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Various Non-Bald Discussions => General Discussion => Topic started by: Razor X on June 25, 2007, 07:10:05 PM
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As an offshoot of the "Where are you from" discussion, how many of you are really where you want to be? I think many of us end up in certain places due to circumstances beyond our control and if we'd had a choice we might have ended up elsewhere.
So where is your ideal place to live? I'm not sure mine exists, but ideally, here's what I'd like to have. It muts be:
1. Somewhere in the USA. I've visited many beautiful countries and loved visiting them, but do not want to live outside my native country.
2. Somewhere without extremes in the weather/climate -- i.e., not too hot in the summer, and not too cold (or snow!) in the winter. Someplace that's not plagued with earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, etc.
3. Someplace with a reasonable cost of living and no confiscatory taxation.
4. Someplace that is not too congested or overcrowded.
5. Someplace with low crime.
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As an offshoot of the "Where are you from" discussion, how many of you are really where you want to be? I think many of us end up in certain places due to circumstances beyond our control and if we'd had a choice we might have ended up elsewhere.
So where is your ideal place to live? I'm not sure mine exists, but ideally, here's what I'd like to have. It muts be:
1. Somewhere in the USA. I've visited many beautiful countries and loved visiting them, but do not want to live outside my native country.
2. Somewhere without extremes in the weather/climate -- i.e., not too hot in the summer, and not too cold (or snow!) in the winter. Someplace that's not plagued with earthquakes, floods, tornadoes, etc.
3. Someplace with a reasonable cost of living and no confiscatory taxation.
4. Someplace that is not too congested or overcrowded.
5. Someplace with low crime.
According to your 5 criteria it sounds like you want to live in Crescent City, CA.
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According to your 5 criteria it sounds like you want to live in Crescent City, CA.
Really? I was always under the impression that it was outrageously expensive to live anywhere in California.
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According to your 5 criteria it sounds like you want to live in Crescent City, CA.
Really? I was always under the impression that it was outrageously expensive to live anywhere in California.
CRESCENT CITY is located on Hwy 101 on the beautiful Northern California coast about 20 miles south of the Oregon border. The area offers an abundance of outdoor recreational activities utilizing the proximity of the Pacific Ocean, the Smith River and Klamath River, Redwood National and State Parks, and the Smith River National Recreation Area. Crescent City is 1.6 square miles in size with a population of 7,542 and a surrounding urban service area of approximately 15,000. County-wide the population is approximately 26,000 encompassing 1003 square miles.The annual rainfall averages 75 inches. Summer coastal temperatures average 60 – 70 degrees, with inland temperatures much warmer. Winter temperatures average 40 – 50 degrees.
According to a Realtor.com search (http://homes.realtor.com/search/searchresults.aspx?ctid=83034&ml=3&bd=4&bth=4&typ=7 (http://homes.realtor.com/search/searchresults.aspx?ctid=83034&ml=3&bd=4&bth=4&typ=7)) you can get a 3BR 2BA for about $200,000+.
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CRESCENT CITY is located on Hwy 101 on the beautiful Northern California coast about 20 miles south of the Oregon border. The area offers an abundance of outdoor recreational activities utilizing the proximity of the Pacific Ocean, the Smith River and Klamath River, Redwood National and State Parks, and the Smith River National Recreation Area. Crescent City is 1.6 square miles in size with a population of 7,542 and a surrounding urban service area of approximately 15,000. County-wide the population is approximately 26,000 encompassing 1003 square miles.The annual rainfall averages 75 inches. Summer coastal temperatures average 60 – 70 degrees, with inland temperatures much warmer. Winter temperatures average 40 – 50 degrees.
According to a Realtor.com search (http://homes.realtor.com/search/searchresults.aspx?ctid=83034&ml=3&bd=4&bth=4&typ=7 (http://homes.realtor.com/search/searchresults.aspx?ctid=83034&ml=3&bd=4&bth=4&typ=7)) you can get a 3BR 2BA for about $200,000+.
I was just looking at their website. It does look beautiful.
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It is a very beautiful place in regards to scenery. Though, you may want to add some criteria. From my understanding the main employment is the near by Pelican Bay prison and the logging industry. There isn't much commerce. Though, I guess every town needs a CPA or two.
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It is a very beautiful place in regards to scenery. Though, you may want to add some criteria. From my understanding the main employment is the near by Pelican Bay prison and the logging industry. There isn't much commerce. Though, I guess every town needs a CPA or two.
There's always a catch, isn't there? :( Oh well, it's not like I could just pack up and go there, anyway. Maybe when I retire, about 30 years from now. ::)
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My ideal place, would be Santa Fe, NM, but can't afford that, I've always loved the Farmington, NM area. Great off roading, nice lake for fishing, mountains nearby.
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My ideal place right now would be Santa Barbara. Not very "affordable" but neither is the place I live now.
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My ideal place right now would be Santa Barbara. Not very "affordable" but neither is the place I live now.
Agreed. One of the most beautiful parts of our state. We spent our honeymoon there...incredible resorts and scenery. Gotta love Montecito, too.
