I am partial to New Hampshire since I live here but I also have seen a lot of the country. New Hamphire is the "Live Free or Die" state. No state employee income or sales tax, good people and no traffic snarls. Close enough to Boston to get the city if you want it but has all the hiking, skiing, lakes etc and the air is clean. Colorado is similar and I like that state also but you have the state income and sales tax...