If You Had To Move Away, Where Would You Move To?

In the states: Seattle, WA, Anchorage, Alaska

Overseas: Reykjavik, Iceland, Hokkaido, Japan, maybe London.

I move tomorrow - to a quiet Cotswold village.

However, if overseas, it’d be Hong Kong, hands down.

  1. RTP area in North Carolina. I don’t particularly like the weather (too hot!) but I have a lot of friends there.

  2. Either England or Canada - they speak English in both places and I am quite a fan of their television.

  1. Revelstoke, British Columbia, for the annual 60 ft. of champagne Selkirk powder and 4,700+ ft. vertical slopes.

  2. Ketchum, Idaho, for some nice skiing combined with being within a day or so of a lot of great paddling (Lochsa, Snake, etc.).

  1. Since I don’t currently live in my home country, this is easy: Newcastle, NSW, Australia (my wife and I still own a house there, and plan to mve back when I retire).

  2. This is much harder, and would depend on how much money I had, because a lot of desirable places are pretty expensive. But (with enough money) I might go to London, England, where I lived for 9 months as a teenager, and where my second-oldest son currently lives and works. I’d choose it because not only is it a place with lots of things to do, but it’s an excellent base for getting to many other places.

  1. San Jose, CA is nice. I love the place, but it’s pricey. So if I made 3 or 4 million a month, this would be my first choice. Seattle, WA is second - beautiful place with ocean and mountains. And rain. And fog.
    (I’m going out of state because I’d be ok just about anywhere west of I-25 in Colorado)

  2. Dublin. Really, just about anywhere near the coast of Ireland that has jobs. The parts of Limerick I saw didn’t excite me, but I suspect there’s some nice neighborhoods within a score of miles.

In country - Assuming that San Diego is regarded as “too close to where you are now,” then probably northern Washington State. Burlington, Seedro Wooley, Mt. Vernon area. I have family all over those parts, and I am very familiar with the local customs and politics.

Out of country - Probably Vancouver, BC or someplace in the English countryside. Depends on whether I am decamping rich, or existing on what I make now.

  1. Back to Southwestern Ontario where winters are easier.
  2. Australia where winters are non-existent. (Compared to here.)

East of Ventura in the Sierra Nevada foothills.

Either Banff or Santorini.

  1. I’m just visiting New York, and I have to say it’s pretty awesome. I could definitely see living here, especially if some rich relative died and left me a condo in Midtown Manhattan.

  2. The Middle East. I love it. Actually, I’m probably moving back there in the fall, either to Egypt or the Gulf.

You are? We are having two “dopefest” (dinners) in late march and early April.

Invite yourself, we admire that sort of bravery.

DMark, I know you lurve Vegas to death but you haven’t posted YOUR answer! :slight_smile:

Gosh, that’s hard to answer. I luuuuurve Austin. Would moving 30 miles down the road to San Marcos count?

Is it a permanent relocation? And do I have more money than I do now?

  1. Permanently: maybe Gainesville, FL, my hometown. It’s warm and I could row. With lots of money: Either NYC (always wanted to try it for a while) or Hawaii.

  2. Have had a long fascination with Japan but I don’t know about moving there permanently. I’d probably want to move to a country that spoke English but dont’ know which one off-hand. Britain’s too cold. Maybe Australia?

In-country move? Victoria, BC. Or possibly Vancouver.

Out-of-country move? San Francisco. Helsinki. Sydney, Australia. Wellington, New Zealand. London. Tokyo. I can’t decide…

Within Canada, it would definitely be Montreal. It’s kind of my second home - I lived there until the age of 6, and have visited the city several times a year ever since my mother moved back there a few years ago.

I love the culture - the shopping, the museums, the nightlife, the fantastic restaurants… heck, the only downside is the lack of high-end dim sum. I’d probably be living there now if it wasn’t for the fact that my employer’s head office is in Toronto (more opportunities, and usually better ones to boot) and the added complication of The Boy’s lack of bilingualism (language laws there require that most employees work in French).

Outside of Canada would be tougher. I love travelling, but I inevitably get homesick when I’m away. If I absolutely had to choose, though, I think we’d settle in the US on the West Coast… we’ve got friends near San Francisco and Seattle that we’d love to see more often, and not to mention friends/family in British Columbia would be easier to visit as an added bonus.

In country? Dunno, really. I like it here

Outside? Switzerland, I think. I enjoyed my times there. Either that or France. Wine country… pretty.

In country is easy - Santa Barbara, CA. Easily the prettiest city I’ve ever been to in the US, and close enough to a major urban center in LA. Portland, OR would probably be second.
Out of country - of the places I’ve been, Vancouver, BC is an easy answer, although there really aren’t a lot of foreign cities that I’ve visited. I’ve never been to Wellington, NZ but it’s always intrigued me.

I live in Switzerland. If they expell me, I’d head straight for central Chile: Mediterranean climate, ocean, mountains, plenty of space (either north or south !), Spanish language, excellent wines.

Second choice: southeast Australia: climate, language, and the sound of didgeridoo :slight_smile:

or

northwestern U.S.: climate, scenery, language.

In the US: (imagining unlimited resources) Outer Banks of North Carolina.

Outside the US: England. I just want to watch GOOD football. I love my DC United, but I wanna see high quality footballers. Ronaldo. Andrew Johnson. Henry. Giggsy. Sean Wright-Phillips (he was better at Man City than with Chelsea).

I have lived in West Virginia all my life, so I’d be happy to move somewhere else; I just don’t really know where. It would have to be south of here, but not too far, east of the Mississippi, and not overwhelmingly big. I really like Asheville, North Carolina, so that would be a good possibility.

Outside the US I would pick Sydney, Australia, or somewhere in the vicinity. My parents are from there and I have always considered it my alternate home, even though I haven’t been there since I was 9 years old.