Me too!
Any southern or red state. No amount of money could entice me.
Also a Humanities professor, but a gay, non-Christian one with a foreign spouse. I ruled out most everything but large cities in liberal states, at considerable cost to my career, but life is too short to have to worry about safety and sanity all the time.
Ended up in Canada, and now would not go back to the US for much less than $1000000 / year. (Though the times and I have both changed, and I would now be fine in almost location, I think.)
Any place from Texas to Florida. I did live in Louisiana in the late '70s, but it was a bit better back then. Anyhow, at my age I wouldn’t go back to work anywhere for $6 million a year.
I was involved with a conference once which was situated in Boston and San Diego alternate years. There was a meeting every January - in Rochester. But I had no big problem with the place - I guess it was too cold to smell anything outside. And by chance it never snowed while I was there.
But it might be worse if I had ever experienced it when it was above freezing.
Hey, there’s blue areas in the South, mainly in the cities. It’s not all Trump country. Some of us even have indoor plumbing.
I’m recommending the website The Bitter Southerner for anyone who’s never been to the South yet confuses a few facts with complete understanding.
I lived in Gary, Indiana for nearly 20 years and I was making considerably less that what was proposed in the OP.
The key thing is which part of Gary you’re living in. Ditto for a lot of other cities with bad reputations.
I have modest tastes. I could work for one year for $6 million, pay the required taxes, and live comfortably off the remainder for the rest of my life.
Completely agree. With that kind of money one could insulate themselves to a large degree but in no world would I support such a state with my taxes.
doesn’t Florida and Texas not have state income taxes? not to excuse them.
yeah, I’d live pretty much anywhere in the US for 1 year at $6 mil. I can retire with that and help a lot of people.
My thoughts and experiences exactly. It was embarrassing how easily I overlooked things didn’t effect me as a White guy.
These are contradictory parameters. 
Oh, yeah – Rochester in winter.
One of my complaints is that – at least when I lived there – Rochester’s first response to snow is to put down salt. They frequently did this before they plowed. This love of salt has resulted in a cultural phenomenon I have seen in Rochester, but not elsewhere
The Rust Rat
When the first snowflake touches the ground in Rochester the conscientious automobile owner puts his prize car in the garage, safe and secure during the winter months. He or she then brings out of the garage the cheap sacrificial car that they will drive around town through the salt-encrusted streets until spring comes. This is the Rust Rat. The car that you don’t car if the body rusts away, because its only purpose is to protect your “real” car. If the Rust Rat rusts out, you junk it and buy a new Rust Rat.
I have enough money and I like where I am.
There are few places in the US I would want to live other than where I am. It’s a fucked up country.
For $6 million, as long as it is not in or adjacent to an active war zone, there are very few places I would not go. For that much, I would leave my family at our current house and commute home every few weeks for a year or two. The money would let me retire early or work part time.
I was once contacted by a recruiter that wanted me to work for a petrochemical company in rural Louisiana. The job paid ~$180-200k/year. Based on the housing prices, that is a lot for that area. Other than the money, there was nothing that attracted me or my family to that area.
Pretty much everyone in Canada (except maybe for those who’ve never lived outside of the Vancouver area) would recognize the concept of a winter beater car. I’ve never had one, but they’re very common, or at least used to be.
I’d have a real problem with any place in the Deep South, given current political trends. That pretty much covers anywhere from Texas to Florida, up through Georgia and North Carolina, and I’d need to think carefully about Tennesee or Kentucky.
Which is a pity, given that in general, the cost of living is better down there.
I’d have a real problem moving some place where medical care, shopping and transportation options are not good; I “joke” about moving up to Vermont, but my daughter’s town, for example, has almost no bus service, taxi service is a joke; there’s an airport that flies 3 puddle-jumpers a day to Boston, shopping (unless you like your wardrobe from WalMart) is nonexistent… It’s cheap, though.
Those requirements limit a lot of beautiful areas of the country, unfortunately.
Really, for all its disadvantages, the DC metro area has spoiled us.
Sure. As long as there’s utilities, AC/heat and internet, I’ll just stay indoors for 3-4 years and then retire. I handled the pandemic, I can handle that.
The hypothetical doesn’t say you have to live there forever. I’m retired now and I’m under 60. I do worry that I’ll have enough for what I need. Unretiring for a couple of years to take care of myself and my family? No brainer.
If I’m making $6 million a year, I think I can insulate myself from most of the unpleasantless of any area I’d happen to be in. No, I cannot think of a city in the US I wouldn’t move to for $6 million a year. I could even afford New York or San Francisco.
You’d be okay with Buffalo or Syracuse or Binghamton or Elmira or Utica and it’s Rochester you’d have a problem with?