Where Should I Move??? Tell Me About Your Town!

[subtle_feather]

Hello Fellow TMFers.

This is a total shot in the dark, but I could really use your help. I will be moving back to the US in about 6 months, and up until recently I have been thinking I would go to grad school in my home state and then move somewhere cooler; however, recently I have been thinking that moving first, waiting a year to establish residency and then going to school in my new home would be better.

I was wondering if some of you all might recommend some places to move to. I would like to move someplace that has most of the following characteristics:

1) either is or is near a medium to large city--I need the culture and dining opportunities 🙂

2) has a good state university nearby

3) warmish weather would be nice, but this is not a hard requirement

4) has a generally liberal attitude

5) has proximity to some kind of tickling activity


To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, the world is pretty much my oyster right about now, but I have no idea which fork I should use. Your recommendations will be really, truly appreciated. If I move to your city I promise you donuts and maybe a puppy.

 

[Mephistopheles]

Well, my city is not very large to American standards (300k population) but close to Amsterdam (about 30 minutes by train or car)

Not very warm, not very cold weather.

Far more liberal than the US

Has got a good university (ranked 40th or something worldwide)

Most people speak or understand English

And I'm the tickling activity. 😀

And no gun related violence or whatsoever at all.

 

[subtle_feather]

Well, my city is not very large to American standards (300k population) but close to Amsterdam (about 30 minutes by train or car)

Much as I would love to move to the Netherlands, it's actually extremely difficult for an American to get a work visa there, and I am almost certainly headed back to the US. Still, thanks for the reply 🙂

 

[Mephistopheles]

Much as I would love to move to the Netherlands, it's actually extremely difficult for an American to get a work visa there, and I am almost certainly headed back to the US. Still, thanks for the reply 🙂

Well, you can always try to join a research group at the university, I don't know what your education is but there's alot going on there.

 

[Saeria]

Austin, nuff said 😉

 

[AngelOfDarkness]

San Diego.

 

[ikaiyoo]

ok Do not come to Memphis. Not that Memphis is a bad place to live for the money and the size of the city it has a lower cost of living then almost anywhere, And it has University of Memphis which has a top ranked law and business Dept. and there is culture... kinda... But you are a void wasteland of tickling activity. There is hardly any... at all.. There is a couple of Thriving BDSM communities here but as far as tickling... not so much.

 

[Tckleme]

Well, my city is not very large to American standards (300k population) but close to Amsterdam (about 30 minutes by train or car)

Not very warm, not very cold weather.

Far more liberal than the US

Has got a good university (ranked 40th or something worldwide)

Most people speak or understand English

And I'm the tickling activity. 😀

And no gun related violence or whatsoever at all.

Du bist Holländer?😀

Well, my city is boring, small, cold, dirrty...better don´t move here. 😛

 

[Mephistopheles]

Du bist Holländer?😀

Yep, I can read and understand what you Germans are up to but as for actually writing in German I have to use google translate to avoid utterly raping your language. 😀

 

[chicago]

1) either is or is near a medium to large city--I need the culture and dining opportunities 🙂

2) has a good state university nearby

3) warmish weather would be nice, but this is not a hard requirement

4) has a generally liberal attitude

5) has proximity to some kind of tickling activity

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1. Chicago is the 3rd largest city in the country.

2. Loyola, Northwestern, and University of Chicago are all awesome schools in the city.

3. Summers are humid, winters are freezing. Sorry 🙁

4. All the forward thinking educated people live in the city, thus it's pretty liberal. Oh yeah, Obama's from here.

5. Seems all the tickling is m/m here, but we might be able to work on a gathering or something.

6. I'm here!

 

[BellaRisa]

I love it here in Columbus. Liberal enough to make a centrist/liberal like me happy, OSU is a great school, cost of living is affordable, good BDSM and other types of adult communities and it's not hard to get to tickling events around the country(including the ones I host ), the winter's not bad and doesn't last too long and the summers are lovely 🙂

 

[Musicroxmysox]

Central Jersey:

1. Has Rutgers University. Also Princeton and Seton Hall.

2. About an hour from NYC by either car or train.

3. Quite a few Tmfers are on the east coast area.

4. We are a liberal state. Go Obama! 🙂

5. There is quite a variety of things to do if you go looking.

 

[luv2tikl]

Well my town was pretty close until I got to number three... then it started going downhill from there.

1) One hour away from both of the state's major cities. Really not too bad, I frequent either one often.

2) State University in town, and there are plenty of universities in either city to choose from as well.

3) Eh... It's not the coldest place on earth, but yes... It does get cold.

4) This one's a crash and burn... Pretty conservative round these parts...

5) And the worst con... All of the tk activity seems to take place in the east/northeastern area of the US... We are further west. Not too western, but still quite a ways west of the Mississippi...

