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Cities with great public transport

[(Anonymous)]

I want to move. I know it is harder than saying, "I want to move." But, I want to. And to get started, I'd like to move someplace with a pretty good public transport system. I don't have a license so public transport would be a huge boon.

I have a degree in education that I've not used in a couple years. So obviously, a city that might have a good job outlook as well (I would like to find a job before I go).

Re: Cities with great public transport

[dethtoll]

The real question is, can you afford to live in a city that has decent public transportation? Because there aren't too many that aren't expensive to live in.

Re: Cities with great public transport

[(Anonymous)]

If I get a job, I hope so. I am very frugal (and good at budgeting). I have a $3,000 saved up for no reason in particular.

Re: Cities with great public transport

[(Anonymous)]

That's great but keep in mind that one emergency can wipe out that savings faster than you think.

Re: Cities with great public transport

[(Anonymous)]

What country

Re: Cities with great public transport

[(Anonymous)]

US.

Re: Cities with great public transport

[(Anonymous)]

Brrrf.

Portland, Sacramento, Chicago, and Denver are all pretty good. Also I've heard tell that Memphis and Pittsburgh are surprisingly not bad but I'm not really sure. And New York City and the SF Bay Area (especially San Francisco proper and the East Bay) are really good but both of those are intensely expensive places to live. Seattle might fall into that third category as well.

Re: Cities with great public transport

[(Anonymous)]

DA

Of note: from what I understand New York state teachers need a Masters Degree, so unless OP has that, I would rule NYC out on more than just cost of living

Re: Cities with great public transport

[shortysc22]

What country, where are you now, do you have license to teach? (In the US, each state individually licenses teachers, but private schools can get around that)

Do you have any savings?

Re: Cities with great public transport

[(Anonymous)]

USA. I live in Nebraska. I have a license to teach in Nebraska and Alabama. I could probably get one fairly easy in whatever state I move to but I would have to look it up.

I have $3000 in savings.

Re: Cities with great public transport

[shortysc22]

You should look in to cities where you have licenses and maybe you won't find the best public transit but you might find great neighborhoods that are walkable. I know Charlotte, NC had a nice lightrail system and if you're in some apartments it's really nice to be on the lightrail to get everywhere.

Do you have any furniture? How would you move from Point A to Point B? I think you should save some more money to make sure you can afford relocation.

A lot of cities with great public transit are very expensive and hard to live on a teacher's salary (NYC, SF, LA) but if you're willing to have roommates, that might be an option. Have you ever lived elsewhere? There are a lot of questions to ask yourself and only you can be the judge if you can handle it or not. The problem is you'd have to decide almost NOW for any teaching positions in public schools because they've probably hired most, if not all, of their teachers already.

Re: Cities with great public transport

[(Anonymous)]

I don't have to move immediately. It'd probably take me up to a year to plan and such. Thanks for the advice!

Re: Cities with great public transport

[shortysc22]

The other thing is to look at the suburbs of a major city. Harrison/Secaucus NJ is much cheaper than NYC, but still easy enough to get around.

Another thing when looking at the public transit is to research the hours! Some are very much pure commuter areas, as in the train station in my town only runs towards the city during weekday mornings and only runs out of the city weekday afternoons/evenings.

Re: Cities with great public transport

[(Anonymous)]

Portland, Oregon has a public transit system that we're very proud of. It's recently expanded significantly to be even better. However, housing prices have been rising sharply here lately, so that's rough.

Re: Cities with great public transport

[(Anonymous)]

I live in Washington DC and I don't even own a car anymore because I don't need one here. The downside is that it is somewhat on the expensive side, but the plus is also that our minimum wage is $10.50 and it's going up to $15 by 2020.

Re: Cities with great public transport

[(Anonymous)]

Ames, Iowa? We have a good public transportation system, and $3000 would equal about 3-4 months' rent plus a security deposit. And it looks like the school district is hiring.