If you could move to America, where would you choose?

[03ozwhip]

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The trouble with America is that there's so many Americans in it. The parts of the country that I'd like to live in, based purely on terrain, would be filled with people who fetishize high school football, wear camo clothing regularly, listen to country music, drink light beer exclusively and manage to somehow get drunk off of 5 of them, have Browning logos on their truck's back windows and have that stupid fuckin Rod Farva haircut they all have. And tornadoes.

Change football for hockey and you have strathmore

[haggis88]

The Rod Farva haircut is better than the mullets and sex-offender moustaches that Canadians go for these days

[JPB]

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I like the Greater Houston area, I'd love to orchestrate a move down there

There's an outside chance of Greenville, SC being somewhere for me in the semi-distant future after a promising meeting with an engineering manager about a facility coming in the next couple of years my skillset would be ideal for

I spent the last three years going back and forth to a project in Greenville. Loved it. Lots of good food, breweries, parks and the "mountains" aren't too far. Charleston, Atlanta, and Charlotte are a reasonable drive away. Greenville is growing, but still not big city crazy. Lots of EPC companies have offices there, so a reasonably educated workforce. And it passed the wife test when she came down with me, she'd be more than happy for me to find a job there.

[Gman.45]

I lived in Chula Vista, just really southern San Diego IMO for a year or so - love to go back to San Diego, if only it wasn't located in the Socialist empire of California (not talking geographically, more of an if only it could be it's own state, without any Democrats). If you think Trudeau is bad, just move to California. I also lived around a year total in New Hampshire (Sig Sauer's HQ in the USA). Hard pass for living there.

Texas, I can think of a 1/2 places I'd like to live, for dozens of good reasons.

Florida - I used to vacation there in the 2000s frequently as a friend owns a dive boat and touring operation at Daytona Beach, but I'm not sure living there would be a good option these days.

Utah - TONS of areas to just go out and practice long range shooting (you can't really do that in Texas, unless at a certified range, there really is no free fire zones), also tons of places to do off road adventure biking and that sort of thing. So for those 2 activities it'd be a lot of fun, I sure had fun doing both when I was in Utah a couple times staying with friends.

Scottsdale - my family too is in Scottsdale, at least a large portion of one side of my family. I can hack it year round there, I've been down in summer many times before, I tend to do well in the heat, always much preferred it to the cold - even in the mid east where I was I loved the heat there. It'd be uncomfortable for some weeks here and there in Arizona, but I think it'd be my #1, Texas #2, Utah #3, and visit California to drive fast and hoon around with friends maybe every couple of months.

[spike98]

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The trouble with America is that there's so many Americans in it. The parts of the country that I'd like to live in, based purely on terrain, would be filled with people who fetishize high school football, wear camo clothing regularly, listen to country music, drink light beer exclusively and manage to somehow get drunk off of 5 of them, have Browning logos on their truck's back windows and have that stupid fuckin Rod Farva haircut they all have. And tornadoes.

Yea, but these types are some of the nicest folks you will meet in the state. Would much rather them, than the thick brimmed glasses, lu-lu lemon, woman's rights cucks and fat, blue haired, triggered, two spirits that are wrecking our country.

[SKR]

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Yea, but these types are some of the nicest folks you will meet in the state. Would much rather them, than the thick brimmed glasses, lu-lu lemon, woman's rights cucks and fat, blue haired, triggered, two spirits that are wrecking our country.

I feel like I can tune that shit out like I've been doing. I don't want to live in Larry the Cable Guy Land.

[Jlude]

Having lived in America on and off for the past decade, I lived in Atlanta, LA (MDL/Venice) & Boca Raton/Deerfield Beach. My vote would be for Florida. I would stay away from California. From how you described your situation, I would suggest Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee or Arizona. While each state has cities that have grown/boomed and gotten more expensive, there are still reasonable housing options and the weather is good with people that are mostly friendly.

There are cons, like everyone has a gun, healthcare is expensive and others. With all of that, I would still move back to Florida.

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Never be poor

This.

[SJW]

I've lived in Texas and Louisiana before. I'd move back to Texas or I'd move to Montana.