I'd doubt you're at all interested on account of those last three factors, but definitely message me if you want to know more.

 

[lk70]

Central Jersey:

1. Has Rutgers University. Also Princeton and Seton Hall.

2. About an hour from NYC by either car or train.

3. Quite a few Tmfers are on the east coast area.

4. We are a liberal state. Go Obama! 🙂

5. There is quite a variety of things to do if you go looking.

Yes, exactly.

 

[penny lane]

San Jose/Bay Area- the third largest city in California.

1. San Francisco is only about 45 min. to an hour away. Wonderful culture and excellent restaurants. And the beach (Santa Cruz) is also very close by, as well as Napa and wine country.

2. San Jose University, Stanford, and Berkley to name a few.

3. The weather is usually quite pleasant. Most of the Bay Area has a Mediterranean-like climate. San Jose experiences over 300 days a year of full or significant sunshine.

4. Extremely liberal. There are some rich, but very kooky people that live here.

5. TMF members abound. The gathering godfather, dvnc lives there.

Be warned- like most of California, the Bay area is not cheap. It can be very expensive to live here, but it is a lot of fun.

 

[Bugman]

Hello Fellow TMFers.

This is a total shot in the dark, but I could really use your help. I will be moving back to the US in about 6 months, and up until recently I have been thinking I would go to grad school in my home state and then move somewhere cooler; however, recently I have been thinking that moving first, waiting a year to establish residency and then going to school in my new home would be better.

I was wondering if some of you all might recommend some places to move to. I would like to move someplace that has most of the following characteristics:

1) either is or is near a medium to large city--I need the culture and dining opportunities 🙂

2) has a good state university nearby

3) warmish weather would be nice, but this is not a hard requirement

4) has a generally liberal attitude

5) has proximity to some kind of tickling activity


To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, the world is pretty much my oyster right about now, but I have no idea which fork I should use. Your recommendations will be really, truly appreciated. If I move to your city I promise you donuts and maybe a puppy.

Austin meets most of your criteria.Plenty of live theater and music of all kinds.Lots of cultural festivities in town or within reasonable driving distance.
We also have several art museums and lots of art galleries.Pretty much any kind of restaurant one could want.

The University of Texas campus is just north of downtown Austin.There are also several private universities in town.

The summers tend to be very hot and humid,but for the most part the weather is great.The average high in December-January is 62.Spring and Fall are usually spectacular.

Number 4,yes for the most part.Lots of old hippies here.And being the state Capitol,lots of political activism,most of it left of center.

As too number 5,not so much from what i can tell.I suspect it goes on,but with a younger crowd (i'm 54) Being a college student might make it easier for you to plug into the scene here.

You might check this out to get a feel for the place.www.austinchronicle.com.

 

[Capnmad]

Come to Historic Oley!

Oley, Pennsylvania is a town so boring that we now have an annual celebration for that fact that one of our bridges was built with a roof.

One of the town's earliest residents was Mordecai Lincoln, the great-grandfather of 16th President of the United States. Mordecai would have actually been a significant figure if only he were born three generations later and named Abraham. And if he didn't live in Oley.

Ernst Licht, a local company, makes traditional lederhosen for the Germans. That is not a joke.

The town's name originates from "Olink", a Leni-Lenape word for "kettle", which is what the valley is said to vaguely resemble. Frankly, I think it more resembles a crock.

The Oley Valley Community Fair, known for its food, is an annual opportunity to hone your skills in ignoring all the people you disliked in high school, if you attended there. Otherwise, it's a wonderful chance to add pounds and be mock-sociable by eating french fries with salt and vinegar, drinking fresh milkshakes, and saying things like, "Have you ever seen a pumpkin that big before? Actually, come to think of it, yeah -- they were bigger last year..." and "Oh -- hey, heyheylook-!!" as your friend unwittingly steps into a cowpie near the dairy barn exhibit.

It's also the home of the Reading Motorcycle Club. Technically, it was around since 1905, but only officially incorporated in 1914, so the RMC will officially celebrate its 95th birthday this year. This year, I will be celebrating 10 years since I've seen members abscond into the neighboring corn fields to fornicate or alternately defecate (for lack of PortaPotties), and 7 years since I had to shepherd someone strung out and hallucinating out of my father's backyard with a staff.

Just off Route 73 is a little patch of land named "Volunteer Park", so named because of a contest held while I was in middle school. The winner of said contest, the bright shining star of our community, valedictorian, and student of Cal-Tech "volunteered" to off himself and did so successfully in 1999.

We also have A Big Fucking Tree.

The things I like most about Oley are the phonepoles and the scenery, the lightning strike that hit the church next to mine (but missed my childhood church), the fact that they're an easy people to stare down, and they won't bother talking to you unless you've got three generations in the ground, because until then, you're still "an outsider".

