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Population wise, weather, humidity, and cities with clean air.
What city would everyone like to live in full-time, or even visit for a long period of time.  Also what is someone's favorite vacation spot, and if you enjoyed the place enough, would you like to live there.
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If I could choose A place It would be Spokane, Washington I have a lot of family in that area(Northern Idaho/Eastern Washington), and the air is clean, But I haven't been there since I was about 5 years old.  Portland or Seatle would be ok two.      

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Myself I would love to visit Australia, and maybe if I enjoyed visiting there enough, I would like to live there for a long period of time, I love the accents, and I heard the climate is really nice.  And because I would love to be out in the open every once in a while and think about things.End Quote

That's a nice thought, randbfan23 ....... we would welcome you, accents and all....

A couple of thoughts on what you have written though :

Australia's a big place, although with a lot less people.  Re the space issue, there is a very good reason why 95% of it's population live within 100 kilometres (60 miles) of the coastline.  

Which leads me to wonder :

"What, you don't got no 'out in the open' where you are" ?  :)

I was under the impression Colorado was a pretty big state...?

The climate is variable though.  I suspect people tend to think of Australia as a hot place, and in summer, somrtimes the heat and humidity can just about melt you.

But at the moment, some of the southern states have been getting snow, and even where I live, Queensland, which is marketed as the 'Sunshine State', it may be sunny, but it's freakin' freezing !


FBVP  ;)

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...Kat, I noticed you listed New Orleans as one of the cities where you wanted to travel.  I live close to NO, and I go there all the time.  It's rich in culture and tradition.  I would recommend coming down here for sure.  I would wait until October, though, it gets SO hot down here during the summertime.  The heat makes it hard to enjoy walking around the French Quarter or the Zoo.  I'm not a big partier, so I don't frequent the Quarter at night...it's a lil' too dangerous.  

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Well, I would definitely be waiting untill fall/winter to travel to the southern USA.  Not only is it cooler (similar to my summer, I'm guessing) but it is also much easier for me to get vacation time in the "off-season".

I'm sure most cities have an area that would be a little too dangerous at night.  I wouldn't be going out "wandering" unless I was with someone who lives there.

Thanks for the recommendation and tip!

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Hey kids, I dug this up from way back and thought we got some newbies here, lets see what they say.  
I was surprised to see Spokane, WA. mentioned on here twice, its a nice city in the summer but cold in the winter.  I of course have to say Seattle and I can tell you why.  Mountian ranges on either side, lots of coastline thought here and Lake Washington on the other side of town. Not to hot in the summer or cold in the winter.  The city is beautiful, green trees everywhere.  The poplulation is way more friendly than most major cities.  And we have hills, everywhere.  I'm amazed when I visit other cities and that don't have water front or hill.  
Place that I've visited that I'd least like to live in- Oklahoma City. :P
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I have heard that about Seattle and that is why I would choose it as #1, Race. I had the opportunity to transfer there for my occupation, but unfortunately it didn't work out. I like that where I live is safer for my children (small town) but I hate the inconvenience of being so far away from everything I like. I miss my hometown of Lawrence Ks. Home of the Hawks...yes it is still Kansas but it is soooo different from where I am now (definitely because KU is located there).

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Hey kids, I dug this up from way back and thought we got some newbies here, lets see what they say.  
I was surprised to see Spokane, WA. mentioned on here twice, its a nice city in the summer but cold in the winter.  I of course have to say Seattle and I can tell you why.  Mountian ranges on either side, lots of coastline thought here and Lake Washington on the other side of town. Not to hot in the summer or cold in the winter.  The city is beautiful, green trees everywhere.  The poplulation is way more friendly than most major cities.  And we have hills, everywhere.  I'm amazed when I visit other cities and that don't have water front or hill.  
Place that I've visited that I'd least like to live in- Oklahoma City. :P
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Sorry, guys, Seattle's out for me.  It's beautiful, but...
Too much rain!!!!   :(As I have naturally curly hair that frizzes in the rain, I would look like an electrocuted poodle almost every day.

I would have to say Dallas, TX.  My brother and his wife live down there & I went to college down there my first year.  It gets hot, but it's dry heat.  After living in Chicago, anywhere that is not humid in the summer and sub-arctic in the winter sounds pretty good to me. :D

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I'm gonna say Toronto.  I like the way the city is set up, I like their legendary hockey team (though not so legendary these days) and I like ice and snow and nice Canadians :)
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What about their beer?  When I used to drink more often, I LOVED Molson Ice...one of the few beers I could stand. :)

