Locations

This is a list of some locations currently under consideration for our immediate move. Items will be turned gray if we cross them off our list. Because we are (A) visible minorities and (B) gay, and want minimal hassling over either of these, things like racial diversity/tolerance and legal recognition of gay relationships will weigh heavily on our decision about where to go.

SSM= Same-Sex Marriage
civil union = same rights as marriage but with a different name
domestic partnership = most of the legal rights of marriage

div = amount of racial diversity
unempl = unemployment rate
jobout = job outlook (the higher the better)


Alaska - anti-SSM constitution, no recognition

• Juneau
• Fairbanks

California - domestic partnership, racially diverse

• Brea
• Fullerton
• Irvine?
  
• La Mirada
  
• Monrovia
  
• Pasadena
• Placentia
  
• San Dimas
• San Luis Obispo-Atascadero-Paso Robles - 3.2% unempl
• Temple City
  
  avoid:
  
  
• Anaheim
• Garden Grove
• Santa Ana
  

Connecticut - civil union

• Bridgeport - $? 5.3% jobout
  
• Danbury - $? 50-60% div 3.4% unempl 6.3% jobout
  
• Hartford
• New Haven-Meriden - 50-60% div 6.5% jobout
  
• New London-Norwich - 30-40% div
  
• Stamford-Norwalk - $? 50-60% div 3.2% unempl 5.1% jobout
  
• Waterbury - 6.7% jobout
  

Massachusetts - SSM

• Barnstable-Yarmouth - $? 10-20% div
  
• Boston - $? 50-60% div
  
• Brockton - $? 10-20% div
  
• Fitchburg-Leominster - 30-40% div 7.1% jobout
  
• Lawrence - $? 30-40% div
  
• New Bedford - $? 10-20% div
  
• Pittsfield - 10-20% div 5.4% jobout
• Providence-Fall River-Warwick - 5.7%
  
• Springfield - 5.8% jobout
  
• Worcester - 50-60% 6.4% jobout -2.4% jobgro
  

Minnesota - no recognition

• Minneapolis - major traffic, colder than Ontario
  

New York - no recognition

• Ithaca
• Rochester
• - Skaneateles
• - Victor
• - Perinton
• - Pittsford
• Syracuse

Ontario - SSM

• Ottawa
• Peterborough
• Markham
• Toronto

Vermont - civil union

• Burlington - 3.1% unempl

Comparison

• Los Angeles - 6.2% jobout