somewhere with mild summer temps and no hurricanes. doesn't matter where, as long as it's a house in the middle of about 100 acres. plenty of room for horses, a pond for swimming, huge veggie and flower gardens and lots of trees.
Where I live in So. Colorado. We have 320+ days of full sunshine, low humidity, four seasons, a 3,500 sq ft house is still $160.000 with a yard, Denver 1.5 hours, Colorado Springs 45 minutes, 14,000 ft peaks 60 miles, flyfishing the Rio Grande, Colorado, Arkansas, South Platte River headwaters; etc..
Never mind, we don't need growth, that would screw it all up. Forget what I just wrote.
I left green Oregon, couldn't handle the rain, which was almost daily from from November to April; no blue skys, just blue holes; rusted my car, all sport mascots have webbed foot; et al.
Yellowstone would be nice, lived there several summers.
When I finished undergrad I had the opportunity to make exactly that decision. I picked Portland, Oregon. It's beautiful, access to both an ocean and ski slopes, lots of hiking camping, a nice sized city with a lot to do, but not enormous and scary, it can feel like more like a large town than a small city. And for me, the fact that it's one of the most educated, least religious, and most liberal areas of the country was a big draw. I like nice progressive attitudes towards things like public transit, urban sprawl, human rights etc. The winter rains can be a drag, but the summer weather is so unbelievably perfect every day, it's totally worth it. I love it here.
I wouldn't be opposed to moving back to my home state someday though - Colorado. I miss a lot of things there too.
Hey, vtruan! You're my opposite! Oregon to Colorado, Colorado to Oregon!
We have a small town feel with big city perks. (though this is slowly changing, I'm all for visitors but dangit, when folks move here and then try to change the city to match what they left behind.. irksome.)
Welcome to my world! :) Here in South Carolina, every out of state person (or so it seems) who moves here opens up their big mouths to say with the snootiest of attitudes "Well! That's not how we did it back home!" or "Back home we did it this way..." Yeesh.
At any rate, if I had the choice to live anywhere in the world, honestly, I'd choose right where I'm at - Upstate South Carolina. We don't have a lot of severe weather or any strong earthquakes (though there were two very minor ones in the past couple of years), we're fairly close to both mountains (less than 2 hour drive) and ocean (4-5 hour drive), we've got lots of trees (and therefore lots of fall color), the people are nice (for the most part - people are people!), and the climate is reasonable.
If I had to choose a city in the Upstate, I'd probably go with Anderson. It's still growing and hasn't yet reached the stage (like Greenville has) where all the "damn yankees" (who are different from northerners, by the way) have taken over and raised all the taxes and regulated everything under the sun. It's also a very beautiful city.
Personally, though, I'm not much of a city girl. I'm kinda partial to the back woods of Pickens County where I can be in a forest in the middle of the foothills and valleys!
Hey don't laugh..I lived in Toowoomba for a while...
I lived there thru high school and my parents still live there - ever noticed how the cars drive so slow when you go back :-)) I have lived in Brisbane, Sydney, Canberra, Toowoomba & Charleville in Oz (you will need a real big map to find this one:) and London and Boston. I would live in Canberra again if I left the states because of the nice lifestyle (ok work sux).
London is a great place to live but I suspect it would sux with kids.
I don't need a big map for that one..use to go to Charleville quite a lot when I was a teacher at Mt Isa School of the Air.
We seem to travel in the same circles, have been to all the places you listed! lol Am currently in Rhode Island.
I left green Oregon, couldn't handle the rain, which was almost daily from from November to April; no blue skys, just blue holes; rusted my car, all sport mascots have webbed foot; et al.
Its true, if you hate rain, Oregon isn't for you. But the rain is why we have all the beautiful forests. And, you have to admit, that blue sky glimpsed through those cloud holes is gorgeous :)You forgot "Oregonians don't tan.. they rust" and "kids don't wear bike helmets in Oregon, they wear snorkles, so if they fall off their bikes, they don't drown"
Even though there is not a huge amount of fantastic landscapes to photograph around here as there is in other parts of the world I am still happy to live here in Perth, Western Australia because of our laid back life style. But I'm sure with petrol prices going the way they are the cost of living here is going to go up sharply because of our distance from the rest of the world!