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where i'm at now..panama city beach! i lived here from 98-2000...7 yrs later i miraculously get transfered back here......when i left here in 2000 i swore i'd come back after the military and retire here..never dreamed i would get to do my last tour here and be in place for retirement.i've physically been around the world twice ,lived in 3 foreign countries,and visited a crap load of others,lived on both coasts.. california and virginia.....but the SOUTH/Gulf coast is where i am meant to be.
i love it here...its close enough to louisiana that i can go visit anytime..yet far enough where the relatives wont drop in lol they have live crawfish when in season....the worlds best raw oysters(appalachicola oysters)...tons of drunk chicks wanting to have a good time O0 beautiful beaches/water and good fishing...southern hospitality...its also the last part of florida that isn't over developed,closest major interstate is 1hr away :) and is still relatively priced considering the real estate bubble of the last yrs.....i'm renting a 3br/2bath,garage 1350 sqft brick home for 1k!(they actually raised the rent lol) and can buy something similar for $150k or less....beach front the price goes up though...
no state tax! hurricanes...aint nothing but a thing....where's da party? ;D but its hot here though..but i've lived around it all my life and i have great A/C in my house and truck O0...very low crime here..unless you count the drunk in publics or pissing outside of the beach bars...but hey..thats part of spring break and bikinis O0
other than that i'm happy here and hope i can stay here forever....but of course i will go wherever the $$$ is...but i doubt if i ever leave the south again...
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I agree with Tyler on Santa Barbra. I've never lived there, but I passed through a few times. It just had a really great "feel" in that town.
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Kajun you seem to be in paradise ...
Not much of a traveler.. I live in a wooded area, no traffic, 34000 population.. that includes all the surrounding area..
visited Toronto once.. :/O :D .. man just with the traffic..and cab fairs..
No need for ac for us we usually heat the house from sept. octob. t'ill may..
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We're hitting the real hot time of year now in Albuquerque. Projected high is 98 F today. That's damn hot kids. I can understand what VFR was saying about Santa Fe, it's a beautiful city. Problem is that the real estate is priced like CA. For about 900 sq ft you'll pay around $500,000 or more. Slightly out of my price range and way too small for my family. I've thought about moving, and talked about moving. We enjoy that we have family very close though. My mom and step-dad will take the kids at least one night for the weekend so we can go out and have some fun. I think that is the biggest perk about living here.
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O0 While I appreciate RazorX's criteria for the ideal place, I'd have to add nearness to the sea (that is, the Atlantic), "the loom of history," meaning the eastern seaboard, particularly New England, and fairly close proximity to a decent-sized city, such as NYC, Boston, Bangor, Providence. New Jersey is not the worst place to live, but it is becoming unafordable. Now that we're on our own ("empty nest" syndrome lasted all of 15 seconds), we can consider a locale where all the above criteria are met and the cost-of-living is reasonable. When to retire--it's now an annual decision--will certainly impact where we wind up. We hope to resume travelling to help determine our choice. Professor Melon
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I have to vote for our little burg of Sulphur Springs Texas. We have about 14,000 people, great parks, good schools, very community minded, excellent infrasturcture (library, streets, old historic downtown....), cost of housing is great (new 3 br, 2b) for 150k to 200k, 3 great lakes nearby, commutable to several good job markets.
Don't everyone rush here at the same time :x! That much skin might scar the locals.
Good to hear from you Pro. Melon. How are you mending?
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summit county, colorado. or maybe glenwood springs, co. just my idea of perfect.
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I have some similar & some not so similar criteria...
1. No or Low humidity (guess that rules out the south and east coast)
2. Don't have to shovel snow
3. Must cool off at night (sorry, no Vega$ or Phoenix)
4. Access to golf
5. A place where Mrs. Schro will be happy
6. Not too remote, access to amenities (health care, groceries, ya know...civilization)
7. Not too far away from kids and potential grandkids (talking retirement time here).
Wife and I already have some land off of upper Klamath Lake in So. Oregon. We may build on it in the next year or two. I love Southern Oregon. Great golf, hiking, fishing and the weather is pretty darn nice most of the year.
Until then, I have a hard time leaving the Sacramento suburbs.
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If I could afford it, I would love to live in Vancouver, British Columbia. Climate is similar to Seattle. But the visual backdrop is spectacular. In fact, you can be downtown and go up to Grouse Mountain for skiing in about 15 minutes. I'm guessing that traffic is probably as bad as Seattle. But they have a more developed tranist system. So you have the best of the city and wilderness at your doorstep. Plus it is the home of the 2010 Winter Olympics.
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Schro, the upper Klamath is a great area. But, doesn't it snow up there?
I played a couple baseball tournaments in Klamath Falls.
I have some similar & some not so similar criteria...
1. No or Low humidity (guess that rules out the south and east coast)
2. Don't have to shovel snow
3. Must cool off at night (sorry, no Vega$ or Phoenix)
4. Access to golf
5. A place where Mrs. Schro will be happy
6. Not too remote, access to amenities (health care, groceries, ya know...civilization)
7. Not too far away from kids and potential grandkids (talking retirement time here).
Wife and I already have some land off of upper Klamath Lake in So. Oregon. We may build on it in the next year or two. I love Southern Oregon. Great golf, hiking, fishing and the weather is pretty darn nice most of the year.
