re: Best city if you were a young single professional?

West Palm Beach FL. There is a tremendous boom happening here as hedge funds and other large companies are coming down here from Manhattan. We are getting some great NYC restaurants as well. They are positioning this to be the Wall St of the south. It’s a great place to be. Local government libs here have been working well with red pilled DiSantis so it’s a good mix.

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I'm biased, but in my opinion there's nothing like Chicago.

- Affordable housing
- Easily navigated via mass transit
- Amazing restaurants, shows, concerts, museums (if that's your thing)
- Pro sports that are easily accessible and super fun (Wrigley bleachers FTW)
- Tons of street festivals and music festivals in every neighborhood
- A really concentrated area of recent graduates and other young people, so it feels like you're in your element
- Lots of other college grads from the Big Ten and every other major university, with bars specific to them to gather at
- An amazing beach and massive park that run for miles along the lakeshore

Of course, you will have the issues with the politics of Chicago and Illnois, and the high taxes, but when you're young you're not making much money anyway. So when you're done "extending your college" for a few years you can relocate.

North Dallas in the early 90's
10,000 plus flight attendants and liked to have fun

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Probably Raleigh but for that age range Atlanta is hard to beat. Live off the beltline somewhere, midtown or Inman Park. For that price range he'd have to live hand to mouth but he'd have a blast.

Only been to Boise once a couple years ago and it seemed like a place that I could live. If you're into hiking, mountain biking and skiing it's great. May suggest SLC over Boise though if he's into those outdoor activities.

All of those other cities get seriously cold weather.

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But it's a dry cold. I've never been miserable in my two winters in Idaho. Granted, I snowboard so I actually look forward to the winters.

I surprised so many people mention Raleigh. I live there in my late-20s and it was very vanilla/boring. It is a better place for families than a young single professional, in my opinion.

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If you had a re-do of your late 20s single, unmarried, and making 70K+

What city in America would you pick and why? Our oldest son got a job offering in Raleigh, NC as a data analyst and also an IT position in Salem, OR.

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I was your son 22 yrs ago. I chose Dallas.
BUT I brought a girlfriend with me. Worst mistake of my life.
Dallas was amazing then and is now for young professionals. It's close to anywhere in La too.

San Diego all over again

Best place ever to be young especially when you could drink on the beach