Tell me about your town

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

Pru, please don't use pink perfumed resume paper.

Oh, of course not. Mine is more of a periwinkle.

[Matterhorn Fan]

Didn't it work in "Legally Blonde?"

I think you can only get away with that kind of thing if you go to Harvard.

[Prudence]

I think that if you went to Harvard you could get away with sending in a used napkin with "Harvard graduate" and your phone number scribbled on it in crayon and you'd get an interview. For the mere mortals, it's some sort of nightmare cotillion where you're wearing a hand-me-down dress, your escort is missing, and if no one asks you to dance your white picket dreams will be shattered.

[Kevy Baby]

Originally Posted by Prudence

Santa Fe

I have visited there twice - both times on Christmas Eve. We walked through the Old Town section that is lit up with thousands of luminarias. You can walk from bonfire to bonfire (it is usually butt-cold) and enjoy carolers. Definitely one of the best Christmas spirit experiences I have ever had.

[Stan4dSteph]

Originally Posted by Prudence

Syracuse

Uh oh. You probably don't realize how much the weather SUCKS in Syracuse. Like way sucks. Also, I don't think there's much to do there.

Any reason why you singled out Syracuse in the 2nd Circuit? I grew up in the Rochester area. The weather there can be crummy too, but I like the city as a whole. I live in the Albany area now. The housing market here is inflated IMO, but it's close to NYC, Boston and Montreal.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Pru, you need to do some major traveling and visit some of these places. Nothing like seeing a town for yourself.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

Seriously? Notecards would actually be bad?

Wow... strange profession. Then again - it is the government.

I don't work in government and while getting secondary communications wouldn't be "bad" they generally would be ignored and thrown out.

[alphabassettgrrl]

LA- I live in suburbia and I like it.
Pasadena- Cute place. Lots of shopping. Seems compact enough to be within bicycle distance of things. On the Metro train line.
Las Vegas- parts are sketchy. Nearly affordable housing is still to be had I understand. Good night life. The Strip has a bus system that in my limited use seems pretty logical.
Boise - not a lot going on here. Cold winters, decent summers. Your commute shouldn't be too bad here. You might have to deal with rednecks though.
Billings - same. I visited Billings once and it was nice. Rednecks again though which can be a problem sometimes. If you can blend, you'll be fine. I couldn't blend.
Missoula- more of a hippie town, so the political atmosphere might be a little nicer. Weather's nicer than a lot of other parts of MT.
Denver- A little more liberal than the rest of the area. It's a real city, so you'll have things to do. They do have winter though which is really cold and really long.

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by Stan4dSteph

Uh oh. You probably don't realize how much the weather SUCKS in Syracuse. Like way sucks. Also, I don't think there's much to do there.

Any reason why you singled out Syracuse in the 2nd Circuit? I grew up in the Rochester area. The weather there can be crummy too, but I like the city as a whole. I live in the Albany area now. The housing market here is inflated IMO, but it's close to NYC, Boston and Montreal.

Because a) it's as far north as the spousal unit will go, b) it's not as prohibitively expensive as NYC, and c) there's a judge there with an opening. If more judges post openings in other cities in the 2nd circuit, I might consider them. Also, I'm more willing to go somewhere somewhat unpleasant for a court of appeals (such as here) than I am for district court.

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Pru, you need to do some major traveling and visit some of these places. Nothing like seeing a town for yourself.

I'd love to, but there's no way I could afford to go see all those places. Actually, with the current state of affairs, I can't afford to go see any of those places. If I apply and get an interview, likely that interview would be the first chance I had to scout out the area, and there would be a reasonable possibility of getting an offer on the spot, which I would be obligated to accept.

I can learn a little bit from the glorious wikipedia, but since I can't actually go to all these places myself, the next best thing is hearing from others who have been there.