Very happy here in the White Mountains of New Hampshire. Sadly, our once red state is becoming increasingly blue due to the influx of invaders from the state to our south. They no sooner get here than they start trying to turn us into the hellhole they left. I figure I'll be long gone before it gets too bad, so I might as well just stay where I am.
If you could move to your favorite place in the U.S. where would you go?
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Wow! A few trips up and back and you could of bought a RM.
I would imagine the moving company’s have raised they’re rates because of fuel too.
Here’s hopping the price of fuel goes down soon to help everyone.
Funny you mentioned an RM. I sold an NRM, a very scarce one a few months back to help finance this whole mess!!!
doublesharp
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Southern Indiana suits me but if I had to leave I'd probably go to high desert in Arizona where several kinfolk are already. Georgia mountains, Chattanooga Tn and Johnson City, Bristol, Kingsport triangle would get serious consideration.
CAJUNLAWYER
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Honest to God I really like it here in spite of the fact that Louisiana is such a backward state. If I had to move... Maybe Port Aransas or Clear Lake Texas. I NEED to be close to salt water.
oddshooter
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I've lived in great spots:
Albany, Texas population 2,000
Ruidoso, NM
Missoula, MT
Niarada, MT ranch 3 miles west
Bitteroot Valley, MT
Alberton, MT ranch 5 miles west
Prescut, AZ
Huntington Harbor, CA boat floating outside
We've picked places where we loved the people as well as the terrain.
We are now living in a place that picked us. We care for 98 year old great-grandma. I am not a city guy. I belong in the backcountry. Jerimiah Johnson came on this morning and my lady said, "Don't drool, you'll be back to being mountain man too soon for me." She's right, I've had enough of the fast lane. I loose my balance when I haven't seen solitude in months or years.
My favorite moments in the world are when I'm solo camping and haven't seen humans in days or weeks.
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Albany, Texas population 2,000
Ruidoso, NM
Missoula, MT
Niarada, MT ranch 3 miles west
Bitteroot Valley, MT
Alberton, MT ranch 5 miles west
Prescut, AZ
Huntington Harbor, CA boat floating outside
We've picked places where we loved the people as well as the terrain.
We are now living in a place that picked us. We care for 98 year old great-grandma. I am not a city guy. I belong in the backcountry. Jerimiah Johnson came on this morning and my lady said, "Don't drool, you'll be back to being mountain man too soon for me." She's right, I've had enough of the fast lane. I loose my balance when I haven't seen solitude in months or years.
My favorite moments in the world are when I'm solo camping and haven't seen humans in days or weeks.
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mdf9183
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I'll stay here in the piney woods on my 40 acres in Bastrop County Texas.
I just got home from visiting family in Prescott Valley, I could definitely see what you have described. My niece and family left So. CA 4 or 5 years ago and they are saying the same things as you. Downtown Prescott seems like a tourist trap and I already live in one of those. I didn't make it to Payson.
(Almost)Anywhere but Illinois.
With daughter #1 living in Bismarck, the more I go out there, the better I like it. Even though most trips have been in the winter.
It's cold, but a dry cold.
Maybe up near Devil's Lake, some trees there.
With daughter #1 living in Bismarck, the more I go out there, the better I like it. Even though most trips have been in the winter.
It's cold, but a dry cold.
Maybe up near Devil's Lake, some trees there.
meaneyedcatz
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I don’t think I would be content with one area. I love the Colorado Rockies, the Missouri Ozarks and places like South Carolina and Tennessee. I also love swamps.
Wish I had and RV and throw away money.
Wish I had and RV and throw away money.
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My next move will be in the back of a long black limo, covered up with
flowers and be placed next to my parents on a small hill overlooking a
clear running creek. A place I often wandered as a boy.
At that point I will become part of NW Arkansas.
flowers and be placed next to my parents on a small hill overlooking a
clear running creek. A place I often wandered as a boy.
At that point I will become part of NW Arkansas.
JDBoardman
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+I am plenty happy where I moved to in Arlington, Texas. I put in a bid on my house at what I thought it was worth, and it was accepted. I have lived in Florida (where I grew up and went to college, and I don't want to go back (too many people, too many hurricanes), and the prices are now too high; Southern California (way too many people, too high prices on everything, but the climate IS nice) and south east Texas near Houston ( which is an Indian word for fetid swamp). I am happy where I am, and unless things change (like Austin spreads north) I do not intend to move.
RobertJ.
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I'm happy right where I'm at!
We moved here from Seattle sixteen years ago, and I'll never move again. I realize the politics here in Oregon leave a little to be desired, but at least here in small-town America we don't have the problems that are prevalent in big cities.
