# Lottery win - Where would you live? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [March 28, 2012, 7:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077 "2012-03-28T19:37:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/82 "2012-04-02T18:11:56Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > I’d try a lot of places for a few weeks each: Lincoln (NE), Bloomington (IN), Austin, Chicago, and Brisbane all come to mind. Wherever I chose, it would would be more of a “home base” than anything else. If I felt like going to Dubrovnik or Cairo for three months, there’s nothing to stop me. For giggles, I’m adding my rationalle for these: Lincoln: it’s my alma mater, and hanging around that town is always pleasant. It’s close to family, too. DOWNSIDE: it doesn’t really have a year-round climate. Also, visits to Lincoln are kind of like a special dessert now. If I lived there, who’s to say I wouldn’t quickly tire of the place. Bloomington: love that town. Great diversity for a college town of its size, and it’s a hotbed for my particular intellectual pursuits. DOWNSIDE: again with the climate. It’s also a site of rather heated class warfare; the gulf between people who came for the university and “townies” is as great as anywhere in the US. Austin: the best American university town without a harsh winter. I’ve really never heard a harsh word spoken about the place. DOWNSIDE: I really don’t know the place, and I understand summers are brutal. Also, it’s in Texas. I might fit very well in Austin, but not so well anywhere close. Chicago: I’ve always loved the place. Tremendous cultural opportunities, and the manners and culture are right in line with what I’ve grown up to expect. DOWNSIDE: again with the weather, and I’m used to cities much smaller. Brisbane: the idea of moving to a place with tropical climate, European culture, and extremely appealing social mores has always intrigued me. I’ve never really thought of Australia as a place I’d like to vacation, but it would be a great place to live. DOWNSIDE: it’s Australia. Not sure I’d be ready for a complete cultural break. So, like I said, I’d give them all a try, then settle into a home base. Now I just need to win the damn money. ---
**Author:** ![Ludy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@Ludy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludy)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/83 "2012-04-02T18:31:19Z")
I would have at least two houses. One on Salt spring Island with a view of the ocean, and the other would be somewhere in Southern Ontario close to my husbands family. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 8:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/84 "2012-04-02T20:47:47Z")
A tropical island in a region with low incidence of earthquakes, volcanoes, and storms. If that exists. Or Switzerland. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 8:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/85 "2012-04-02T20:50:40Z")
> [@control-z](#): > > A tropical island in a region with low incidence of earthquakes, volcanoes, and storms. If that exists. > > Or Switzerland. Does Australia qualify? ---
**Author:** ![RadicalPi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/radicalpi/32/9806_2.png) [@RadicalPi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RadicalPi)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2012, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/86 "2012-04-02T22:30:58Z")
> [@hajario](#): > > I’d stay here in Santa Barbara. Me too. Although maybe with a nice pied-à-terre in Paris. ---
**Author:** ![carnut](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnut/32/3531_2.png) [@carnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnut)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/87 "2012-04-03T01:23:21Z")
The Left Coast calls to me, but I would travel mostly. I think I would pick a small city to live in but make sure that I can get to a decent airport fairly easily. So I guess that leaves Sonoma out. Maybe Vancouver, WA. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/88 "2012-04-03T02:32:46Z")
Perhaps. I was thinking of somewhere smaller. Personal island maybe. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Spiderman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/spiderman/32/230_2.png) [@Spiderman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Spiderman)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/89 "2012-04-03T02:52:41Z")
One town over. There’s a former private school/camp for sale, approx 30 secluded acres. There’s a full gym (indoor basketball court), which I’d expand, a baseball field (for da kiddies), a human sized chess board outside, complete with pieces 2-3 ft high. I’d scrape the school building & build my mansion in it’s place. Obligatory Joisey shore & Pocono mountain homes, an apartment in NYC (for weekends), maybe something in the islands, too. ---
**Author:** ![Shamozzle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shamozzle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shamozzle)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/90 "2012-04-03T03:21:27Z")
I’d get a house overlooking Horseshoe Bay, a suburb of Vancouver, BC. Some of those homes are ridiculous and the setting and views are stunning. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 10:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/91 "2012-04-03T10:25:07Z")
