If you could pack up and move somewhere new tomorrow, where would you go?

Money, relationship, kids, family and friends out of the equation I'd probably move to New Zealand. Lots of alpine and the ocean nearby, warmer climate nearby and high quality of life. 

I would try to find a larger plot of land within 10 sq miles of where I am.  I would also take regular killer road trips but for home base i am w2here i want to be. 

Here is another vote for New Zealand. 

PWZ wrote:

Truth is I don't think I would. 45 minutes to the ocean, half hour to the local mountain scene. I like winter, and generally believe that folks should get over the bugs

Where is this magical place?

I did that very thing 5 years ago and moved to Las Vegas. I'm very happy here and can't think of anywhere else I would rather be. 

ddriver wrote:

Briancon is nice. I like Arco as well. Most places seem better to visit than to live.

That’s why Gap vs one of the small towns in the Maritime Alps. 

Victor Machtel wrote:

Money, relationship, kids, family and friends out of the equation I'd probably move to New Zealand. Lots of alpine and the ocean nearby, warmer climate nearby and high quality of life. 

Me too. Or Tasmania. Not so crowded. I prefer chicken to lamb but I could adjust.

The live work potential HERE is so good. 

Brooks K wrote:

Where is this magical place?

That probably describes hundreds of towns on the west coast and in New England, at least in the US.

grand junction dude. its boise but with way, way better climbing. and this is coming from the Cliff's #1-ish fan

I’ve been living on the South Island of NZ for the past 3 years, and can confirm that it’s a great place to be even if you’re married and have got kids and a mortgage like me. But I do still dream of moving to Katoomba to have access to the Blue Mountains, or Tassie. Some of the Euro destinations mentioned are also appealing, as is Canmore. 

If I told you, you'd move there, defeating the entire reason I moved there: fewer people.

Mammoth, or Wānaka. I am very happy in Durango now though.

Warm water, perfect uncrowded surf. And somehow good granite climbing nearby. And affordable(ish) housing, so we can retire there.

lemme know where we should gentrify... 

If I.could have my own place , bought and paid for, it would be Big Sur, preferably southern Big Sur. And there I would live out a dream retirement from my dream occupations: award-winning symphonic music composer/ Nobel prize winning author/ long- reigning UFC champion.

Donald Thompson wrote:

If I.could have my own place , bought and paid for, it would be Big Sur, preferably southern Big Sur. And there I would live out a dream retirement from my dream occupations: award-winning symphonic music composer/ Nobel prize winning author/ long- reigning UFC champion.

Interesting choice. I love Big Sur. I know someone who grew up on Partington Ridge in a full-on bohemian family in the 1970s. Dad was a famous painter. Kids ran around wild and naked. She has very fond memories of it. But chose to live in LA for her actual adult life. I don't think I could handle the isolation, especially with the road washing out for months at a time. 

Andrew Rice wrote:

 I don't think I could handle the isolation, especially with the road washing out for months at a time. 

You say that like it's a bad thing...

Andrew Rice wrote:

Interesting choice. I love Big Sur. I know someone who grew up on Partington Ridge in a full-on bohemian family in the 1970s. Dad was a famous painter. Kids ran around wild and naked. She has very fond memories of it. But chose to live in LA for her actual adult life. I don't think I could handle the isolation, especially with the road washing out for months at a time. 

As a kid I lived for a time in Monterey and in order to avoid the traffic on 101 my dad would take H 1 whenever we visited down in LA. I fell in love with the Sur on those car rides and after growing up also got to know year round residents- especially in the Palo Colorado area in North Sur, which also washes out frequently.

In those days it seemed like the sea mammals would hang out all along the Big Sur Coast- not just in select areas like they do today -like around San Simeon area.

On the subject of isolation it all depends on how resourceful one is- or how old. A 93 year old resident in my current neighborhood  ( before I moved to Skyland) froze to death in her home during the very heavy snowstorms.last year. The electricity was out for nearly 2 weeks so she had no heater or furnace. No one thought to check on her or perhaps had the physical fitness to make it to her home through the tons of  snow.She was too frail to make fire, apparently. Very sad. I frequently walk by that house on my hikes east of here.

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