If you were stuck in one state for the rest of your life...

[DigDog]

MA (and Maine a close second, because chowder and lobster)

although

anyplace but New Jersey.

is a valid answer.

 

[Craig234]

My first instinct was California. But really, my experiences were that the beaches weren't nearly as nice as those in Florida or the Gulf Coast of Texas.
California beaches that I visited were more like gravel than sand. And they have all that freaky looking seaweed with the bulbs that are ready to pop and release who knows what.

South Carolina. Not too hot, not too cold. Nice beaches.

Beaches in California vary. Almost all the nice ones are in the south.

 

[SKORPI0]

State of self-awareness of who and where I am.

 

[MongGrel]

Florida. Beaches, fruit trees, wearing shorts/sandals while working in the yard this weekend, fishing, etc. Even we Floridians think California is full of crazy people.

+1

Is where I'm at, still loved living in Hawaii at one time.

Very pricey though.

 

[glenn1]

Yeah, CA would have been my 3rd choice. I <3 the Monterey/Big Sur area.

Ditto on love for central CA coast. The military putting me up in Monterey for almost 3 years was glorious.

That being said, Victoria state in Australia is better still.

 

[glenn1]

I'm surprised no one picked NC. Like CA it has mountains, skiing, beaches and surfing/fishing/sailing/diving. NC just doesn't have a desert. But it has plenty of water (both oceanfront and drinking) and the real estate costs a lot less than CA. Tons of golf courses too.

No earthquakes, tsunamis, annual wild fires or mud slides.

Fern

But you also have Charlotte which is one boring ass city. That alone kills the vibe for the rest of the state.

 

[pcgeek11]

Beaches in California vary. Almost all the nice ones are in the south.

But the water is too cold.