Ann.without.an.e Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Let’s pretend that you just won the jackpot and you could move and live anywhere (money isn’t an issue). Where would you live? Someone asked me this the other day and it got me to thinking that I have no idea! What about y’all? Where would you live and why? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Gosh - so many choices!! I'd love to live in Wales. Pacific NW. Smokie Mountains area. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slache Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Central California. It's home. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaConquest Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Monte Carlo. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scarlett Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 If money was no issue I would like to spend about 6 months in NYC. So much to see and do there. But I don't want to live there long term. Then some where on the gulf or coast...white sand, warm beautiful water....then probably back to the mountains near where I was raised in AR. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plansrme Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Wyoming. My husband and I are seriously considering retiring there. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdj2027 Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 All considered I have to say that I really love Hawaii and love living here. I was also happy in Japan but I think living there long term comes with its own issues. Tokyo is my favorite city though by far. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Katy Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 One of the $3 million dollar beachfront homes on Long Key or maybe on St. John. Tropical, private, access to a city in less than a few hours when you need it, private ocean access. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Junie Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 San Diego 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lulalu Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Well I kinda get to live where I want..... I have lived in many amazing cities and countries. But if money wasn't an issue at all I would move every 6 months to a year to a new country. Europe is nice for short visits like 6 months. Middle East is great to live in. I have always wanted to live in Australia or New Zealand. I wouldn't be able to pick one place stay. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKL Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Near my family. Anyplace reasonably close to any kind of nature. Maybe I'd like it up in the mountains like in the book Heidi. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gingersmom Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 I would like multiple homes and at least one with an indoor pool Las Vegas Tropical island on the beach England or maybe Australia 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pawz4me Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Not a specific place, but I'd like to live in the mountains in an easy to maintain home with a fabulous view and a secluded setting but within a short drive of a town/smallish city with all the necessities and most of the conveniences. And with really good internet service. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GinaPagnato Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Provence...beautiful! 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
regentrude Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Santa Barbara, CA. Sea and mountains and rock climbing, and a university where DH and I can do physics. The two years I lived there were soooo wonderful. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lmrich Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Assisi, Italy - or any hilltown in Italy. BUT I would also want to wander first. I love the idea of months in NYC. I would spend months in DC to spend days at the museums. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HomeAgain Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 Right here. Here's not all that special, but it has four seasons, close knit communities, a sense of town pride, and access to larger airports/cities/public transportation. I love it here, and I've lived what feels like everywhere, but this feels like home. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J-rap Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 NYC. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liz CA Posted April 25, 2018 Share Posted April 25, 2018 For a time of the year the Northern CA coast, somewhere between Sea Ranch and Fort Bragg, and for a few months in Anacapri on the island of Capri. There is a common theme here, food and ocean. I am pretty close to one location, not so close to the other. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
solascriptura Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Hawaii. Hands down. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
milovany Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 In addition to money being no object, could we set tsunami danger aside, too? If I could live anywhere, I would get a beach front home on the mid to northern Oregon coast, preferably in Neskowin. That's only five hours from where we live now and I wouldn't want to leave the Northwest because of (as mentioned with others) the roots/family we have in this area. I've lived in the southwest, in Colorado, and briefly in South America and I/we always came back because of family. Plus, I just love it here. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bootsie Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 A village near Innsbruck, Austria 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Gosh, that is hard. There are lots of places I'd like to go to for 6 months, but to stay? Maybe I'd like to buy Beatrix Potters house. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lovinmyboys Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 I think Switzerland, if I spoke the local language. But, in reality, I would like to move to be near my family in the Midwest. Maybe my family would come to Switzerland with me :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ScoutTN Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Right here! I moved too many times growing up and I LOVE having roots and community. I love where I live. It is beautiful, though not in a dramatic way like mountains or coast. Four seasons with a short winter. Big enough city to have excellent theater, symphony and all kinds of live music (this is Music City!), hospitals (important bc Dh has a serious medical condition), colleges and universities, interesting restaurants and great local farms/farmers markets, a decent airport, pro football and hockey teams (Go Preds!) and a baseball farm team, loads of history sites, a fabulous library system, nice (though small) art museums, more homeschool resources and opportunities than any family could actually participate in, an increasingly diverse population, and a reasonable cost of living. If money were no issue, we would move to a slightly larger, updated home in our same part of town and take many, nice vacations to intersesting places. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 I just don’t think I could be somewhere else very far from where I live now, no matter how non-issue money were. The only other state I seriously would love to live in is Virginia, and if money is no object, it would be NoVa, like Louden county. So lovely there. But I sure would love to travel all over if money and being here for work were no issue. I would immediately go back to France and spend a month there given the chance. And I would love to travel all over Europe. And there are several islands where I could happily spend weeks at a time if money and working were no issue. But in the end, Maryland is my home. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tap Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Clean, low crime. warm. Does this place exist? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 I kind of fell in love with Vietnam recently. My answer changes everyday. I know where I do NOT want to move though ;) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 My siblings live in the UK, Ireland and Taiwan at the moment. In the summer months I'd like to live in a comfortable house with a small garden in the north of London, England (close enough to forests and countryside, but with easy access to all the city has to offer). We live very rural now and I would like more opportunities for theater and art- both to take classes and to attend. In the European winter I'd move to be with friends for the summer near Melbourne, Australia. The housing prices in both places are insane, so money would really have to be no object. And since money is no object, I'd be spending my days in leisurely pursuits. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebcoola Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Indiana next door to my BFF!!!! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DawnM Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 I would move back to Southern California and not have to sacrifice the size of my current home. I grew up overseas but most of my friends (even from those days) are stateside now, so I wouldn't want to go back to live. But if money weren't an issue, I would have my large house in SoCal, maybe even on the beach in Malibu, and a lake house up in Arrowhead or Big Bear that I could spend weekends when I wanted to. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carrie12345 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 :::checking to see if I hit the jackpot::: Nope. My fantasy plans are very detailed, and we'd stay local. Not in this house that drives me insane, but the same area. I'd also buy a property somewhere in the middle of our family that's spread across multiple states for more frequent get-togethers. Though I do fantasize about beach front and Manhattan properties, it'd still make more sense to rent luxury accommodations when the schedule allows it and not have to worry about upkeep when not in use. I love where I live, and I want to invest in where I live. It'd be nice to be able to *visit* everywhere else. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosie_0801 Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 The next town over, because the electoral boundaries are changing and my current town is switching to next door's! I'm very cross about this. I want to be able to vote for my brother! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Since this is a decision I have to make every few years (except I don’t have unlimited funds, just a husband with a very mobile job), I think about this all the time. Even more than the money, this assumes that my kids would be happy in these places too. Choosing where to live wouldn’t be so hard if I didn’t have to constantly worry about that. I wouldn’t want to live in any of these forever, but a year or three in any would be lovely. Cairo, Jerusalem, Istanbul, Bukhara, Harare, Montevideo, Mexico City, Campeche, Quito, Chiangmai, Prague, Kashgar, Bucharest, Kunming, Toronto, Fes, Beirut, Seville, Zanzibar, Libreville, Tirana, Vientiane, Sapporo, Singapore, Lyon, Tallinn, Valletta, Tbilisi, Edinburgh, and St. Petersburg. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mom@shiloh Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 I would stay right where I am. I love the community that we're part of and want to continue to be in the lives of these people. I would buy my neighbor's house though and tear it down and add that to our property just to give us more privacy. Traveling 3-4 times a year to interesting places appeals to me more than uprooting again. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Amira said: Since this is a decision I have to make every few years (except I don’t have unlimited funds, just a husband with a very mobile job), I think about this all the time. Even more than the money, this assumes that my kids would be happy in these places too. Choosing where to live wouldn’t be so hard if I didn’t have to constantly worry about that. I wouldn’t want to live in any of these forever, but a year or three in any would be lovely. Cairo, Jerusalem, Istanbul, Bukhara, Harare, Montevideo, Mexico City, Campeche, Quito, Chiangmai, Prague, Kashgar, Bucharest, Kunming, Toronto, Fes, Beirut, Seville, Zanzibar, Libreville, Tirana, Vientiane, Sapporo, Singapore, Lyon, Tallinn, Valletta, Tbilisi, Edinburgh, and St. Petersburg. Gosh, Toronto... I didn't think anyone really wanted to live in Toronto! 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 6 minutes ago, Bluegoat said: Gosh, Toronto... I didn't think anyone really wanted to live in Toronto! I’ve wanted to live there forever. I love big, diverse cities. I could spend two years cooking something new every night from all over the world. And the weather is lovely. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hannah Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 51 minutes ago, Bluegoat said: Gosh, Toronto... I didn't think anyone really wanted to live in Toronto! I feel the same way about Amira's choice of Harare. People come to South Africa from Zimbabwe because they can't make a living there. What appeals to you Amira? