If you could live anywhere in the USA?
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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.
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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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.
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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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.
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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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.
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 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.
#36
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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.
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.
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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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.
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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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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