If you could move anywhere in your country?

[Sailor Steve]

I like the mountains and the climate where I am, but I really miss the ocean. I grew up in Redondo Beach, California, and most of my summers were spent swimming and surfing. When a breeze blows off the Great Salt Lake, even in mid-winter, it's like I'm back at King Harbor on a beautiful salty day.

My sister says the beaches are too crowded these days. I suspect that what I really miss is my teen years. The fact is there are a bunch of places I've seen and read about that I wouldn't mind living at. Salt Lake City is just one of them.

[Herr-Berbunch]

In my country? The Lake District. Traffic is slow, weather isn't usually the best, but the views are stunning and there's lots more outdoorsy type stuff to do than here.

One day . . .

Edit: If we can expand to any country, New Zealand - as long as there is a decent t'interweb connection.

[Ducimus]

I couldn't be much happier then where I am right now. I think the only way it could improve is if we went to an area that was more rural where we could keep large animals. Horses, goats, maybe a cow, etc. I wouldn't mind being more self sufficient, my wife loves large animals, and we both love living in a small town where everybody knows everybody. That said, If we could keep a goat or a horse where we're living now, it couldn't get much better.

[Skybird]

Either far in the North, in Lübeck, and living within some good amount of the Hanseatic atmosphere.

Or far in the south in a natural, isolated place in the Bavarian forests or alms, away from bigger cities, with forest and mountains close by when looking out of the window.

The middle of Germany in between these two poles practically does not exist for me.

[Jimbuna]

Lake District for me as well but if another country it would be Australia because I have more family there than I have in the UK these days and the added bonus would be the ability to go and torment my mate TarJak

[AVGWarhawk]

I like where I live. I do not like the state of MD though. Put me anywhere there is nothing but lonely country roads, deciduous woodlands, rolling hills and mountainsides. Sleepy little town. WV, KY, etc.

[WernherVonTrapp]

If New Jersey didn't have it's hand in my pocket every time I turned around, I probably would've stayed in the NW mountain regions. It really is a beautful state when you get into the rural areas, away from the cities, swamps and Pine Barrens.
As it is, I now live in the mountains of PA and I'm glad I moved here. I'll never go back to Jersey again. I was raised in a big city and always wanted to move as far away from the city as possible. I've always been content in whatever situation I have found myself in, but I'm particularly content with my new home.

[AVGWarhawk]

PA is a nice state. My folks lived there for 25 years. My sister is still there outside of York.

[Stealhead]

I was raised in a rural area and live in one now.I have been to many different places in my time and I do not by default say that city life is bad city dwellers can have just as strong a sense of community as anyone else.

Living in a rural area has its disadvantages for example good work can be hard to find and many people drive to an urban area for work to me that is inefficient.You have to be self employed or part of a small business or retired.There is also an illusion that crime is lower in rural areas perhaps certain types of crime but drug use is rampant in rural areas just as much as it is in urban ones.Some rural communities have been torn apart by drugs like meth.


The place where you live is what you make to a large extent.No one place is a true utopia. I am fairly confident that I can find many places in the world where I would be content and not all of them are in the US.