# Hey Dopers! Where should I move? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [January 28, 2013, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-dopers-where-should-i-move/648619 "2013-01-28T16:30:49Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![The\_Second\_Stone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbe5ce/32.png) [@The\_Second\_Stone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Second_Stone)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-dopers-where-should-i-move/648619/21 "2013-01-29T06:20:14Z")
San Francisco Bay Area. Surfing, skiing, climbing, culture, forests, deserts, food and weirdos all within four hours drive. Rather expensive to live in the nice parts. ---
**Author:** ![Duckster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/duckster/32/1244_2.png) [@Duckster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duckster)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2013, 6:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-dopers-where-should-i-move/648619/22 "2013-01-29T06:39:59Z")
> [@Chefguy](#): > > I see another future Portland resident here. Based upon the OPs criteria and process of elimination, you are correct. ---
**Author:** ![Mama\_Zappa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71e660/32.png) [@Mama\_Zappa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mama_Zappa)\ **Post date:** [January 30, 2013, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-dopers-where-should-i-move/648619/23 "2013-01-30T19:21:01Z")
> [@Oedipus](#): > > Funny you say that. I live an hour north. šŸ™‚ > > Too hot for me in south. Iā€™m liking the sound of Portland, Seattle, and Austin, but IDK about Portland and Seattleā€™s weather. > > I think Atlanta would be cool and the traffic isnā€™t THAT bad in my experience. Iā€™d be living ITP (inside the perimeter (285 beltway)), if that makes a difference. I was going to pop in and suggest Chapel Hill, but itā€™s going to have pretty similar weather. Is Atlanta that much better, climate-wise? Itā€™s further south but IIRC itā€™s at a higher elevation. And thereā€™s Asheville NC as well - also left-leaning. Havenā€™t spent much time there, but Iā€™ve lived both in Charlotte and Chapel Hill. CH wonā€™t have the same _concentration_ of stuff to do that a big city might, but itā€™s got a lot of nice little bars with live music, a decent variety of food etc. Sighā€¦ wish I could move back. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 4:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-dopers-where-should-i-move/648619/24 "2013-02-01T04:12:44Z")
> [@The\_Second\_Stone](#): > > San Francisco Bay Area. Surfing, skiing, climbing, culture, forests, deserts, food and weirdos all within four hours drive. Rather expensive to live in the nice parts. You get all this within 90 minutes from Southern California. Why does it have to be left leaning? Do you have trouble interacting with those who think differently from yourself? ---
**Author:** ![Bullitt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bullitt/32/5725_2.png) [@Bullitt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bullitt)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 2:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-dopers-where-should-i-move/648619/25 "2013-02-01T14:01:27Z")
San Francisco is 60Ā° year round. Smallish city, and once you learn the streets itā€™s fairly easy to get in / out / through / around. Close to the ocean, forests, great skiing n the Sierra Nevada, and Yosemite Natā€™l Park is a few hoursā€™ drive. ---
**Author:** ![Bridget\_Burke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7cd45c/32.png) [@Bridget\_Burke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bridget_Burke)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-dopers-where-should-i-move/648619/26 "2013-02-01T14:10:21Z")
> [@Oedipus](#): > > Does Austin have those same crappy super-humid summers like the rest of the dirty south? Itā€™s not as humid as Houston, but gets a few degrees hotter in the summer. Visitors from Cool California were fainting in the heat during a May visit to Austin. If ā€œtoo hotā€ is part of your vocabulary, cross Texas off your list. All our cities are more liberal than the surrounding countryside (or far suburbia)ā€“even the ones not as cute as Austin. And Austin traffic is horrid, because of the cityā€™s rapid growth. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-dopers-where-should-i-move/648619/27 "2013-02-01T16:08:13Z")
> [@madsircool](#): > > You get all this within 90 minutes from Southern California. Why does it have to be left leaning? Do you have trouble interacting with those who think differently from yourself? Interacting with? Not usually a major problem. And if youā€™ve decided on a state, it doesnā€™t matter so much where you live when it comes to state politics-- but when it comes to local politics, it can be quite disheartening to live in an area where pretty much every vote on every issue will go the opposite of the way you want it to. ---
**Author:** ![Glazer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a88e57/32.png) [@Glazer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Glazer)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2013, 4:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-dopers-where-should-i-move/648619/28 "2013-02-01T16:37:59Z")
> [@Raza](#): > > Atlanta wonā€™t work for traffic (Iā€™m a resident), and while pockets of the city might be left-leaning, overwhelmingly the surrounding area is red. > > I lived in Austin twice and loved it, and would move there again if I could. Atlanta is very good for traffic. As long as you know where not to go and when. You can get from anywhere to anywhere on secondary and tertiary streets. > [@Oedipus](#): > > I can tolerate it. Its just that Iā€™m living in a place where thereā€™s not much entertainment and stuff. If I lived in Atlanta or Austin where music and food and good vibrations flow freely, Iā€™ll put up with it. Austin was my second choice when I considered this very question back when I got out of the Army. One of my criteria was also lowest chance of natural disasters. > [@Spiff](#): > > Atlanta, then, and the Clermont Lounge. > > What more entertainment do you need? Two blocks from my home. I can stagger home and cross the street at a light with pedestrian signals.šŸ˜ƒ [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hey-dopers-where-should-i-move/648619.md?page=1)