OT: Where is the best place to live?

EthanTMom · #1 (**permalink**) 10-26-2006, 10:05 PM

Gosh, I am feeling so chatty tonight, problem is there is very few people in my time zone at this time so I think I am all alone here

HA!

Anyway, I love California (especially Northern, where we live) but it is soooo darn expensive and so materialistic! So I know this is way off topic but which state do you like the best and why? I want to move but don't know where. I have good friends here and my mom here, plus you can make good money, home prices are sky high but I like our town, ALWAYS something to do but I would really like to move to:

1. Colorado: fresh air, humble people, grew up there & feels like home.
2. Oregon: Cheaper, more for your money
3. Arizona: Love the heat, more for your money.

What is your favorite places you have lived or visited.

Jamsbabe · #2 (**permalink**) 10-27-2006, 02:14 AM

hiya!

i know what ya mean with the time zone thing! lol i live in the uk now and there is usually noooooone online! lol

out of your mentioned choices i have only been to colorado!

my dad is from denver and his whole family still live in colorado springs! i love it there! well from what i can remember! hehe i was born in texas and lived there for 10 years. in that time we visited my grandparents a couple times a year. but i loved it each time we went to visit! the awesome mountains (love pikes peak) and everything else! hehe

as to arizona, my german aunt, uncle and cousin moved there recently because my cousin married an american boy and they all moved there together! they love it! even tho it can get really hot and all that, they seem to be coping quite well with the heat and dont ever want to move back to germany! lol hehe

i myself moved to germany with my family to germany (mom is german) when i was 10! i lived there for 10 years ( i met my then to be hubby (from the uk) online while i was still in germany hehe) and then i moved to wales to get married!

so here i am now in south wales uk, and i love it!

hehe i loved livin in the states, from what i can remember, and in germany and here now! lol its funny, cuz when i lived in germany all i could talk about was the states!! now that i am in wales, i talk about the states AND germany all the time! hehehe miss em all! hehe

well i better quite before the she knows site runs out of memory due to my ever going post! hehehe

hugs to all,
Angie

mdsquared · #3 (**permalink**) 10-27-2006, 06:00 PM

Where I live is pretty cool. We are about 30 minutes from the beach, an hour from the mountains, plus we get all 4 seasons and the most gorgeous fall colors known to man!! Housing is not cheap, but its getting better. Its still better than Boston!!!! As much as I complain about living up here, I really do like it. I love snow (just not driving in it, though I'm used to it), especially at Christmas.

Ericka & David · #4 (**permalink**) 10-29-2006, 03:58 PM

I too live in Northern California where it is far too expensive! My DH and I are looking into moving to Nevada. I know, immediately you think yuk! but, we are looking at the area near Lake Tahoe and it really is beautiful! I have also live in Utah (awesome) and Washington (OK). Sometimes I think Anywhere but here!

EthanTMom · #5 (**permalink**) 10-30-2006, 11:30 AM

Angie... UK and Germany is a bit outta my travel range. HA! I would love to go see those places though. My DH worked in France and the UK and really like it. Ah... someday I will get to travel.

Erick... been to Utah many times, love the mountains, its like Colorado. We have thought about Nevada too and really love Tahoe but that is more expensive than here.

momtohunterray · #6 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 09:01 AM

I live in the Northeast Corner of Iowa, 20 min from Wisconsin, 20 min from Minnesota. It is very pretty bluff country here with the Mississippi a 15 min. drive. I believe this is the prettiest part of Iowa. The living is pretty cheap here, but the income is not alot so it evens out.

I have been to southern South Dakota, Lousiana, Colorado and South Carolina and I always love coming home.

pinguinlvr · #7 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 12:08 PM

Except for the HORRIBLE house prices I love Southern CA. You just can't beat the weather. I grew up outside of Buffalo, NY and I hated the small town atmosphere. Plus snow!

But I have told dh if we move I want to move somewhere were there are 4 seasons. I miss the fall colors.

pansygirl · #8 (**permalink**) 10-31-2006, 12:10 PM

Well, imho, The Carolinas are THE BEST!!!
We live in Charlotte, which is 3 hrs from the beach and 2 hours from the mountains. We have fabulous lakes here, gorgeous trees, 4 seasons, a NFL team (although they're not playing as well as they should this year), a NBA team, affordable housing, and great southern hospitality.

I absolutely LOVE Charlotte, but I would move to Charleston/Isle of Palms, SC in a heartbeat!