Where do you think is the best place to live?

Where my family is but we're all spread out so since I spent many years in the Midwest...I'd say somewhere in the Midwest.

The east and west coasts are expensive, the southern states too hot and humid....I don't think there is a perfect state.
 

I've lived in Many places.. Scotland, and many places in England also Europe..(Spain, Germany, Italy,)... I love Spain and lived there for 10 years but the bureaucracy and the Police Corruption eventually wears you down...

I've holidayed in Greece, Cyprus, Switzerland, France, and many other countries... none of which I'd like to live permanently... however I'd like to give New Zealand a try...they are the most like us in the UK as people.... but I'd like to live in a nice hot part..lol
 
"Bloom where you are planted." I love traveling but there's no place like home. I'm a southerner but I've always dreamed about living in the Rockies, Wyoming, Montana, etc. Since my hubby has zero inclination to relocate I will have to make do with vacations in those beautiful places.
 
Friends and family are keeping us here for now. Can't complain since we love the area and have a great lifestyle.

People ask us why we don't travel abroad. It's just not high on our list. We didn't have the time while working to spend time around the various beautiful areas here. Now in retirement we can travel midweek, stay four or five days, then zip home for the weekend. Since most friends/family still work, weekends are the times they're available, so we like to keep those days free.

We love car travel. So different when you can go to a city in summer vs visiting in winter. Scenery changes constantly with the seasons. We're foodies so there are always new restaurants to try and several old favs to return to. We live in a home that's very central for the places we like to go.

I tell others that people come from all over the world to visit the San Francisco Bay Area. They feel lucky to spend a few days - but when you live here and really explore, there is no end to the places to discover. We still have not visited the Wildlife Safari Park in Santa Rosa, or panned for gold in the Sierra Gold Country cities!

This year or next will have to drive south again to visit my brother & SIL. Last time we did it in mid-2015, we took almost 3 weeks and had a marvelous time - but I still didn't have time to stop in Solvang CA. Will have to work that in; it was my mom's favorite place to stop for a halfway break between LA and SF.

Gotta get up to the PNW again, too. My aunt is going to be 97 this year, and we don't have too much more time to waste. That's a really long drive - glad we got the new SUV. She lives on Capitol Hill so we can avoid the ridiculous traffic jams going into downtown Seattle. Love Seattle, but like SF it is no place to be driving if avoidable.
 
Home. It's where the heart is no matter how far and wide I've traveled during my lifetime, and believe it when I tell you that I have, indeed, traveled (and lived) far and wide. In spite of the brutal winters and short summers, home is where I'd like to live. Don't get me wrong. I appreciate the climate here and love my DD/DSIL and the g'kids, and my little place is nice. I'm pretty much left to my own devices and feel secure knowing that if I fall or have a stroke or heart attack or whatever else, there's somebody close by. But it's not home; it's merely where I live. I'd really rather be home. Hindsight is 20/20!
 
I live in the far north of England, very close to the Scottish border. The countryside is stunning and the people are great, but the winters are long and dark, which I hate.

I have been lucky enough to travel around a lot of the world including Asia, the Middle East and much of Europe and if I could arrange it I would, without hesitation, move to the south of France. Just a few miles inland there are no tourists to speak of. Food and wine are cheap, the climate is ideal and I would happily fade away into my old age there!
 
I love New Mexico. I've lived in most areas of the US and although I enjoyed Northern California, I like some things about New Mexico even more. I made a conscious choice to come here and another long thought-out decision to stay, and I've never regretted it.
 
I think I would pick the Southwest, flat desert area. Dry heat. I've been in Las Vegas at 107 degrees and it was a piece of cake compared to Georgia at 95. I like to be able to see out for a long distance. Too many trees make me feel crowded. Mountains in the distance would be a plus. But wouldn't like to live *in* the mountains.
 
Smiling Jane said:
I love New Mexico. I've lived in most areas of the US and although I enjoyed Northern California, I like some things about New Mexico even more. I made a conscious choice to come here and another long thought-out decision to stay, and I've never regretted it.
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Of all the places I've lived, New Mexico is by far my favorite. There's a "feel" about living there that I can't describe. It's just a different kind of place. We lived first in Farmington, the Four Corners area, then in Las Cruces, on the border. In other words, from north to south, and it "felt" the same in both places. Each month when the latest copy of New Mexico Magazine came out, I'd turn to "One of our 50 is Missing" and laugh about others' notions about New Mexico. Whatsisname, the Father of My Children, applied to at least a half dozen grad schools in other parts of the US and actually got two responses (one from Nebraska and one from Pennsylvania) outlining requirements for "foreign" students!
 
Of course, most ppl would think where they live is the best place and it is home. I grew up with the changing seasons and can't imagine living anywhere else; there is good with each season. If I had a choice, I would move farther north in Ontario in the Bancroft area and build a ground level ranchhouse (fully insulated as the winters are snowy and cold) and many, many rooms for anyone that would like to visit. All-terrain vehicles for winter and summer. A look-out tower (it would have to have an elevator as I can't manage all the steps now) to use with a telescope for the night sky which would be stupendous as there few city lights. A few dogs, a few cats, ok I am getting away from myself. I would like to visit, England (ancestors from there), Italy for Rome, Egypt (but not when it is too hot). In the USA - California, Arizona, Colorado, New York, Alaska, Hawaii. With all this, I guess I will need another lifetime, hee hee.
 
‘Best’

…hmmmm

Many worst come to mind
Never in another country
Done that

Did some roofing back in the late ‘60s in Corpus Christi after a big blow
Became immediately impressed with that sweet little coastal town
Not sure what it’s like there now….

If something happened to the love of my life, well, I’d give that place a look see
Or, some wet, dank coastal town in Oregon
Spending days sittin’ on the dock of the bay, watchin’ the tide roll away
…and nights whining songs in a karaoke bar 'til someone threw me out
 
Courtesy of the US Navy, I spent a year in GTMO, Cuba. It was always 80 in the day, 72 at night. Day, after day, after day, after day. I missed the snow, the leaves changing, spring. Now, I have to clean the snow of my car, and bitch about it. You can't bitch about snow in Cuba.
 
GeorgiaXplant said:
Of all the places I've lived, New Mexico is by far my favorite. There's a "feel" about living there that I can't describe. It's just a different kind of place. We lived first in Farmington, the Four Corners area, then in Las Cruces, on the border. In other words, from north to south, and it "felt" the same in both places. Each month when the latest copy of New Mexico Magazine came out, I'd turn to "One of our 50 is Missing" and laugh about others' notions about New Mexico. Whatsisname, the Father of My Children, applied to at least a half dozen grad schools in other parts of the US and actually got two responses (one from Nebraska and one from Pennsylvania) outlining requirements for "foreign" students!
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I know exactly what you mean by that "feel," GeorgiaXplant. Living here is different from anywhere else I've been (I've always been a gypsy so "anywhere else" covers a lot of territory). It's possible the people who think this is a foreign country are right -- it's not really like living in the U.S.
 
As much as I may bitch about the summers here in Phoenix, I can't think of many other places I'd rather move to. While most of the country is under a deep freeze right now , we are having temps in the 60's this week. And when it is hot as heck here, San Diego is only a 6 hour drive away for those who prefer the ocean and Flagstaff is only 2 hours away for those who prefer being up in the high country.
 

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