Tell me where to live!

[Boxboy]

I would suggest Alaska, however:

The last winter was rather dangerous.
Not too sure about the nightlife.

Otherwise, you'd prolly love it here.

 

[Chromaticed]

I was actually going to recommend you San Antonio, but its too south for your likes and probably to hot. So I am going to say, try somewhere in California. Just watch out for the forest fires.

 

[Sonata]

I would suggest Alaska, however:

The last winter was rather dangerous.
Not too sure about the nightlife.

Otherwise, you'd prolly love it here.

- Nothing too cold. I don't mind snow, but if its annual snow fall is any more than, say, 20 inches a year, hell no.

...

 

[FlippyD]

Martha's Vineyard

Beautiful, not too hot, not too cold, not too much snow.

Lots of trails to hike, ATV and explore. Semi-small town (but not too small.) Only 2 chain stores on the whole island. Presidents visit here all the time. There's lots of places to hang out at night since the island runs on tourists. Plus it's mostly run by native americans, so if yer into indian culture it's awesome. Also, Boston is only a boat ride away. No museums or anything though.

I'd also suggest Maryland.

And as a response to an above post, Savanah GA kicks ass! Just as long as you're street smart and not dumb enough to wander into the dangerous parts of the city where you'll get carjacked or mugged it's a really nice place to live (especially if you dig ghosts. It's the #1 haunted city in the wold.)

 

[sixtyandaquarter]

With me

 

[Venetia]

I would suggest Alaska, however:

The last winter was rather dangerous.
Not too sure about the nightlife.

Otherwise, you'd prolly love it here.

I probably would ... Except for the 8+ month long winters that experience 130+ inches of snow per year @_@

I was actually going to recommend you San Antonio, but its too south for your likes and probably to hot. So I am going to say, try somewhere in California. Just watch out for the forest fires.

San Antonio was alright when I passed through, but my bro-in-law lives there and he isn't a big fan. There're lots of jobs and houses are cheap, but there's a lot of crime and, yeah, it's too hot.

Martha's Vineyard

Beautiful, not too hot, not too cold, not too much snow.

Lots of trails to hike, ATV and explore. Semi-small town (but not too small.) Only 2 chain stores on the whole island. Presidents visit here all the time. There's lots of places to hang out at night since the island runs on tourists. Plus it's mostly run by native americans, so if yer into indian culture it's awesome. Also, Boston is only a boat ride away. No museums or anything though.

Damn, I WISH I could afford Martha's Vineyard. The average house there costs like 1 million @_@

I'd also suggest Maryland.

And as a response to an above post, Savanah GA kicks ass! Just as long as you're street smart and not dumb enough to wander into the dangerous parts of the city where you'll get carjacked or mugged it's a really nice place to live (especially if you dig ghosts. It's the #1 haunted city in the wold.)

What's good about Maryland? I don't know anything about that state.

Also yeah, nothing in Georgia. Too hot, and I'm trying to get away from rednecks, meth labs, yokels, southern accents, terrible road planning, and bible thumpers. I mean the South has a lot of culture, but unfortunately I don't really like most of it. If I were forced to live in the deep south I'd probably pick Baton Rouge LA, just because I like Creole architecture and food (french influences that's not DIRECTLY French). But nothanks :P

With me

:O

Sixty you said yourself that you'll never move OUT of NYC and I said I'd never move INTO NYC!

It's too hot, too cold, too polluted, too much traffic, too developed. {

 

[tofurkey]

- NOTHING IN THE SOUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Draw an imaginary line from Virginia to Arizona. Nothing below that line. California not included.

...:O What's wrong with the South?