I was born here, lived here 'til I was 9, then moved to SE Alaska. Then we moved back here, and I went to high school here for two years. After the Navy, I lived here for a year in the mid-eighties, and then all over the PNW. I worked as a chef for a large corporation and worked at seven of their properties, and I even worked directly for the owner of the company for two years near his ranch in eastern Oregon.
I frequently visit the other places I like, such as Nevada, Arizona, and Idaho.
I like the fact I can go to the store and run into guys I've known my entire life. I like that it rarely gets below 30 degrees, and rarely above 80. I like that we have no hurricanes or tornadoes, just the looming possibility of tsunami, but hey, ya gotta go sometime!
This is the building I was born in. It's a school admin. building now, but it used to be the hospital:
We moved here from Seattle sixteen years ago, and I'll never move again. I realize the politics here in Oregon leave a little to be desired, but at least here in small-town America we don't have the problems that are prevalent in big cities.
I was born here, lived here 'til I was 9, then moved to SE Alaska. Then we moved back here, and I went to high school here for two years. After the Navy, I lived here for a year in the mid-eighties, and then all over the PNW. I worked as a chef for a large corporation and worked at seven of their properties, and I even worked directly for the owner of the company for two years near his ranch in eastern Oregon.
I frequently visit the other places I like, such as Nevada, Arizona, and Idaho.
I like the fact I can go to the store and run into guys I've known my entire life. I like that it rarely gets below 30 degrees, and rarely above 80. I like that we have no hurricanes or tornadoes, just the looming possibility of tsunami, but hey, ya gotta go sometime!
This is the building I was born in. It's a school admin. building now, but it used to be the hospital:
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Benchrest1
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Phoenix AZ, I like it hot. That's where my father in law lived and I've always had a good time there. The Ben Avery Shooting Facility has to be one of the best.
I would choose Maui if the gun laws in Hawaii changed drastically for the better.
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We go to Maui every few years and love it but I would feel a bit too confined living on the islands permanently I just love my open country, elk country etc. but it is a beautiful place for sure!!
Carson City, NV area
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I've read thru most of the thread, and truthfully I would never consider moving to any of the godawful places that some have suggested.
I admit to being an enigma. I simply love where I grew up and love where I am now. We have good weather, no tornadoes or hurricanes, drought or floods, the home prices and cost of living is awesome and the people are great.
I love to fish and hunt and shoot and our opportunities abound.
OTOH, politics suck, but I imagine they do in other places.
I won't tell you where it is, because if I did everyone would say it sucks. When businesses try to recruit nobody wants to come, but if they do, they refuse to leave. Our kids may move for better opportunities, but then their lifetime goal is to move back.
The problem is America is not where you live, but that you are not satisfied where you live. Not just that, nobody is satisfied with anything.
I admit to being an enigma. I simply love where I grew up and love where I am now. We have good weather, no tornadoes or hurricanes, drought or floods, the home prices and cost of living is awesome and the people are great.
I love to fish and hunt and shoot and our opportunities abound.
OTOH, politics suck, but I imagine they do in other places.
I won't tell you where it is, because if I did everyone would say it sucks. When businesses try to recruit nobody wants to come, but if they do, they refuse to leave. Our kids may move for better opportunities, but then their lifetime goal is to move back.
The problem is America is not where you live, but that you are not satisfied where you live. Not just that, nobody is satisfied with anything.
As I stated before, I am content where I am. However, there are members here who constantly temp me with displays of their culinary prowess.
If I absolutely had to move to a location of my own choosing I would move as close to one of their kitchens as possible.
I won't name names but they know who they are.🍽
If I absolutely had to move to a location of my own choosing I would move as close to one of their kitchens as possible.
I won't name names but they know who they are.🍽
Shootingfish
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My great grandfather married a Cherokee woman and homesteaded 2000 acres in S. Atlanta. 95% of my family is still within 50 miles of the old home place, albeit some are in the ground at the local Baptist and Methodist Church Cemeteries. I've lived in and within 10 miles of Atlanta all my life. I used to love it here. I don't recognize it any more. I'm both a native and a foreigner, thanks to the international airport and once cheap housing. I agree with the poster that said I'd love to stay right here and everyone else move away. I didn't notice the change so much when I was working. Nose to the grindstone and all. But since we've both retired I mostly stay home. Hubby has buddies but I don't make friends so easy. Maybe I'm stubborn as I refuse to learn 3 languages just to talk to my neighbors. But, if I could move, I'd move to N GA, or Eastern NC.
