lapietra
04-27-2003, 06:10 PM
I just thought of a great idea for a website...
It would be sort of like those online dating sites, where you complete a form about yourself (your likes and dislikes, your habits, your quirks) and the site searches its database for potential compatible partners...
but instead, this site would be for people searching for a place to settle down and live in - not just an apartment search, but a world-wide location database. You'd plug in your personality stuff, like you would with a relationship site, but you'd also give your job skills, your relationship goals (i.e., if you're married with kids, what the best place is for that, or if you're single & looking, the places that have the highest percentage of singles), the kind of environment you enjoy most, your long-term life goals - and the search would send you a list of locations where you'd potentially be happiest and most productive - and also (realistic) suggestions for what it would take for you to get there and support yourself. It could have links to relocation assistance sites and other relevant sites (like CitySearch and SmartPages, which have compiled info about many different cities, so you can learn more about them before you make your decision), and maybe feature helpful articles... It could be a free site to use, sponsored somehow... (that's where it gets sticky... how to keep it unbiased... depending on which companies sponsor it, it's bound to become a little corrupted.... hmmmm...)
I've never seen anything like that - have any of you? There would have to be some serious cash behind it initially - between doing the research, building the database and maintenance... But think how much time it would save! :) Maybe even let people have better lives...
Tell me about a site you wish existed...
It would be sort of like those online dating sites, where you complete a form about yourself (your likes and dislikes, your habits, your quirks) and the site searches its database for potential compatible partners...
but instead, this site would be for people searching for a place to settle down and live in - not just an apartment search, but a world-wide location database. You'd plug in your personality stuff, like you would with a relationship site, but you'd also give your job skills, your relationship goals (i.e., if you're married with kids, what the best place is for that, or if you're single & looking, the places that have the highest percentage of singles), the kind of environment you enjoy most, your long-term life goals - and the search would send you a list of locations where you'd potentially be happiest and most productive - and also (realistic) suggestions for what it would take for you to get there and support yourself. It could have links to relocation assistance sites and other relevant sites (like CitySearch and SmartPages, which have compiled info about many different cities, so you can learn more about them before you make your decision), and maybe feature helpful articles... It could be a free site to use, sponsored somehow... (that's where it gets sticky... how to keep it unbiased... depending on which companies sponsor it, it's bound to become a little corrupted.... hmmmm...)
I've never seen anything like that - have any of you? There would have to be some serious cash behind it initially - between doing the research, building the database and maintenance... But think how much time it would save! :) Maybe even let people have better lives...
Tell me about a site you wish existed...