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- hektor911
Where would you settle down.
Outside activities are the most important part.Austin
San Francisco
Santa Monica
Boulder/Durango
Ithaca
Nashville
Richmond
- pango0
I would go San Fran
- see_thru0
None of the above...
- CGN0
Denver
- moldero0
Outside activities = SF
good surf, epic mountain bike trails, Snow, Tahoe is just a 3 hour drive, music/concerts better than LA in my opinion, more intimate, great motorcycle riding, woods, hiking, fishing, you can get into anything in SF, best thing is the culture diversity which i miss the most.
the only drawback I think is its too damn cold and I think its second most expensive place to live in the US besides Manhattan, but i could be wrong.
- jaylarson0
Boulder over Durango but I'd rather live just north of Durango any fucking time. If that makes any sense.
- HijoDMaite0
If you're going to settle down I would forget the extreme weather areas like Ithaca and Richmond. By moving to Boulder or Austin you've taken the Ocean out of your daily outdoor activity options. So that leaves you with S.F. and Santa Monica. Of the two the weather is excellent in SM year round and it's less expensive.
The problem in Santa Monica I believe would be the Trafffic, especially during the Summer. But you can realistically do any outdoor activity within a 1.5 hour drive. I've never lived in SF but I assume you can get away from crowds and smog faster than you can from SM.
- SF sends its smog to Oaklandmoldero
- I just watched taken 2 and I kept thinking of you Jmoldero
- like an hour agomoldero
- still haven't seen it but I'll be in Istanbul on Friday and through New Years!!HijoDMaite
- have a good one over there brother!moldero
- digdre0
bedstuy
- hellobotto0
Richmond...as in Richmond, VA? They do have an outside there, and folks there do go outside, but I'm not sure the area's renowned for its outside.
- autoflavour0
from that list, have only been to San Fran.. but i imagine that would still be my choice regardless
- fredddddd0
Santa Monica is pricey.
Go where you know people, weirdo.
- fredddddd0
Life crisis?
- teh0
Thailand -
Japan -
India -
- formed0
Denver offers pretty much anything Boulder has w/out the headaches of living in a college town and is far less expensive.
(where I live)SM - personally, LA is about as far removed from "outdoors" as you can get. Sure, there's a beach, but it is so nasty I would never think of it as an "escape". Also, you need a few million to live comfortably. (where I used to live)
Living comfortably is a big deal to me, personally, and that is impossible in SF and SM without being truly loaded. CO offers very similar weather, you get bike trails outside your door, mtns minutes away (3 hour drive doesn't really count, imho).
The only downside to CO, imho, is that there is too much sun (subjective, same as CA) and no water. I don't count nasty beaches as water, though, so I wouldn't put SM as having water either (that's me, I don't surf, I like to swim).
Lastly, everywhere is what you make of it. Still the best mtn biking I've done was in Florida (again, subjective), so you can't always just go off the brochure.
- bulletfactory0
Somewhere in Colorado probably. Close to a city and to easily go skiing/hiking/biking etc, but wouldn't mind having a few acres to build on. Right now Brooklyn is amazing, just no plans to stay for good.
- teh0
Napa Valley - probably only american place id relocate to.
- HijoDMaite0
North County San Diego is better than any of those dumps.
- mg330
I talk constantly to my wife about wanting to move to Colorado someday. We are in Chicago, and any future move I hope is out of this state. Her family are in this area, mine are all in Texas. In my mid 30s now and really crave the day that better nature and cleaner air are all around me. No kids yet, but I'd rather kids grow up close to the outdoors then in this big damn city.
- albums0
I have lived in SF. For about 2 years, as well as Venice, also, just over 2 years, just south of Santa Monica. I preferred Venice over SF for the weather (plethora of outdoor activities await you) as well as availability / ease of work.
From your list, my next personal choices would be 51% Ithaca then 49% Boulder.
Then again, I wouldn't say I'm ready to settle down, I'll continue moving around city to city for now but will likely settle someplace with a low population density, hopefully in another country.
When you say settle down, are you inferring a family life raising children? I figure those would be a reason to avoid crime, find good schools etc.
- instrmntl0
Tokyo/Osaka/Kyoto
Dublin/London
Santa Monica/Venice
Petaluma/Cotati
Palo Alto/Hilsborough
San Francisco
Portland/Seattle
- formed0
Portland/Seattle would be my next move