if you could live in one state...?

KYenglish

KYenglish

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I think I'd pick eastern Kentucky, but I've only live in eastern Kentucky, so what would I know?

Rebecca and I are throwing ideas around about moving or trying something new, job's, maybe some more education, re-training. It seems like a good time to try something right now for more then one reason. Rebecca's job is mobile, I can see making my online university gigs more common, but honestly without a phd (I have a masters) and more of a stomach for politics I don't see me climbing the ladder any further so maybe a new direction (or finally writing that novel!...which would still take a job to fund it) is in order.

tahts just posted some pictures that got me thinking about it again, you may have seen the, :)

Jk's can pretty much ship anywhere so I'm open to almost anything :)

We like to get out an d about, hike and travel so we have a large want list of places we'd like to go to. besides finding the perfect mix of opportunity and interest we were playing the Where would you live if you could live anywhere game, anyone else have any thoughts? places you'd like to live?

here's some pictures for kicks









 
I like my home in Ohio, but I'm very fond of Oregon. Beautiful scenery and the weather is great if you don't mind rain. Lots of hiking, forests, craft beers and, totally coincidentally I assure you, one or two knife manufacturers.
 
Good times! I live in Minnesota and have lived in several other states but this one the longest. I'd like to try Arizona or Maine or upstate NY. Texas was nice but too damn hot.
 
I lived in SoCal a couple years - too expensive but fun. Also lived in Portland, Oregon for a while prior to having the kids. I can't say enough good about the Pacific Northwest in general and Portland is just fun. I grew up and lived in(and live in) Ohio. Traveled up and down the east coast. Kentucky is great, spent some good times in red river gorge area. West Virginia is fun outdoors. I've only been once, but love Vermont and Maine (everyone says I'd feel different after a winter in either). Too many great places.... Still,most often of the places I've been and lived, I reminisce about the Pacific Northwest.
 
Montana or Wyoming.
Washington is getting too limp wristed, liberal & over taxed for me & I can't wait to leave.
It is better in Eastern WA., but it's the populated west side that votes policy for the state & I am sick of it.
Montana used to be the least populated,but Wyoming has taken over that distinction so I gotta go with Wyoming.
I do like the gun & knife freedoms enjoyed by the folks in New Hampshire though so I'll ad it to my list of desirable states.
 
I moved all over & visited almost all the states & honestly I missed Oregon the entire time. I was born & raised on the Oregon coast & that's where I moved back to after the service. The pictures you posted up kind of look like they could have been taken here except there would be bigger mountains in the back ground. :)
 
Texas. No state taxes great gun laws and they want businesses to come and build more infrastructure. Considering we are bigger than the country of France you have numerous options regarding the type of terrain you prefer.
 
mykel m said:
Montana or Wyoming.
Washington is getting too limp wristed, liberal & over taxed for me & I can't wait to leave.
It is better in Eastern WA., but it's the populated west side that votes policy for the state & I am sick of it.
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But for the hyper left politics, Washington/Oregon is a pretty sweet place to be. Couple Texan independence with the geographic location of the Pacific Northwest...happy happy happy.
 
Are you sure I can only choose one? If money were no object, I would have a summer house in Colorado and a winter home in the central Texas Hill Country. I love the Rockies but hate snow and the HILL Country gives you enough hills and rocks to remind you of the mountains.
 
I like living in St.Louis, Missouri and don't ever plan on leaving. That said, if I was told I had to move I would probably pick Utah. The state is gorgeous(imo one of the best in the states), lots of outdoor activities to do there and they are very gun friendly(which is not changing anytime soon). It's home to some of the best National Parks and State Parks in the country, such as, Zion N.P, Bryce Canyon N.P., Arches N.P, Canyon Lands N.P, Glen Canyon and The Salt Flats, just to name a few. It's also driving distance to The Grand Canyon N.P, Yosemite N.P, Yellowstone N.P, Death Valley N.P and on and on. If you're an outdoorsman, Utah is hard to beat and and is practically paradise.
 
Since I`ve lived in the same town for 58 of my 60 years, I don`t see leaving the area in the near future, but we may be moving somewhere else in the area from where we are now. All of our family (daughters, brother, sister in law, niece) are within 25 miles of us, except for one sister in law in Nashville.
 
35 years in NYC, some stints in Rockland, north of NYC, living in its suburbs in NJ right now. It's a goal for my wife and myself to end up in the Phoenix or San Diego area out West!
 
Out west, Montana Wyoming, perhaps Arizona. Anyone of those states where America feels big, wide, and free.
 
I'd pick the state of bliss, but that's just a Canadian perspective.
 
Growing up a military brat, I got to live in quite a few states. They all have their good and bad. But for me, I love the mountains. I'd pick Utah/Colorado. They are playgrounds for outdoorsmen. I can't get enough. :thumbup:
 
Wyoming would top my list.

Behind that would be South Dakota, western Nebraska (I grew up in NE), northern Idaho, Utah or Alaska.

After that, Texas.
 
I've been reading up on places to move and it seems Portland and Seattle area keep coming up tops consistently. I recently trekked out to the Seattle area to visit a good friend and loved it, a little hippy dippy and expensive housing compared to Florida. I have to get out of this state though, education here is the pits. I grew up in Brooklyn, NY so I'm partial to that state. So with all that said, it's very hard to narrow down. My friend makes a good living working for Boeing near Seattle and I love the PNW, however I also love New England. Guess I've been not much help. I would stay away from Florida for now if you ask me. Gun and knife friendly is great but it almost seems like this state is swinging to the liberal side the more people from up north move in.
 
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