If you had to pick ONE place to live for the rest of your life...

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manlymatt83

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.... which would you pick?


I added my 3 favorite cities in the poll for excitement. I also enjoy Nashville and Austin, but the former is just for country music (the girls are eh), and the latter is too hot, so I include these three.



 
hanoverphist

hanoverphist

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i vote here in the metro valley. east valley, to be specific. i like it here, it may get hot in summer sometimes but the winters rock. cant ride a motorcycle all year long anywhere else more than here. short trip to see snow in the winter, and pretty decent cities.
 
Jeeebus

Jeeebus

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Bonaire, Moorea, Bora Bora... the list goes on and on, and I assure you none of the choices are in your poll.
 
TallBill

TallBill

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Take down your poll, it's wearing fail snowshoes.

Anyways, I'd probably opt for Clarksville, TN. I've lived in IL, OH, TN, CA, NC, MO, and NJ. TN was definitely the best. I'm sure that there are better out there, but it's hard to make that call without living there.
 
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manlymatt83

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Oct 14, 2005
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Originally posted by: TallBill
Take down your poll, it's wearing fail snowshoes.

Anyways, I'd probably opt for Clarksville, TN. I've lived in IL, OH, TN, CA, NC, MO, and NJ. TN was definitely the best. I'm sure that there are better out there, but it's hard to make that call without living there.
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Wow, you liked TN? Why? I like Nashville, but only for the music.

OK, poll removed.
 
BudAshes

BudAshes

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Jul 20, 2003
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I would take my current place of residence 1st(Santa Cruz), but Denver would probably be second. I love snowboarding and Denver is a great city. I'd rather it be snowing than just raining all the time like in portland.
 
TallBill

TallBill

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Originally posted by: manlymatt83

Wow, you liked TN? Why? I like Nashville, but only for the music.

OK, poll removed.
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I dunno, low cost of living and quiet area I guess. I loved my job so that had a lot to do with it, but no traffic getting to work. Close enough to Nashville, but spread out enough to not live on top of each other. If I end up back there with the military I'll buy enough land to set up a firing range.

I used to go shooting about twice a month in TN. It was $4 an hour at a small little place where I was usually the only one and never got hassled or bothered, and the workers were as friendly as could be. Here in IL, it's $25 and 90 minutes away to go shooting at a highly overcrowded commercial range with a idiots mixed in with knowledgeable people on the line.

Definitely would not have been a great place to meet a woman, but I'm married so meh. It wouldn't have been horrible, but not great.
 
aircooled

aircooled

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Originally posted by: TallBill
Take down your poll, it's wearing fail snowshoes.

Anyways, I'd probably opt for Clarksville, TN. I've lived in IL, OH, TN, CA, NC, MO, and NJ. TN was definitely the best. I'm sure that there are better out there, but it's hard to make that call without living there.
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I lived in Clarksville when I was a kid. Alot of good memories, but don't think I'd make it permanent. You must be in the 101st.

 
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Farang

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Jul 7, 2003
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I'm living in Arcata (Northern California) now and not sure if it can be beat.. I'm leaving this month but if I ever decided just to open a shop of some kind and waste away my years it'd probably be here.
 
DrPizza

DrPizza

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I live in a rural area. I used to live in a small city. The reasons I hated living in the small city would be magnified ten-fold in a larger city. Of course, in the small city, I could and did walk to restaurants, bars, etc. - all those things that people find wonderful in the city. In the rural area, I get in my car (what a fantastic invention) and drive to those places if I want to go there. Then, when I'm done enjoying those over-rated excuses people make for city-living to be better, I can drive back to my rural area, sit out on the patio or front porch, enjoy all the stars, enjoy the sounds of crickets, peepers, the occasional coyote howl in the distance, and every once in a while, the faint clip clop clip clop of a horse pulling an Amish buggy down a road a mile away. Yes, I can hear traffic a mile to 2 miles away - it's that quiet and peaceful. That's why people from the city have camps near me that they visit every weekend - to have a nice quiet, peaceful place to relax. Come to think of it, I think I'll go for a walk through the woods now & see if I can shoot some cute furry woodland creatures for dinner. (Or, maybe a turkey.) I guess if you don't like the outdoors, then the city is the place to be. If that's the case though, why do cities have parks?
 
BudAshes

BudAshes

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Originally posted by: DrPizza
I live in a rural area. I used to live in a small city. The reasons I hated living in the small city would be magnified ten-fold in a larger city. Of course, in the small city, I could and did walk to restaurants, bars, etc. - all those things that people find wonderful in the city. In the rural area, I get in my car (what a fantastic invention) and drive to those places if I want to go there. Then, when I'm done enjoying those over-rated excuses people make for city-living to be better, I can drive back to my rural area, sit out on the patio or front porch, enjoy all the stars, enjoy the sounds of crickets, peepers, the occasional coyote howl in the distance, and every once in a while, the faint clip clop clip clop of a horse pulling an Amish buggy down a road a mile away. Yes, I can hear traffic a mile to 2 miles away - it's that quiet and peaceful. That's why people from the city have camps near me that they visit every weekend - to have a nice quiet, peaceful place to relax. Come to think of it, I think I'll go for a walk through the woods now & see if I can shoot some cute furry woodland creatures for dinner. (Or, maybe a turkey.) I guess if you don't like the outdoors, then the city is the place to be. If that's the case though, why do cities have parks?
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If everyone lived in the country side there would be nowhere peaceful left.
 
TallBill

TallBill

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Apr 29, 2001
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Originally posted by: aircooled

I lived in Clarksville when I was a kid. Alot of good memories, but don't think I'd make it permanent. You must be in the 101st.
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I was yes, hopefully I'll return.
 
CPA

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I truly believe it is my life's destiny to live in Denver some day.
 
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Suspicious-Teach8788

Lifer
Feb 19, 2001
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NorCal, in the BAY AREA.

My second choice would be Seattle or SD.

Third choice would be the OC.

My opinion is you gotta be around one of the top mega cities in the US. I'm not saying smack dab in the city like SF, LA, or NYC, but close enough that you can enjoy the benefits of city life, but appreciate suburb life at the same time.
 
Gooberlx2

Gooberlx2

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May 4, 2001
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Never been to Boston or Portland. I love living in/near Denver, but I really miss there being any real bodies of water within driving distance.

If there were mountains near Milwaukee, I would call that Heaven.

...now that I think about it, my grandmother lives in the Adirondacks...I love it up there. Craving a little more population than her specific location, somewhere like Burlington, VT might be perfect.
 
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