Until then, I have a hard time leaving the Sacramento suburbs.
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Avg snowfall around 50" inches a yr. with very little accumulation.
Avg rain around 18".
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Avg snowfall around 50" inches a yr. with very little accumulation.
Avg rain around 18".
Not bad! Plus, you'll be able to buy all of your head shaving stuff, and other stuff, sales tax free.
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Wife and I already have some land off of upper Klamath Lake in So. Oregon. We may build on it in the next year or two. I love Southern Oregon. Great golf, hiking, fishing and the weather is pretty darn nice most of the year.
Until then, I have a hard time leaving the Sacramento suburbs.
LOVE the drive from Redding just past Ashland on the 5....man, it's a great drive, one of the ebst out there! O0
Talk about tree city USA...Sacramento in the fall......man, you would think you were the northeast...beautiful!!! O0
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LOVE the drive from Redding just past Ashland on the 5....man, it's a great drive, one of the ebst out there! O0
Talk about tree city USA...Sacramento in the fall......man, you would think you were the northeast...beautiful!!! O0
Yep! Those were my playgrounds growing up. Lake Shasta, Mt. Shasta, Mt. Ashland, and the Sacramento river. Good times!
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I'm right where I want to be... Far North Burbs of Chicago! Far enough out of the city to not have to deal with the city type problems, close enough that it's only a short train ride away... Add to that, I'm midway between Chi-town and Milwaukee, surrounded by lakes and great people.
Summer ranges from mild to hot, humidity is around, but typically not too terribly bad (like the south and east).
However, it's not an area for the winter faint of heart! We do get snow, but it varies from year to year... it's the cold that most people can't stand. This past winter we had two weeks straight of sub-zero temps, with the wind chill down between -15 and -40F.
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New Jersey is not the worst place to live, but it is becoming unafordable.
It sure is becoming unaffordable. There seems to be a concerted effort to drive people out of the state. The property taxes are horrendous.
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I live in upstate NY for now which is fine but I'm planning to retire somewhere else, I just don't know where exactly. If I could afford a house in Hawaii, that's where I'd go, but I don't see that happening. I love the New England area, but winters can be difficult. I spent summers working on Martha's Vineyard while in college on the '80's & fell in love with the island, so that's a possibility. Florida??? Montana??? I don't have to think about it too much right now. I won't be retired for 21 years at least!! Friends of mine recently bought a house in SD. There from Massachusetts I really like it in SD.
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San Francisco for me! Best city in the world, but also one of the most expensive. Would love to live in Castro section, can walk to everything, transportation downtown, best restaurants ever! Will stay in Cathedral City, CA, outside of Palm Springs and travel to SF a lot!
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You need to look at the whole package for the best place to live. There are several places I would love to live, for certain parts of who I am. But here near Warren Ohio is pretty good:
A-Financial: Among the least expensive places in the US. I moved here two years ago, excellent community, 3 bedroom ranch, large yard, big deck with hot tub, for 86k. (ok, the previous owner was in a big hurry to sell) This gives me several hundred dollars a month over what living in other parts of the country costs, to live on.
B-Culture: We are only an hour away from Cleveland and Pittsburgh, for big name entertainment, etc. Many people in the bigger cities spend more time then this on their daily commute. And I have hundreds more dollars a month to spend in this.
C-Shopping (for your wife): I live 2 miles from the biggest mall complex in the US (yes, bigger then the Mall of America). She has several hundred more of my dollars each month to spend there.
D-Weather: We have the four season here, and I love each one. It doesn't get too hot here, and we are 20 miles south of the snow belt, so winters here are decent.
E-Outdoors: I am an avid fisherman, and live 5 miles from the 3rd biggest lake in the state. I love fly fishing and the Erie tribs and Pennsylvania creeks are a short drive. No mountains or ocean to look at, but I can live with that.
F-Economy: OK, every place has a downside to it. If you don't already have a good job, don't come looking here. This area ranks 100 out of the top 100 metro regions for finding a job.
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I've lived in many different places. I guess the big one for me is I need to live in a place that I can be outdoors alot year round. With lots of activities like hiking, sight seeing etc... I do really like Arizona for this as well as parts of California. But im also really into my career right now so thats another factor to look at. So the cool place in AZ is like Sedona or wherever but the jobs are in PHX. and the coolest places in Cali are like Yosemite and the beaches but probably the jobs are in the Bay Area or LA. It is a unique balance of what you need in life and what you want and life and what you can afford in life. Throw in a wife and kids and the dynamics shift even more so. Then the best place to live is and should be right way you are. However i Think the following is what I perceive as the best places to live:
1) Maui
2) AZ
3) Cali
4) Inside Jessica Albas thong
5) in an RV
Until then Im still looking forward to being the oldtimer drinking at the tiki-bar on some Island