If you were to move out of the state you currently live

[Lost-in-FL]

which state would you choose?

[eallen]

1. Washington

:hippie:

[CelticWinter]

2. Vermont

[skids]

18. Yup. Have had it with assholes all around...

...though the particular place where I am has a low-asshole quotient, comparative to the rest of the state.

[CelticWinter]

24. I live in a blue state

BUT I live in red central lol.

[skids]

42. So do I. Just cause they are dems...

...doesn't mean they can't be assinine. At least in VT there are less of them.

[stepnw1f]

145. Yes, Yes, Yes

or Washington....

[NashVegas]

147. If You Don't Ski and You're Not an Alcoholic

Vermont can be a tough place to live. Average town polulation size is maybe 1k-5k. And best plan on being self-employed if you want to make a good income.

[WindRavenX]

3. New York

But I'll probably be moving to Utah next year...lol

[BlueJazz]

4. Any Good "Blue" one

[OhioChick]

21. Ditto n/t

[Lost-in-FL]

23. What sucks is that Blue states are sooo expensive

at least that is what I heard. But I would not mind as long as there's better services and more chances for great education.

[hack89]

79. There is some truth to what you say...

I live in Rhode Island - blue and expensive. But very beautiful.

[lutefisk]

89. It works that way within states and cities, too. Wonder why?

In Wisconsin, for example, wildy blue Madison is very expensive (housing), while the red parts of the state (most of the state) are very affordable. Even within Madison, the "bluer" parts of town are substantially more expensive than the areas where Bush's approval rating gets above 5% (I'm just guessing about the percent).

[Tesha]

149. Uhh, because "red places suck"? (NT)

[Warren DeMontague]

5. Oregon.

Fo' Sho'.

[midnight]

11. What is a good community for artists?

I have been wanting to make a trip to Oregon for their beautiful pine trees.

[Warren DeMontague]

14. I don't know, really. Although I've heard good things about Bend.

Also, Portland Area.

Only time I've ever been up there was years ago, to Eugene. It was beautiful. Very, very green.

[midnight]

30. Thanks impeachdubya, and scarletwomen.

I will have some names of cities and locations to research. I need a little road trip.

[Blue Belle]

39. The Oregon Coast is great for artists too...

plus... it's beautiful.

[progressivebydesign]

107. Personally, I love Yachats on the coast for artistic places.! n/t

[Blue Belle]

152. You should really check out Pacific City sometime.

They have an "art Walk" every Thursday evening during the summer that hits all the galleries (At least they did when I lived there). It's a very fun little town.

[crim son]

86. Oregon is where I'd go.

Definitely the Portland area. I lived there for several years as a teenager, until I finished college. I'd move there tomorrow if my kids didn't love their friends and school where we are now.

[scarletwoman]

16. Ashland Oregon, at least for theater. But I think it's pretty artsy

in general. Southern Oregon is gorgeous, from the northern rim of the Colestine Valley you can see Mount Shasta. It's close to Northern California and the beautiful Trinity National Forest.

sw

[Blue Belle]

38. You don't come to Oregon for the pine trees...

You come for the fir trees... and the wine. :)

[Lost-in-FL]

56. MMMMmmm!!! WINE!!!!

Me loves wine!!

[lumpy]

47. Douglas fir trees.

Oregon is a great state. My choice. Weather's better than Washington's. Friendly people. Places in Califronia are great, but real estate is sky high everywhere.

[BlackVelvet04]

131. Tubac, Arizona

is a great little artist community.

[Protagoras]

41. Live in Oregon now and can't imaging leaving for anywhere else

in the states. Victoria, NZ, or Ireland are the next closest places I'd (I'm) consider(ing).

I like green (well Blue with lots of vegetation)

[Hippo_Tron]

76. You mean Idaho's Portugal

[Redneck Socialist]

6. Montana n/t

[cali]

7. I can't imagine

any state I'd prefer to Vermont. There are lots of beautiful places, but this state suits me.

[Coyote_Bandit]

8. Any other state would be an improvement

I live in (J)Oklahoma.

[blueknight]

9. i live in kentucky

have all my life, and it is beautiful.but, if i move, it will be to california

[Greyhound]

104. I always liked Kentucky when I worked there, especially the Lexington

Versailles area. I've always hesitated to make a move there because of the dramatic two tiered society I saw. I'm not sure if that is reality, but I have been there several times over the years, and that's what I saw.

