Battle of the towns, best/worst towns in residency

Thanks Heidi!!!

DH did his residency in the South Bay just outside of Los Angeles. Our rent for a 2 bed/2 bath was about $1900/mo. not including utilities...and that was 5 years ago. Last I checked, the same apt was renting for just under $2400.

His pay was also pretty low compared to other programs. As an intern, he made $33k. I think his program is now paying interns about $37.5....a nice increase, but still low.

Traffic sucked.

It was nice being a 5 minute walk from the ocean.

[DCJenn]

DC- Expensive but tons and tons of stuff to do (like, even free stuff). I sold my 515 sq. foot condo for 125k and we're renting our 1800 sq. ft house for 2k/month. (3br/1ba)

Besides, I can't tell you how cool it is to live there if you're a politics fan.

Jenn

Oh, and we did residency in San Antonio- great weather most of the time, cheap but zero infrastructure- unless you live downtown, you will be stuck in your car and the traffic problem here is only going to get worse.

[alison]

Thanks for the tip about the West Loop. Do you mean the Greektown area? I've noticed that they're doing tons of building there. As much as I like living in the city, I need parks and water. I'm from Seattle!! The closest in to town that I see us getting is Old Town, but I'm keeping our options open!

[Lo]

oh ok yah, well im not quite in greek town a little more downtown but where i am i still really residential so i like it, but to be honest once DF and i are married were moving out to the burbs...