What area of US do you like the best?

Cold, warm, mix of weather? I know living in NM helped my mood a lot but not a lot of things to do. I don't know how people live in Cities and row homes and along city highways. I would lose my mind. I'd like to hike in Canada in the middle of nowhere and breath fresh air or wake up to the ocean every day. Like to visit British Columbia or walk thru the Amazon Forrest, S. America.

I love la. the weather's pretty nice.

I love living in the 4 seasons, here in the midwest U.S.

I sure do miss mid-state coastal California though. Small towns, a few bigger towns, gorgeous and serene view! I'm a loner, so I usually lean towards country scenery to help me find peace.

Hey shezbut,

What's the midwest like?

I've never been outside of my state, and where I live is very beautiful and great weather.

I like upstate NY in the summer. Texas is okay in the winter. SoCal is good anytime.
The west is the best

Socal is great.

We have 4 seasons per year: really cold winter, "iffy" spring, warm & humid summer, cool & crisp autumn. The leaves change colors, and fall off the trees, remain barren for winter, sprout new leaves in the late spring very quickly. Lots of different wild life comes and goes with the seasons as well. Things aren't the same for very long...and I like that!

I grew up in SoCal, where it was mostly warm and then hot year-round. I didn't notice the wildlife coming and going there. Nor does SoCal have the trees changing with every season. So, MN is really different for me!

why did u move to the midwest?

So far, the furthest east I've been is Chicago and the furthest west Las Vegas. At first, while on our drive to and around the Grand Canyon, I was amazed by all the rocky... mountains? Outcrops? They're too steep to be hills, anyway. The shrubs were actually cool and the blue sky was absolutely fantastic. The fact that it really was kind of a desert sorta blew me away, seeing as I've only lived in grassy, hilly Eastern Iowa.

But then I had to look at it for sixteen hours. It was ridiculously hot, though thank god not the humid kind we always have back home, and the sun seemed to be a lot brighter. By the third hour, I was getting sick of the shrubbery and the wide-open spaces, as well as those huge outcrop thingies that sometimes surrounded us on all sides. It was getting to the point where I was trying hard not to hyperventilate because it was bothering me so much. I practically cried in relief when we entered a familiar forest-y area.

My favorite area is a tie between wide open grassy plains (rolling hills are a bonus!) and forest areas with trees on all sides. I've never been to the northeast, but I would imagine that I'd fit in there quite well.

I haven't seen enough of the country to have an educated opinion.

I live out in the boonies and prefer country to city, but I visited San Fransico once and loved it. Don't think I could live there though.

We visited the Badlands in South Dakota very briefly once. I'd love the opportunity to explore them in depth.

Wow, I've been over much of the united States, Alaska & Canada......& Shez & I grew up in the same So Cal valley.....however for me that was always a place I wanted to leave.

I have traveled all over California......& loved to back pack in the Sierras & skiing in the Sierras in the winter.....& Yosmite was a great place to camp & hike in.....but forget the cities in Calif....I always wanted to escape.

I have traveled into Oregon (too much rain)....Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico & Texas.....too much hot weather in the areas I was in for my liking..too much like the California desert I lived in for too many years.

I absolutely loved winter vacationing in Jackson Hole Wyoming.....& we actually backpacked under the grand Teton one summer after we purchased our time share there......let my parents take the condo for the freebe week & spend it with out daughter while we went out that week backpacking into the Rockies....it was definitely like heaven.

I have seen Yellowstone both in the winter snowmobiling into there & a little in the summer....love it more in the winter as it's sooooo gorgeous with the ghost trees around the steaming ponds. Drove through Montana on my way into Canada on my way to skiing at Banff....the rockies in Canada are even more spacticular. Enjoyed a week trip to Alaska....it was a driving tour around the highway they have & looking at all the back country areas....& Mt McKinley was unclouded the morning we went there.....another gorgeous location.

As a child I spend my summers in Kansas.....I loved it because Topeka was smaller than Los Angeles & didn't feel so overwhelmed there....but all Kansas seemed to be were wheat & corn fields.....there were some interesting places & loved to go fishing in the creeks & rivers with my grandpa....but it didn't really call to me as a place I wanted to live. Enjoyed visiting my dad's family in Nebraska....think that was my first time on a farm & really made me crave that life.

So after it's all said & done, I have settled MYSELF after I left my H.....2100 miles away in KY. It's a gorgeous state...nothing spectacular, just elegant in a simple way with all the fenced horse farms & the historical country side. I finally live on my own little 10 acre farm alone with my 3 eskie dogs.....& it's peaceful & the people are so wonderful & friendly.....I also love the 4 seasons...something I have never experienced living in all in one location before.

I've just driven through many states on my way to locations & have enjoyed the view. I love where I'm living....but for me, my home is where I am no matter where that is. I'm happier here than I have ever been.

Texas Baby!

PS. I been to Chicago, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Wyoming, Nevada, California, Canada (British Columbia, Vancouver) North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Mexico-( Miguel Aleman), Idaho, Iowa, Washington, Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi, LIved in Montana for 6 years, Nebraska, North Carolina, South Carolina, Arkansas, Georgia, Louisiana, Colorado, Oregon, and a host of other places lol. Texas outranks them all angels <3

Probably Canada

I live in the Northwest where the Spring, Summer and Autumn's are beautiful(too much rain). I love the Southwest however. New Mexico comes to mind.Beautiful weather, gorgeous landscapes, mild Winter's