[stevedeshazer]

10. Confusion

My current state is Poverty.

[Cleita]

12. Northern Idaho or western Montana. n/t

[davsand]

63. I kinda like Montana too, Cleita.

Some areas of Montana are conservative, others are not, and I deal with that now here in Illinois anyway.

Frankly, if I ever leave Illinois it would probably be for someplace in the Canadian Rockies.

Not that I would.

It isn't like I've ever considered it.

It probably would never happen...


Laura

[Cleita]

64. They are very conservative there as well, but I like

it because the wilderness hasn't been destroyed yet. Idaho has beautiful lakes set in the forests. They actually need more liberals there before the conservatives completely destroy it with the clear cutting and pollution of streams and lakes. They have already ruined Flathead lake in Montana with development as well.

I can't live up there anymore, but when I did I just put up with the conservatives. There was more at stake than worrying about a bunch of ignorant freepers, who incidentally know what's going on but feel powerless to stop the degradation of the land. I hope more environmentalists take up the challenge of moving in to reverse the trend of systematic destruction in what is IMHO one of the most beautiful places still left on this planet.

[eppur_se_muova]

13. "IF" ?!? I AM! I'm getting out of OHIO!

:bounce: Any blue state would be fine with me. I spent several years in PA
:bounce: (Pittsburgh) and liked the area. I naively thought that west PA and
:bounce: east OH had enough in common that I wouldn't mind moving to
:bounce: OH. But ... OH has much "redder" politics. And I ended up in the
:bounce: far NW of OH ... I'm willing to swear that things must get worse
:bounce: as you move either north or west across OH. I spent a summer
:bounce: working in Columbus and mostly liked it. Could get by without a
:bounce: car and still visit interesting places, at least where I was staying.
:bounce: But Toledo ... ick. This area used to be known as the "Great Black
:bounce: Swamp". It could have stayed that way, for all I care.

[OhioChick]

19. Quit bragging!

:)

[adigal]

150. New York - Saratoga Springs area is beautiful

Saratoga itself is expensive, but smaller towns in the area are more reasonable. Lots of culture, 1/2 hour from Albany, NY, Saratoga is a great small city, the track in August, the Adirondacks and Lake George 1/2 hour north. Wonderful life up here!

[barb162]

15. Oregon or Washingon

[TahitiNut]

17. California, California, California, California, California (d'uh!)

Bay Area ... without a doubt

[Lost-in-FL]

20. Are you concerned about earthquakes?

earthquakes :scared: :scared: :scared:

[TahitiNut]

29. Nope. Lived there for 15 years. Rode Loma Prieta.

I'll take a 7.0 earthquake every 15-20 years instead of snow, ice, windstorms, falling trees, and the other crap that comes every winter here. Besides that, we've had 2 lightening stikes in this single block in the last 3 years. (They don't bug me as much, though.) I miss the people of the Bay Area most.

[lumpy]

49. I see you previously lived in Los Gatos ;

quite different from Minn. Los Gatos area is lovely but growing up and out. Had many great times riding in the hills. Ah, those balmy velvet California summer nights....

[goclark]

66. I'm with you TahitiNUT! I love California with all my heart

I've lived in the South, East and Mid West and I'll take the magic of California any day of the week.

[Hekate]

53. Let's see: tornados and hurricanes EVERY year vs. big quakes every 50 yrs.

Tough choice. :hi:

There's no place on the planet that's completely safe from Mother Nature. You just try to plan wisely, and then cross your fingers.

BTW, if I had to go to another state, it would be Portland, Oregon. The cost of living there is still better than where I am now.

Hekate

[hfojvt]

46. Not me. I'd be ABC

Anywhere but California. But probably some northern parts would suit me even there, like Yreka or Corning. Even Ridgecrest in the south, might be far enough away from LA. Jersey looks a little bit more problematic - hard to get away from a huge metro area.

[B Calm]

22. Since I like to fish, I'd have to pick Northern Minnesota..

[wickerwoman]

26. Me too!

I don't fish but the last time I drove cross-country northern Minnesota struck me as one of the few non-coastal places I'd live in the U.S. If only the winters weren't so punishing...

