East Coast: Design/Life
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- tasty
I've lived in NY my whole life, and have worked in web design in Manhattan for 7 years... I'm looking for a change of pace, down the coast a bit. Somewhere I can live a chill life with access to nature 30-45minutes outside the city I need to work in.
Does anyone have any first hand experience in:
Washington D.C.
Richmond, VA
Raleigh, NCand know some outlying areas that provide a good balance of life?
- identity0
took at a semester at the corcoran in DC.
DC, downtown, is VERY federal - quite boring. Completely empty on the weekends. The various loops always have a fair amount of cool stuff happening. Live in the N.West if you can
- rock&roll0
Move to SoCal
- akrok0
man, chicago is green as hell.
- :-)identity
- i was down at lincoln park walk, woohoo. every 5 mins, some cute girls running by. sweeeet.akrok
- and cold as fuck in the winterflashbender
- tasty0
Baltimore / DC seem promising as far some work options...I know baltimore is often called "a dump" but if it's just for work it's probably not so bad...anyone work down there?
Anyone? Bueller? Anyone?
- gramme0
I'm from Baltimore. Lived there 15 years. I wrote a couple of long posts in response to someone asking the same question not too long ago...
- utopian0
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- chalk0
avoid DC/Baltimore. more of the same NYC style on a smaller scale.
richmond is a winner in my book. went to college there, would move back in an instant except my lady grew up there and won't have it.
raleigh and charlotte are both equally awesome. great arts scenes and you'd be just a few hours from the hippie capital of the east coast—asheville.
- in raleigh/charlotte, youd be a few hours from the beach and mountains just as well.chalk
- omg0
try upstate, ny?
- tasty0
@chalk do you have any knowledge of richmond web scene/agencies?...i found 2 companies that look promising.
- iheartfun0
There is plenty of webdesign agencies in the MD/VA area. I'd stay on the outskirts of DC... Arlington, Alexandria, Bethesda, Falls Church.....
- vaxorcist0
College housemate from Richmond,she loved it... went back....
- hellobotto0
Lived in all three.
With all three you're a couple hours from the mountains and the beach. I'm partial to the mtns/beach of NC, but that's just because they're awesome.
All three have their decent neighborhoods/scenes yet potential to be stuck in traffic for hours.
Here's the catch. The further you go South the greater your chance of finding decent cost of living, but your work prospects decrease. The further you go South, the more laid back it feels, but the less access you have to the things you might be familiar with coming from NYC.
Of the three, Richmond might be your best compromise without feeling like you're compromising too much.
- tasty0
Thanks for this thread being serious, i know things can easily go south and being that this is important to me I'm glad you guys are super helpful.
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