What cities would you want to live in:

1) As a single adult?
2) As a young couple?
3) To raise a family?
4) During retirement?

And why?

For me:
1) Austin or San Diego (great nightlife + outdoor activities)
2) DC or LA (great for career advancement)
3) Raleigh (family is here and would want to see grandkids)
4) Indiantic, FL or Naples, FL (chill, beautiful with beaches and year-round golf and tennis)

8/2/2009 12:18:02 PM

San Diego
San Diego
Dunno
Dunno

8/2/2009 12:19:55 PM

i def agree with your #1 and #3. I plan to move to texas next year hopefully(austin)

wouldnt mind retiring in NC either- dont really care for number 2

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8/2/2009 12:19:56 PM

coast of nc
coast of nc
n/a
coast of nc

8/2/2009 12:21:34 PM

^hell yeah

8/2/2009 12:22:27 PM

^^seconded

8/2/2009 12:22:56 PM

Austin is awesome. Going there for Labor Day. Can't wait for line dancing at the Broken Spoke.

And just got back from San Diego a month ago.

Both of those cities are awesome if you're into water sports and endurance sports.

8/2/2009 12:23:00 PM

san diego has too high a cost of living imo

i'm going to miami for labor day. i can't wait...never been to fl yet. although i dont think i could live there. but maybe.

[Edited on August 2, 2009 at 12:24 PM. Reason : .]

8/2/2009 12:23:43 PM

Quote :

"water sports"

8/2/2009 12:25:45 PM

arizona is expensive but sooo nice. i'd consider retiring there

8/2/2009 12:26:15 PM

Miami is awesome. I go there 3-5 times per year (it's a 3-hour drive and I go occasionally on biz). Would not want to live there. It's $$$ and the jobs tend to pay in sunshine. And it really helps to be bilingual. That I am not.

But the people are beautiful and nightlife is great. Fun place.

8/2/2009 12:27:17 PM

i thought about miami beach then i remembered im not a jew

8/2/2009 12:29:43 PM

Travis, where in AZ? Scottsdale/phx or Tucson?

8/2/2009 12:30:00 PM

New Zealand (gorgeous country and LOTS of outdoor activities)
New Zealand (see ^)
Raleigh maybe? (good central location for seeing people/family, going to the mountains and/or beach, etc)
Coast of Maine (really relaxing and beautiful spot, at least from spring to fall - winter could be rough)

8/2/2009 12:31:20 PM

for all of these i'd like to live in a medium sized town in the north somewhere. but it has to be an honest to goodness town, not a conglomerate of strip malls.

[Edited on August 2, 2009 at 12:32 PM. Reason : or scotland. whatever.]

8/2/2009 12:31:39 PM

phoenix is pretty superfuturistic imo, but i kinda fell in love a few years ago with the santa catalinas north of tucson and i would love to go back with more than 300 dollars in the bank

8/2/2009 12:33:12 PM

currently the only 5 states i can see myself living in(other than nc) are oregon(portland), washington(seattle or a few others), texas(austin, dallas), va(richmond area or fairfaxish area), and ga(atl suburbs)

parents seem to think baltimore/bethesda/DC area would be good for me. i'm kinda hesitant to subscribe to that school of thought.

8/2/2009 12:35:07 PM

1) Chicago
2) Here, or where we're going to for #3:
3) Wyoming or Montana...maybe Colorado. Last choice would be the Brainerd area in MN.
4) Can't say yet. I've moved so much that I would likely be happy with staying at #3.

Chicago: dude, it's chicago
Wyoming/Montana/Colorado: Z and I love it out there. For a couple years at least, we can live out there, and he can stay working at his current company...pulling the same salary, which would go waaaaaaaaaaaaay further out there. Then, he'd teach. I want to raise our kids in a way that it's normal to line dry laundry, make one's own bread and cheese, and be more self-sustaining than is possible in a suburban area. The reason for doing this out west it's fucking gorgeous. And the governments tend to be a little more libertarian in their approaches to issues.

Brainerd area: see reasons for WY/MT/CO, and add family to the list.

8/2/2009 12:41:47 PM

i would never live in texas (outside of dallas or houston)

the rest of the state is terrible hick wasteland, excluding the AWESOME!!! urban areas like laredo and san antonio.. and fucking el paso. gross

8/2/2009 12:43:16 PM

Quote :

"Both of those cities are awesome if you're into water sports and endurance sports."

RUCY RIKE GET PEED ON RONG TIME

8/2/2009 12:44:47 PM

Now that I live in Portsmouth, VA I might live here for all four. Well, number three might change. If I manage to find somebody to spend the rest of my life with while I'm working here, we'll probably go to NH/Maine and I'll work at the shipyard up there.

