Where in North America would you rather live?

[marions ghost]

1. The question is NOT where you live now, but where you would RATHER live, if you had the choice. Why?

2. Or are you happy exactly where you are and plan to stay?

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(* if choice is Hawaii--please write-in)

[Abelman]

1. Michigan - Great Lakes areas

Which is upper midwest.

I love Chicago, but would prefer to settle down in the UP of Michigan, Marquette or thereabouts.

[Ron Green]

3. I'd like to live in a forested area on the ocean where I can see whales

from my house.

Oh, wait... i live there already!! I must have chosen this.

[hickman1937]

13. That was my "other" vote.

I live in southeast Michigan, and would love to move to the UP.

[realisticphish]

25. good

move as FAR AWAY from ann arbor as possible :evilgrin:

[hickman1937]

31. Last time I was in Ann Arbor was 72/3.

One of my bf was in the art school. I remember being in the original Borders. It had chairs, people sitting on the floor reading books, and an amazing atmosphere of...I don't know, sanctuary?

[mitchtv]

2. Costa Rica

all things considered Why? beautiful climate, friendly people, fresh fruit fresh flowers , great scenery, (national healthcare, no army)
)everything Hawaii used to have.

[maveric]

30. Central America not North America.

[mitchtv]

46. Central America is definitely part of North America

from Panama, north, all north America( I assumed the whole continent was included in the question)

[bertha katzenengel]

4. The Mid-Atlantic. Chesapeake Bay to be precise. eom

[Zuni]

16. I am with you there bertha!

I love Maryland and have no desire to move any where else.

[bertha katzenengel]

56. Zuni, i grew up in Huntington Beach, CA. I love it and miss it. But

with disgusting greed & over-development at the pier & main street & parts inland, it has turned into a great place to be from. It started when they tore down the Golden Bear, and it's never been the same since.

I moved to Maryland 4 1/2 years ago to be with Mrs. V. I never thought I'd say this, but I don't ever want to live in So. Cal. again. I'd live in the central part of the state, but not HB. It makes me sad, but there it is.

Now: Maryland! I love it. When Mrs. V. retires we'll move to No. AZ, but until then, I am obscenely happy.

:bounce:

[rawtribe]

5. Mexico is part of North America

I wouldn't mind living on the Yucatan Peninsula.

[marions ghost]

7. you are correct

...I was running out of boxes for the poll. Yes Mexico has many great places. No intent to slight Mexico.

[maveric]

42. Tiburon Island is where I want to live.

A fishing community on the Sea of Cortez by Hermosillo. One of my co-workers owns two homes there.

[autorank]

6. "Other" -- The MidAtlantic: MD, DC, NO. VA

[marions ghost]

8. Right, Mid-Atlantic is a distinct region

includes NJ, DE, PA, DC, MD, VA in some divisions...I'm not sure what it is officially.

[vpigrad]

9. Where's the anywhere but Jebus-land option?

I'd be happy even if I was still in the US under Bushie-rule if I could just get away from these Jesus-freaks.

[Zuni]

17. well understood

I love America and no Bush is going to run me out of my home. I will not give that brain dead fuck that power. :patriot:

[DODI]

10. Ile de Orlean , Quebec

[Longgrain]

11. Definitely Hawaii! Dreamed of it for years...

Never been tho, I somehow feel I would find everything I ever wanted there.

[Zuni]

18. Hawaii would be nice

One of the most gorgeous areas an God's green earth

[Longgrain]

22. Tahiti too, I actually like it where I am

in rural New England, but the winters can be a hassle.

Tho sometimes a beautiful hassle.

[Left Is Write]

12. We will move back to Minnesota...

...the minute a suitable opportunity presents itself. And I hope it's sooner rather than later, as housing prices in MN continue to rise at a faster rate than they do here.

[Adelante]

14. Mexico

Where I live :)

[maveric]

29. People tend to forget that Mexico is part of North America.

But it is!

[Adelante]

32. Yes!

:)

[Seabiscuit]

15. I'm a die-hard "left-coaster". California's it.

[free_spirit82]

19. Washington State

I dream about moving to Washington State, somewhere around the Bellingham area.....Whidbey Island perhaps, somewhere near the coast at the very least.

[SarahB]

20. I like the Northeast for the most part.

Maybe someday I might southern Vermont perhaps instead of CT. If not the northeast, I'd probably like to live someplace like New Mexico. It's warm and dry and it could be quiet and I have heard some places are pretty progressive.

[ikojo]

21. I chose Pacific Coast because San Francisco or the bay area

was not an option. Since I would never be able to afford SF I would settle for anywhere near there.

[adwon]

23. NC or the west coast of Mexico

I'm not in NC right now, but that's home.

I hear western Mexico is just beautiful and a great place to live. I'd love to go visit and see for myself.

[marions ghost]

26. seems like in this poll...

I should've included Mexico and let Alaska be a write-in. I didn't realize there would be so many for Mexico. But I see the attraction.

[Maddy McCall]

24. What's Texas?

:shrug:

[marions ghost]

27. Lower midwest

Was hoping that might work, since Texas is not southwest nor southeast. But maybe that's confusing--thanks.

