Time to relocate?

You're ready to graduate, and you think you want to head out to the West Coast and you have a bunch of cities and towns to consider.

• Are you hoping to use public transportation to get to and from work?
• Are you interested in living in a college community?
• Will there be jobs available in the area?
• How much is the real estate where you want to move?
• Are you moving to an urban/suburban/rural area, and is that what you are looking for?

These are the questions to think about when you are ready to make the move, and I have the perfect resource to help you answer them!

City Town Info: http://www.citytowninfo.com/

This web site uses information from "government agencies, research conducted by Moving Traffic, and research licensed from third parties" in order to provide the most up-to-date and accurate information so that you, the average citizen, can compare and contrast easy-to-read data on-line!

Once you have a list of cities, go through and compare them. Think about what you value in a community and create a ranked list of those values. For example: I don't have a car, so I'm going to need to use public transportation. I also know that I'm used to living in a suburban area, so I would prefer a population of about 8,000. Then, one by one, see how each of the cities you wish to explore fulfills each value.