | climate, activities that you like to do. The Law school you want to attend, if you meet your SO. Anything that just feels like home
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| I ended up in Oklahoma and stayed here because land is cheap, the population density is low, low cost of living, the winters are relatively mild, and there are other horse people around. There's a couple things I could nit pick, but the only real issue I have is the schools are abysmal. The "good" schools would be on a list for being shut down if things don't improve anywhere else.
The religion thing here is weird. It influences the culture is some very strange ways. As a whole, parents would rather raise their grandchildren than teach intelligent reproductive habits. I don't know if that's common in other states. It certainly wasn't common in Houston. I think to some extent it might be because the state is very, very poor. It's not something I noticed before I had kids, but having children should turn a microscope on your life choices, I hope.
I would live someplace a couple years before you make up your mind for sure. I did a lot of drifting as a kid, and a lot of potential points of irritation won't become evident until you've been someplace a while. Think of it like a spouse with a hidden pill habit. | |
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| hannahbug - 2017-06-13 2:21 PM I ended up in Oklahoma and stayed here because land is cheap, the population density is low, low cost of living, the winters are relatively mild, and there are other horse people around. There's a couple things I could nit pick, but the only real issue I have is the schools are abysmal. The "good" schools would be on a list for being shut down if things don't improve anywhere else. The religion thing here is weird. It influences the culture is some very strange ways. As a whole, parents would rather raise their grandchildren than teach intelligent reproductive habits. I don't know if that's common in other states. It certainly wasn't common in Houston. I think to some extent it might be because the state is very, very poor. It's not something I noticed before I had kids, but having children should turn a microscope on your life choices, I hope. I would live someplace a couple years before you make up your mind for sure. I did a lot of drifting as a kid, and a lot of potential points of irritation won't become evident until you've been someplace a while. Think of it like a spouse with a hidden pill habit.
I currently live in Alabama and the religion thing is a little weird here too. My high school graduating class of less than 100 students had 4 girls who were either pregnant or already had a child. Even overall, the schools in and around my area are extremely sub-par and you can really tell it affects the culture.
I know I don't want to stay here. Other places I've lived have included AZ, SD, TX. I loved AZ and TX but I know there's a lot of places I'm completely overlooking that would probably be great choices for me. I just don't know how to discover them. | |
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Location: East Texas | I am sure you already know this, but unless you are planning on living in Louisiana, I would not attend law school in Louisiana. Their laws are so different than all other states!! LOL | |
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| Is taking a long road trip an option? Say, cruise up the east coast, across the northern border, hit up Idaho, then back down through the middle?
I would look into climate first. Decide how much winter you can deal with. All the wide open space in Montana won't matter if you hate snow. | |
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| horsesinharleton - 2017-06-13 3:18 PM I am sure you already know this, but unless you are planning on living in Louisiana, I would not attend law school in Louisiana. Their laws are so different than all other states!! LOL
LOL you're so right!
But after all of the research I've done, if you're not planning on attending a top 15 law school, you need to go to law school in the same state you plan on starting your career so you can build connections through internships during school to be able to get a job after grad. Which is why it's so important that I figure out where I want to live because there's a good chance I'll be stuck there for a while lol | |
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| I grew up in Indiana, got relocated to Michigan for work and then relocated to Iowa also for work. Met my husband here and he has deep roots so here we are, that's ok with me.
I could do without the winters, but it gives me time to not get burned out on rodeos and do other things I enjoy - just have down time since we go go go all spring/summer/fall. I wouldn't want anymore winter than we get though.
I'm not crazy about super extreme weather like awful storms, or creepy crawly things that can kill you. Iowa is pretty moderate to low on both of those fronts.
Cost of living isn't bad depending on where you want to settle down. The major population centers are having a major housing boom and property taxes can suck in those counties, but nothing a short commute can't fix. | |
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Location: East Texas | **Cowgirl Up** - 2017-06-13 3:39 PM
horsesinharleton - 2017-06-13 3:18 PM I am sure you already know this, but unless you are planning on living in Louisiana, I would not attend law school in Louisiana. Their laws are so different than all other states!! LOL
LOL you're so right!
But after all of the research I've done, if you're not planning on attending a top 15 law school, you need to go to law school in the same state you plan on starting your career so you can build connections through internships during school to be able to get a job after grad. Which is why it's so important that I figure out where I want to live because there's a good chance I'll be stuck there for a while lol
I tend to believe that is true. My husband and I are both from Texas and I wouldn't live anywhere else. He went to Baylor Law School in Waco; I have been a paralegal for more years than I want to admit. It wasn't a hard decision for us to just stay put!!
