Find your spot (Phoenix, Scottsdale, Prescott: humid, closest, address)

[bmurphy]

The reports are very fluffy and sugar-coated, but it's nice to see a positive spin too.

The big problem is that it consistently suggests the same cities over and over. No matter what criteria I put, besides weather, the results usually hardly change and everyone's listed results so far, I've had every city before.

I paid $10 for the add service so now I can just add cities to view the reports without taking the quiz. I've added a lot of cities and read a lot of reports. Good reading, despite the fluff.

Not sure why but it bugs me you can only change your answers a few times before the option disappears. I liked to change them and see the result changes.

[elfyum]

Hey cool! My #1 was Kahului-Wailuku, Hawaii!*
next 5:

Makawao-Paia, Hawaii*
Crystal River, Florida
Mount Dora, Florida
Leesville, Louisiana
Palm Desert, California*

(*I didn't check off a $$ limit... )

[Poison_Ivy]

Looks like I am pretty close to where I should be The first one sounds interesting


Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Carlsbad, New Mexico
Bisbee, Arizona
Green Valley, Arizona
Moab, Utah

[Boatdrinks]

Originally Posted by She_Dvl

Looks like I am pretty close to where I should be The first one sounds interesting


Truth or Consequences, New Mexico
Carlsbad, New Mexico
Bisbee, Arizona
Green Valley, Arizona
Moab, Utah

I've been to both NM cities - you're not missing much You do kinda have to love the name of T or C, NM...I bet the story of how the town was named is a good one

[Alex2]

Originally Posted by Boatdrinks

I've been to both NM cities - you're not missing much You do kinda have to love the name of T or C, NM...I bet the story of how the town was named is a good one

I got this off the T or C website at
http://www.truthorconsequencesnm.net/index.htm (broken link)
In 1950, Hot Springs New Mexico, was plodding along slowly and fairly comfortably, much the same as hundreds of other small resort cities. Tourist trade, practically speaking, was the city's only industry. The majority of visitors here sought the town's health facilities and found the little community offered more for their money than they found almost anywhere else under the sun. The cost of living was, and still is, extremely reasonable, and visitors and residents alike did, and still do, relax in the healing, naturally hot mineral baths, bask in the almost ever present sunshine, fill their lungs with the fresh, pure air that envelops the city and surrounding areas, fish a little, and play dominoes and shuffleboard at the Senior Citizens Recreation Center.

Another pastime years ago was sitting in groups on the sidewalk benches to watch a few travelers as they passed on the highway, usually without stopping. Recreation then was undeveloped to it's full potential and the town was lost among hundreds of other " Hot Springs" scattered all over the United States; the name indicating nothing more significant than the likelihood that some hot springs were located in the area.

Then in 1950, NBC television and radio producer Ralph Edwards, on the 10th anniversary of the Truth or Consequences radio program, called his staff together and said, "I wish that some town in the United States liked and respected our show so much that it would like to change it's name to 'Truth or Consequences.'" On hearing the proposition, the New Mexico State Tourist Bureau relayed the news to the manager of the Hot Springs Chamber of Commerce and the news spread like wildfire.

Here was an opportunity to advertise the city and it's resources free of charge! Better still, no longer was our city to be confused with that "other one" in Arkansas and the others throughout the nation (California alone has more than 30 towns called "Hot Springs").

So, in a special city election, 1,294 of the town's residents voted for the change to "Truth or Consequences." On the other hand, 295 area residents opposed the change and a protest was filed, so the city returned to the polls and again voted- by a margin greater than four to one- to go ahead with the name change.

Almost 14 years later, in January 1964, the question went to the people again and they voted to keep the city's unique name. A fourth election was held on August 18, 1967, and once more a majority voted to keep the name Truth or Consequences.

Ralph Edwards and his entire NBC production, acting and show crew came here in 1950, aired the first live, coast-to-coast broadcast of Truth or Consequences from the city of Truth or Consequences, and the residents of his adopted home are very pleased to say he has been coming back every year since- with his Hollywood friends- to celebrate the anniversary of the name change, and to help spread the news about this oasis of hot springs, two of the state's best lakes and many other recreational opportunities throughout Sierra County.

[Gretchen B]

Alex2 - Thanks for sharing that bit of info about "How Truth or Consequences Got Its Name". That's really a neat story.

[ITChick]

Originally Posted by mhouse2001

I've used this site as well and, frankly, none of the towns on the list really appeal to me. I keep getting places in hellhole Arkansas and Louisiana even when I never include the Southeast into the equation. Most of the places I get are in New Mexico, which is fine, but I prefer Colorado. In all the times I've taken this quiz, I've never gotten a Colorado city! But, I must admit that Boise looks like a good alternative. I like that it's isolated with a great climate (very little snow and relatively warm in the winter). I suspect this site is the product of someone who marketed to various chambers of commerces to create a website that would foster interest in localities that thought they could use the extra web presence, nothing more.

That is exactly what I was thinking. No matter how carefully I chose my answers, or excluded certain sections of the country, I would get the same responses which have no close relation to the type of areas I would be interested in.

Happy to know it's not just me!

[Alex2]

Originally Posted by Gretchen B

Alex2 - Thanks for sharing that bit of info about "How Truth or Consequences Got Its Name". That's really a neat story.

Your welcome. I think it's a pretty neat story too.

[Great Joy]

Originally Posted by Gretchen B

I was having fun and was anxious to see my results and then I got to the "Would you like third party partners to send you more detailed info?" and "Please give us all your personal information so that we know you're a real person" (like no, it's my cat playing around on my computer keyboard). Sorry, but I don't like being "tracked" or having my name given to advertisers.

You're so funny! I agree I don't want to be tracked by some corporation and then get flooded with advertisements, junk mail, and telemarketer calls.

[wisconsin woman]

I didnt click on that site either but can tell you, no matter what some internet survey says, some of the places I would and/or have researched for a permanent resident would be:

Florence, Alabama
Mt Vernon, S D ( a tiny map dot near Mitchell)
Mustang, Oklahoma
Spencer, Oklahoma
Albany, Wisconsin
Evansville, Wisconsin
and of course, last but not least:
Susanville, Calif


Sorry people, nothing here in Az though.