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I think mint.com is a much better and secure way to compare your monthly spending habits to the others in your area. It helps you see what categories of things you're spending money on and ways you can save. Highly recommended :)

Thank you thank you thank you thank you!!

I was just offered a job in NYC this morning and was starting to look into housing. It's my first job straight out of college and I'm moving to NYC in August from Texas. :) I'm so excited and all this wonderful advice couldn't have come at a better time.

Thanks to everyone commenting! :)

charlenemcbride: Yes I would have to agree ideas might run out after awhile. It is still a small city. I don't think you're being overly critical- as a daily posting website, it might not do so well. Maybe in a while it will have enough design places to support daily posts. I think in a few years having condos downtown will help bring in more retail on the ground level, making Austin a more walkable city also.

It would be more interesting from a city-planning/developing view- to see how design changes as the makeup of the city changes. :)

If you want something southern, but still with a modern, contemporary feel- I would suggest Austin, TX. I'll admit it is a small city, but it's growing like crazy! We're one of the few cities where the housing market it still doing really well. The city is a lone liberal area in a pretty conservative Texas. Austin is the "Live Music Capital of the World" and we're home to the first Whole Foods and the original Alamo Drafthouse. Austin is an active city (tons of hike and bike trails!) and into water conservation, environment preservation, etc. I think has enough of its own flair to hold up a website. Once you get into the blogger world, I think reaching an audience would be no problem. The University of Texas at Austin, located near downtown, adds 50,000 students to the city. I've heard Austin is similar to Boston and I think it may be a good step for AT. Could we have an AT:ATX? :)