[Greybnk48]

44. I like the cold and I like being around beautiful lakes

so if we ever left Wisconsin, I would move to Minnesota. My daughter just graduated from the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and we came to love it there. I'm originally from Pennsylvania and I love it there too, but just too many people there for me now. I've also become "mid-westernized" and appreciate "Minnesota Nice" so it would be an easy move (except I could never root for the Vikings, it would still be Packers all the way, win or lose)!

[SeattleGirl]

25. Oregon

[theHandpuppet]

27. You mean if money were no object?

New England, please. Anywhere in New England would do, but Vermont, New Hampshire or Maine sound especially nice. How about a nice house in Bar Harbor, Maine? Can I have one, please?

[windbreeze]

40. It's gotta be.....

New Hampshire...with a state motto that says....

"Live free or die"...that's the place for me...and I was there in January, when the temp was ahhhhh, -16...-20...but it was beautiful with all the snow...
windbreeze

[progressivebydesign]

108. "live, freeze, and die"... sorry.. -16?? ack!

New Hampshire looks so wonderful, just don't know if I could that sub-zero cold thing!

[RB TexLa]

28. Miami, Brooklyn or San Francisco n/t

[Nicole]

31. Arkansas

I'm in Oklahoma now. Arkansas is near enough so that the climate & cost of living is close to what I'm accustomed to. Plus I would still be close to family in Oklahoma & Texas.

[aint_no_life_nowhere]

102. I used to live in northwest Arkansas in the mid 1960s

The Ozark region was gorgeous, with some of the most spectacular natural scenery I have ever enjoyed (and I've lived all over the U.S.). But now, with all the development and growth, it's been completely ruined forever. Sadly, I think that's the case with much of the United States.

[Nicole]

105. I love the Ozark region

Parts of it is still beautiful, at least to me. I live on the open plains in Oklahoma so any place with lots of trees & hills is a nice change of scenery.

[DiverDave]

32. Back home, OREGON

I hate this humidity.
Cant eat the fish, cant drive anywhere that there aren't a million other cars...did I mention the god damned humidity?

I want to hike into a high lake, camp and fish for a week, and not see 1 other person.
Man, I miss Oregon

[misanthrope]

34. Where are you now?**nm

**

[DiverDave]

67. Delaware

eom

[misanthrope]

75. Though I've never been to Delaware...

...if you've ever been to the Gulf Coast, you'll know I can relate to any grievance with humidity.

[PoplarForest3]

112. I spent many a summer working in Biloxi, MS

and in the days before sunscreen. I would start landscaping jobs at sunrise just to try and beat part of the heat and humidity!

[misanthrope]

33. Washington or Oregon...

...I've heard lots of good things about Portland OR over the last couple of years. Well, everything was good except for the lack of jobs there.

[Sapphocrat]

35. Leave? Leave California?

Why would I ever want to leave California (assuming I hadn't been sentenced to some hellhole like Yuba City)?

OK, if I had to move (and I wasn't already on my way to Australia), the choice would be easy: Hawaii.

[kineneb]

80. exactly

After California, comes Europe- probably Germany or Belgium. Why leave paradise? Even though we have earthquakes, fires and floods, no place is perfectly safe. Not planning on leaving anytime soon.

Happy California Native.

[Sapphocrat]

93. Pssst, kineneb...

When out-of-staters call us crazy for living with the threat of earthquakes, I just remind them there's no such thing as an earthquake season every year -- unlike tornado season, monsoon season, typhoon season... ;)

(I can't remember the last earthquake I actually felt in the past decade.)

[kineneb]

103. yup

just call it "interactive geology"

I was in the Bay Area during Loma Prieta and did feel it. Now we live on the shore of an extinct volcanic caldera (Clear Lake) and across the lake from a small volcano. So big deal.

[DavidDvorkin]

36. Not just another state

British Columbia

[Blue Belle]

37. New York... or DC...

just because I'm considering grad schools there. Otherwise, I'm happy to live in Oregon. :)

[johnaries]

43. The Carribean. If I moved, I wouldn't stay in the US -

although I may change my mind after Nov 2008.

[blue agave]

45. Just got back from NorCal coast -

I met someone from Denver who was on their way back from Alaska. They were expecting to be wowed by 49, but claimed to have enjoyed BC a lot more.

Fwiw: I think the southern Oregon coast deserves a closer look. Anyone familiar with the Brookings area ?

