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Comment by Brian 'Born-a-Bastard' Jordan on October 26, 2012 at 9:32pm

@ Marshall: there are a lot of online resources for stuff like that; average pay, rent, unemployment rate,  crime rate per area.

 Some resources/examples:

  -http://www.bestplaces.net/crime/?city1=50816000&city2=52970000 for comparing crime rates of different cities

 

https://www.crimereports.com/  maps block by block of any city showing reported crimes. Interesting and insightful.

 

City-Data.com Full of geographical data and statistics on crime, cost of living, climate, hospitals, schools, and air pollution

 

 

United States Department of Labor: state by state unemployment percentage and other info: http://www.bls.gov/lau/

 

Chambers of Commerce

(found the following on some site)

“The local Chamber of Commerce can be an excellent place to start looking for a job in a new area. They have the listings for all of the businesses in their area. They also have job listings and maps available. You can visit them online, call them, or visit them in person when you are in the area. Their representative's advice can be invaluable help for your job search. They can give you the tax information for the new area as well as local business statistics.

The World Chamber's of Commerce Directory has listings for every Chamber of Commerce in the United States and worldwide.”

Bureau of Labor Statistics (nationwide stats on pay & # of jobs)

http://www.bls.gov/bls/blswage.htm

http://www.bestplaces.net/search/default.aspx?q=springfield%20mo city by city cost of living home cost, population, etc.

 

http://swz.salary.com/costoflivingwizard/layoutscripts/coll_start.aspx cost of living tool to compare areas you might move to with current location.

Comment by Marshall on October 26, 2012 at 5:37pm

No I would burn that muthafucka down!!!

Comment by Lunatik on October 26, 2012 at 4:48pm

heard Korey has an extra room..

Comment by Marshall on October 26, 2012 at 4:32pm

I see. When I was out there for Spill.con I had heard about the spikes in cost of living. What would you say that going rate for a studio or 1 bedroom apartment is going? 

Comment by Wodenson on October 26, 2012 at 4:21pm

It won't be easy. Austin rentals are expensive and keep going up. Job market has ups and downs, lots of recent game developer layoffs in the community.

Comment by Dr.Horrible on October 26, 2012 at 3:57pm

*cough* KOREY *cough*