Of all the places you lived, where would you move to right now

[Kevin Rea]

I have only ever lived in Wisconsin so I do not have a good idea as to how it compares to other places.  I know it always seems that the grass is greener in another state but I want to get some sort of consensus.

The south is only getting hotter.  Austin TX has seen the average number of 100+ days go from 14 to 24 in the last 30 years.  The north is getting warmer ... I have seen winters here get milder and milder.  I could go south, but Illinois has high taxes like California and there is an outflux of people from both states.

To me, the states in the middle seem appealing.  Like NC, SC, Tennessee, Kentucky, Missouri, Colorado, Utah, Nevada.

But I want to hear what you think.  Tell me a place that you have lived before and would be the one place you would live if you had nothing binding you to where you are now.

[Nathan Gesner]

I lived in:

1. Western and eastern Oregon

2. Jackson, Michigan

3. San Antonio, Texas

4. Fort Walton Beach, Florida

5. Germany

6. Watertown, New York

7. South Korea

8. Colorado Springs, Colorado

9. Las Vegas, Nevada

10. Oahu, Hawaii

11. Cody, Wyoming

12. A few stops in Iraq and Afghanistan

The world has a lot of beautiful places, each with their own costs and benefits. I'm happy right where I'm at in Cody, Wyoming. Nice town, good people, great wildlife, and views to die for. Gets busy during tourist season but it's pretty quiet for nine months of the year. 

I don't intend to move for now. I would like to have the ability to winter in another location just for something different, maybe southern Italy or Mexico. Something with a lot of trees and water, and preferably warmer because I'm anticipating a Grand Solar Minimum soon and it's going to be rough up here!