Best Place to Live in USA

N/A ^ | March 21, 2002 | Me

[andrew]

If you could live and work from anywhere in the U.S, where would that be?

Take into consideration lifestyle, schools, recreation, weather, cost and quality of life, etc.

[dakine]

Isn't that near Zug Island?

[Pietro]

The best place to live in the US is as near as possible to your family. Your parents, grandparents, uncles, cousins and family friends.

I've traveled and lived in several regions of our country and each has advantages/disadvantages; afterall Nirvana is not on the map. But the thing that no other place except one had is roots.

Just MO, but that's how I decided where to raise my family.

[riley1992]

Nah, it's Downriver.

[breakem]

Canyon Lake CA in the hills between Lake Elsinore. Motto A Bit of paradise. 1500 feet elevation clear sjies. No street lights, great view of he stars at night. 5000 homes around a long T-shaped lake. Three entry gates. 78 miles from downtown LA and the same to San Diego. Houses ranhe from 179,000 to 1.7 million. All custon, no trac homes. The closer to the lake or the better the view the pricier. Vancant lots still available to build. Condos on the lake available.

If you want to check it our freepmail me and I'll give you more info, get you in the gate, and show you around if you want.

[Grammy]

I just have to put in my 2 cents worth for middle Tennessee. We have no income tax (the people revolt every time they try), low unemployment, and kids still say yes sir (maam). Life is not taken so seriously and is much slower here. Weather is decent... you still have 4 seasons, but winter is pretty short. We have alot of cali people moving here (music biz dontchaknow)
Best of all, we kicked Algores butt outta here.

[koba]

A good place to live could be Gaithersburg, Maryland

Gaithersburg is a suburb of Washington so getting a good job should be fairly easily if you're qualified. The Washington suburbs do not have the job creation potential of the L.A. area, but it does have good job creation potential in its own right.

Housing prices are resonable. They are not going to be as good as a rural area but getting a good job in a rural area can be difficult, which is usually not the case in the Washington suburbs.

Some of the schools in Gaithersburg are excellent while others are average. The areas where the schools are excellent have higher housing costs, but still much better than L.A. housing prices.

Culturally, the area is diverse. A 40 minute Metro train ride (and the Metro system is clean, unlike New York city's dirty subway system) and you're in Washington, D.C., one of the world's great cities. On the other hand, a 40 minute drive in the opposite direction puts you in rural Frederaick County, so you can see all types of areas (urban, suburban, rural) with easy access.

The weather is better than New York. Generally, it gets chilly in November and cold during December-February. There are usually two major snowfalls a year so snowfall is not a major problem, but you generally do get to see snow if that's what you want to see in any given year.

The ocean is 90 minutes away, skiing is a little farther away than that. The Washington Redskins stadium is about 40 minutes away, the Washington Wizards are the local basketball team, and if you want baseball the beautiful Orioles baseball stadium is about an hour away. The University of Maryland basketball team has also become very popular now that they are winning, and the University of Maryland is about 45 minutes away. Everything is in easy reach for sports lovers.

Overall I found that Gaithersburg gave me a good balance of things. It may not excell in any given area, but on the whole it is a nice place to live.

[CJ Wolf]

That place is truely heaven. I spent a couple summers cruizing up and down the Napali Coast given boat tours.

[Rev DMV]

bmp

[bray]

If you like rain and communists, you'll love Portland!

Pray for GW and the Truth

[LJLucido]

Hey, that's MY house!

[Joe Hadenuf]

I'm thinking about moving to Portland, Oregon for work. Anyone have any comments about Portland?

Portland is nice, but be sure to take a good umbrella. You will need it.

[riley1992]

I thought that neighborhood looked familiar. You really have done wonders with your place. You have a very trendy Feng Shui thing going on.

[Non-Sequitur]

The best place in the world to live is where I'm living now. So give me one good reason why I would want to muck it up with a bunch of Californians cum New Yorkers?

[Joe Hadenuf]

I would want to muck it up with a bunch of Californians cum New Yorkers?

Don't mean to rock your boat, but most that live in California are not from here. They are from places like New York, Virginia, Ohio, etc etc.

[Centurion2000]

Texas, Alaska and Montana are my top three states to live in.

[oldvike]

LMAO! Chris Farley bump! R.I.P. big man.

[Utopia]

Texas. period. Its all there.

Its too hot for me!

[Utopia]

If you like rain and communists, you'll love Portland!

I need more Sun. But not heat.

[VOA]

Norman, Oklahoma.
College town, with OKC close by, Kansas City, St. Louis, Denver, and Dallas
within reasonable driving distance.
Conservative, 2nd-Amendment friendly.
But be ready for the extremes of winter and summer! And the occassional tornado.