where's the best?

[Bitzer!]

Ok guys and gals - where is the best place to live over there. Take into consideration I'm looking for a warm climate (all year!) hurricane and flood free too.  Nothing to cityfied, I prefer the open country.

your thoughts please

[ccz145a]

What business you in?

Engineering and support jobs aplenty in Houston. I many be moving there soon.

[VileZambonie]

If you want to be near the coast the East Coast is the best IMO to live. If you want perfect climate without a lot of natural disasters you can do a statistical search on Google.

[Lt.Del]

hurricane free?  hmmm, i guess that exempts New Orleans. 

I have always said to my wife that if I could move tomorrow, or, do it all over again, I'd live in Asheville, N.C.   This is the backyard to the Great Smoky Mtn Nat'l Park and hiking, canoeing, history abound.  I went there in 2000 and love the place (see www.delbridge.net/smoky.html

Arizona and New Mexico aren't too bad, very hot days with no humidity--110 degrees there is like 85 degrees here in Virginia due to the humidity here. But, little do they know out there, the Colorado River won't supply the water to them too much longer the way they (and southern California) are used to it.

Oklahoma or Alabama aren't bad---pretty warm climate and some wide open spaces left to find.  Just thought of something, but, it isn't very warm up there, a town called Intercourse, Pennsylvania 

[frogman68]

hurricane free?  hmmm, i guess that exempts New Orleans. 

I have always said to my wife that if I could move tomorrow, or, do it all over again, I'd live in Asheville, N.C.   This is the backyard to the Great Smoky Mtn Nat'l Park and hiking, canoeing, history abound.  I went there in 2000 and love the place (see www.delbridge.net/smoky.html

Arizona and New Mexico aren't too bad, very hot days with no humidity--110 degrees there is like 85 degrees here in Virginia due to the humidity here. But, little do they know out there, the Colorado River won't supply the water to them too much longer the way they (and southern California) are used to it.

Oklahoma or Alabama aren't bad---pretty warm climate and some wide open spaces left to find.  Just thought of something, but, it isn't very warm up there, a town called Intercourse, Pennsylvania 

Intercourse is in Amish Country its also near Blue Ball and Bird in Hand Pa beautiful just not much to do

[Toolmaster]

Alabama = Tornado's, Heat, expect 90% humidity in the summer. Alabama only has 2 seasons - Summer and almost summer.
If I were to move from here it would be in the direction of Montana. The wife is from Canada so thats another option.

[ssgoodman]

north dakota.  the cold keeps the and hippies out.  low crime, low cost of living, low property values.  have to deal with lots of open spaces, tornados, the winters but it makes you tough and happy.

[DnStClr]

I favor the state I live in- Tennessee. Moderate climate, great roads, good job prospects because of the auto industry , country living, and NO state income tax. Our school systems, however, need improvement. But we have the Country Music Hall of Fame and Miss Dolly Parton. and she has her own amusement park near the Great Smoky Mountains. The Smokies are the most visited vacation spot in the USA. Come and visit us y'all.   

[Dirtydog]

hurricane free?  hmmm, i guess that exempts New Orleans. 

I have always said to my wife that if I could move tomorrow, or, do it all over again, I'd live in Asheville, N.C.   This is the backyard to the Great Smoky Mtn Nat'l Park and hiking, canoeing, history abound.  I went there in 2000 and love the place (see www.delbridge.net/smoky.html

Arizona and New Mexico aren't too bad, very hot days with no humidity--110 degrees there is like 85 degrees here in Virginia due to the humidity here. But, little do they know out there, the Colorado River won't supply the water to them too much longer the way they (and southern California) are used to it.

Oklahoma or Alabama aren't bad---pretty warm climate and some wide open spaces left to find.  Just thought of something, but, it isn't very warm up there, a town called Intercourse, Pennsylvania 

Intercourse is in Amish Country its also near Blue Ball and Bird in Hand Pa beautiful just not much to do

Oh man that's my backyard, Hinkletown isn't far away either.

-Josh

[JJSZABO]

Ok guys and gals - where is the best place to live over there. Take into consideration I'm looking for a warm climate (all year!) hurricane and flood free too.  Nothing to cityfied, I prefer the open country.

your thoughts please

Well, that just about leaves out everything on the east coast and the mississippi river basin.

[Blazin]

New Hampshire. The winters are cold but not unbearable. The summers are hot, and a tad humid but again its not bad to deal with. Fall is the most perfect time of year, Cool nights, warm days, and awesome foliage. There is plenty of open meadows, plus some of the most beautiful mountains in the world here. Plenty of winter and summer sports / activities to do. Plus you would still be in England, New England! Property values are a bit high, as are taxes. But pay scales are decent, plenty of high tech jobs, plus allot of other work that requires skills, and hands on knowledge. Crime rate is not to bad, out here in the stick where I live its not bad at all. Few break ins, stolen car now, and again, Once in a while a hold up but they are few and far between. As far as weather we have some flooding and a few good snow storms a year. But its more like a sporting event than a problem!

[bigkountry]

Stay away from KY!

Winters arent real bad, but the summers are unbearable at times. I know we had about two weeks this summer where it was 95-100+ and humidity of 90-98%. Then we had a cold front coem through and it dropped to 90 with 85% humidity..lol

[Bitzer!]

appreciate the replies guys - might be relocating in a couple of years!

KY = Kentucky?

[Captkaos]

Yes, KY is Kentucky.
What kind of weather do you prefer?  Me I HATE cold weather.  If it never got below 55 it would be perfect, and I don't mind hot weather 100 isn't a big deal.
That eliminates a bunch of the northern selections.

[Lt.Del]

Stay away from Calfornia, too many earthquakes.  Stay away from TX, OK, MO--tornado alley.  Stay away from Gulf states due to hurricanes.  Stay away from northern states--too cold.

that leaves...hmmmm, nothing. Oh but wait, there is old Virginny!  We have the world's largest bay,Chesapeake--awesome fishing and boating, we have the beach, Virginia Beach, we have colonial williamsburg, jamestown of 1607, Richmond-capital of the Confederate States of America and home of Edgar Allen Poe and where Patrick Henry gave his "give me liberty or give me death" speech. Thos. Jefferson's Monticello is in Charlottesville, James Madison's Montpelier is in Orange, va, Woodrow Wilson's Staunton, Washington's Mt. Vernon is near Alexandria.  Zachary Taylor's birth home is still where it was back then.  Benjamin Harrison's homeplace is still on the James river.  And, there is Gunston Hall, George Mason's homeplace (who wrote the Va Declaration of Rights, which became 90% of the US Bill of Rights.  Virginia also has the mountains--the Appalachian Trail, Blue Ridge Parkway that goes all the way to Cherokee N.C. and Great Smoky mtns, and the Skyline Drive Shenandoah Nat'l Park.  The Shenandoah Valley.  So very close to Washing DC and the smithsonian museums and library of congress.  Also home to more civil war battles than any other state like Manassas, Appomattox, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Wilderness, Cold Harbor, Winchester, Spotsylvania, Petersburg, etc....

So, if you are into history and not into tornados, hurricanes (usually don't bother us), or earthquakes, come to The Old Dominion State-the Commonwealth of Virginia.