If you were freed up from work, school or other family members' needs and were able to move anywhere in the country (or anywhere in the world, for that matter), where would you choose to live (or would you stay put)?

I’d go back to San Francisco. I loved everything about living there and I still have lots of friends there. Sometimes I wish I never left.

Anywhere in America. I have never visited a foreign country before.

I’m thinking pretty seriously about moving to San Fran at some point if I can swing it financially. I do love where I live in the summers but these winters are getting ridiculous. I have good friends on both coasts and I would miss the ones here but a son and good friends and a nephew in the Bay Area.

I am hoping post- retirement (which is fairly soon) to spend a good part of the winters out there.

let me crash on your couch! I can’t move because my husband would never do it AND my daughter has all of her grandparents and cousins here. As an only child, extended family is important.

^^ I’ll set up a home for visiting Jellies – in my one room shack.

Cornwall. I’d like to be close to the sea, and I love Britain.

I’d also like Vancouver. Similar weather to the bay area and I like the politics and healthcare better in Canada.

(Just got in from shoveling 5 inches of drifted snow in 15 degree weather. Phooey!)

Ahh, can I move every 3–6 months? Cause if I had the ability, I’d make a long, long list around the country and around the world and just work my way through it for the rest of my life.

Fiji.

I’m with @syz. At the very least I need a few years of experimentation before I choose where to settle in.

Snap judgement?
Dumaguete, Philippines
Ipoh, Malaysia
If this is accurate (I doubt), Columbia Missouri is a place I easily drive to.
Ecuador comes up a lot, and I’d not rule it out.
In Guam, “three-bedroom houses often sell for less than $200,000.” and has essentially the same climate as Hawaii.

Spin the bottle. (I just hope it’s not Columbia Mo. I want some variety)

Florida or Washington State. Probably Washington State. Have a boatload of family there. The only thing Florida has over Washington is the Atlantic ocean, which is much warmer than the Pacific.

@Dutchess_III Florida was one of my fantasy places to live too—until I moved there. The bugs, hurricanes and radical conservatives made it seriously not a fun place to live. I stayed there less than 2 years.

My heart has been longing to move to northern Wisconsin or the upper peninsula of MI ever since I first visited the area 15 years ago.

COLD!!

@jonsblond Woah! Only if you could be seasonal and do it in the summer!

Anywhere in the world (outside the US): a toss up between Scotland, Paris or Tuscany in Italy. I have always heard that I have Scottish blood in me and, through my patrilineal lineage, I am descended from a lineage of Norman French Dukes, one of whom rode at the Battle of Hastings (1066) as a King’s Lieutenant. Plus, I have this inner feeling that my ancestors once lived in Tuscany. (It is like I have a DNA memory of the place.)

Anywhere in the US: most likely Iowa City, IA, home to the U of Iowa Hawkeyes and where my great-great-grandfather once served briefly in the Iowa Territorial Legislature. (I have quipped for decades that “I bleed Hawkeye black & gold.”)

I would live in France. I’m already halfway there as my husband and I own a house there. I love France.

Skull Island where I could hang out with King Kong & teach him to swear & talk dirty.

1) Charleston, SC- There are plenty of beaches, a beautiful historic downtown, lots of cool shops and galleries, and a great food/wine scene. Unlike where I live now (DC) it has a real “feel” to it, like a unique personality. There’s something interesting and beautiful around every corner. And it’s watery- it’s right in the middle of several rivers, marshes, a small bay, and the Atlantic.

2) Mendocino county, CA- Lots of natural beauty, a cool/ mild climate, and a laid-back lifestyle. In real life, I’m thinking about finding a job at a winery and moving there.

@Haleth I want to check out Mendocino too.

I would move to a space science museum and try to get a job there. Off the top of my head I would move next to the telus world of science in Edmonton (Edmonton space science center).

@Dutchess_III and @marinelife The cold doesn’t last forever and I love the outdoor activities and beauty that winter in the north provides. The summers are gorgeous and perfect for those who hate high summer temperatures. It’s my idea of heaven. :)

Probably Copenhagen, Denmark, although I’d also like to try living in Vancouver, BC and Amsterdam for about a year each.

Cascais, Portugal; Dubrovnik, Croatia; or some less touristy Greek island, maybe Amorgos.
In South America, some place in Argentina, Chile, or Ecuador.

Oh man..I could be happy in a lot of places, but, I do like the 4 seasons, so tropical would get boring. I think mountains somewhere, warm summers but not HOT, some snow, beautiful falls. I could think of several places in the US as well as Europe. Lake Tahoe is in my backyard and if I could afford it I’d move there in a heartbeat.

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Hawaiian Islands, but my wife would only want to be there for 6 months in the Winter ( late Fall and early Spring). Summers she would like Nauset Beach on Cape Cod Massachusetts ( early Fall and late Spring.

In the U.S. It would be Texas. Out of the U.S. I Would pick Italy.

We did that and landed in Ashland, Oregon

I’m with @syz. Global hopping would be perfect.

I’d love to have the freedom to travel more. The work I do means I could travel all over the place researching and I’d LOVE to do that. I’d go to Canada , the US, South American and Scandinavia initially. Eventually, I’d want to settle in Australia again. I do love it here. I would want to retire here in the end.

Portland, Oregon
or
Auckland, New Zealand.