I'm living just south of Dayton, OH. I don't like it here, for many reasons. When I finish school, we're considering moving somewhere else, but we're not sure where. Several places we're considering are Gainesville, Florida (there's a midwifery school I want to go to), Huntington, WV (my hometown), Salinas, CA (I used to live near there), or Albuquerque, NM (my hubby loves it there). We're totally open to other places, though. We just can't decide! I don't want to move somewhere only to hate it and have to move again. I want somewhere I'll absolutely love and stay there. Here are our hopes for wherever we go: - Warm. I hate the cold and the snow. I've lived in TX, AL, and CA. Hot I can handle. - Lots of nature. Trees, green, country, natural beauty. I do not want to live in an urban environment. Suburban I can handle as long as I live in a more secluded area (not right on a street). - Hippie-friendly. I guess this is a given. I don't want to live somewhere where I'll be judged for my piercings or harassed for breastfeeding or whatever. - Friendly. That's what I miss about the south. Everyone is much nicer there. I want to feel part of a community. So, give me some suggestions. Where do you think I should live?
i've heard, though can't vouch for, austin tx is a chill place to live- warm enough and hippie friendly if my friend is any example- he has lived there for a couple years now portland OR gets ice storms now and again but that's about as intense as it gets, and the cool part is when it storms the whole city shuts down and you don't have to go to work... a couple hours from the beach, but far enough inland that it's not raining all the time... tucson AZ is an all right town, i like flagstaff better myself but it does snow there once in a while. tucson is about 10 degrees cooler than phoenix so highs of 105 in the summer. it's hip friendly although you must remember arizona is a republican state. those are my suggestions, but i'm from montana and love snow so i can't offer much
I wouldn't move to Florida unless I was elderly, but I guess that is up to you and depends where you move. I think Arizona would be an experience. Oregon is amazing too. Somewhere just outside of Portland or something.
def not michigan!!! hahaha just had to say it cuz thats where I am. move back to Cali! Ahh, fun. And warm!!
FL keys are fun but way to easy to get lost in the hustle Iloved north CA and south OR Texass sucked I will never go there again AZ is alright and NV is cool stay away from veges tho costa rica is my dream
to oshin: did you even read the post? why would you recomend portland, austin, tucson to someone who doesn't want to live in a city? they're cool for the most part, well, austin and portland are (especially if you like heroin as much as i do). tucson is only really good around gem show time. well anyway, you might want to check out the gila national forest region of new mexico. silver city, gila, cliff, any of those towns around the national forest. its a big road kid spot. had some gatherings out at the san francisco hot springs in the gila national forest. fairly mild winter (its southern new mexico, but in the mointains). the weather is actually quite agreeable 90 percent of the year. it's a very hip area. great for rockhounds and very beautiful (both the land and people). st. augustine florida is another great spot. it's technically a city but it doesnt really put off that urban vibe (other than crackheads, its florida and you cant avoid it). st. augustine is of course reasonably close to ocala and is a really hapenning spot in the winter. I love it there, but florida is kinda ugly on the nature side of things. it sucks that you cant deal with the cold because most of the best spots are up north - like montana (the greatest place on earth).
Austin is very hippie friendly, or was. The surrounding countryside is lovely. Lots of oak forest, lakes and streams. Portland is one of the most progressive areas of the entire country. And you don't have to live right in the city. There are several smaller towns around it. I love Flagstaff too, but I would say "once in a while" is an understatement! It's a fact that Flagstaff gets more snow than Buffalo, NY. The summers there are gorgeous. Flagstaff is in a very scenic area. It's quite high elevation and the mountains tower right over the city, which is built in the forest and there are trees everywhere. Northern Arizona University is there and makes the city far more liberal than it would otherwise be. The town of Sedona is only 20-30 minutes from Flagstaff, but about 4,000 ft lower elevation, so very little snow. Tucson is a hip city, but you'd better like the heat! And property is very expensive there. Very true. Most all of the Western states, other than the ones on the coast, are extremely conservative. But that doesn't mean they don't have liberal pockets here and there.