All the best to you in your decision!!
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Location: Phoenix | Weather for me was key as it easily influences my mood. I chose to move to AZ because we visited once and I really liked it. When faced with moving back to WA or AZ, I'm glad we chose AZ. Better climate (hot yes), economy....it's beautiful here. I had contemplated TX but there's too many bugs and snakes. And the weather is too similar to the weather back home. It still gets cold, wind still blows.....the point is to live in the best weather possible! For me it's really important.
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| I'm currently facing the same dilemma. I will be finishing my graduate degree next year and can't decide where to go from there.
My line of work necessitates that I live in a major city. I will have the greatest number of opportunities in NYC, followed by Boston and Chicago, but I'm also considering Kansas City (I have family there), Seattle (I like the gloomy, rainy weather), Vancouver BC, or Dallas...
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| Coop - 2017-06-13 5:29 PM I'm currently facing the same dilemma. I will be finishing my graduate degree next year and can't decide where to go from there.
My line of work necessitates that I live in a major city. I will have the greatest number of opportunities in NYC, followed by Boston and Chicago, but I'm also considering Kansas City (I have family there), Seattle (I like the gloomy, rainy weather), Vancouver BC, or Dallas...
Would anyone that lives in any of those areas care to chime in?
I can't speak to the rest of them, but I used to live in the Dallas Fort Worth area and LOVED it. I was still in grade school back then but I've been back several times and it never loses its allure. The only negatives that really come to mind are the snakes and other crawly creepy venemous things LOL as well as the high property taxes.
If I was only looking at places I've lived before, it would definitely be between Phoenix, AZ and DFW, TX
Mine's just more complicated because I'm trying to keep an open mind to new places.
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| **Cowgirl Up** - 2017-06-13 7:19 PM Coop - 2017-06-13 5:29 PM I'm currently facing the same dilemma. I will be finishing my graduate degree next year and can't decide where to go from there.
My line of work necessitates that I live in a major city. I will have the greatest number of opportunities in NYC, followed by Boston and Chicago, but I'm also considering Kansas City (I have family there), Seattle (I like the gloomy, rainy weather), Vancouver BC, or Dallas...
Would anyone that lives in any of those areas care to chime in?
If I was only looking at places I've lived before, it would definitely be between Phoenix, AZ and DFW, TX
Mine's just more complicated because I'm trying to keep an open mind to new places.
The thing is, I don't like the heat and I like having 4 seasons, not the same temperature all year. That might make Dallas a bit difficult.
Seattle and Vancouver are appealing because I love the rain and the dreary weather. I'm a weirdo. 
Which law schools are you considering?
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| Coop - 2017-06-13 8:47 PM **Cowgirl Up** - 2017-06-13 7:19 PM Coop - 2017-06-13 5:29 PM I'm currently facing the same dilemma. I will be finishing my graduate degree next year and can't decide where to go from there.
My line of work necessitates that I live in a major city. I will have the greatest number of opportunities in NYC, followed by Boston and Chicago, but I'm also considering Kansas City (I have family there), Seattle (I like the gloomy, rainy weather), Vancouver BC, or Dallas...
Would anyone that lives in any of those areas care to chime in?
If I was only looking at places I've lived before, it would definitely be between Phoenix, AZ and DFW, TX
Mine's just more complicated because I'm trying to keep an open mind to new places.
See, I can handle the heat, but the HUMIDITY where I live is absolutely awful. I definitely won't be sticking around the deep south for that reason among others.
It's a little early for me to know exactly which ones I'll apply to, but I'm really considering Arizona State University and Vanderbilt since I like both Phoenix and Nashville, but it'll definitely depend on whether I want to try a new place or stck with ones I know. | |
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Location: Phoenix | Coop - 2017-06-13 6:47 PM
**Cowgirl Up** - 2017-06-13 7:19 PM Coop - 2017-06-13 5:29 PM I'm currently facing the same dilemma. I will be finishing my graduate degree next year and can't decide where to go from there.
My line of work necessitates that I live in a major city. I will have the greatest number of opportunities in NYC, followed by Boston and Chicago, but I'm also considering Kansas City (I have family there), Seattle (I like the gloomy, rainy weather), Vancouver BC, or Dallas...