Well, based on where I've lived, my recommendation would be the DC metropolitan area. It's not really too hot, nor is it too cold. There's plenty of recreational stuff since you're in the damn capitol. Both Maryland and Virginia have lots of green space to counterbalance DC's relative urbanness, and there are lots of great restaurants and the like there as well. Baltimore is an hour or two away if you want more action. The one flop is that it's pretty pricy, but if your hubby is looking to get into fed law, this is where it's at. Also, IIRC Maryland has a pretty low sales tax :O


- The city in question should have lots of culture. I'm looking for non-chain restaurants, lots of little shops, amenities. Lots of parks, recreational areas, museums, and cultural venues, perhaps including conventions, concerts, and theatre. That's pretty important to me since I want to be active (but can't right now since Tampa is such a cultural wasteland).

Now, personally, if you're really looking for culture, go to New Orleans. Yes, I know it's the South, and I know a bunch of people are gonna be like "lolkatrina" (fuck you, assholes, if you're thinking that), but New Orleans is still an amazing city regardless of what happened. It's not really like the South in the sense that it really has its own vibe. Look no further if you're looking for great small business restaurants, shops, etc. We have a good number of parks, lots of historic culture, sports teams, Bourbon St., and God knows how many clubs. Don't even get me started on the music scene. Metairie, one of the suburb cities next door is more of your "typical" city for those kinds of needs. If you're Asian (or happen to be interested in Asian culture :O ) New Orleans has a giant Vietnamese community. Also, Tulane has a fantastic law school for your husband. LSU's isn't too shabby either.

Obviously the problem here is rain, but you've lived in Tampa, so I'm sure you know how that works.

Oh, and if public school systems aren't an interest of yours, then New Orleans is a good match because the school system blows nuts save one or two schools, lol. Private schools here are super-good, though.

 

[Xaixis]

We have TONS of schools, Brandywine high school is ranked 55th in the country and Concord is 48th(or something).

ARE YOU FUCKING SERIOUS THAT SOMEONE ACTUALLY NAMED A SCHOOL AFTER LORD OF THE RINGS

Lol, I think it would be the other way around.

 

[sixtyandaquarter]

:O

Sixty you said yourself that you'll never move OUT of NYC and I said I'd never move INTO NYC!

It's too hot, too cold, too polluted, too much traffic, too developed. {

You know we can all generalize big areas without ever being there and completely figure the entirety to be a very small and strict setting, when half of NYC is suburban like (Queens/Staten Island/part of Bronx & Manhattan), with some of the larger parks out of most citys, cleaner air than Detroit, Chicago, Hollywood, Oakland, etc.  Even though it has less traffic than parts of LA, and has the same heat index in the summer as Virginia.

It's fun to over generalize isn't it :p

 

[Venetia]

It doesn't really matter; it still gets too hot and too cold--anywhere in that state. Virginia gets damn hot, too.

And most areas in New York state (the areas I'd consider living in anyway) are ridiculously expensive. I've looked.

I'm just not very interested in living in New York, Sixty, I'm sorry!!!! This is the rest of my life I'm talking about (or atleast a very long time) so I'd rather be the happiest I can possibly be.

cleaner air than Detroit, Chicago, Hollywood, Oakland, etc.

When I was living near Hollywood, it's pretty funny, people said the same thing, except they said, "well hey, the smog is bad, but at least it's not as bad as new york!"


in fact, I'll I've ever heard from you is about how crappy new york is! About how it's just as hot and humid as florida, and how you've been jumped/assaulted TWICE in the last year, and how you can't find a decent place to live, and how the cops are all totally racist, bigot, careless jackholes!

Didn't paint a very nice picture

If I felt like living in a gigantic city again, I'd just move back to L.A. Atleast there I'd know my way around, I'd be close to old friends, and it'd always be 60-80 degrees yearround.

 

[miss matcha]

As many have already mentioned, the Pacific Northwest is really nice (obvious reasons: lots of outdoorsy stuff to do, modern cities with diverse activities and restaurants, etc.). 

My comments are gonna be random because I want to mention the more subtle things.  First of all: The drivers are NICE.  Whenever I make a road trip there from California, there is a STARK difference in driver quality and attitude when you get to Oregon and beyond.  They are the most courteous and careful drivers I've ever seen in my life.  My friends and I were trying to change lanes at a stoplight, and this dude actually backed up to let us in, I kid you not.  Perhaps this isn't so shocking for non-Californians... but if you've lived in LA or the bay area, it's like night and day when it comes to the road.

