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[Cerebroden]

[Gatsby]

Well, it doesn't get much prettier than Virginia.

My aunt lived in Richmond along the James River on Riverside Drive, and I used to visit her in the spring when I was a kid. The dogwood blooming, the azalea, and the scent of the boxwood, I loved it.

The Shenandoah Valley is beautiful, and the Blue Ridge Mountains, while not as tall as North Carolina's, are perhaps even nicer.

However, the barbecue is better in North Carolina.

[Cerebroden]

yes, go ahead and move anywhere but Texas!!

[endo]

hawaii?

[zappadelta]

[paytonfan86]

FWIW, my brother lives about an hour south of Spokane (Idaho side) and loves it there. Fishing, hunting, skiing. Gets to Spokane every chance he gets. OTOH, he hates Boise.

[zappadelta]

[Anyong Bluth]

I, my father, and his father were all born in Spokane, Washington.

Reports of its greatness are greatly exaggerated.

[Gatsby]

If I were considering moving to the Northwest, I would probably move to Vancouver or Victoria, but they are in Canada. Shoulda married a Canadian.

When I went through Spokane, it seemed pretty dry to me, but then I didn't hang around for a closer look, so I may be mistaken.

The place that most impressed me was western Montana. Around Missoula is real pretty. Drive north and you get to Glacier National Park. A bit farther south is Yellowstone.

Go east and you are in the Badlands, dry as a bone, not the place to live. But some of those areas in the northern midwest, including the Dakotas, have some beautiful areas. Big sky country.

Nice people too.

Ever see The Horse Whisperer?

A good way to get a sense of an area's geography is to pull up a map on

http://www.topozone.com/

or google maps, of course.

[Sister Ray]

[paytonfan86]

[snarkycaroline]

[oskinny1]

zappadelta, what are you looking for in a city? That could narrow it down from everyone putting their home towns in. But to join in, move to Bay Village, Ohio! Right on the clearish lake and away from the city rot. Former home of Dr. Sam Sheppard, Mr. George Steinbrenner, Elliot Ness and in my unbiased opinion one of the greatest goalies to ever play in the Premiership!

Go Rockets!

[zappadelta]

[sock]

In no particular order ...

Cold-weather suggestions:

1 Jackson Lake, Wyoming (can be a little pricey depending on how close to "downtown" you want to be)
2 Denver or Colorado Springs, Colorado
3 Reno/Truckee area, Nevada (Some areas are not that cheap though.)
4 Boise, Idaho. (It is a decent, down-to-earth town that is growing fast, but personally I think it's quite ugly and not scenic at all. Kind of barren and cold-desert-y. Still, it's one of the fastest-growing mid-sized cities in the US. I think Eastern Idaho is more beautiful, but the cities are much smaller.)
5 Seattle is a great place, but rainy and maybe a little big for what you are looking for ... don't know exactly what size of city you want.
6 Park City, Utah

Warmer weather suggestions:

1 Santa Fe/Los Alamos, New Mexico
2 Tuscon or Flagstaff, Arizona (Flagstaff isn't that warm, but still a nice place)
3 Las Vegas, Nevada suburbs, especially southeast and northwest.
4 Stockton, Sacramento, or Modesto, California
5 St. George, Utah


I've also heard that Billings, Montana, and the Corvalis-to-Portland, Oregon, area is nice, but I've never been to either of those.

Anyway, what are you planning to do (ie, occupation) there? If it's something other than teaching, you may want to consider what the local economy's industry specializes in.

I have found a lot of places in the west to be culturally pretty down-to-earth. The further west you go, the more relaxed people are, and less nosy (and the flip side, less caring) about their neighbors.