Advice on places to immigrate to in America?

Hello there!

I am currently studying towards becoming a chartered building surveyor (the highest level) and construction manager in the UK, my home country. Since this is a very sought after skill I was always interested in moving to Vancouver Canada...
However, I have heard nothing but bad things in regards to 'immigrants' with skills trying to obtain jobs, and their crazy cost of living. Therefore I have set my sights south to America.

So my question is; I'm looking to live near a big city that has alot of opportunities for construction projects. However, I want to actualy live somewhere that offers the beautiful scenery to match Canada's, (mountains, rivers, forest).
I want to live somewhere recluse in the nature, but still be within an hours drive of a city!

Thank you very much for your help!
It is very much appriciated.

chuckles951

The USA is even more difficult to get into than Canada. To go to Canada, you only need score enough points. In the USA you need to have an employer sponsor you. However, this is generally impossible without an advanced degree in engineering or the sciences. The other ways to get into the USA is if you are rich, are world famous, marry a US citizen or your British employer transfers you to their US office.

As for the construction industry, in the USA this has all but shut down. There are hundreds of thousands of construction workers out of work of all types from carpenters all the way up to mortgage loan people. It is very unlikely any employer can fail to find a qualified American for construction management for many years to come.

Also note that it can take 8 to 10 years now to get an employment based green card to move to the USA.

This is because credit will never again flow as freely as it once had.

In Canada, immigrants from the UK or the US are given a slightly fairer time of things than from other countries. Just remember that Canada too is suffering from the economy as badly as the USA and at this time, there are lots of construction people out of work there as well.

Yak Rider

Colorado (Denver area), Utah (Salt Lake City area), parts of New Mexico (Santa Fe, Albuquerque area), Arizona (northern half of the state).

Other areas worth mentioning are Northeastern Georgia, Eastern Tennessee and Western North Carolina... all located in the Smokey Mountains and, until recently, experiencing good economic growth, especially construction (located not far from Atlanta, Charlotte and Chattanooga).

Upstate New York, New Hampshire, Vermont and especially parts of Maine are fantastic, but the taxes are crushing and the area economically depressed. This whole area is losing population.

stacie

i lived in salt lake city,utah for a long time and its beautifull. the entire state is surrounded with mountains and there are loads of hiking trails and snowboarding and skiing. it is a bit cold but worth it

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