# List the Top 5 states you would live in

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**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [August 13, 2013, 11:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167 "2013-08-13T23:50:19Z")\
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**Author:** ![Terraplane](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/74df32/32.png) [@Terraplane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Terraplane)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/81 "2013-08-18T15:41:10Z")

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Colorado  
Washington  
Oregon  
(Northern) California  
Montana

Northern Idaho deserves honerable mention. I live in Texas, politics aside I love Texas, but I think I’d be much happier living in either the Rockies or the Pacific Northwest.

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**Author:** ![Spud](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spud/32/347_2.png) [@Spud](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spud)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/82 "2013-08-18T15:53:50Z")

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It is interesting that Indiana almost always has a city in the 'Best Cities to…" Live, Retire, etc. yet nobody has mentioned it.

With that said I’ll probably move from Indiana to either Charlotte NC, or Hilton Head SC once the kids are gone.

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**Author:** ![PunditLisa](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/4af34b/32.png) [@PunditLisa](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PunditLisa)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/83 "2013-08-18T16:12:07Z")

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USVI

Okay, fine that’s a territory:

Hawaii (Maui)  
California (San Diego)  
Arizona (Sedona)  
South Carolina (Charleston)  
North Carolina (Asheville)

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**Author:** ![SeldomSeen](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/7ba0ec/32.png) [@SeldomSeen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SeldomSeen)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 4:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/84 "2013-08-18T16:55:58Z")

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Pretty much anywhere west of the Rockies, except Alaska…too cold. Oh, and also Vermont or possibly western Massachusetts. Guess that’s more than five…

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**Author:** ![ShibbOleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@ShibbOleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ShibbOleth)\
**Post date:** [August 18, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/85 "2013-08-18T17:22:47Z")

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but would prefer, in order

California  
Oregon  
Washington  
Maryland  
NY/NJ area

I haven’t been to Hawaii or Alaska, so can’t evaluate those places. Virginia / North Carolina would just miss the list.

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**Author:** ![Enocavy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/e480ec/32.png) [@Enocavy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Enocavy)\
**Post date:** [August 19, 2013, 2:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/list-the-top-5-states-you-would-live-in/666167/86 "2013-08-19T02:47:02Z")

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1. Texas (preferably Gulf Coast, Hill Country ok)
2. Maine (southern, near coast)
3. Kentucky (between Lexington and the WV border)
4. Florida (west coast)
5. South Carolina (near coast)

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