[Adelante]

33. Huh

I always thought Texas was southwest. Learn something every day. This is a nice poll. Thanks. :D

[marions ghost]

41. well it's fuzzy...

Texas is a category of its own, really--more like the South in many ways, but then geographically western. It was hard to fit all the regions in.

[HEyHEY]

28. Well, I love where I live, but Vanocuver is where I want to "end up"

Until then though, I'd love to live in Boston or NYC

[trof]

34. A former bordello in New Orleans.

Which I have tastefully yuppified, modernized, and redecorated. It would have an interesting and well documented history with photo albums from the bordello times. Prominent local and national politicians, judges, musicians, and movie stars (male and female) of the day would be featured.

The master bedroom would be on the ground floor. The bedframe would be the one used by the former madam, reconstructed to accomodate a king sized, adjustable air bed. There would be a balcony on the second floor. It would be on the route of ONE Mardi Gras parade, but no more.

It would be powered by solar panels. It would have a professional kitchen. It would have a fountain, a fireplace and barbecue grill, an outdoor bathroom, and a lap pool in the interior courtyard. There would be a small clump of banana trees and a jasmine covered pergola.

It would be somewhere in the quarter or on the fringe. It would be within a block of a good bar, a good restaurant, and a good grocery. There would be a streetcar stop in front. I would not own a car. Maybe a bicycle.
No, better yet an adult 2-seater tricycle or quadricycle with a cargo trailer.

[Maddy McCall]

36. Cool! Just let me know when you want me to move in.

;-)

[trof]

39. A commune! Cool! But strictly platonic ya unnerstan.

That's one of Miz t.'s rules.
;-)

[Maddy McCall]

40. Of course!

You can just hire me to clean, and to nanny if you plan on procreating. :-) You guys won't have to worry about a thing! :-)

[trof]

44. We are beyond procreating.

Miz t. doesn't have the "bits" any more anyway.
;-)
Can you cook?
For the nights we say "the hell with it"?

[marions ghost]

49. LOL --this is such a specific fantasy

I think you might actually DO this...if not, write novels about this place.

[Lady Effingbroke]

35. the UK.

Good beer. :beer:

[tjwmason]

57. We're only part of N. America politically

Thanks to poodle-boy's adoration of King George.

You're still welcome over here, there's plenty of pints to be drunk after all. :beer:

[terrya]

37. With luck, if I have anything to do with it, I will be living in Canada.

I know, I've said it before here. But I can't imagine living here all that much longer. I need to be with Doug 24/7....instead of now needing a fucking passport to be with him.

[Reverend_Smitty]

38. Northeast...

I currently live here and I'm quite happy. The only thing I would change is moving from NJ to New England, possibly Mass. I will never leave the east coast

[RetroLounge]

43. Wisconsin is fine.

But I could handle Michigan or Minnesota in a pinch...

RL

[marions ghost]

45. Interesting poll results

The Northwest and Canada have been running neck-in-neck all along...and are now way in front, but nobody wants to go as far north as Alaska.

[Blue_In_AK]

47. I'm in Alaska, and I wouldn't live anywhere else

with the possible exception of the west coast north of Santa Barbara.

[marions ghost]

48. what's the main attraction

of Alaska for you...just curious. The landscape is beautiful but I wonder beyond that, what is it about Alaska?

[Blue_In_AK]

55. Well, yes, it's beautiful, it's vast, it's wild...

There's a lot of country, and only a few people ... not that I'm a hermit, but I just like a lot of space around me. The people who live here are cool, even though this is a red state. There's kind of an independent spirit or something, a sense of freedom that you don't really feel so much down south. I like that there aren't fences everywhere. I live in Anchorage, which is a city, of course, so we have the conveniences, but in just a matter of minutes you can be in the wilderness. I may be weird but I like the way we have a lot of light in the summer and a lot of dark in the winter. And did I mention that it's just absolutely gorgeous here?

[the Princess]

50. I have a couple of places I love

#1 - Philadelphia

#2 - The Jersey Shore

#3 - Texas Hill country

#4 - Arizona

#5 - Southern New Mexico

I'd take any of these choices over Colorado.

[Wapsie B]

51. Louisiana has a special spot in my heart.

I fell in love with the Big Easy when I was down there. Other than that various places along the Gulf Coast would be good. Besides I want to be part of that liberal migration that breaks up the power of the red menace down south.

[Nicole]

52. Lower Midwest

is where I will stay.

I like our mild winters, wide open spaces & lower cost of living.

I damn sure will not let some repukes run me off.

[shanti]

53. jamaica

i think that's in north america?

[Jamastiene]

54. Move, because NC is a great place to be from

about a thousand miles from that is. As soon as I get some education behind me and some money saved up, I'm outta here. Sooner if by a long shot Easley gets the lottery in here in NC and I happen to win it. Okay, that's dreaming, but in the words of Mink Deville, "let me dream if I wanna". I have a short list of possible places I'd like to live instead of NC. San Francisco, Seattle, NYC, Las Vegas, and Los Angeles are some of my main ideas right now. I'm leaning toward either San Fran or Seattle right now. No, literally, I mean it, I'm leaning west as I type this. :P

Seriously, though I'm leaning toward one of those two, simply from experiences with people from those two areas so far and the good p.r. the cities have put out. They are like a beacon to me.