I desire mountains. If my job allows Texas and let’s me pick the area I would go. Right now NC is looking pretty good.
On the upside, from your tag-line I see you are a storm chaser and storm chasing is a blast here. I used to ride along with a couple of ole storm chasers. Very fun, but there were a couple of hairy moments. When they retired..the young ‘uns weren't interested in letting an “outsider” like me go with them.
NC is pretty, needs can-do folks like we do...and they do have some good storms.