Where the Heck Should I Move To? Please Help!

[Karl B.]

Hi, Bigger Pockets,

I wanted to get some leads to some cities that could be ideal for me to move to and invest in. I currently live in Los Angeles and would really like to live somewhere different.

I grew up in northwestern Pennsylvania, which was a good place to grow up. We had Lake Erie to enjoy and woods to play around in as well. It’s a great place during the spring, summer and fall months.

The reason why I moved away from Erie is because I don’t like snow and dreary days (they typically run from November to March/April).

I would like to move somewhere that has the following attributes listed below. If any of y’all know of any areas or cities that has the traits, please let me know. I would be super grateful.

A place where:

-There are lots of woods—I really enjoy hiking and being outside

-I like water that has waves—so it’s near a decent-sized lake or an ocean

-Land is relatively cheap—I would like to live on a decent-sized plot of land

-It either doesn’t snow or it very rarely snows

-People are friendly

Those are the main needs. I truly hope I can find a place that suits my likes. The U.S.A. is so large it’s tough to know where to search and so I wanted to ask y’all, since Bigger Pockets users are all over America (and beyond).

Again, thank you, fellow BPers. I appreciate it very much.

[Karl B.]

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Hello, all! I figured I'd update this thread as I finally settled into the city I chose. And I wanted to make my 1000th post on BP something special and so I decided to use #1000 to update this thread!

I ended up moving to Columbia, Missouri. It checks off a lot of the boxes of what I was looking for: lots of woods for hiking, cheap land, nice people, not much snow....

...I was also looking for an area with water and waves and may eventually move down to the Lake of the Ozarks area which isn't located too far away and has that; it has more coastline than the state of California (I hear the water in the lake is gross but I'm one of those people who likes to be around the water and not in it, so that works).

I also like several towns near Columbia for multi-family investing and will be gearing up to buy some multi-family properties in the area. I began investing in Missouri by using a FHA loan to buy a large duplex in NE Columbia.

I wanted to post an update as well as once again thank everyone for taking the time to give me advice on where to move based on my preferences. Thank you! :-)