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I have to say Atlanta or actually a city just south of Altanta called Peachtree City or also know as the "Golf Cart Capital of the World" with just about everyone who lives there has a golf cart cause you can get anywhere in town using the golf cart.  They even have golf cart parking places at shopping centers and other stores so people can park their golf cart.  Even the High schools have golf cart parking lots.  The weather is great there can get a little humid there sometimes but other than that you cant ask for much better weather than there is there.  Its a great place to raise kids with the tops school system in the state of Georgia and probably one of the top in the country.  Great sports programs not only in little league type sports but high school sports to McIntosh High School in Peachtree City their girls soccer team has been either #1 or #2 ranked in the country for several years.  And its crime rate is extremely low.  In my opinion out of every place i have lived or visited i have yet to find one beat out Peachtree City.
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PLEASE don't let my hubby know about this...I'll be following a moving truck next week! ;)

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PLEASE don't let my hubby know about this...I'll be following a moving truck next week! ;)
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I live about an hour and 1/2 north of Seattle and it's beautiful.Rains when it needs it and very comfortable in the summer. I grow up in Detroit and that sucked and lived in Santa Barbara,CA where it's always beautiful but way to expensive.
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That reminds me there are 4 golf courses in the area.


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NOOOOOOOOOO! :o  Being able to own his own golf cart and 4 courses local?  He'd be in heaven...

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NOOOOOOOOOO! :o  Being able to own his own golf cart and 4 courses local?  He'd be in heaven...
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I would LOVE to visit New Orleans - but it's just a dream, I know I will never get there.  I have read absolutely everything about the city and it just fascinates me - the music, the history, the food, the people - everything!!!  How many people have been there, and is it really as good as I think it would be?
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I didn't bring up New Orleans in my earlier post, but it's a very cool city.  I went there one weekend a few years ago and had a blast.  It wasn't during Mardi Gras, but it was a hell of a good time.

The coolest thing I saw was this jazz band playing, these guys were probably in their 70's and they were rockin out.  There was a huge crowd outside the bar on Bourbon Street. It was awesome.  

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Any where in the good ol south....southern born..and southern bred!!!
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DITTO!!! ;)

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One thing I have seen from the limited traveling I've done is that there is no place else like Southern California 8) I hated LA though :P , but the southern cities of Orange County are the best places to live if you're middleclass to poor and like clean-looking cities with some of the lowest crime-rates in the country. I really liked it over there. Presently, I  live 1 hour away from it, but here in San Diego it's like Shelbyville. Even the tv channels are screwy and I've still to get used to this locale even though it's 5 miles away from the ocean :( Oh yeah :D ! The rent is kind of restrictive (I'm a student, so anything requiring money is restrictive). It's a very clean area though. No worries about people stealing your stuff - and I've left the doors of my automobile unlocked a bunch of times, not to mention the window of our kitchen is always open (go ahead and brake in! There's nothing to steal... literally!) :P
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And you have great neighbors. ;D :-*

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You and me both ;)  NC is beautiful.

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Well, I live in Las Cruces, New Mexico and if I never have to leave again, then it will be fine by me.  I've lived in Colorado, Wyoming, California, Florida, Kansas, Michigan, Nebraska and North Carolina.  North Carolina would be the only other place I would choose to live in.  But something here keeps me coming back time after time. :)
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Yeah, Las Cruces is really a wonderful place to be.  I like having the mountains close enough to visit but not actually have to live in them.  Unfortunately, my husband also needs to be near the water and he is waging a campaign to get me to move back to Florida.  I just really really didn't like Florida so a move to NC may be in our future but not as long as I can dig my heels in and stay. :D

They did close down the drive-in liquor stores though.  Apparently, there was a big problem with drinking and driving.
Hmmm...imagine that.  

Little Las Cruces is going through a growth spurt right now and I'm not sure that I really like the thought of my cozy hometown going metropolitan.  But, growth is progress is it not?
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You in Everett ragebass?

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Further up - hour and 1/2 away if your hauling ass.

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For me, I think Phoenix AZ is a great city to live in.  I lived there for 15 years, and didn't realize how much I missed it until I went back for my high school reunion.  Sunny 300+ days a year, hot but not humid, easy to get around (the city & burbs are laid out on a grid) and the cost of living is affordable.  If you want to see snow, just drive a few hours north to Flagstaff in the winter.  I'm trying to get back there in the next year or so.  Going in a few weeks to visit my brother and friends.  Yay! :D
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I knew someone from AZ that had a tee shirt that had two skeletons on lounge chairs in the desert with cocktails next to them. It said, "Yeah, but it is a DRY heat."



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I knew someone from AZ that had a tee shirt that had two skeletons on lounge chairs in the desert with cocktails next to them. It said, "Yeah, but it is a DRY heat."



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It is, Cat.  I was there in July 2000 and it was 110F outside and it felt great!  Sunscreen, lots of water and trips to the pool make it tolerable.  Clear blue skies rule.  And the sunsets are pretty too.

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I'm sorry to hear about the drive throughs being shut down, I liked it.  I was also amazed to find out that it was the 2nd largest city in NM, cause it ins't that big.  I had a couple of good nights there and wouldn't mind passing through again.  