Would anyone that lives in any of those areas care to chime in?
If I was only looking at places I've lived before, it would definitely be between Phoenix, AZ and DFW, TX
Mine's just more complicated because I'm trying to keep an open mind to new places.
If you wanted to rodeo and barrel race Seattle and Vancouver actually aren't bad options. There's a lot happening in the PNW. | |
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Location: Oklahoma | We are currently in Oklahoma. I've lived in South Dakota, California, Kentucky and Oklahoma. We are here at least another 3 years... Don't know if we will stay or look elsewhere. We love our jobs, love our house (wish it had land), don't have many friends here. | |
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | hammer_time - 2017-06-13 4:12 PM Weather for me was key as it easily influences my mood. I chose to move to AZ because we visited once and I really liked it. When faced with moving back to WA or AZ, I'm glad we chose AZ. Better climate (hot yes), economy....it's beautiful here. I had contemplated TX but there's too many bugs and snakes. And the weather is too similar to the weather back home. It still gets cold, wind still blows.....the point is to live in the best weather possible! For me it's really important.
Arizona has more snakes and bugs then where we live in Texas. LOL
Where we live in Texas...the winter weather almost mirrors the Phoenix area where our daughter lives. We aren't as hot in the summer.
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Location: In the Hills of Texas | My husband is from Alabama and I was born and raised in Illinois. In 1972, my husband said he was going to retire from his police job when he was 50 and would then just keep doing horse's teeth and I better start figuring out where South we were going to live because he wasn't going to stay in the Hell Hole of Illinois. I loved Illinois in the summer and hated the winters.
We went on vacations to areas we thought we would like to retire to. Arizona was my choice and Florida was his. Up until 1986, my husband wouldn't take me to Texas. He had worked on a TB farm in El Paso, Texas and said it was worse then Illinois.
So in 1986, he told me we needed to make a decision so we could buy some property. I told him I still wanted to check out Texas and he said, "Okay, but you're driving." We ended up in Port Aransas, Texas and we both hated it. We were use to the cyrstal clear Gulf Waters on the Florida side, Not the filthy beaches and mud water. So we were going to drive across to Arizona. A guy that had trained a few horses for me, had moved to the Hill Country so we decided to stop and see him. It was the weirdest feeling but while we were driving on HWY 16 into the Hill Country, I knew I was home. Instead of a day in Bandera, TX., we ended up staying the rest of our vacation. The following year we bought our property and every vacation time we spent time building fences and clearing to get it ready to build on.
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Location: OH. IO | Born and raised in OHIO as hubby is also.Ive went to Arizona,Colorado,and Tennessee,and Alabama.IM A SNOWBIRD FOR SURE.I love Ohio.Our four seasons are beautiful.Fall is stunning.winters are beautiful(I don't like driving to work in the snow but my job is a MUST HAVE SNOW job)lol.I can't wait to retire and just watch it snow:)))) we will be building a glass addition just to be able to watch it snow:)))We hunt in the fall and winter and fish all summer! | |
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Location: Kansas | **Cowgirl Up** - 2017-06-14 1:07 PM Coop - 2017-06-13 8:47 PM **Cowgirl Up** - 2017-06-13 7:19 PM Coop - 2017-06-13 5:29 PM I'm currently facing the same dilemma. I will be finishing my graduate degree next year and can't decide where to go from there. My line of work necessitates that I live in a major city. I will have the greatest number of opportunities in NYC, followed by Boston and Chicago, but I'm also considering Kansas City (I have family there), Seattle (I like the gloomy, rainy weather), Vancouver BC, or Dallas... Would anyone that lives in any of those areas care to chime in?
If I was only looking at places I've lived before, it would definitely be between Phoenix, AZ and DFW, TX
Mine's just more complicated because I'm trying to keep an open mind to new places.
It's a little early for me to know exactly which ones I'll apply to, but I'm really considering Arizona State University and Vanderbilt since I like both Phoenix and Nashville, but it'll definitely depend on whether I want to try a new place or stck with ones I know.
Kansas University in Lawrence and Washburn University in Topeka both have great law schools.
They are close to Missouri so many end up taking the tests to practice in both Kansas and Missouri.
Beautiful scenery and several good barrel races within an hour
Edited by Sangria 2017-06-15 10:19 PM
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How do you find where you want to settle down?