possible stupid question ...

LOOK INTO THE OLYMPIC PENINSULA IN WASHINGTON STATE. YOU MAY FIND ALL YOU ARE LOOKING FOR THERE

 

Holy shahoozis! You are only 30 miles east of me...
(why the heck do you want to be here? LOL)

 

clean air, nice scenery, job market sometimes not so good, but I do think there are areas in the north west that offer a number of advantages.

Just my opinion

 

SeeJay,
I moved from Johnstown,PA to Sevierville,Tn in 1990 and then back to PA in 1999. I miss it. If you get on the outskirts of town where the traffic is light its beautiful, hardly no property taxes. I wish the hell I never moved back to PA. But everything happens for a reason. East Tennessee is the place to be. And winters are fairly mild. You have all four seasons. I miss it. I dont blame you for leaving Florida. I haul sailboats and I love to go the Keys. I couldnt live in Florida with the overcrowding. Thats just me Good Luck with your choice.
Shad

 

Well I would say come to Connecticut to see the seasons change and the beautiful foilage in the fall but the prices here are just as expensive as those your describing. I think the cost of living has gone up everywhere.

 

Exactly!! I couldn't wait to get the hell out! I vist the old man every now and then, but I bailed as soon as I could upon graduating from H.S.

 

I forgot to mention Connecticut taxes the heck out of ya too. Did I mention we're getting a 2nd thunderstorm in the same day? Every day lately it's the thunderstorms.

 

I would vote for somewhere around Albany Oregon. 10-4.

 

If you like lake and i mean lots of lake 12,280 to be exact and 4 full seasons I'd try Minnesota. So lots of fishing, beaches, sking and a few casinos, North you have beautiful woods and nature and plenty of hunting.

 

I have lived in .. I forget.. 18? of the 50 states, and visited each of them.

Choice of place to live? Alaska, hands down.

I love the coastal climate
I love the scenery (that the rest of the pacific states claim they have, but it's not even close)
I love the culture (what California claims to have, but doesn't)
I love the *FRESH* seafood
I love the FRESH venison
I love the fact that virtually nobody else wants to go there. It's not THE place to retire
There are NO snowbirds

Best of all, there are no &#(*&^$^ amusement parks