Try Chicago! The great mid-west, we have it all, and all that you could want. The most beatiful lake front in the world, 2 major baseball teams, the formally great Bulls, the black&blue bears,hocky anyone and every kind of food U could ever want, world class museums, theater, all sorts music venues, there's a big tour weekly, education, enployment, 90mi to Wi 90mi to Mi winter sports. The best pizza bar none. And they call us "the second city"??????????????

 

Illinois, but not the independent state of chigaco. Sorry stickdog, I visit but it's just too much of a PITA for me. I live farther south in Illinois, read below I-80. It gets a little humid in the summer but other than that it is great. I live within ten minutes of a metropolitan area with just about any store or resaurant you could want. I also live within ten minutes of some great hunting,fishing, and mudding spots. And a quarter mile away from my neighbor and the nearest paved road. By the way, my sled has hardly cooled off this year, and only for work and to take my 4x and play in the white stuff.And no it is not all farmland, alot of it is but we do have plenty of beautiful wooded areas, just don't look for any hills or mountains(you will need a telescope to find those).
T. Roberts
UFD Local 1147

 

Whatever you do, DON'T move to CT. Sky high taxes, suck winters, and HOT summers. If I had a choice, I'd want to move to a not-so-populated, far away place. Eather way, I like it here now in CT, speically when it snows out, and I leave all the small cars in the "snow". Whatever you do, make your move a good one, and remember, we're behind you the whole way

 

[updated:LAST EDITED ON 05-Jan-03 AT 09:34 PM (EST)]I'd certainly stay away from Maine....9 months of winter and three months of darn lousy sledding....its too crowded, the hunting sucks, no trees, no lakes, very little coast, very diverse population, alot of traffic, everyone is in a big rush, and everybody wants to know what yer up to.....
I'd look elsewhere---->

 

Come on over we'll be happy to let you defect to CANADA

Besides the high taxes it's the #1 place in my books

Not to shoot down the USA or the rest of CANADA but as a long haul cross border trucker
I've seen every state and province except Rode Island. I do like MT,WA,ID,OR,NM,WY,Northern CA,NC,MO in the USA and BC,AB,YT,NWT,NFLD in CANADA.

But If I had to choose Id park my but where I stand ONTARIO.

 

live in western central wisconsin. in polk county. real nice people, cops that leave u alone unless u shot someone, and all four seasons. i love it, and will never leave.

 

>If I had a choice, I'd want to
>move to a not-so-populated, far away place. Eather way, I

I'm with you on that! I really wish I could move to a sparsely populated area but there is always the "money" issue.

When on two wheels-
FXSTC
Mesa- AZ

2003 F-350 V10

 

We have everything you described in central N.Y. , but unfortunately we also have unreasonably high taxes. I have lived in Alabama, Tennesee, Ohio, & Arizona and keep coming back to NY.
Now I live in Weedsport NY the only town shown life size on the road maps.

 

I am with alpine and tellico. Michigan is a dandy place to live. I have lived in Colorado, Montana, Louisiana, Alaska, New York, Florida, Missouri and Mississippi. I always came back to Michigan. I love Rocky Mountain country, and especially Montana, for beauty, but for day to day living, the central lower peninsula of Michigan has it all. An added bonus is the short drive to the U.P., which is great.
The rush hour traffic is nothing like Chicago (by far the most miserable traffic and discourteous drivers I have ever seen) or Atlanta. We have just about any type of job or product you could want. I guess for the most part, people are friendly, but you need to stay away from the more urban areas. Crime is high in Detroit, but most intelligent people just don't go there. Nothing in Detroit that you can't get or do someplace else. I will stay here until retirement, then I think it's off to Montana, or possibly Wyoming.

