My info 1. Spouse - stay at home mom for now and might find a job later for may be 100-150k 2. one 3month old daughter and 2 year old mini aussie dog 3. Planning for 1 more kid after 3-4 years. 4. Income - 300k from software job and no other income 5. NW - 200k (non retirement) and 200k retirement 6. H1-B for life as I am Indian and will stay in USA till kicked out, I will wait for my 3 month old US citizen daughter to grow up and sponser me. 7. No property in USA but I got some ancestral non income generating homes in India. Requirements 1. City with good safety where my wife/daughter can walk at night 2. City where I can afford private schools for 10-15k per year 3. City with somewhat less state income tax and less property tax 4. City where I can buy a big home 2k -3k square feet with 4-5 bedroom and 3 bathrooms and backyard for my dog to play for a total price of 600k or less, preferably 400-500k. 5. I love the cold NJ/NY weather, my favorite outside is 50-60f (I can live with 40f but hard to tolerate 70f + ) and I can't stand the heat as I came from super hot Indian city. 6. I would like free space of 0.5 -2 acres around but not a requirement 7. I would like a single floor home so that I don't need to keep climbing up. 8. I work in software but permanent remote job. If there are some software in person jobs in the city it would be good as I can get the in person job if I am fired from remote job. 9. I mostly stay at home but I want some accessibility for music classes, self defense classes, gym, warehouse clubs, 300 TC
Raleigh, North Carolina is a great place to raise a family. People are nice, lots of free museums, weather is great, housing is affordable, education is good.
Isn’t racism part of life in Carolinas?
The Raleigh area is very diverse. It is called the research triangle because of the the three big universities close together (Duke, Chapel Hill,UNC). There are a lot of educated and open minded people there.
Michigan. Ann Arbor, Birmingham, Grosse Pointe. Grand Rapids. Northville. Plymouth.
Your criteria is pretty clear and specific. You should have no problem finding something in a small town somewhere. Starlink internet opens up a lot of options that might not have been suitable for remote work in the past.
That’s putting his whole life on one service. Too risky.
Bay Area
Exclude all of California due to housing costs and state taxes.
Columbus, OH 1. Suburbs like Upper Arlington, Dublin, Lewis Center are perfect for this 2. Absolutely, but the public schools are good too 3. Unfortunately income tax is a bit high here, there’s local taxes 4. Doable here 5. Not super cold, not a lot of snow. But summers are mild 6. Yeah e z 7. Lots of those 8. There are more startups but a decent software scene 9. All of that and more here