What US counties would you most like to live in?

[Chareth Cutestory]

Philadelphia, PA
New York, NY
Orleans, LA
Sonoma, CA
Boulder, CO
Miami-Dade, FL
Hudson, NJ
Suffolk, MA
Queens, NY

Doesn't matter how many.

[Is JCL in mushy sappy love]

Why no love for the flyover states

[memphis]

We've played this game a few times. Where, within a county, is much more important than which county. Any non rural county has good areas and bad areas.

[Chareth Cutestory]

Why no love for the flyover states

I'm very coastal-centric. I've only ventured deep into the country a handful of times, it's very foreign to me. I should add Bexar, TX though, which I definitely don't think qualifies as non-flyover territory.

[Chareth Cutestory]

We've played this game a few times. Where, within a county, is much more important than which county. Any non rural county has good areas and bad areas.

Well of course, but I wanna be able to form some kind of heat map eventually. And of course there's always going to be a desire to narrow the categories. But you can't get much more narrow with it unless you only consider the Northeast and Midwest.

[So the Heroes Fall]

Hennepin, MN
Dane, WI
Cook, IL
Kings, NY
Albany, NY
Middlesex, NJ
Baltimore City, MD
Washington, DC
Denver, CO
San Francisco, CA
Philadelphia, PA
Multnomah, OR

[dead0man]

I'd like to live on Manhattan for a year or two at some point in my life.  Chicago too, to a lesser extent.  Past that, I'm good with Douglas County NE.  I'm sure as I get older and the cold hurts more and more, I'll look to the south or west, but for now, I'm content in my little forgotten corner of America.

[WalterMitty]

suffolk ma
middlesex ma
berkshire ma
new york ny
kings ny

[Redalgo]

It would take a lot more research than I'm willing to do this morning to answer the question. I like small towns in rural areas with continental climes and an abundance of mountains, forests, and/or lakes nearby. There are likely well over a dozen counties I would love to live in if given the chance.

That's alright though. Maybe I'll look into it closely enough to give a more proper response later. :]

[Kushahontas]

NY, NY
Cook
Marin
King
Travis
Denver (maybe)
Durham?
Clarke (GA)

[HockeyDude]

1. New York, NY
---rather large gap---
Kings, NY
Queens, NY
Essex, NJ
Bergen, NJ
Hudson, NJ
Orleans Parish, LA
San Diego, CA
Wake County, NC
Suffolk, MA
San Francisco, CA

[Senator Ben]

Arlington, VA
Midlothian, VA
Fairfax, VA
Baltimore, MD
Washington, DC
Philadelphia, PA
New York, NY

[Ѕenator Αverroës]

Johnson County, IA
Story County, IA
Cumberland County, ME
Gallatin County, MT
Grafton County, NH
Benton County, OR
Multnomah County, OR
Albemarle County / Charlottesville, VA
Chittenden County, VT
Washington County, VT
Dane County, WI

[Senator Napoleon]

New York
Kings
King
Chittenden
Pitkin
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Santa Barbara
Fairfield
D.C.


This is a no particular order top ten.

[ChairmanSanchez]

Indian River, Florida...nowhere else.

[GM Griffin]

Marin, CA
Humboldt, CA
Ouray, CO
Cameron, TX
Washtenaw, MI
Hamilton, TN
Cobb, GA

[memphis]

I don't understand the crazy love New York City always gets in these threads. It's expensive, crowded, and not visually appealing.

[Ѕenator Αverroës]

I don't understand the crazy love New York City always gets in these threads. It's expensive, crowded, and not visually appealing.

It's more visually appealing than almost any other American city.

[Senator Napoleon]

I don't understand the crazy love New York City always gets in these threads. It's expensive, crowded, and not visually appealing.

It's more visually appealing than almost any other American city.

And has culture, diversity and entertainment. There is nowhere for someone like me in Memphis, TN.

[Χahar]

San Francisco, California

After that there's a pretty large gap. I suppose Alameda County would be cool, too.

[memphis]

I don't understand the crazy love New York City always gets in these threads. It's expensive, crowded, and not visually appealing.

It's more visually appealing than almost any other American city.

And has culture, diversity and entertainment. There is nowhere for someone like me in Memphis, TN.

Do you know anything about Memphis?

[Kushahontas]

I don't understand the crazy love New York City always gets in these threads. It's expensive, crowded, and not visually appealing.

It's more visually appealing than almost any other American city.

[Kushahontas]

Marin, CA
Humboldt, CA
Ouray, CO
Cameron, TX
Washtenaw, MI
Hamilton, TN
Cobb, GA

as a native who got out as fast as he could, "yuck!"

[Senator Napoleon]

I don't understand the crazy love New York City always gets in these threads. It's expensive, crowded, and not visually appealing.

It's more visually appealing than almost any other American city.

And has culture, diversity and entertainment. There is nowhere for someone like me in Memphis, TN.

Do you know anything about Memphis?

Yes, but you don't know anything about me. Given that "someone like me" was the critical part of the statement, im curious to why you seem so offended.

[memphis]

I don't understand the crazy love New York City always gets in these threads. It's expensive, crowded, and not visually appealing.

It's more visually appealing than almost any other American city.

And has culture, diversity and entertainment. There is nowhere for someone like me in Memphis, TN.

Do you know anything about Memphis?

Yes, but you don't know anything about me. Given that "someone like me" was the critical part of the statement, im curious to why you seem so offended.

Not offended. Just annoyed that people assume only New York or California could have immigrants, or gays, or nightlife, or whatever. America's medium sized cities have a lot going on too. At a much better value. Which is important because if you must spend your entire paycheck on rent, you're not going to be able to enjoy any of the things your city has to offer.