An large, restored old wooden [yacht.](http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-YzBNOnbCw4Y/TaS40QCvVfI/AAAAAAAAC68/r-qt8kn44aI/s1600/1chriscraft041211.jpg) Location would reflect my whims that week. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/92 "2012-04-03T13:12:52Z")
Houses in Buenos Aires and Inverness; I’d spend summer at each. Leave at the end of summer, spend a month or two traveling, get to the other house as spring nears its end. Since I hibernate and, conversely, sleep very little in the summer, it would mean a lot more waking hours. I’ve never been to Buenos Aires (the airport doesn’t count), but I speak both local languages (albeit not the local dialects), both places have good food, both are places where it’s easy for a Spaniard to obtain residency (for the UK I don’t even need to “obtain” it, just move). ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/93 "2012-04-03T13:21:07Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Houses in Buenos Aires and **Inverness** ; I’d spend spring and summer at each. > > Since I hibernate and, conversely, sleep very little in the summer, it would mean a lot more waking hours. I’ve never been to Buenos Aires (the airport doesn’t count), but I speak the local languages (albeit not the local dialects), **both places have good food** , both are places where it should be easy for me to obtain residency, as a Spaniard. Wait…Inverness, good food? Don’t get me wrong, I enjoyed my time there, but it is not exactly a gourmet’s paradise. Now Oban, that had a good restaurant culture, but IIRC the best place I ate at in Inverness was a pie-and-chip place. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/94 "2012-04-03T13:45:05Z")
I wasn’t talking about restaurants; I don’t like restaurants. I’ll eat in a restaurant as part and parcel of “going out with people”, but I’d much rather eat at home. So, I was talking about good ingredients to cook at home. Even if I’m eating out, I prefer “home-style” places to gourmet 100:1 - and that may be missing several zeros. ---
**Author:** ![Duke](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e8c25b/32.png) [@Duke](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Duke)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/95 "2012-04-03T13:53:08Z")
Even so, I’m a bit surprised…when I was in Inverness I stayed in a B&B which served home-cooked meals, and I don’t recall them as being particularly memorable. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 3, 2012, 1:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/96 "2012-04-03T13:54:51Z")
Let me try to spell it more slowly… It’s a place where I can find good ingredients in the supermarket to cook the kind of meals I like the way I like them. Unlike other places I’ve enjoyed living in but where I missed many of my preferred varieties. I’m talking about MY home cooking. I’ve lived in many places where I could not cook my own home cooking the way I like it, because the ingredients I wanted or the varieties I’m used to were not available, or were not available at acceptable prices. In Inverness, I can find my kind of peppers, my kind of potatoes, my kind of oranges, my kind of green beans… ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2012, 4:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/98 "2012-06-07T04:23:03Z")
Spam reported. ---
**Author:** ![StusBlues](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/dc4da7/32.png) [@StusBlues](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StusBlues)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 8:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/100 "2019-09-25T20:58:28Z")
Tough to say. I’d like to move to a warmer climate, but I do have some investment in staying close to friends and family here in Nebraska, and most of the warm spots in the US have a culture that I don’t care for. You may look down on Omaha, but at least it’s not Mississippi. And it damn sure isn’t Florida. I would investigate living in Southern California, probably out in the Temecula area, or even further away from the crazy traffic. East Australia is tempting, too, especially Sydney or Brisbane. I might maintain homes in both Omaha and a southern city like Santa Fe. Were I truly stupid rich, I’d probably be travelling a lot anyway. I don’t think I’d like to live in London, but staying there a few weeks a year would be awful tempting. ETA: sorry for feeding the zombies. Ach. ---
**Author:** ![Balthisar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/balthisar/32/2825_2.png) [@Balthisar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balthisar)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 10:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/101 "2019-09-25T22:02:56Z")
I certainly don’t think I’d buy, because I wouldn’t want to settle. ---
**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:** [September 25, 2019, 10:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/102 "2019-09-25T22:17:15Z")
> [@StusBlues](#): > > ETA: sorry for feeding the zombies. Ach. And a Spammer as well. Reported. ---
**Author:** ![panache45](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/panache45/32/64_2.png) [@panache45](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/panache45)\ **Post date:** [September 25, 2019, 10:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077/103 "2019-09-25T22:35:42Z")
We would move back to NYC, where my husband was born and raised, and I lived in or near for 25 years. We would buy an entire brownstone in the West Village, on or near Perry Street. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/lottery-win-where-would-you-live/617077.md?page=6)