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I've lived my entire life within a few miles of Interstate 95!
I've lived over 40 percent of my life in Maryland, and it's here that I've been the happiest. Florida was my least-favorite, primarily because I like seasonal change and I like hills, and South Florida has neither of those (to any appreciable degree).
Even though I never made it west of the Appalachians until my mid-20s, I have now stepped foot in all 50 states, and have genuinely "visited" at least 40 of them. Michigan was one of the last ones to make my list, but I've been there a number of times now, because I married into a family a part of which lives in that state.
EDIT: oops, I forgot to answer the first part of the OP's question. I did not want to move to Florida, but when you're a child, you move where your parents move you. I chose to move to Pennsylvania to start college, and then start working. I was content to stay there, but loss of job compelled a move to Maryland.
In general I do not like moving, though sometimes I do find myself with the "grass is greener" syndrome. There are times I feel myself pulled towards the Intermountain West. But I doubt I'll move anywhere before retirement, unless I'm forced to.
Location: IN>Germany>ND>OH>TX>CA>Currently NoVa and a Vacation Lake House in PA
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Born and raised in Indiana and then joined the military where it all began. After that:
Texas (Basic & Tech School)
Germany (Three years!)
North Dakota (Ya, it sucked, military made me do it!)
Indiana (College)
Texas (Ex-wife's military phase 1 training)
Ohio (Ex-wife's military phase 2 training)
Texas (Nearly 5 years to finish out ex-wife's military term)
Indiana (Mostly raised my kids there)
Texas (Ex-wife decided we should move back)
California (First place I decided to go after ex-wife asked for divorce!)
Northern Virginia (Great job opportunity, met and married wife here)
I'd love to live in the Pacific Northwest, I've loved it when I visited. But I'm pretty well settled in Denver, at least for now. Who knows what the future will hold? I'm definitely not adverse to relocating if the reasons and economics seemed right.
Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
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Massachusetts - Born and raised, returned back for a few years.
Washington - Lived in Seattle for 5 years in my twenties.
New Mexico - Been here 3 years.
moving to Arizona towards the end of the year
PA - most of my life left for a bit
NJ - About a year just outside of NYC
MD - Spent a summer on an internship in college
DC - Right after VA about 8 months
VA - About a year right after graduation
CA - After NJ and moved back to PA (Philly) - was a consulting job that had me in the bay area for a little under a year 2-3 weeks a month - technically not really living there but spent considerable and prolonged time that year - there more than PA that year
Would have really liked to live more places - Chicago for one, LA too and some others at least to experience
Now am fairly set and my daughter lives here so not going anywhere soon
Born Alabama
US Army Arkansas, New Jersey, Korea, California.
School Georgia
Worked Tennessee, Georgia.
Retired Mississippi, Georgia.
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