[progressivebydesign]

110. Just got back from an Oregon Coast trip.

Brookings is a bit different than the rest of Oregon coast. As you get further south, of say.. Florence, it looks more California coastish. Brookings may be part of the "banana belt" on the coast, with less rain. The Oregon coast is the prettiest coast on the west coast, hands down. And I've been from San Diego up to B.C. on the coast. Winters are rugged on most of the oregon coast, but the southern end has a few odd spots with little rain. Many places are very artsy. Brookings, I think , is a big retirement area. Some places, like Coos Bay are very conservative, lots of logging industry workers and former workers. I love Yachats above Florence.

[Habibi]

48. A state close to the Canadian border

[nealmhughes]

50. British Columbia. That's a state isn't it?

[theHandpuppet]

59. You ARE kidding, right?

At least I hope so.

[Broken_Hero]

51. Back home, to Alaska...:)

I miss the ocean badly!...and the moderate temps...:)

[proud2BlibKansan]

68. Oh man how can you stand hillbilly country?

I would want to go back to Alaska too. LOL

[Broken_Hero]

70. especially with this damn heat

wave, and lack of rain...my hometown gets on average 160-200 inches a rain a year...I never thought I would miss the rain, but I do...:)

[proud2BlibKansan]

71. We are in a drought

that has lasted for about 10 years.

But the humidity is horrid after it rains. So it is more comfortable to have a dry summer.

[Broken_Hero]

72. we have been in one in sw missouri

since may/april of last year...we are way below average on rain fall. Its hurting the cattle farmers here, primarily because the hay isn't growing well, and the cattle ranchers aer forced to buy hay, at high prices.

[BooScout]

52. Spain.....

But I don't live in a state anyway so if I had to move it would be to another country.

[Selatius]

74. Barcelona? Madrid? n/t

[BooScout]

96. Catalonia area n/t

[WinkyDink]

54. I live in PA.; no extreme weather, earthquakes, mud-slides, tornados,

and only the occasional flood in my region. Why move?!

But to play here: I'd choose Maine. Love the shoreline, lobster, antiquing, and general atmosphere.

[PADemD]

60. I agree, Pennsylvania is a great place to live

But my second choice would be Virginia. Beautiful country, with mountains and shore...and better roads than Pennsylvania.

[Violet_Crumble]

55. Queensland!

I guess you were asking this question of Americans, but I thought I'd throw in my 0.02 cents worth :)

[Cookie wookie]

116. Can we come there too? n/t

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

57. Moved from Oregon to Washington. Back to Oregon..if I had to.

Moved from Los Angeles to Oregon 25 years ago. Have never looked back (tho' I do miss the Eucalyptus trees and mockingbirds). Loved Oregon, but like Washington even more.

[BeTheChange]

58. Washington rocks...

Ive lived in NY, VA, FL, CA, & TX and by far I like WA the best and am never leaving :) I hate the heat CA and TX.. and Im not fan of how CA turns so damn brown either.

[progressivebydesign]

111. That's what got me out of California is the first place..

just couldn't deal with the heat that overcomes you just 10 miles inland from the ocean. And it's like brown 9 months out of the year! I love Washington, where I am now, because it's so clean and green all the time.

[ThomWV]

61. If You Live In West Virginia Where Else Could You Possibly Go?

If they come for us here you all will have all ready been taken care of.

[blonndee]

62. Goodbye, Oklahoma! New Mexico, here I come!

I can't wait till spring!

[JNelson6563]

65. Vermont

Reminds me the most of where I am now.

[guinivere]

69. Northern Minnesota

Beautiful countryside, friendly people.

[Selatius]

73. None, I'd leave the country.

I'm just being snarky.

Right now, it looks like Orlando, Florida is where I'm heading. It's for employment-related reasons.

[Lost-in-FL]

123. AAAAHHH!!! DON'T DO IT!!!!!!

This city is horrible (not related to beauty). This place is BORING!!

You won't be able to find a half decent house for less than $250,000.

This city has the worse school system. (A) grade schools are normally around rich neighborhoods so if you are like most around here with the economy sustained by low paying jobs, your kids are in trouble. Freepers blame the poor school system to the amount of hispanic kids in the city but no money goes to schools. Some schools are like educational "trailer parks". Since there aren't many schools, the state was forced to build schools using "trailers".

You can only visit Disney and Universal Studios for so many times. After that, there's nothing! Unless of course you like Golf.