 

[lk70]

Number 4,yes for the most part.Lots of old hippies here.And being the state Capitol,lots of political activism,most of it left of center.

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I'm sorry but in no way shape or form can any place in Texas be described as liberal. The most I'll give you is "not as many guns in this town."

 

[manic971]

Chicago:

1. University of Chicago, Loyola, Northwestern, DePaul, University of Illinois Chicago all are good schools and located either in the city or just outside of.

2. For about a month or two each year the temperature won't be very warm or very cold

3. A very liberal city

4. Good...scratch that...Great food

5. Great museums and other cultural opportunities

6. Tickling....ya not so much, but it'll never get started unless more people like you move here!

 

[Empyrium]

Hello Fellow TMFers.

This is a total shot in the dark, but I could really use your help. I will be moving back to the US in about 6 months, and up until recently I have been thinking I would go to grad school in my home state and then move somewhere cooler; however, recently I have been thinking that moving first, waiting a year to establish residency and then going to school in my new home would be better.

I was wondering if some of you all might recommend some places to move to. I would like to move someplace that has most of the following characteristics:

1) either is or is near a medium to large city--I need the culture and dining opportunities 🙂

2) has a good state university nearby

3) warmish weather would be nice, but this is not a hard requirement

4) has a generally liberal attitude

5) has proximity to some kind of tickling activity


To paraphrase Oscar Wilde, the world is pretty much my oyster right about now, but I have no idea which fork I should use. Your recommendations will be really, truly appreciated. If I move to your city I promise you donuts and maybe a puppy.

York, Pennsylvania...It's not as bad as you think. I kind of doubt you'd pick my city, but on the off chance that you do, a beer would do just fine, as opposed to donuts and a puppy.

1. Philly, Pittsburgh, Harrisburg, DC, and Baltimore...All are relatively close by. Baltimore and Harrisburg about half an hour, DC about an hour, maybe a little more...Philly and Pittsburgh are a bit further.

2. Good colleges abound in all of these cities. Baltimore has a number of great medical schools, notably, University of Maryland and Johns Hopkins...DC and Philly are close, and even York...York college and Penn State York, are well spoken of.

3. I guess it gets kind of chilly here. The weather varies, season to season. Depending on how you look at it, it can be quite nice.

4. There's alot of cool people around here. Unless you're a complete asshole, you have to make a real effort not to get along with people.

5. I think that no matter where you are located, you are within tickling proximity. I'm not saying everyone you meet is down with it, but if you find yourself a cool significant other...even if it's not their thing, they should be cool about your interested, atleast to a point. Anyway, isn't NEST held in Philly?

 

[subtle_feather]

Thank you, thank you, thank you everyone!!!! You are giving me some lovely options to explore. California, Texas, Chicago, a town in PA with a covered bridge--it's a plethora of awesome 🙂

I am wikipedia-ing all this stuff now, so really, your contribution is much appreciated!!

 

[LeeAllure]

I live in southern NH near Nashua, which has been voted a
best small town in America. If you don't like seasons that
much, Sterling, VA, where I've lived has more mild ones, but
the traffic can be a bitch.

Both towns have their charms, and are reasonably close to large
cities (Boston/Washington, DC). I'm not sure if either area is
particularly liberal, although a lot of Massachusetts natives are
now in southern NH, so it's less conservative than the northern
part of the state.

NH has no income or sales tax, although property taxes are higher.

You're close to skiing, the ocean, plenty of other sport/activities.

There are far better dining opportunities in Sterling. The DC area
has food of all kinds. New Hampshire is behind in that area, but
Boston kind of makes up for it.

There are a good number of tickling people/bdsm folks in both areas.
DC is far more organized as a community (Check out Black Rose,
which meets every Tuesday!) but the Boston area is coming along
nicely 😉

Southern NH has state colleges, and is also close to the UMass
system, which has a decent reputation. This area is also has some
excellent private colleges (Dartmouth, Harvard, MIT),

At either rate, I recommend both Southern NH and Sterling, VA 😉

Lee

 

[Mister Scruff]

but close to Amsterdam

That's all you need to know.


Got a spare room by the way? 😀 😀

 

[Mephistopheles]

That's all you need to know.


Got a spare room by the way? 😀 😀

Well... there's 2 people leaving here in the coming months... 😀

 

[sasaxrah]

I live in Brooklyn. It's expensive, though not quite as expensive as Manhattan. It's uber-liberal (something like 87% voted Obama), has an unlimited number of fun cultural groups and activities, and has a wonderful public transit system. I live near a park and in an extremely safe neighborhood. You could never leave Brooklyn and still get a great "NYC" experience. Or, you could just as easily take a train and you're in the middle of Manhattan craziness.

I'm a big Crooklyn fan, clearly.