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if you could live in one state...?

Black hills of South Dakota all day long. My first camping trip with my then girlfriend, now wife was through South Dakota. I had the best nights sleep I've ever had under the stars in the Bad Lands.
 
It's Alaska for me as I been here for 15 years now. I never get tired of its ruggedness and it's beauty. I knew it was home the first day I got off the plane that brought me here. The people here are real friendly and the salmon fishing up here is untouchable. I also like the fact that being we are the biggest state we don't have that many people up here.
 
Odog27 said:
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.
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The comment "everyone says you'd feel different" etc. about the Maine/Vermont areas are indeed true. I had that romantic fixation on that area myself. My advice to anyone that is going to up and move and you have the funds and money week to week isn't a concern....is to visit those areas in their "rain seasons and/ or winters". Every area IMO just about is beautiful during beautiful weather of course.

I live in the Cincinnati area. The truth of this area is that we get the best and worse of all the weather generally speaking so I have/had a pretty good grip and understanding of the weather thing. Having said that, Maine & Vermont truly takes it to another level winter wise ( during a normal winter for them). Not that I didn't enjoy it, but it can be described to most as "different". BTW to the OP, your area is fine. I know somewhat about the area so depending on where you choose.....choose wisely.;)
 
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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.
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I have to say of all the states I have had the priviledge of visiting, Texas....at least the areas we drove and stayed in throughout the entire state going east to west....resembled SW Ohio to the tee. It was incredible. I need to go back through my notes to see the areas we were in but we left feeling like we never left home. I never experienced that before in visiting an area, made me and the wife actually wonder if Texas was our Home Doppleganger <---did I spell that right? Ha! Great thread BTW.
 
Kyenglish, I'm not too far from you living just south of Lexington. I've spent some time in Northwest Montana and loved Glacier Park & Southern Alberta. My wife and I dream of moving out there one day but for now we are looking for a mini farm here in Southcentral Ky to raise our girls.
 
i love Vermont. and, as someone said, Maine is pretty great too; though, take that with a grain of salt. you gotta be into it. some pretty lonely places.

i've been many places in the US, but have never been out West. i need to scratch that itch soon...Colorado, Montana, Idaho, etc. and, i really want to see the desert. get lost a bit, ya know?

i am a coastal kid (Mass shore), and i miss the ocean, but i really do love VT. this is a great post and love to see the response. best of luck in any decision you may make.
 
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This is a tough one for me to answer. South Dakota and Wyoming were awesome and beautiful. I was pretty little the last time I went to TN or KY, but I love the hills there. However there are many parts of this country that I am yet to visit.

If there were more jobs in SD, I could see myself living in the Black Hills.
 
Helrazr said:
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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I was just going to tell him to stay away from Florida, or at least stay north of Orlando.
 
I love my old Kentucky home, I feel lucky that this is where god put me - we don't have the liberal problems that other states have, we don't usually have the natural disasters. The biggest problem is that we don't have the jobs or the opportunity either.

Thieves have gotten to be a big problem around here, but I guess that's going to be a problem to an extent wherever you go. If you happen to be in a good area with good neighbors, don't see many cases of thieving, I would stay.

If I were to move though, I would probably go south. I have lived in Michigan, and January run me off. South, definitely south.
 
I'd like to check out Idaho -- the more I hear about it the better it sounds.
 
Tough call, I like it pretty well here in Ky. The wife and I have talked about moving before but now with kids and roots here it will be a while.

We usually go to the Smokies once a year and I love the mountain streams and hiking the less traveled trails. So east TN or eastern KY would be options. We talked about WY, we were in the north east corner of the state during the middle of April a couple years ago and right after we left they had 3-6' of snow in the Black Hills. The Pacific Northwest was a pretty area when I visited and wet. Texas terrain is diverse, I'm sure you could find an area that you'd like. I'm not big on FL but my wife liked St. Augustine. A co worker of mine that's a good old country boy said if he didn't live in KY then he'd live in AL.

I'm sure that didn't help, sure is a lot of choices. Good luck in making a decision.
 
lots of good ideas and interesting places, pushing further east (we're on the boundary of E.KY really) is an option as well.

Someone was telling us it's a good idea to do it BEFORE the kids grow up so they don't get rooted and leave us with a difficult question about being close by for grandchildren or just being around for them. never heard that before.

thanks for all the replies, keep 'em coming, pictures always welcome to :)

a lot of my pictures have knives in them though :p



 
After doing a 24 years in the peoples republik of kalifornia, I moved back to my home state of Texas earlier this year... I have no intentions of living any where else.
 
From strictly a liberty, political, and constitutional perspective, I would choose Idaho, Montana, Wyoming, New Hampshire, Alaska, or Oklahoma. I value the least amount of gov intrusion on my family and I.

Other aspects and perspectives would definitely shorten the list though; as I would not want to live in tornado alley if I could help it.
 
Stay away from NYC if you like knives, guns and hunting (up-state of course). Although the Adirondacks are some of the most beautiful mountains you can find and are about 5 hrs from the city! Lots of work here, but a high cost of living, lots of taxes and politicians who think they know how you should live, eat and play.
 
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