Traffic is bad, drivers are worse. Long commutes. Most apartment buildings are being sold as CONDOS as a way to drive the poor out of the city since they won't be able to find a place to live.

Crime is VERY high but you won't hear that in the news. You know, they want to keep people coming to FL for their vacations.

It is a "Right to Work" state.


Good things about IOrlando: Golf, weather (when there's not hurricanes) it is still Democrat (DINOcrat, not good... but could be worse).

[calico1]

77. Vermont. nt/

[union_maid]

78. VT, Western MA or PA

I'd love to live in the Berkshires, but that's not a very practical idea. Vermont is my idea of a great state, but it's probably gotten too expensive and I'm not sure I'd be up to the winter that far north. Probably PA.

[zippy890]

114. I grew up in western MA, the beautiful Berkshires

and that is where I am going back to, eventually.

Vermont is beautiful, fiercely progressively independant. I'm used to cold new england winters, live near boston now.

slower pace of life out in the rural areas would suit me- western MA - VERY democratic.

[babydollhead]

151. Pittsburgh

post-plunder, ain't nowhere to go but up.

[LWolf]

81. I did that last year.

CA to OR.

I don't know where I'd go if I moved out of this state. I love the west. That leaves Washington or Canada.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

82. Washington State...

Somewhere up in the mountains near the coast. Or maybe some place with a really awesome public transportation system.
Duckie

[Fountain79]

83. Sanity...n/t

[smirkymonkey]

84. I live in NY.

Can't imagine living anywhere else in the states, I would prefer to live in Europe if I ever left NYC.

If I absolutely HAD to, I would probably go to Boston, MA, Portland, ME, Providence RI, Portsmouth, NH or Burlington, VT

[Fountain79]

85. What not.... Missourah? n/t

[smirkymonkey]

88. Oh, yeah, well of course Missourah!

That just goes without saying. ;)

[Fountain79]

92. Thanks for typing my state name correctly...

yankee!

[smirkymonkey]

94. No problem, redneck!

[Fountain79]

97. Half redneck actually...

...half mexican. Both sides like to drink a lot of beer.

[MrBenchley]

87. Wisconsin, up by LaCrosse

Pretty country, nice folks....

[catmandu57]

90. North Central New Mexico

It's blue in the north, but more for the weather and scenery.

[phylny]

91. Virginia

I lived there before and would love to move back. Even in Northern Virginia, where we were, people were more polite and I enjoyed the way of life.

[catmother]

95. san diego, california if i could afford it.

[Cookie wookie]

115. San Diego dreaming

lived there from 72 - 92. Miss miss miss miss.

But, expensive and hard to find good paying jobs.

[catmother]

117. the house i live in now would cost me $3-4 million in san diego.

i do love phoenix just not in the summer. lol

[Cookie wookie]

120. Yeah, know what you mean. I was looking at jobs

and real estate just to see if there might be anything ..... a rotten old shack is over 2x what I am paying for nice place here, but there is one little drawback:

living in Georgia (which BTW feels like living on the sun right now)!

[catmother]

121. i say phoenix in the summer is like living in a large convection

oven. lol

[RagingInMiami]

98. New York or California

Or some other country altogether.

[hyphenate]

99. Canada eom

[Lost-in-FL]

124. Been there...

no thanks. I was in Quebec and people was pretty rude. My hubby was raised there and he won't move back. He said maybe to BC or Vancouver but definitely not Quebec.

[hyphenate]

136. I've got family

in Ontario, Newfoundland and Nova Scotia. I won't have any problem. :)

[dannofoot]

100. Hawaii. The Big Island.

In a heartbeat.

Hilo...Kona...Hawi, I don't care whether it's the wet side or dry side.

Diving. Snorkeling. Fishing. Ahi poke, anyone?

[EFerrari]

101. Oaxaca.

:hi:

[Swamp Rat]

129. Quisiera conocer Oaxaca

:hi:

[Lost-in-FL]

130. I heard the food is great!

I'll love to go some day. I have been to Mexico several times but never to Oaxaca. Maybe in the future.

[progressivebydesign]

106. Interesting. I'm a lifelong Californian who moved to Washington..

3 years ago. It's really lovely here, the weather is great, the people are friendly. Lots to do, and I can't get over how green it is! Having said that... I am starting to miss the unique California-ness of where I lived... Grew up in Pasadena (love it without the heat, though), and moved to the beaches as soon as I was out of high school. Lived in the coast for years and years, moving progressively north until I stopped in San Luis Obispo County. There is a certain vibe that California has, that you can't really capture elsewhere. Just as the Pacific Northwest has its own vibe, Florida, South Carolina, Texas, etc. Sometimes it's the nuances...