 

Hey, AOGDEN, I gre up in Beautiful Downtown ELBRIDGE, NY!! We always made fun of people from Weedsport, because people from Camillus always made fun of us! Livin' near Rochester now. I'm with you- he should move to Upstate New York State. 4 beautiful seasons, lots of snow in the winter (and spring!), and the Finger Lakes are still the best-kept secret in the whole USA- if there's a more beautiful summer vacation area, I sure haven't found it. I travel a lot, but it's always good to get back here. For everyone else, we're talking about NEW YORK STATE, not New York City. If you like folks from the midwest, you'll like our part of the woods, too.

 

In the states i would have to say Montana either in the Bozeman/Missoula(sp) area or the Kalispel(sp) area. I would go with Kalispel cause its nice there all year round with lots of snow in winter and nice conforable heat in the summer and spring. If you were looking in Canda i would say Lethbridge Alberta cause its about 2 hours from lots of good ski hills and its 2 hours from Calgary where you can have lots of fun, oh and the good thing about it Lethbridge is not to big, not to small, has everything you need, and is not crowded and has a decent amount of jobs(and its only an hour from where i live)

Cody, Coutts Alberta

82' Flareside: zoom zoom doesn't even begin to describe it, 2/4 Drop, High Compression 66' 289 backed by a toploader 4 speed and a 3.00:1 9 incher, American Racing AR-23 (series 23) wheels, Upgraded interior, Sony Xplod stereo

 

Hey mbnv992- I know how you feel! Where are you at? I am in New London, AKA Little New York, the town with the highest crime rate per capita in the US! I used to live in Phoenix, AZ, and spent most of my days off in Flagstaff and Payson. SO beautiful, mountains, trails, some lakes, and trees! And snow in the winter. I think if I have to live through another one of these damn depressing snowless brown CT winters, I am going to go even more insane.

Jared

 

Whoa - I disappear for a few hours, and get a huge turnout!. It suddenly occured to me that EVERYONE wants to live in the place that I'm describing. I guess I'll follow the earlier suggestion to finish college and get a job. Then I'll let my career tell me where to move. As long as it isn't California. Or Florida. Or... .

XXL

 

Western Washington...all four seasons grey & rain, greyer & rain, more grey & raining sideways...is that grey & rain again?

No really it's really nice here and doesn't rain that much

 

First, I have to take exception to your reference to Kentucky and Tennessee as being "backwoods country" and out of the question. That sounds like the ignorant stereotype of an east coast kid who doesn't know what he's talking about. I'm not going to recommend either of those states, because they lack the snow component you seem to desire, but trust me -- they are great places.

I grew up in Michigan, and since then I have lived in Arizona (two years) and Tennessee (the last four). All three places have their advantages and disadvantages. Personally, my favorite is Arizona. While you don't typically think of the southwest as having "four seasons", it has something better. You can get the climate you want just br driving around a little. Prescott, Arizona, is about perfect. You can play golf and swim in the pool, and then go skiing and snowmobiling, all in the same day. The "Valley of the Sun" (Phoenix and suburbs) is pretty much always warm and sunny, and the high elevations and mountains of the Mogollon Rim (Flagstaff, Grand Canyon and environs) are only hours away up the Black Canyon Freeway (I-17). Also, Arizona is very welcoming to newcomers. It has grown so much that natives are hard to find, anyway.

Michigan is a wonderful and beautiful state that has one thing that Arizona really lacks -- water. Michigan has more coastline than any state other than Alaska, and has more private boats than any other state, period. If you like lakes and boating and fishing and pine forests, and don't care as much for the big open spaces and grand vistas of the west, then choose Michigan. IMNSHO, however, southeast Michigan is a pit. I will never move back there, despite having lots of family and friends in the greater Detroit area. The good places in Michigan are in the northern lower peninsula, especially on the Lake Michigan side (which gets lots of snow thanks to the "Lake Effect"), and parts of the upper peninsula. The U.P. is pretty remote and isolated, however, so that may not be to your liking. Marquette is a nice city if you like small cities, and very inexpensive, but it gets LOTS of snow.