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Old May 23rd 2015, 12:35 am
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I've been in North Carolina for exactly a year, although my job takes me all over America. I love coming back to Charlotte though, just about perfect here!
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Old May 23rd 2015, 1:41 am
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I'm pretty happy in Colorado. Though every other bugger keeps on moving here.

I also like the idea of the northern left coast, Washington, Oregon. If I could do anything I liked I'd open a lavender farm with a tavern on the Olympic peninsula.
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Old May 23rd 2015, 4:39 am
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I like it here in Maryland just outside Washington DC. We get 4 real seasons. There is something for everyone. We have mountains to the west, ocean and good beaches to the east and have interesting cities nearby e.g. Washington DC, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and New York.

If I had to go somewhere else in the US, it would probably be somewhere in New England or in the Pacific North West. Least likely would be anywhere else in 'The South' (with maybe the exception of Florida). Maryland is technically in 'The South' (just about) according to the US Census Bureau but I don't really consider it to be.
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Originally Posted by MarylandNed
I like it here in Maryland just outside Washington DC. We get 4 real seasons. There is something for everyone. We have mountains to the west, ocean and good beaches to the east and have interesting cities nearby e.g. Washington DC, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and New York.

If I had to go somewhere else in the US, it would probably be somewhere in New England or in the Pacific North West. Least likely would be anywhere else in 'The South' (with maybe the exception of Florida). Maryland is technically in 'The South' (just about) according to the US Census Bureau but I don't really consider it to be.
Maryland is where the 'south' peters out.
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Originally Posted by MarylandNed
I like it here in Maryland just outside Washington DC. We get 4 real seasons. There is something for everyone. We have mountains to the west, ocean and good beaches to the east and have interesting cities nearby e.g. Washington DC, Baltimore, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, and New York.

If I had to go somewhere else in the US, it would probably be somewhere in New England or in the Pacific North West. Least likely would be anywhere else in 'The South' (with maybe the exception of Florida). Maryland is technically in 'The South' (just about) according to the US Census Bureau but I don't really consider it to be.
We are also in Maryland. I fought tooth and nail against relocating from the CA Bay Area but actually quite like it here. Only downsides are the mosquitos in the summer, crap skiing and nasty winters. But the upsides more than make up for it.

We live on the water, which doesn't really happen in the Bay Area (unless you are in Belvedere or Tiburon which would cost two digit millions), have a community where people are friendly, happy and sociable (I felt that in CA people are too busy working to pay for their tear down $1m house), four seasons, good seafood and places to eat, easier trips back to the motherland, culture and big cities nearby.

There is a chance that we might move back to CA (aaargghhh) after just 2 years here and I'm, again, fighting against a relocation.
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For a small city with a decent vibe, Portsmouth, NH or Portland, ME.

Belfast, ME for another small city if you're into being on the coast.

Northampton, MA for a nice, hippy town that's good to cycle around but so are a lot of the towns around there. Winters suck though.

Plenty of nice, small towns in NH that are on mountains, if that's your thing.
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Are they not a long way from North Carolina?
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Places I would consider living:

Wyoming
Montana
Colorado
New Mexico (duh)
Nevada
Washington state
Oregon
Minnesota
Vermont
Maine

I'm a western girl at heart, with a soft spot for rural New England and the Upper Midwest. Not interested in the mid-Atlantic or the South at all.
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Originally Posted by Rose tea
..... Not interested in the mid-Atlantic or the South at all.
Good, it's hë11 down here.
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Originally Posted by Pulaski
Good, it's hë11 down here.
You probably have more infrastructure than we do though
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Default Re: If you could live anywhere in the USA?

Originally Posted by Pulaski
Good, it's hë11 down here.
Hell's in Michigan, as far as I know ...

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Hell's in Michigan, as far as I know. ....
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I just spent a long weekend visiting family in Key West. It was a pretty cool place and lifestyle (if you can afford it) but I could not live there.

I have pretty much spent my adult life thus far living in Big Cities (London and now NYC - Manhattan). Starting to want to get some space but not quite ready to give up the city lights just yet. Looking at North Carolina it looks pretty awesome but my likely permanent location will end up back in Northern Ireland.
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Old May 27th 2015, 5:38 pm
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So my company aren't prepared to let me work remotely so it looks like California it is. I've sent some feelers out about a couple of jobs in RTP, North Carolina though in the meantime while I wait for my EAD to process.
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So my company aren't prepared to let me work remotely so it looks like California it is. I've sent some feelers out about a couple of jobs in RTP, North Carolina though in the meantime while I wait for my EAD to process.
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