[MrSlayer]

109. Florida.

I'm a big fan of the Sunshine state despite the insanity that goes on there.

[Lost-in-FL]

125. .

:puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke: :puke:


:hi: No offense. I just don't like it here. Can you tell?

[MrSlayer]

134. I'm not offended.

I may well hate it too if I lived there. I just like it when I'm there. I'll be down again in two weeks.

[Lost-in-FL]

135. It is great for vacation

but then when you finally live here that is when you find things aren't the same.

[MrSlayer]

139. Yes, perhaps I'll keep my illusions.

I'm not going anywhere anyway unless I hit the lottery.

[Hobo]

113. easy one

new mexico


- Hobo

[lutefisk]

118. Texas, probably Crawford... I'd raise pigs, maybe?

There will likely be a pig farm up for sale there in January 2007.

If not there (and probably not, now that I think about it), somewhere in a politically and socially progressive part of the West- Washington, Oregon, California, depending on cost of living, etc. One thing is for sure: I am not living in a Republican/conservative area ever again. It really sucks!

[JerseygirlCT]

119. Back to NJ

I'm a northeasterner... and I miss my beaches!

[Joe Fields]

122. Northern California

[tyedyeto]

126. Back to Northern California

Where I lived for most of my life. My kids and new grandbaby live there. I'd move back to be closer to them.

[KoKo]

127. I don't know...but if DU'ers reach a consensus and it's "Farmable" with

room for "Creative Arts" then please post....because many of us are desperate out here for "sustainable/creative" lifestyles that will fit with the New REALITY! And, being sort of "snobby" I'm not looking for a Commune from the 60/70's Model here...but someplace that has folks who might like to do "Ohhhhhmmmm's" but also have other interests.

[Swamp Rat]

128. Rio Grande do Norte ou Maranhão

[BlackVelvet04]

132. If I could afford to live in any state it would be

New Mexico or Arizona. Probably New Mexico since I've already lived in Arizona.

[blonndee]

138. New Mexico is pretty affordable.

Depending on what you do, I suppose. Of course, the salaries are--for the most part--lower along with the cost of living, but if you save up a little before moving you could do well buying property. Housing costs are high in Santa Fe and going up in Las Cruces, but are still very low compared to lots of places.

I love my home state and can't wait to get back there next year.

[LeftyMom]

133. Florida

I have a good enough reason to override the shitty weather and leadership by the clinically insane, though I would miss California a whole hell of a lot.

[BreweryYardRat]

137. Washington or Oregon.

I need a cool climate.

[NMMNG]

140. If I had the money, probably CA

If not, maybe NV or NM. It would have to be somewhere warm the bulk of the year--I can't stand the cold weather any more.

[foreverdem]

141. Pennsylvania

I live in NYC, but grew up in PA, and would love to move back. The pace suits me better. NY is where I live, but PA will always be home.

[marions ghost]

142. I dont live in a particularly desirable state

re. politics but I can't think of anywhere better to move to. Every state has its pluses and minuses. I've lived in or visited many of them. There's no Nirvana anywhere that I can see. I have noticed that areas that seem to be 'progressive' on the surface are often not as progressive as I would like them to be. There are still the same cliques of conservatives and people with no vision running everything that matters.

If you can't go where you think is better, create what you want where you are. This whole country Needs Work.

[Lost-in-FL]

153. Great points

Thanks! :hi:

[raccoon]

143. For the climate and scenery, New Mexico.

For the blueness, Minnesota.

[obreaslan]

144. Maine...

And looking at everyone else's choices, It will be pretty quiet up there. :)

Gotta love Maine. :)

[deaniac21]

146. Barrow, Alaska

[Bullwinkle925]

148. Oregon for me....

I love Bend - look forward to snooping around Eugene as well.

[AZBlue]

154. New York.

My hometown (Manhattan that is).

[AZBlue]

155. New York.

My hometown (Manhattan that is).

[Raine]

156. I'm a native Californian

there is no other state I would rather live in. :-) If I was to more from CA I would make a big move and go to another country.