Vancouver, BC or Seattle. I love the environment, and enjoy rain. I don’t like coffee, but I could get around it. Besides, Alki Beach is very cool, and I recommend it to anyone going there.
I think I’d need to take 2-3 years off from work and properly investigate locations before I could choose. 
Actually, Ireland sounds about right for me. With (of course) a nice big manor house and stables. And unlike Shirley, I wouldn’t make my servants sleep in the stable!
StG
“Movin’ up to Montana soon…gonna be a dental floss tycoon.”
- Zappa
Whitefish, MT, a cool little town a stone’s throw from the western entrance to Glacier National Park.
The snap of the fingers would have to reconcile Mrs. Firefly, who grew up in Florida, to a somewhat colder clime than is her preference.
I’d live in New Jersey (like I do now) but in
a high rise condo on the Hudson River overlooking
the Manhattan Skyline.
No question about it - Buckhorn Lake, Kentucky.
Right back to Austin. Great town.
I would love to live somewhere where I didn’t have to deal with 120 degree summers. Somewhere there is snow and actual SEASONS might be great too!
The Outer Banks of North Carolina… My favorite light house is there. The Bodie Light. Someday I’ll join her forever…
Domestic: Terlingua, Texas.
International: Pantelleria, Strait of Sicily (between Sicily and Tunisia, but about 40 km closer to Tunisia), Italy.
Both are hot n’ dry and both have great rocks, but the food is undescribably better in Pantelleria, so that’s gotta be my true answer. (Runner-up: Lipari)
Oh my God! How could I have forgotten about the Outer Banks?
Please don’t hit me, Girlbysea!
I really do. I would definitely stay here, in Santa Barbara. But, it would be great to be in a nicer apartment, with lots of windows and a great view.
(Mountains and beach would both be good)
pat
Assuming I had the funds to buy a house and a fast car, I’d move to the San Fernando Valley in a minute. It’s wonderful there, but the cost of housing is prohibitive. I suppose I could get on a Section 8 Housing waiting list, but I’d have to wait 10 years (literally) to get to the top of that list. Bummer.
I’d copy Peter Mayle and move to France, but to Bordeaux or Burgundy. A medium-sized village with interesting characters: farmers, vintners, grocers, dog lovers. I’d have a nice village home with a kitchen garden and a wine cellar. Did I mention that I am a foodie?
[grande soupir]
Destin, FL.
I’d just make sure that I had plenty of sunblock with me…
I would love to move to London and live with my girlfriend, who moved there just over a month ago. I miss her… but I’m going to move there anyway in about a year.
In the long run, I would love to live in South Africa. This is a country that has everything: great nature, impressive wildlife, loads of space and some beautiful cities.
Two cons: the country is politically very volatile, and the (white) South Africans aren’t exactly known for their humour, IMHO. Plus, apartheid is still in effect, to some informal extend.
- New York City
- Wherever Libby is
Yer pal,
Satan
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This may sound weird, but . . . .
Chattanooga, TN. I’ve really become very fond of it over the last several years. My wife and I have a number of trips up from Atlanta and have had a fabulous time each time. It’s very much a small city, with a downtown area that’s interesting and that has been almost completely revitalized over the last ten years or so. It’s big enough to have most of what you’d need, and close enough to Atlanta and Nashville (2 hrs. and 2.5 hrs, respectively) that you can make a day trip to the “big city” when something out of the ordinary comes up. There’s a fair amount of cultural activity, more decent restaurants than you’d think, and a small Jewish community.
Best of all, it has Double-A minor league baseball with a long and rich history. I was a little bummed that the Lookouts moved out of Engel Stadium, but the new park looks good and is only a block or two from the aquarium and other waterfront activities downtown.
There’s been talk of establishing high-speed rail service between Chattanooga and Atlanta so that you could make the trip by train in about 20 minutes. If they ever do, I’m definitely moving (that’s shorter than my current commute by about half). The one thing Chattanooga doesn’t have, alas, is any real software development industry.
I have, and I’m here. I really like where i live.
Peace,
mangeorge
Ive already up ‘n’ moved twice - once to Santa Rosa, CA, once to Copenhagen, and I’m about to do it again, to San Francisco.
If we’re talking about actually living there instead of just vacations, Id have to say France or the Faroe Islands. I spent a week on the Faroes, and for the first time in my life felt like I’d come home (Ive moved seventeen times in my life). And France is just beautiful - the culture is beautiful, the language is beautiful, the food is beautiful. And Paris and Chartres are beautiful too.
West Coast of Florida. Anywhere from Venice to St. Pete.