re: UPDATED: your choices to live for the next 2-4 yrs: S&#39;port, Spokane, Dover, Charleston

Posted by Andychapman13

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Posted on 7/17/19 at 2:42 pm to cubsfan5150

Spokane

Posted by TheeRealCarolina

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Posted on 7/17/19 at 3:08 pm to Airpower

Charleston is the best on the list but if you’re from north of the mason/dixon, please don’t.

Posted by TheRoarRestoredInBR

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Posted on 7/17/19 at 3:10 pm to AbuTheMonkey

But, thats just it. I had an aunt, and cousins that live in Sun Valley now, and Palm Desert during the Winter.

Half of Sun Valley is owned by West Coast dough, be it LA, SF, Sea, Port, Phoe. The Boise, and Hailey's Friedman Airport handle private jets. Alaska Air outta Seattle, plus Delta and United from SLC, LA, SF, Chi.

Many out West have the pockets to fly, and many others are used to long roadies via auto.

Wanting wide open spaces comes with a small cost.

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Posted by TizzyT4theUofA

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Posted on 7/17/19 at 3:33 pm to cubsfan5150

What is your AFSC, I’m assuming you’re USAF?

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Posted by LSUintheNW

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Posted on 7/17/19 at 3:33 pm to Centinel

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Spokane isn't as great as people seem to think. It's very different from the coastal areas of the PNW.

In some ways it’s better. Much less rain, much more sunshine.

It doesn’t have the ocean close by so it’s tough for me to leave.

Within a short distance of Spokane there’s hiking, water sports, sand dunes for riding, fishing, snow skiing, snow machining, ice fishing, and excellent hunting.

It’s several hours from Seattle, Montana, Oregon, and Wyoming.

Posted by LSUintheNW

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Posted on 7/17/19 at 3:40 pm to northshorebamaman

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It's really just the Aberdeen/Grays Harbor area. And the collapse of the logging industry is what decimated that area. The drugs followed.

Yep, there’s a serious lack of jobs in the area and some folk just stay because of family instead of trying to better their situation.

All in all it’s cleaned up a lot from what I’ve heard. I live in the Aberdeen hood and I have had no issues.

Posted by LSUintheNW

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Posted on 7/17/19 at 3:44 pm to EmperorGout

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Whoooole lotta people in this thread aren’t really familiar with Spokane Its nickname is Spokompton btw

It’s currently being gentrified. Lots of opportunity to make money in real estate. I also think that nickname is a bit dramatic. I’ve also lived in real shite hole areas in Louisiana soooooo.

Posted by The Spleen

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Posted on 7/17/19 at 3:47 pm to LSUintheNW

Granted I didn't spend a whole lot of time in Spokane, but I didn't think the city itself was that bad. A little gritty, but that never bothered me.

It just seemed so isolated and a long way from any other civilization.

Posted by LSUintheNW

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Posted on 7/17/19 at 3:49 pm to AbuTheMonkey

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Seattle 5 hour drive quote: Portland 6 hour drive quote: Vancouver 8 hour drive

Your times are off by almost an hour or more on each of these.

Posted by DomincDecoco

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Posted on 7/17/19 at 3:52 pm to BoxmanTiger

its a separate town/city

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Posted by DomincDecoco

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Posted on 7/17/19 at 3:53 pm to BoxmanTiger

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Charleston is not like Baton Rouge..

North Charleston....there is a big difference between the two

Posted by VABuckeye

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Posted on 7/17/19 at 3:58 pm to cubsfan5150

I might choose Spokane. I'd bet it's beautiful there and it's on the dry side of the mountains. Plus, Mike Leach is just down the road in Pullman.

Posted by jcaz

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Posted on 7/17/19 at 4:03 pm to cubsfan5150

Charleston.
Shreveport is blah
Dover seems blah
Spokane seems off the grid and remote.

Posted by cubsfan5150

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Posted on 7/17/19 at 5:18 pm to TizzyT4theUofA

Posted by YipSkiddlyDooo

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Posted on 7/17/19 at 5:19 pm to EmperorGout

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Its nickname is Spokompton btw

Like any decent sized city there are areas around downtown that are rough. However, as opposed to Seattle, that population/environment is not creeping outward into the nicer areas. It's really the opposite as far as downtown is concerned.

I mean if you have a decent job you are living on the south hill, or up off of nine mile, or in the mead/mt spokane area, or in the valley, maybe all the way out to liberty lake...

I don't know anything about Charleston but as someone who grew up in WA and lived in Spokane for a bit, it is my favorite part of the state. Outdoor activities and scenery that are very "PNW" with the eastern washington weather (4 seasons, dry, couple hundred days of sunshine).

Posted by udtiger

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Posted on 7/17/19 at 5:20 pm to cubsfan5150

Either Dover or Charleston

Posted by CGSC Lobotomy

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Posted on 7/17/19 at 5:24 pm to cubsfan5150

Spokane. Washington is a great place to live outside of King County.

Posted by Obtuse1

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Posted on 7/17/19 at 5:28 pm to udtiger

Charleston, but I grew up there.

Dover is more in the middle of the farming country than people think. It is a PITA to drive to Dc or Baltimore or even Wilmington/Philly.

Spokane isn't anything like people think of the PNW being, it is on the far Eastern side of Washington and again not really close to anything.

Shreveport... well its Shreveport.