I was born in Southern Caliufornia, and my family are San Diego Natives. I have lived more of my life in San Diego than anywhere else, but I've also lived ihn NYC; Providence; Geneva (Switzerland); Ames, Iowa; Carmel, California and a few other places along the way to where I am now.
Where I am now is a place I promised myself several decades ago I'd someday move to; Cape Cod, Massachusetts. I haven't regretted the move at all. We have nature, interesting weather, a fine arts community, and proximity to several cultural centers on the Eastern seaboard; Boston and Providence are easily day-trippable, NYC is not far. Vermont and New Hampshire are just a few hours away, coastal Maine is a weekend trip.
The only downside is the very inflated real estate values, but I own a house free and clear so it isn't a problem for me... It's also not a place with a lot of interesting emplyment opportunities, but I'm retired.
I was able to travel a lot in my 9 yrs. in the Navy, and my opinion is, there are an awful lot of really awesome places in this world! I always really, really dug the carribean. The Bahamas is the only place I've been able to go to since I left the Navy. The islands are ultra laid back, the people there are awesomely cool IMO. I don't think the people know the meaning of 'hurry', which I find appealing, talk about relaxing! When things get real frustrating, I'm always threatening to move to the islands :-P
...but I must say, in reading this thread, Australia is sounding pretty way cool also !!!
I agree, Australia does sound soo awesome. If I wanted to live overseas, I would totally go there! One day I hope to have the money to take a really good vacation there, at least! There are just so many places I want to live! Portland does sound nice.. except for the rain! :) Is it a humid rain? Those are the worst.
I agree, Australia does sound soo awesome. If I wanted to live overseas, I would totally go there! One day I hope to have the money to take a really good vacation there, at least! There are just so many places I want to live! Portland does sound nice.. except for the rain! :) Is it a humid rain? Those are the worst.
Is it possible for rain not to be "humid"? jejeje™
Is it possible for rain not to be "humid"? jejeje™
R.
I believe so. Here in the Bay Area, we'll often get rain falling through an atmosphere which, at ground level, is cool and and relatively low humidity -- though the drops are formed in clouds which are at/near 100% relative humidity.
In Florida and other tropical climes, the air at ground level is also saturated and at a higher temperature, meaning that although it is raining, you are sweating without benefit, because the perspiration can't evaporate, and feel hot and uncomfortable.
Damn Bear! You could replace a few of the city names and that matches up with where I'm at on the opposite coast! Only diff would be that we don't get the severe winter storm you do.
Originally posted by bear_music:
Where I am now is a place I promised myself several decades ago I'd someday move to; Cape Cod, Massachusetts. I haven't regretted the move at all. We have nature, interesting weather, a fine arts community, and proximity to several cultural centers on the Eastern seaboard; Boston and Providence are easily day-trippable, NYC is not far. Vermont and New Hampshire are just a few hours away, coastal Maine is a weekend trip.
The only downside is the very inflated real estate values, but I own a house free and clear so it isn't a problem for me... It's also not a place with a lot of interesting emplyment opportunities, but I'm retired.
Damn Bear! You could replace a few of the city names and that matches up with where I'm at on the opposite coast! Only diff would be that we don't get the severe winter storm you do.
My dad's been without power for up to five days recently, and he's south of you, on the Key Peninsula, west of Gig Harbor.
Here's three views from his deck, roughly panning left-to-right:
Is it possible for rain not to be "humid"? jejeje™
R.
I believe so. Here in the Bay Area, we'll often get rain falling through an atmosphere which, at ground level, is cool and and relatively low humidity -- though the drops are formed in clouds which are at/near 100% relative humidity.
In Florida and other tropical climes, the air at ground level is also saturated and at a higher temperature, meaning that although it is raining, you are sweating without benefit, because the perspiration can't evaporate, and feel hot and uncomfortable.
yes, that is what I meant to ask really. :)
in houston and the town where I grew up we got the very very humid at the ground level rain. sticky, yucky.
thanks for helping me clarify.
