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Frisco. If I had to live in a newish Sunbelt metro DFW would be one of the better ones. Less sprawled out (suburbs blend into each other more than "town, two-lane road through the woods, next town"), more tech, and more Indian food.
Bangor, ME or Visalia, CA?
Visalia. I'm not built for a northeastern winter. Yuma AZ or Redding CA?
Visalia. I'm not built for a northeastern winter.
Yuma AZ or Redding CA?
At either place, I'd have to put up with long, broiling summers.
So I'd choose the one with the more interesting surroundings,
and that would be Redding (Mt Shasta, Trinity Alps, etc.)
At either place, I'd have to put up with long, broiling summers.
So I'd choose the one with the more interesting surroundings,
and that would be Redding (Mt Shasta, Trinity Alps, etc.)
Two Oregon coast cities:
Astoria or Brookings?
Easily Astoria. Less isolated, more people coming through (so a better assortment of businesses), and has that Rust Belt aesthetic I enjoy. Man I'm getting hungry just thinking about breakfast at the Blue Scorcher, and I'm literally eating dinner as I type this. I've often said Astoria is one of the only small towns not part of a metro area that I wouldn't mind living in.
Easily Astoria. Less isolated, more people coming through (so a better assortment of businesses), and has that Rust Belt aesthetic I enjoy. Man I'm getting hungry just thinking about breakfast at the Blue Scorcher, and I'm literally eating dinner as I type this. I've often said Astoria is one of the only small towns not part of a metro area that I wouldn't mind living in.
Oregon inland towns:
The Dalles, OR or La Grande, OR?
The Dalles. It's not as remote. San Bernardino CA or Riverside CA?
The Dalles. It's not as remote. San Bernardino CA or Riverside CA?
Those cities are less than 5 miles apart and just one long city between them and both are just long commutes to LA, not a great area - so really not much of a choice. I normally just drive through them, never really stopping but the freeways in Riverside are really bad - so San Bernardino, CA is probably just a little bit better.
But they are both CA counties also so if I go by that, I would pick Riverside County - Temecula. The best place in San Bernardino County is probably Big Bear and it is too isolated.
Those cities are less than 5 miles apart and just one long city between them and both are just long commutes to LA, not a great area - so really not much of a choice. I normally just drive through them, never really stopping but the freeways in Riverside are really bad - so San Bernardino, CA is probably just a little bit better.
But they are both CA counties also so if I go by that, I would pick Riverside County - Temecula. The best place in San Bernardino County is probably Big Bear and it is too isolated.
Prescott AZ or Reno NV?
Reno. Closer to NorCal, love to gamble and 4 seasons I believe.
Easily Astoria. Less isolated, more people coming through (so a better assortment of businesses), and has that Rust Belt aesthetic I enjoy. Man I'm getting hungry just thinking about breakfast at the Blue Scorcher, and I'm literally eating dinner as I type this. I've often said Astoria is one of the only small towns not part of a metro area that I wouldn't mind living in.
Oregon inland towns:
The Dalles, OR or La Grande, OR?
I think I'd pick The Dalles. That location to me is a little more interesting than La Grande, plus The Dalles is a bigger town.
For the last one, that's a tough one. Atlanta is near my family, but I do like how Denver is close to the mountains. I guess I'd narrowly lean Denver, since it seems to have a slightly better quality of life from what I'm looking up. I could easily fly fo Atlanta, when needed anyway.
I think I'd pick The Dalles. That location to me is a little more interesting than La Grande, plus The Dalles is a bigger town.
For the last one, that's a tough one. Atlanta is near my family, but I do like how Denver is close to the mountains. I guess I'd narrowly lean Denver, since it seems to have a slightly better quality of life from what I'm looking up. I could easily fly fo Atlanta, when needed anyway.
Leavenworth, WA, or Truckee, CA?
Leavenworth. They have the Christmas scene down pat!
Minneapolis. I think I'd like living there better.
San Fernando CA or Temecula CA?
Temecula is sort of a poster child for how not to grow:
sprawling, curvy streets, with lots of cul-de-sacs, making transit difficult or impossible.
And yet... its location puts a lot of interesting places within easy reach:
Mt. San Jacinto, Anza-Borrego, Joshua Tree, etc.
San Diego is 50 miles away.
So I'd go with Temecula, for the location.
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Originally Posted by Gaylord_Focker
Reno. Closer to NorCal, love to gamble and 4 seasons I believe.
Denver or Atlanta
Denver... I've spent most of my life in the western states, so it would feel more familiar.
And of course, the Rockies are nearby!
I wouldn't care for the chilly winters, but I'm told they aren't really that bad...
it doesn't stay extremely cold for long periods of time.
Tucson or El Paso?
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