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 18 minutes ago, Hannah said: I feel the same way about Amira's choice of Harare. People come to South Africa from Zimbabwe because they can't make a living there. What appeals to you Amira? I have a few friends who have loved living there and I want to live in at least one city in every part of the world. And money not being an issue would make it more doable. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nan in Mass Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 2 hours ago, Amira said: Since this is a decision I have to make every few years (except I don’t have unlimited funds, just a husband with a very mobile job), I think about this all the time. Even more than the money, this assumes that my kids would be happy in these places too. Choosing where to live wouldn’t be so hard if I didn’t have to constantly worry about that. I wouldn’t want to live in any of these forever, but a year or three in any would be lovely. Cairo, Jerusalem, Istanbul, Bukhara, Harare, Montevideo, Mexico City, Campeche, Quito, Chiangmai, Prague, Kashgar, Bucharest, Kunming, Toronto, Fes, Beirut, Seville, Zanzibar, Libreville, Tirana, Vientiane, Sapporo, Singapore, Lyon, Tallinn, Valletta, Tbilisi, Edinburgh, and St. Petersburg. Amira - What languages do you speak? Is this a big consideration for you? Nan 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lady Florida. Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Where the majority of my extended family lives, which currently is where I live. Although I wouldn't want to live in a cold climate, where I live is more about people than place. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlsdMama Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Can I just pick Iowa up and move it next to Oregon? Then I get family, ocean, and friends. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 30 minutes ago, Nan in Mass said: Amira - What languages do you speak? Is this a big consideration for you? Nan Yes, it is a consideration, but it’s not the most important thing. English is the only language I can really claim, but I can get by with Arabic, Spanish, and Russian. I’m best in Arabic. Dh speaks Spanish well, plus Uzbek and Arabic. I think that speaking the language in the place you’re living makes a huge difference, but that doesn’t mean you can’t have a wonderful experience without the language. And you can often learn at least a little bit while you’re living there which is a great experience in itself. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greta Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 London. I've only been once but I completely fell in love with it, and I speak the language (more or less ) so that would make life easier! My husband would say Norway. He loves the landscape, he loves northern climates, and he's a big admirer of the culture. Can we have a winter home on some remote South Pacific island while we're at it? I've never been, but I've dreamed of it since I was a kid. And I'm not sure how well *I* would handle European winters (I've gotten spoiled to 360 days per year of sunshine here in New Mexico!). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluegoat Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 1 hour ago, Amira said: I have a few friends who have loved living there and I want to live in at least one city in every part of the world. And money not being an issue would make it more doable. Hmm, yes, I can see that. I'm surprised you chose Toronto over Montreal though, or even Vancouver. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amira Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 6 minutes ago, Bluegoat said: Hmm, yes, I can see that. I'm surprised you chose Toronto over Montreal though, or even Vancouver. Those would work too, if Toronto didn’t. :) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ann.without.an.e Posted April 26, 2018 Author Share Posted April 26, 2018 3 hours ago, Arctic Mama said: Yes! Oregon and Washington are my ideal climates, but they’re far from most of our family and my husband would probably get arrested for being himself. I could go incognito much longer than he could. Man, I so want to inquire about what this means, haha, but I am not sure you will want to say. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pam in CT Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 I'm another who would be delighted to live in about 30 very-different places around the world for 6 months to two or three years... but for the Rest Of Life, well, America is my home. And I do like 4 seasons, though TBH I like spring and fall better than summer, and summer better than winter. In a world without limits, I think I'd live in a Forever house with a big old garden somewhere around here for most of spring and fall, spend a hunk of every summer in one vibrant northern city like Copenhagen or Edinburgh or Portland ME, and a hunk of every winter traveling to different far-flung places in the Southern Hemisphere. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madteaparty Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 9 hours ago, Amira said: Since this is a decision I have to make every few years (except I don’t have unlimited funds, just a husband with a very mobile job), I think about this all the time. Even more than the money, this assumes that my kids would be happy in these places too. Choosing where to live wouldn’t be so hard if I didn’t have to constantly worry about that. I wouldn’t want to live in any of these forever, but a year or three in any would be lovely. Cairo, Jerusalem, Istanbul, Bukhara, Harare, Montevideo, Mexico City, Campeche, Quito, Chiangmai, Prague, Kashgar, Bucharest, Kunming, Toronto, Fes, Beirut, Seville, Zanzibar, Libreville, Tirana, Vientiane, Sapporo, Singapore, Lyon, Tallinn, Valletta, Tbilisi, Edinburgh, and St. Petersburg. Have you been to Chiang Mai? It’s hugely popular with expats but I was just there and wondered what the deal was. But then, I felt like that with most of Thailand. Like with curriculum, when everyone raves, I know I should go the other way :) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted April 26, 2018 Share Posted April 26, 2018 Gosh, I don't really know. For me, it's the people that make the place--although there are certain climates I detest (Miami). Sure is fun to hear what you all think, though. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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