Good Mid/High Level Programming Languages

I've only seriously programmed in C, but I've been trying to find a decent mid or high level programming language to get into. Unfortunately I can't find anything that meets basic acceptable criteria like:

Not heavily influenced by C++
Doesn't use dollar signs for variables
Doesn't force you to indent your code
Is not LISP
Is not Haskell

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JavaScript is heavily influenced by Java.
Java is heavily influenced by C++.

Ergo JavaScript is heavily influenced by C++.