My other really random comment is about drinking water.  It tastes really good.  When we stayed at my friends' place, I kept getting up in the middle of the night to drink water from the tap because it was SO good.  I drink a lot of water, so this is very important to me. 

 

[Venetia]

My comments are gonna be random because I want to mention the more subtle things.  First of all: The drivers are NICE.  Whenever I make a road trip there from California, there is a STARK difference in driver quality and attitude when you get to Oregon and beyond.  They are the most courteous and careful drivers I've ever seen in my life.  My friends and I were trying to change lanes at a stoplight, and this dude actually backed up to let us in, I kid you not.  Perhaps this isn't so shocking for non-Californians... but if you've lived in LA or the bay area, it's like night and day when it comes to the road.

My other really random comment is about drinking water.  It tastes really good.  When we stayed at my friends' place, I kept getting up in the middle of the night to drink water from the tap because it was SO good.  I drink a lot of water, so this is very important to me. 

Whoa, those are some quirky things I never would have learned otherwise. Thank you!

Yeah, drivers in both So. California AND Tampa are real f'kin jackholes. They're always ready to blare their horns and cut people off. You have to drive really aggressively to get absolutely anywhere in FL because all the old people drive 30 miles under the speed limit with their turnsignals on, and in Cali, you have to drive defensively because everyone likes to cut you off and speed past you. It's nice to know that there are careful, thoughtful drivers like myself there.

Also if there's anything to know about Californian OR Floridian drinking water, it's DON'T DRINK IT! Tastes like copper and mildew!! But yeah I can only assume anything so close to a fresh mountain river would get excellent water.

 

[stillzero]

I don't really have any places to recommend, since I'm not American, but someone must be crazy to think Florida is shit. Damn even if it's not Miami it's gotta be cool! What's shitty about that state? I live in a country people forget about when they're showing the weather in Europe, and it's right there in the map they show! Also I can't choose any job I want to because few jobs give decent salary opportunities in my shitty country. There are like 6 decent jobs you can choose from. And in Florida you got beach, sun, and it isn't a retarded place. What else can people want? The countryside sucks, people are ugly and dum, no matter the country.

 

[Prexus]

The owner of RMN lives in Utah and swears by it, for all the things you wanted (forests, mountains, crisp air, culture, etc.) I don't know much else about it.

ALSOWTFUSIODSA WTF IS WRONG WITH CANADA EH?

 

[Surmuck]

The owner of RMN lives in Utah and swears by it, for all the things you wanted (forests, mountains, crisp air, culture, etc.) I don't know much else about it.

ALSOWTFUSIODSA WTF IS WRONG WITH CANADA EH?

What? O_o Are you suggesting Utah?

Cause really, I live in the capital city (SLC) - and there is not a nightlife. At all. And it's SUPER hot. It's 8:02 right now, and 91.
I do not suggest Utah.

 

[Venetia]

I don't really have any places to recommend, since I'm not American, but someone must be crazy to think Florida is shit. Damn even if it's not Miami it's gotta be cool! What's shitty about that state? I live in a country people forget about when they're showing the weather in Europe, and it's right there in the map they show! Also I can't choose any job I want to because few jobs give decent salary opportunities in my shitty country. There are like 6 decent jobs you can choose from. And in Florida you got beach, sun, and it isn't a retarded place. What else can people want? The countryside sucks, people are ugly and dum, no matter the country.

Well, I live in Florida, and I can easily say it's the shittiest place I've ever lived.
About five months out of the year (November, December, January, February, and March), the weather is decent. The other five months are like living in an eternal sauna. It's hot, it's wet, it storms constantly, we're barraged by hurricanes, tornadoes, and tropical storms on all sides, and it's a big swamp, so it always smells like feet.

