Idaho has been near the top of my list.
I’m not from the Chamber of Commerce but let me pad that Idaho suggestion just a bit. The entire Great Basin which is Eastern Washington, Eastern Oregon, Southern Idaho, and a bit more is all great living country for a number of unique reasons, and not just solid people, cowboys, ranchers, farmers, loggers et. al. Except for the river basins most of it is 2,000 to 4,000 feet elevation which keeps both summers and winters moderate. The Great Basin is protected from stoopid weather by two west side mountain ranges that scrape off the heavy Pacific rain, and the Rockies which shield from the Canadian cold spells.
The humidity is always low making the whole place great for maintaining machinery, hardware, etc. It’s really hard to make iron rust. That is a huge benny to me since I have a bunch of that stuff.
The entire area is accessed by both US highways and heavy railroads in case transport is important. Along with that electricity, mostly due to hydropower, is cheaper than the rest of the country.
Almost anything , food-wise, grows at one place or another because of either natural rainfall or huge irrigation systems. And the area is home to the really bigaxx farm tractors that are fun to watch. The Palouse is where Bush43 got the 40,000 tons of grain he gave to the Norks
some years ago.
With many towns being 100 or more miles apart it’s a great place for biker dudes to let ‘er rip-—— but I’d better not let that cat out of its bag. Forget I said that. Smokey might be listening.
It’s kind of fun to run down the list once in awhile, but as I noted, I’m not from the Chamber of Commerce or even the Tourist Bureau so I better quit before I get tired. Good luck with making your choice on a long time home.