What part of the US would you move to?

Wookinpanub

Have you or at least considered temporarily moving to a different part of the US for a few years just for the experience? I have considered Chicago, Atlanta, Denver. Lately I think it would be cool to live in the southwest - west texas, Santa Fe/Alberq NM, Phoenix.

cwolfman13

I've lived quite a few places. Overall I'd say the San Diego area is my favorite and would love to live there if I could afford it at my same level of lifestyle. I was stationed in that area in the military when I was younger and loved it...I would have stayed except all of my buddies who were staying were piling five people into two bedroom apartments and waiting tables and bar tending and that didn't sound all that great to me...awesome place...hell of expensive.

N2Couture

Somewhere HOT, please!

TossaBeanBag

I moved to Phoenix from the frozen north and enjoy the weather. I miss the struggles, however, of being up north. Sunshine and palm trees have me feeling a little too lazy.

Wookinpanub

cwolfman13 wrote: »

I've lived quite a few places. Overall I'd say the San Diego area is my favorite and would love to live there if I could afford it at my same level of lifestyle. I was stationed in that area in the military when I was younger and loved it...I would have stayed except all of my buddies who were staying were piling five people into two bedroom apartments and waiting tables and bar tending and that didn't sound all that great to me...awesome place...hell of expensive.

I have never been but everyone I know that's been there says how beautiful it is (but expensive).

Wookinpanub

N2Couture wrote: »

Somewhere HOT, please!

I think the southwest would be good. It sure is hot but not the humid hot like the southeast - yuk. I am also a Midwest guy and I do love my seasons so not sure how many years I could take living in the desert.

Hockey_Winger

Wookinpanub wrote: »

I am also a Midwest guy and I do love my seasons

Especially when we get two or three of them in one week.

johnmurphymfp

Being in the AF I've been to three of the four corners of the US (and several countries outside the US) but I want to see the Northeast. Anyone have a spare bedroom for a visit? lol

Camera_BagintheUK

I wouldn't. I'm quite happy living in the UK and wouldn't want to leave :-)

johnmurphymfp

^^^^^ I loved the UK was there for two years with the Air Force.

yellowlemoned

I grew up in the Houston, TX area, but I've lived in Sacramento, CA New York, NY, Lansing, MI, Detroit, MI, Grand Rapids, MI and Chico, CA. Eventually I want to make my way to San Francisco, CA but I've also considered Medford, OR and Canada!

gvhunterollie

East Tennessee. Never lived there, but we singled it out as a place to live and take vacations there every year to narrow down the plan.

SugarBabyGirl

I'm Canadian and I'll take somewhere in Nevada or California please. It's not the cold, it's the rain. I also like warm. My cat and I could just lie in the sun all day.

johnmurphymfp

Maine

cwolfman13

Wookinpanub wrote: »

N2Couture wrote: »

Somewhere HOT, please!

I think the southwest would be good. It sure is hot but not the humid hot like the southeast - yuk. I am also a Midwest guy and I do love my seasons so not sure how many years I could take living in the desert.

Keep in mind, different areas of the SW are...well, very different from each other. I live in Albuquerque and Phoenix is nothing like ABQ. First of all, it's way bigger...secondly, temperatures are well over 100* most of the summer...my in-laws live in Tucson and they start hitting the 100* mark in late April/early May. Hell, we go out there for Thanksgiving and it'll be mid 80s.

Conversely, Albuquerque is in the high desert...yes, it's dry...but we are also over a mile high (we are higher than Denver...and Santa Fe is even higher)...we might break 100* a few days per year in late June and early July and it is exceedingly rare for it to get that hot in Santa Fe. For the most part, summers are hot but not exceedingly so...fall is beautiful and my favorite time of year. The only time I hate being here is in the spring when the winds kick up and dust storms abound...like you can't see *kitten* dust storms.

Winters are generally comfortable here, but nothing like Phoenix or Tuscon...we do get snow, particularly in the mountains and higher elevations. Right now it's pretty pleasant here...highs in the upper 50s with lows around freezing...definitely cooler up north in Santa Fe. By December, highs will be in the 30s and 40s on average and we're likely to have some days in the upper teens and in the 20s...you would never see that in Phoenix or Tuscon. We're supposed to have a pretty snowy winter this year as well...fingers crossed because last year was less than stellar on the slopes...but not horrible.

In New Mexico, we most definitely have all the seasons.

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wilsoncl6

Lived a lot of places across the U.S. and outside but if I had to choose I'd live in Melbourne, Australia or somewhere along the coast, like Perth. However, I know I'd get homesick for the states eventually, so many great things to see and do across the country.

TheVirgoddess

Oregon to California to Texas. I'd like to try the East coast or far North one of these days.

PurringMyrrh

I can't imagine anywhere better than the northern California gold country. Maybe Oregon or Washington for a few, or Colorado or Montana...or Minnesota to experience the extreme cold and ice fishing, but I'd always return home to here. California just has such a variety - you could literally snow, forest, desert, and ocean all in one day

SnuggleSmacks

I would move out of the country. Unfortunately all the really progressive places are cold.

gvhunterollie

PurringMyrrh wrote: »

I can't imagine anywhere better than the northern California gold country.

It appears we live in the same neighborhood.

salladeve

I would love to spend some time in Michigan. It always looks so beautiful to me when I look at pictures online. I'm actually planning a vacation next year to visit Traverse City, MI. Where I live in Nevada it is hot and dry most of the time, I think I would love the change of the seasons, and SNOW!

Missjulesdid

I've lived in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, NYC, Salt Lake, City, and out of the country in Lebanon and now Tunisia. I'm really enjoying living in a WARM climate and decided I never want to live in the frozen north again. I realized that I was wasting half of my life being miserable in the winter.

Char231023

I never leave Louisiana for anywhere in the US (food is too good around here). But I would move to Florence Italy in a heart beat.

JazzFischer1989

I love New York but I see myself moving to somewhere liberal and warm like California in the future. I really can't do this winter *kitten* anymore.

Squid4TRX

Tampa or Dallas...retirement isn't too far away.

MSeel1984

Maine...I've ALWAYS wanted to live there.

morgiee_lynne

From NY and moved to Vegas for 6 months for an internship. I cannot wait to go back to the east coast in a month. Everything here is just the same all the time, I miss thunder storms, and the changing trees. It's boring here when it's just hot all the time.

111YoYo111

I wouldn't. Happy Canuck here stayin' home. But I'll definitely visit next month.

Mischievous_Rascal

Taos, New Mexico. It's beautiful!

emdeesea

If I have to stay I'd probably move to Oregon. But my choice would be to leave and go elsewhere more progressive. Unfortunately I don't see that ever happening.