The road systems are deplorable, the job market is thin, there's a MASSIVE methlab problem, the people are rednecks, everyone has a deep-south southern accent, everyone drives F-350's or higher, the pay is crappy relative to the cost of living, there aren't ANY local restaurants, everything is a chain or big-box type superstore, this is a cultural wasteland, there are too many fucking kids everywhere, the school systems are a joke, half of this city alone is made up of plywood/tin shacks, there aren't sidewalks ANYWHERE, the beach smells like rot, the water is sickeningly green, there aren't any waves, everything is flat (not a single mountain), everyone puts their landfills here, and every spring break it becomes infested with drunk fucking teenagers who piss all over your yard and clog the streets with traffic.

It's a fuckin hellhole and I hate it here >8|

(but I guess the forests are decently nice when not surrounded in swamp?)

The owner of RMN lives in Utah and swears by it, for all the things you wanted (forests, mountains, crisp air, culture, etc.) I don't know much else about it.

lol

ALSOWTFUSIODSA WTF IS WRONG WITH CANADA EH?

I want to live in the only country that truly exists: Amerka.

Oh, and I am staunchly against socialism and the government taking my money. Hell, even Amerka takes too much but atleast we have good TV.

Also Canadia is TOO FUCKING COLD

(but I'll visit someday ok?? .........in the summer.)

Cause really, I live in the capital city (SLC) - and there is not a nightlife. At all. And it's SUPER hot. It's 8:02 right now, and 91.
I do not suggest Utah.

i think it was a joke
everyone knows utah is a hole XD
(except the mormons?)

 

[Ceroscuro]

Well I just would comment on a few of the places mentioned...

Delaware: There's really not a whole lot in Delaware.  I mean really you just go there because you have to go through it to go other places.  I would really feel like this is a biased opinion (since I have never lived in Delaware), except that several of my friends go to University of Delaware, and when you ask how it is, they all say "It's great but there's nothing to fucking do in the state of Delaware."

Pittsburgh: If you want to avoid cold, cross this off your list.  Especially since you've been living in FL, your definition of "cold" is probably a bit skewed.  If you're going to go PA, I would suggest the Philadelphia area because... well other than Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and Penn State University, there is nothing in the entire state of PA.  I live in PA; I would know.  The city of Philadelphia may not exactly be the nicest city but it is a big city (physically and historically), so there is always stuff to do.  It has nice suburbs too.  Also, if you like diversity (like a chance of seeing someone who's not white on at least an annual basis), Philadelphia is pretty much the only place in PA where you have that (and Penn State, but I'm assuming you don't want to live at a college).

Seattle: I don't know much.  I could just be like "I hear it rains" but I'm sure you already know that.

Utah: ahahahahahahahahahaaha

 

[Xaixis]

Ahhh... UD is somewhat off from the river (the strip).
That may be one reason.

Also I got a few more. I forgot about the Horse-Racing courses. That's somewhat big around here. Easy mula too xD

They are also adding a casino on the river. Along with more quality golf-courses.

 

[Neverplayd]

I'd recommend moving to a city in Pennsylvania, like Harrisburg or Philidelphia. PA, as I remember has a lot of forests and hills(that were fun to drive through), unlike some of the other states I've lived in. Including what Ceroscuro has said, around 1 or 2 hours away from Philadelphia, and maybe 30 min. away from Harrisburg is the amusement park, Hershey Park, which can be a recreational outlet for you(And you get a free Hershey Chocolate Bar every time you go on the Hershey Chocolate History Ride, which could be a plus if you are a fan of chocolate). I haven't been to Pittsburg, but honestly areas like Philadelphia and Harrisburg can get cold during the winter years so I'd imagine that an area higher up, like Pittsburg, would get near freezing (or even past it).

 

[Venetia]

@Cero: Good to know, good to know

@Neverplayd: Those places are probably too cold for me. Also I'm not a big fan of chocolate :>

I appreciate all you guys giving me some insight :3