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I know, hard to believe that we are the 2nd largest city.  Right now you can drive cross-town in about 10 minutes.  That's why the thought of so much growth is a little disconcerting.  Like I said before, this is a great place and I'll stay as long as I can.  There's something very "grounding" about being here.  I was born in Albuquerque and maybe having the mountains around as a visual point is what makes me feel that way, but get me in the flat open spaces and I'm completely lost!!  I can't tell you East from West when I'm not here.  :)  My husband thinks that's the weirdest thing but it's the truth.

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I was born in Albuquerque and maybe having the mountains around as a visual point is what makes me feel that way...
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I think that's what does it for me and Phoenix.  I had a mountain in my backyard when I left and I just miss that scenery.  My brother lives less than a mile from our old house, and he has the same mountain behind him.  :)

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I think that's what does it for me and Phoenix.  I had a mountain in my backyard when I left and I just miss that scenery.  My brother lives less than a mile from our old house, and he has the same mountain behind him.  :)
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We have some friends who are going to be moving to Phoenix soon and they can't wait to get there.  They are trying to recruit us too but I just love it here.  

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We have some friends who are going to be moving to Phoenix soon and they can't wait to get there.  They are trying to recruit us too but I just love it here.  
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If you don't move there you can drive there in a day.  :)

We have some friends who are currently residing in Great Falls MT that may end up in Phoenix as well.  That would be nice, esp. for Mrs. M since she doesn't know very many people there (not that I do anymore)...

3 more weeks!  3 more weeks!   :D :D :D

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I've never lived anywhere else but Boston.  There are several other cities (Cambridge, Somerville, & Newton) that are "right next door" that I would also consider, simply because I shop there all the time, or visit friened who already live there.
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funny.. if you ask someone like me who grew up in Worcester, anything east of Rt. 128 is Boston.. so I always get a kick out of people who refer to Cambridge as a seperate city.. though I guess with the communist leanings, it's more like a seperate country.. I guess I'm starting to recognize them as seperate places now since I work on the Slumaville/People's Republic of Cambridge town line..

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If you don't move there you can drive there in a day.  :)

We have some friends who are currently residing in Great Falls MT that may end up in Phoenix as well.  That would be nice, esp. for Mrs. M since she doesn't know very many people there (not that I do anymore)...

3 more weeks!  3 more weeks!   :D :D :D
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That's what I figure.  It's not a bad trip to make just have to make sure the A/C is working if we go in the
summertime. :)

I've actually had several people mention moving to Phoenix lately.  Must be the new "hot" place to be.  No pun intended. ;D

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That's what I figure.  It's not a bad trip to make just have to make sure the A/C is working if we go in the
summertime. :)

I've actually had several people mention moving to Phoenix lately.  Must be the new "hot" place to be.  No pun
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I live in Phoenix and it is a warm place, almost 80 degrees today, summertime weather most places, but January weather here.  The hottest I remember it getting was 122 one summer.

The population growth here is enormous.  It's a nice play to live with many things to do.  Northern Arizona is beautiful, I'd love to live in Flagstaff, but there's just not a big job market up there.  

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I live in Phoenix and it is a warm place, almost 80 degrees today, summertime weather most places, but January weather here.  The hottest I remember it getting was 122 one summer.

The population growth here is enormous.  It's a nice play to live with many things to do.  Northern Arizona is beautiful, I'd love to live in Flagstaff, but there's just not a big job market up there.  
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Now see, that 122 degrees is just not right.  That's way too hot for me.  And as for having 80 degree weather in January, I like having seasons.  I don't like the wind we get here in the spring but I love the fall weather and for it to get cool enough to build a fire in the stove and curling up with a cup of hot tea and a good book on rainy days.  I just don't see that happening in Phoenix.  No seasons is part of the reason I didn't like Florida.  That and the snowbirds. :)

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Now see, that 122 degrees is just not right.  That's way too hot for me.  And as for having 80 degree weather in January, I like having seasons.  I don't like the wind we get here in the spring but I love the fall weather and for it to get cool enough to build a fire in the stove and curling up with a cup of hot tea and a good book on rainy days.  I just don't see that happening in Phoenix.  No seasons is part of the reason I didn't like Florida.  That and the snowbirds. :)
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Now see, that 122 degrees is just not right.  That's way too hot for me.  And as for having 80 degree weather in January, I like having seasons.  I don't like the wind we get here in the spring but I love the fall weather and for it to get cool enough to build a fire in the stove and curling up with a cup of hot tea and a good book on rainy days.  I just don't see that happening in Phoenix.  No seasons is part of the reason I didn't like Florida.  That and the snowbirds. :)
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I spent a couple years back East for school and really liked the season changes.  When I was back there, everyone asked me why I'd want to leave a nice place like Phoenix!  I couldn't win either way.  Arizona has snowbirds galore too, it sometimes turns driving into quite an adventure...