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Where the Highest Paying Tech Jobs Are
prostoalex writes "Where would you look for a high-paying tech job? If your answer is Silicon Valley or Research Triangle, Forbes magazine suggests some other destinations. When you take the cost of living and consider the net pay adjusted for that cost, places like Montgomery, Ala., Idaho Falls, Idaho, and Fort Smith, Ark. suddenly seem quite attractive."
I've loved a few of the Temple at night....strangely enough they seem to get excommunicated soon afterwards.
like the idea of living in a city that has nothing around it for miles except scenery, where the tallest building is nine stories tall and it's a hotel.
Knock down that damned building and I'm in.
KFG
I'm surprised they're bothering - I imagine it's be cheaper to just use either pre-fab houses or trailers.
It's all from oil, tar sands that is, Canada exports oil since we make more than we use. The US gets about 10% of its oil from Canada and that will probably increase due to the US public's of growing concern about "foreign oil".
In which case, God help us all. The problem isn't "foreign" oil. It's oil. The burning of which is polluting, inefficient, and most probably contributes to climate change. We have the ability to reduce our dependence on oil except for chemical processes where it's needed like plastics manufacturing. Change patterns of living so that people's commutes aren't that long - give businesses tax breaks for locating in towns rather than in BFE. Electrify the railroads for moving freight and passengers. Encourage the use of electric vehicles - the cars could have a removable diesel generator for long trips, but most car trips are under 100 miles. Encourage efficient architecture. Insulation isn't enough. A properly-designed house can heat itself passively in winter and ventilate itself through natural circulation when it's warm (but not oppressively hot) outside. Where's the extra electricity to drive our transportation systems going to come from? Wind and solar show some promise in certain regions, as does hydro despite its environmental ramifications. Solar in space with power beamed down to floating receivers via microwaves might be another option. But, like it or now, a large part of our energy in the future will be generate via nuclear power - fission for now, fusion when it's perfected in the future. Deal with it people, if you want the lights to stay on for the next few centuries.
-b.
At the risk of being off-topic I have to point this out because it kills me. What you just said is "That and the fact that there are more jobs And For All I Know".
Leave the "A" off!! I also hate it when people say..."Yes, I read RTFA". Just sounds silly when you're reading it in your head. Sorry, end rant.