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25% Enterprising Professionals

Young, well educated, ambitious, and hardworking, we’re climbing the ladder in S.T.E.M. occupations and will change jobs often to advance. You can find us in rented condos, town houses, or apartments in lower-density neighborhoods of large metros. Our neighborhoods are diverse; more than 20 percent of the population is Asian. Technology is major for us; we’re early adopters of new devices and happy to discuss and advise peers about technology. Trendy clothes and name brands are important purchases; we also shop on Amazon for convenience. Favorite restaurants include The Cheesecake Factory, Chick-fil-A, and Starbucks for coffee. We travel for business; in our spare time, we gamble, visit museums, go to the beach, and watch movies and TV with video on demand via a high-speed connection.

19% Pleasantville

Prosperous domesticity pervades our settled suburban neighborhoods in New Jersey, New York, and California. We’re either empty nesters or sharing our homes with our adult kids. We’re happy staying put in our older, high value, single-family homes. Older homes mean more maintenance, so contracting for home improvement and remodeling projects is a priority. Two high incomes support our affluent lifestyles and provide our high net worth. Willing to pay for classic timeliness and quality versus trendy, we’re not particularly concerned with price. We drive imported SUVs serviced at the local gas station or car dealership. Internet usage includes shopping, paying bills, and tracking investments. Going to the beach, gardening, visiting museums and theme parks, and going to rock concerts fill our spare time.

18% Savvy Suburbanites

We’re empty nesters or empty-nester wannabes who still have adult children living at home in established, owner-occupied suburban neighborhoods. We’re well educated, well read, and well capitalized. We research products prior to purchase and seek quality instead of price. Technology is used for everything including communicating, shopping, banking, and staying current on the news. Even though we’re financially secure, we use a variety of resources for informed investing. We’re not afraid of debt and may carry first and second mortgages and a line of credit. Late model SUVs, station wagons, and minivans may be in our driveways. We’re foodies and enjoy cooking; natural or organic products are preferred. We exercise and buy top-of-the-line gear for golf and skiing. Good food and wine and cultural events are also not to be missed.

Median HHI 84K

Median Age 33.9

Pop Density 3,091 people per sq mile

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Ecuador
Timeline

42% Professional Pride

21% Boomburbs

11% Savvy Suburbanites

06-04-2007 = TSC stamps postal return-receipt for I-129f.

06-11-2007 = NOA1 date (unknown to me).

07-20-2007 = Phoned Immigration Officer; got WAC#; where's NOA1?

09-25-2007 = Touch (first-ever).

09-28-2007 = NOA1, 23 days after their 45-day promise to send it (grrrr).

10-20 & 11-14-2007 = Phoned ImmOffs; "still pending."

12-11-2007 = 180 days; file is "between workstations, may be early Jan."; touches 12/11 & 12/12.

12-18-2007 = Call; file is with Division 9 ofcr. (bckgrnd check); e-prompt to shake it; touch.

12-19-2007 = NOA2 by e-mail & web, dated 12-18-07 (187 days; 201 per VJ); in mail 12/24/07.

01-09-2008 = File from USCIS to NVC, 1-4-08; NVC creates file, 1/15/08; to consulate 1/16/08.

01-23-2008 = Consulate gets file; outdated Packet 4 mailed to fiancee 1/27/08; rec'd 3/3/08.

04-29-2008 = Fiancee's 4-min. consular interview, 8:30 a.m.; much evidence brought but not allowed to be presented (consul: "More proof! Second interview! Bring your fiance!").

05-05-2008 = Infuriating $12 call to non-English-speaking consulate appointment-setter.

05-06-2008 = Better $12 call to English-speaker; "joint" interview date 6/30/08 (my selection).

06-30-2008 = Stokes Interrogations w/Ecuadorian (not USC); "wait 2 weeks; we'll mail her."

07-2008 = Daily calls to DOS: "currently processing"; 8/05 = Phoned consulate, got Section Chief; wrote him.

08-07-08 = E-mail from consulate, promising to issue visa "as soon as we get her passport" (on 8/12, per DHL).

08-27-08 = Phoned consulate (they "couldn't find" our file); visa DHL'd 8/28; in hand 9/1; through POE on 10/9 with NO hassles(!).

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
Timeline

33% Rustbelt traditions

14% Traditional living

11% Metro Fusion

Spoiler

Met Playing Everquest in 2005
Engaged 9-15-2006
K-1 & 4 K-2'S
Filed 05-09-07
Interview 03-12-08
Visa received 04-21-08
Entry 05-06-08
Married 06-21-08
AOS X5
Filed 07-08-08
Cards Received01-22-09
Roc X5
Filed 10-17-10
Cards Received02-22-11
Citizenship
Filed 10-17-11
Interview 01-12-12
Oath 06-29-12

Citizenship for older 2 boys

Filed 03/08/2014

NOA/fee waiver 03/19/2014

Biometrics 04/15/14

Interview 05/29/14

In line for Oath 06/20/14

Oath 09/19/2014 We are all done! All USC no more USCIS

 

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24% Pleasantville

18% Soccer Moms

17% Silver and Gold

ROC VSC mailed 5/7/14

NOA1 5/9

Check cashed 5/14

Biometrics current

RFE dated 12/18

RFE mailed 1/20

Approved 2/2 ! ( letter came from the local office)

Card received 2/17/15 !!!!

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Filed: Citizen (apr) Country: Canada
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24% Middleburg

16% Green Acres

9% Bright Young Professionals

Median Income: 58K (lower than County but higher than State)

Median Age: 37.6 (about the same across the board)

Population Density: 902 per square mile (higher than County, State and Country density levels)

(This also leaves approximately 50% of the households in this area that don't fit into any specific category large enough for classification purposes . . .)

Edited by Kathryn41

“...Isn't it splendid to think of all the things there are to find out about? It just makes me feel glad to be alive--it's such an interesting world. It wouldn't be half so interesting if we knew all about everything, would it? There'd be no scope for imagination then, would there?”

. Lucy Maude Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables

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Another Member of the VJ Fluffy Kitty Posse!

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