[Buster]

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Having lived in America on and off for the past decade, I lived in Atlanta, LA (MDL/Venice) & Boca Raton/Deerfield Beach. My vote would be for Florida. I would stay away from California. From how you described your situation, I would suggest Georgia, Kentucky, Tennessee or Arizona. While each state has cities that have grown/boomed and gotten more expensive, there are still reasonable housing options and the weather is good with people that are mostly friendly.

There are cons, like everyone has a gun, healthcare is expensive and others. With all of that, I would still move back to Florida.

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This.

Did you move back from Boca?

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I lived in Chula Vista, just really southern San Diego IMO for a year or so - love to go back to San Diego, if only it wasn't located in the Socialist empire of California (not talking geographically, more of an if only it could be it's own state, without any Democrats). If you think Trudeau is bad, just move to California. I also lived around a year total in New Hampshire (Sig Sauer's HQ in the USA). Hard pass for living there.

Texas, I can think of a 1/2 places I'd like to live, for dozens of good reasons.

Florida - I used to vacation there in the 2000s frequently as a friend owns a dive boat and touring operation at Daytona Beach, but I'm not sure living there would be a good option these days.

Utah - TONS of areas to just go out and practice long range shooting (you can't really do that in Texas, unless at a certified range, there really is no free fire zones), also tons of places to do off road adventure biking and that sort of thing. So for those 2 activities it'd be a lot of fun, I sure had fun doing both when I was in Utah a couple times staying with friends.

Scottsdale - my family too is in Scottsdale, at least a large portion of one side of my family. I can hack it year round there, I've been down in summer many times before, I tend to do well in the heat, always much preferred it to the cold - even in the mid east where I was I loved the heat there. It'd be uncomfortable for some weeks here and there in Arizona, but I think it'd be my #1, Texas #2, Utah #3, and visit California to drive fast and hoon around with friends maybe every couple of months.

I think Utah is up there. I don't drink any more, so that's not a problem.

And the Magic Underwear Army is mostly harmless.

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Change football for hockey and you have strathmore

Hockey culture is vastly more annoying than football...and one of the worst things about Canada.

[03ozwhip]

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Did you move back from Boca?

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I think Utah is up there. I don't drink any more, so that's not a problem.

And the Magic Underwear Army is mostly harmless.

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Hockey culture is vastly more annoying than football...and one of the worst things about Canada.

100% agree. Bring on the hate lol

[killramos]

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[Jlude]

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Did you move back from Boca?

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I moved to Detroit. Wife is doing a fellowship here, 2.5 years to go and I'm free to live wherever I want.

[03ozwhip]

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I moved to Detroit. Wife is doing a fellowship here, 2.5 years to go and I'm free to live wherever I want.

Dang, from Florida to Detroit....doesn't sound like an upgrade at all lol

[Gainsbarre]

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Haven't explored TN much to be fair - there are likely other great cities, too.

Nashville is probably my second favourite US city, after San Diego. Been there a few times and it is quite clean and modern. If I liked country music (I don't) Nashville might be my favourite US city. The same can't be said about Memphis - it's very rough. Love its music history way more than Nashville's but Memphis is still very run down (think St. Louis or New Orleans outside of the French Quarter). Visited Eastern Tennessee last January (Chattanooga and Knoxville) and I didn't find them particularly interesting and there was little to do. They're pretty small towns each with a population under 200,000. Visited Gatlinburg in 2018 and it's neat, but certainly a tourist trap. IMO Nashville and the surrounding areas (Murfreesboro is nice) are the only parts of Tennessee I'd ever consider.

Other places in the US I like are Austin, San Antonio, Philadelphia, Santa Fe, and Boise (surprised I don't hear mention of Boise and its suburbs more often - Boise is a hidden gem IMO). The number of US cities/places I dislike far outnumbers the list of places I enjoy, however. Houston, Phoenix, Charlotte, Tampa, Ohio, Connecticut, the Dakotas, Kansas, Nebraska, Kentucky outside of Louisville, Indiana outside of Indianapolis (Indianapolis exceeded my expectations), Michigan, Oklahoma, New Jersey, Albany/Syracuse/Rochester - though I found Buffalo to be surprisingly OK...

[ExtraSlow]

Not in a city likey.