Barbo wrote:In all honesty-I realize this is going to get shot down immediately-you should move to Gainesville, FL. .....

The winters are fantastic (high today of 72 and partly cloudy) although the summers can be a bit humid.

don't let him fool you; you know by "a bit humid" jon means as humid as humid can get on top of insanely hot, and once it cools down at night the heat is replaced with mosquitoes. but aside from that gainesville really is a nice place to live. kind of peaceful with just enough culture to not feel like you're stranded in a hick town.

simmo wrote:

B_M_L wrote:I've only been to Vancouver once but I though it was the worst place I have ever been to.

Mate, you live in England! Have you never been to Milton Keynes? Staines? Anywhere on the A1 corridor? Coventry? Nuneaton? NUNEATON FOR GOD'S SAKE?

I refuse to believe Vancouver is the worst place you've ever been to.

It just seemed really really dull. The city itself is new and shiny and modern, and it’s clean, and everyone is healthy of course – but there must be more to city life than that. For a big city there seemed to be very little cultural life. The bars were crap. The weather is shit. And everyone is a tofu eating yoga going health nut… and the first thing they’ll want to talk to you about is how great Vancouver is and when are you moving there.

Marsupialized wrote:

steve wrote:We have spoken about Alaska, and while it would make training for the Iditarod more convenient, and you could grow a marijuana bush without care, I can't think of much more to recommend it unless you take up big game hunting with a passion.

So that's what's in Alaska...

busbus wrote:Weed and easy access to nature?

There are a thousand places where you can get both these things.

Florida... hurricanes... Florida... hurricanes... hrm.

Wherever you move, I'd recommend making sure it's nowhere near an ocean, cause that's where everybody's gonna be dying in droves in the coming decades with all the environmental yadda yadda.

Or, y'know, don't even think about that kinda stuff.

And one final irritation about Vancouver – They all go on about how they LOVE coffee and it’s a big coffee culture…

1. Having a thousand Starbucks shops does not make you a coffee loving city. It make’s you stupid.
2. A soy-lite decaffee frapacino is not coffee.

B_M_L wrote:And one final irritation about Vancouver – They all go on about how they LOVE coffee and it’s a big coffee culture…

1. Having a thousand Starbucks shops does not make you a coffee loving city. It make’s you stupid.
2. A soy-lite decaffee frapacino is not coffee.

Did someone sell you a bag of shake?

I didn't drink one cup of coffee when I was there, lots of sake but no coffee

busbus wrote:

B_M_L wrote:And one final irritation about Vancouver – They all go on about how they LOVE coffee and it’s a big coffee culture…

1. Having a thousand Starbucks shops does not make you a coffee loving city. It make’s you stupid.
2. A soy-lite decaffee frapacino is not coffee.

Did someone sell you a bag of shake?

LOL out loud!

tmidgett wrote:But my second choice city in the US is Austin, TX. If you didn't leave Austin, TX and go very far into the rest of TX, it might fit the bill in most respects.

Yeah, but if you wanted a little more isolation while still maintaining proximity to Austin, I'd suggest the surrounding hill country (some place like Boerne, TX maybe?). Then you're close to Austin and San Antonio and have plenty of "leave me the fuck alone" space (Austin is getting pretty goddamn crowded).