How to Research a Town's Past

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Tip 1 - How to Learn All About a New City Without Leaving Your House

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Alice Schulingkamp | permalink

If you're thinking about picking up and moving to a new city, you have a lot of research to do before you even begin looking for jobs there. The average salary, rental or real estate prices, crime statistics, best and worst neighborhoods, transit situation—they're all things you'll have to dig into before you decide if a city is right for you. Here's how to make that research go quickly so you can go back to job hunting in what'll hopefully be your future home.
Tags: research, learning, search, locations, moving, cities, communities, towns, home buying, renting, house shopping, crime, police, schools, school search, cost of living, money, personal finance, culture, nightlife, Lifehacker

For further reading: http://lifehacker.com/how-to-learn-all-about-a-new-city-without-leaving-your-511561572 ^[1]

Tip 2 - Boys Town - Saving Children, Healing Families | Research | Data News | Past Issues

Published: 9 years, 4 month(s) ago | Submitted by Max durrant | permalink

Boys Town saves children and heals families, giving them the hope they need to turn their lives around. With services that reach nationwide, Boys Town gives kids a safe, caring environment to develop the social skills, behavior and confidence to succeed, and offers fragile families the chance to stay together or reunite whenever possible.

For further reading: http://www.boystown.org/research/data-news/past-issues ^[2]