So, if you were to live any other place.....

[Lanie]

where would it be?

Right now, I'd like to live in Florida because it was the only place in the country with any warmth today. lol. Otherwise, I think I'd like to live at the beach or close to DC. I like the DC area because of all the excitement and because of the option of a subway. I might also be interested in living in a place that's close to Canada so I can visit at times. I'd prefer a place close to Quebec. I really can't see myself living there in the winter though.

[Adam]

Prague would probably top my list. Or, more specifically, somewhere just outside of Prague. That's assuming a whole lot of things, like ensuring that I have a comfortable lifestyle there and whatnot. It's not like it's a dream of mine, just a top choice if I were to live anywhere else in the world.

Somewhere around Chattanooga would be a not-too-distant second. Just enough winter, just enough summer. Big enough to be a city, but small enough to be a town. Lots and lots of things to do and see within a two-hour drive.

There are a ton of places that I enjoy visiting, but I wouldn't want to live there. I always enjoy visiting Chicago, but you couldn't pay me enough to live there, or indeed anywhere in Illinois. I actually enjoy visits to New York less every time I go; my brother lived there for years and I visited often, and there's no way in Hell I would live there. I always enjoy visiting London (and indeed just about anywhere else in the UK), but I could not stand to live there. If, for some reason, I could stand to live in the UK and I could pick anywhere, I would live in Newcastle.

I could possibly stand living in Normandy. I'd have to give up a lot more than I'd want to in order to live there, but I could stand it if I were living comfortably enough.

I would be comfortable enough living in Asheville or the area again, but three years of living there was enough for me.

I could go for living in Columbia, SC.

Somewhere between Louisville and Lexington would suit me pretty well, as would the area in the immediate vicinity of Bowling Green.


There are a number of places where, if I were forced to live there, I would be brushing up on Seppuku: Memphis tops the list, followed in no particular order by Atlanta, most of Ohio, Houston, Paris, most of Africa (unless I lived super comfortably, like private plane and a gigantic plantation to myself kind of comfortably), New Orleans, Los Angeles, Budapest. There's probably a few more if I really think about it.


There are some parts of Colorado where I would be reasonably happy, but it's hard to find the mix I like of a city nearby that isn't too big and being in a remote area. Same goes for Nevada: I actually think that the area around Vegas is very pretty, but it's tough to be "suburban" there. Same goes for Phoenix. I would probably be pretty happy somewhere outside of Münich or Berlin or Düsseldorf. Not terribly fond of Frankfurt.


I'm sure there are a lot more in either direction. This is just what comes to mind immediately.

[Gingersnap]

I fantasize about living in a cottage near the beach sometimes but realistically I like to garden and I hate sand all over everything.

In the U.S., I think I'd have a great time living outside of Boone, N.C. It has seasons, it has some minor altitude, it's beautiful, cost of living is fine, the gardening is great, it's rural enough and yet close enough to city stuff, and it's just a few hours from an ocean. Hunting, fishing, and history is good. Summers are not too hot, winters are not too cold and if push comes to shove, you can live off the land.

[Lanie]

I fantasize about living in a cottage near the beach sometimes but realistically I like to garden and I hate sand all over everything.

In the U.S., I think I'd have a great time living outside of Boone, N.C. It has seasons, it has some minor altitude, it's beautiful, cost of living is fine, the gardening is great, it's rural enough and yet close enough to city stuff, and it's just a few hours from an ocean. Hunting, fishing, and history is good. Summers are not too hot, winters are not too cold and if push comes to shove, you can live off the land.

Hey, Boone can get really cold in the Winter. I don't know if it compares to CO, but it gets cold.

[scott]

I asked myself that question a few times over 15 years ago and it's why I live where I live now.

[Billy Jingo]

New York City. Or Wickes Arkansas. One of the two.

[Novaheart]

San Juan, PR currently 83ºF

[Adam]

San Juan, PR currently 83ºF

I don't think I'd want to live in San Juan, but Ponce or Mayagüez could be inviting.

[Novaheart]

I don't think I'd want to live in San Juan, but Ponce or Mayagüez could be inviting.

I have to live near hospitals and airports.

[Adam]

I have to live near hospitals and airports.

There are airports at both. Not sure about hospitals, but I'd be a little surprised if there weren't hospitals in both places.

[Gingersnap]

Hey, Boone can get really cold in the Winter. I don't know if it compares to CO, but it gets cold.

Well, it depends on your definition of "really cold" but really cold in Boone is a mild March day where I come from.

[Celeste Chalfonte]

San Juan, PR currently 83ºF

Yeah, in the dead of winter. I loved Puerto Rico in February.

But in summer....

"ANITA:

Puerto Rico
My heart's devotion
Let it sink back in the ocean
Always the hurricanes blowing
Always the population growing
And the money owing
And the sunlight streaming
And the natives steaming...."

Maybe you could live in PR in the winter and Vancouver, BC in summer. Or San Luis Obispo.

[Michele]

Our winters are can be really cold and the summers can be really hot here in CO but at least the low humidity makes them bearable. I lived in San Antonio for 4 years and besides the Hill Country, the rest of the state was nothing but heat and humidity. Every time I complained about it, someone would tell me that it wasn't as bad as FL.

I love the San Juans in WA. They are the perfect mix of temps. I also could live in Kona because of their year round weather in the 80's and moderate humidity. Of course, the rest of the family would have to live there, too.

The only place I couldn't live would be a concrete jungle. We love nature too much for that.

[Frostbit]

6 months in Alaska (May - October), then 6 Months in either….lower 48 RV'ing, Ecuador traveling around, Australia traveling around, Africa feeding the locals, whatever the next year and our health would allow.

[Celeste Chalfonte]

There's a darling little house about 6 blocks from here that I would like better than our apartment, but it doesn't have a view of the Bay, so everything's a trade-off.



Oh, did you mean a different city or state???????????? No thanks.