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30 Great Cities to Start Out in

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Cool book to get your young-person-with-the-world-ahead-of-her juices flowing. Sometimes practical, other times not. But the only book of its kind I could locate.

I thought this book was pretty good.So good,that I've checked it out of the library at least 10 times over the last couple of years it's been published.The only problem that I have with the book is that it doesn't cover enough on the ethnic/cultural prospects of cities.And she doesn't give the positives and negatives of cities from a minority view like I felt she should have.One African American man said Minneapolis was "progressive" in terms of race relations,but I know of many people who won't hesitate to call it the worst place in the country for African Americans and other minorities.I wish she would've given two sides to every story.It doesn't seem as if she spent much time in minority communities.I also felt that there was a lot of homeless bashing by some of the respondents.I just wish that she would revise this book soon,because,overall,it's a VERY good read.

I am twenty-eight and find this book to be a very interesting read. It does a good job in providing a demographic/geographic overview. So far, it has been somewhat useful in taking a closer look at a couple of areas I've been considering. The only things lacking are a way to contact the author and more in-depth information on socioeconomic aspects and reference/source contact information. Overall this book was a good guidance investment.

Overall this was an interesting book. The author covered some cities very well in terms of the social scene for young people, what it's like for transplants, etc. But for other cities, I got the sense that she didn't do much more than read visitors' guides and articles. Portland, Oregon, is a good example, as I was particularly interested in finding out what it's like there for singles. But she didn't touch on the singles scene at all. In fact, reading it, I didn't get the impression she had even gone there or sought out people to interview. Her main observations came from a guy she quoted from an article about Portland. I hope she'll revise this book and fill in the gaps more.

30 Great Cities To Start Out In, written by Sandra Gurvis is completely insane. It is totally off. Chicago? What was she thinking! Living in Chicago is dangerous. Robbers and murderers are found throughout the city. It's a senseless place to live. Some of the cities that she chose to include are horrible, dirty places. Yet some of the other cities she included were above average cities that young people could not afford to live in. I think her book was only written and published, strictly to make money and that's it. -Thank You