On 3/1/07, Daniel Mayer maveric149@yahoo.com wrote:
Hm. Methinks it is rather odd that an international organization does not have its head office in or near a world city. I mean, other than the cool wikijob and the nice weather what does St Pete / Tampa have in terms of services (including connections to like-minded organizations; not to mention easy access to consulates)?
Lack of income taxes is a nice feature. The cost of living is much more reasonable than say San Francisco or New York City, and you get much more living space for that money. There are quite a few beaches and parks, which I suppose goes along with the relatively nice weather. Unemployment is very low here right now. Internet access is fairly good - we have Fios available in lots of places and EVDO is available throughout the Tampa Bay area.
Just a quick list off the top of my head. Personally it doesn't matter to me all that much where I live, so what I can offer in this category is pretty limited.
If money were no object I'd probably live in New York City. Actually, if I really had the money to live anywhere I'd probably go snowbird and spend some time in NYC, some in Florida, some in Arizona, etc.
Oh well, hope I was able to help a bit.
Anthony