[Edited on August 2, 2009 at 12:47 PM. Reason : one two three four]

8/2/2009 12:44:52 PM

houston use to be on the fringe for me but i dont think i'd want to be so close to the coast cause of hurricanes

8/2/2009 12:45:02 PM

^^you whiffed on that. Austin is the best damn spot in Texas.

1) St. Maarten
2) St. Maarten
3) Fiji
4) San Diego?

[Edited on August 2, 2009 at 12:47 PM. Reason : .]

8/2/2009 12:47:18 PM

Houston is nasty and somewhat ghet, especially post-Katrina. I lived there a couple of years ago. I'd come home from a jog outside and have a gorgeous tan. Said tan would wash away in the shower. The smog there is horrendous. Worse than LA, I think.

Austin is nothing like the rest of Texas. Not a huge fan of TX, but I :heart: Austin.

And jadn.

8/2/2009 12:48:47 PM

in between your legs

8/2/2009 12:48:52 PM

^^god I wish you'd do me.

^yes.

[Edited on August 2, 2009 at 12:50 PM. Reason : .]

8/2/2009 12:49:09 PM

me?

8/2/2009 12:49:38 PM

4) National/State parks - any with camping sites needs camp hosts; stay at a park for a month or few, then move on to the next one. See the country, live in an RV, and from what I've read/heard, the parks pay camp hosts (not well, but its $ when you're already retired).

8/2/2009 12:49:45 PM

oh yeah


dur.

8/2/2009 12:50:04 PM

Oh, and Tyler, I could settle for your list as well. How about I become a hit novelist and you can join me on my yacht in St Maarten as a deckhand?

to jadn and dj

[Edited on August 2, 2009 at 12:56 PM. Reason : muchos besos]

8/2/2009 12:50:34 PM

holler! In the mean time, where are we going next?

8/2/2009 12:57:24 PM

Va beach, baby. Long live Mount Trashmore!

Honestly, I'm planning to run a marathon somewhere on the West Coast by the end of the year. Haven't picked my race yet, but am open to suggestions.

8/2/2009 1:02:21 PM

can I be your "support staff"?

8/2/2009 1:03:00 PM

I didn't get my massage last time. That's the support staff duty and you let me down.

Yes, but only if you make up for last time.

8/2/2009 1:05:00 PM

Tyler

8/2/2009 1:07:06 PM

also albuquerque is very pretty to drive through but its kind of a trash dump after a day or 2 of visiting.

8/2/2009 1:07:37 PM

^^^Deal!

^^Sorry bro, but you know how it goes

8/2/2009 1:09:04 PM

1) Boise, ID or Denver, CO
2) Boise
3) I'm torn with this - I'd love to raise my fam in Idaho or Montana but my parents are in the triangle, and I'd want to be close to them. I do love this area, though.
4) Somewhere in Big Sky country

8/2/2009 4:45:53 PM

1)Charleston, SC
2)Charleston, SC
3)Charlotte or Seattle or something
4)NC Coast

8/2/2009 4:52:25 PM

8/2/2009 5:15:01 PM

orlando fl!

-Kiss-

8/2/2009 5:29:21 PM

^^SHE WANTS TO DIE!!!

8/2/2009 5:33:54 PM

Meh, I've lived so many places already I'd be alright with moving back to Raleigh. Wouldn't mind moving to the Bay Area or Seattle though.

Quote :

"4) National/State parks - any with camping sites needs camp hosts; stay at a park for a month or few, then move on to the next one. See the country, live in an RV, and from what I've read/heard, the parks pay camp hosts (not well, but its $ when you're already retired)."

My grandparents did that for three years. They said it was nice at first but it got old after they had seen everywhere plus driving the RV around with arthritis was apparently a bitch

[Edited on August 2, 2009 at 7:18 PM. Reason : f]

8/2/2009 7:15:24 PM

I want to finish my masters at meredith, but after that I don't really care where I live.

8/2/2009 7:17:39 PM

i can be as picky as i want but in the end i'm going where ever the job ends up being

8/2/2009 7:34:48 PM

1) Here
2) Not here
3) Not here
4) Maybe


For me:

1-4) Because son

8/2/2009 7:35:53 PM

off kaplan

8/2/2009 8:24:20 PM

1. San Diego (my favorite city)
2. Coastal NC
3. Coastal NC
4. Coastal NC


I live in New Bern, very near the water. Ideally, I think I'd like something near Wrightsville or Topsail.

8/2/2009 9:07:05 PM

Quote :

"coast of nc coast of nc n/a coast of nc"

8/2/2009 10:10:48 PM

set em up

8/2/2009 10:11:50 PM