Where would you want to live ?

[Ric]

If you could live anywhere, within the USA, where would you want to live ?
OR, whats the best thing you like about where your at now ?

[4x4mike]

Ah, to make it short I love northern CA. It's close to the ocean and the mountains. I live in Sacramento and if it isn't here it's about 100 miles away, good excuse to get out you. You can go skiing and hiking in Tahoe without living in Tahoe. You can visit SF or the ocean without living in expensive areas and have to deal with traffic. Oh and we don't haveto deal with things like ice storms, rust, hurricanes, tornados, flash floods, etc. I've lived here my whole life and the only earthquake I've experinced was the simulator at Universal Studios.

[04 Rocko Taco]

Alaska. I just got back and would move there in a heartbeat if I could.
Somewhere on the interior though, not the coast. Maybe Anchorage, maybe closer to Denali though...

[oly884]

Difficult question.

I grew up in the Pacific Northwest, so I'd love to live on Puget Sound somewhere. Possibly around Kingston, WA.

I also, as most of you know, lived in Montana for a while, and I would really like to live up near Whitefish, MT. Beautiful up there, but the winters get a touch on the long side for me.

I'd say that the Seattle area works quite well for me right now because it's close to all my friends and family, so it's a great fit.

[YotaGirl]

If having a good job wasn't an issue, Justin and I would love to live in Bend, OR. It's a great little town in the central part of the state. The weather is beautiful, the people are nice and great snowboarding is only a half hour away. I'm not sure what the wheeling is like up there as we've never had the chance to check out any trails.

Since having a decent job is important, we are still here in So. Cal., and actually it's not all that bad. We live in the High Desert town of Hesperia, which luckily for us is located in close proximity to all of the things we enjoy doing. I wouldn't want to live anywhere but here if we stay in So. Cal.

[4runnerchevy]

I used to manage a ski resort around Lake Tahoe. I lived south of Tahoe, at around 7800 ft. I miss it, the unlimited trails, telemarking, camping, rock climbing, rock crawling, fishing. I think someday I will move the family back there.

[Henrythewound]

I thoroughly enjoyed WA and OR on a road trip, Port Angeles seemed like a cool town right by Olympic National Park. Hood River and some of the ranchy areas to the south seemed really nice in OR. CO is great as well, Leadville/Crested Butte are near the top of my list. I live in tucson now, I love the desert, but would definitely like a change at some point. Fortunatley/unfortunately I have a great job here at the moment so i'm not thiking of leaving.

[slosurfer]

Honestly, having traveled all over the western half of the states, if jobs/money were no object:

1. Right where I'm at: Central Coast, CA (preferably the beach in Cayucos or Morro Bay, or rural Arroyo Grande/San Luis Obispo is really cool as well) The atmosphere is really mellow, there's a lot to do here, centrally located to many spots in CA, Big Sur coastline is less than an hour away, hard to beat the year round temperatures, wine tasting, my son and daughter are the 4th generation born here on the central coast, fresh fish

2. Waimea, Kauai Sleepy little town on the west shore, napali coast it close, mountains are close, only thing is that I think the island would start to feel small pretty quick if I wasn't able to travel to other places.

3. Not in the U.S. but close: Tofino, British Columbia (if money was no object and the wife was cool with it, this would be my number 1)

4. I really enjoyed Duluth, MN and the towns north of there on Lake Superior. I hate MN (my wife is from just south of Minneapolis/St. Paul, but I could totally see my self in Duluth. You will notice this is the only place not on the ocean, but Lake Superior seems like an ocean.

5. Haven't been to Alaska yet, but I'm positive that it would make the list.

[calrockx]

I live in LA now. But not really - more the suburbs of LA, Santa Clarita. I like LA, but hate these suburbs. I like LA for the variety of things to do, proximity to everything, beaches, the weather (except those hot days in the Valley), and the music scene.

But overall, I like San Francisco more. So I'm headed up there in the next month or two once I land a job. I love it for the environment, the people, the art and design scene, the cultural aspects, the scenery, the public transit, I like it all. Only thing I'll miss is being so close to snowboarding - good thing Tahoe isn't that far away.

I'm a city guy.

Maybe when I'm old I'll want a rural setting, but not anytime soon. I'm definitely happy in California, wouldn't want to live in any other state. I could live internationally for a while, I'd be down for that.

[YotaFun]

Anywhere but here lol!

Its actually really tough for me to answer this question now that i have been thinking about it since the post was started.

There are a few places I would like to live.
I do have to say I am very much a city boy as I am a trail boy, but sometime I would love to live right in the heart of NYC in Manhattan, Park Avenue..

I do love the water too, so a place by the beach would be awesome!
Sun and water all the time, I could get use to that.

But as much as I love the trails, living as close to the trails as possible is where I would love to be.
I hope to eventually be out west, probably where Jenn is.
Being that close to the trails would so awesome, I would be hitting the trails every weekend.