Rank the states based on where you'd want to live

[TDAS04]

1.  Washington (Olympia)
2.  Oregon (Portland)
3.  Maine (Portland)
4.  Vermont (Burlington)
5.  Minnesota (Duluth)
6.  Colorado (Boulder)
7.  Wisconsin (Madison)
8.  Alaska (Sitka)
9.  Iowa (Iowa City)
10.  New Hampshire (Concord)
.
.
.
41.  South Carolina (Charleston)
42.  Texas (Austin)
43.  Nevada (Carson City)
44.  Arizona (Flagstaff)
45.  Florida (St. Augustine)
46.  West Virginia (Charleston)
47.  Arkansas (Fayetteville)
48.  Oklahoma (Tulsa)
49.  Alabama (Mobile)
50.  Mississippi (Oxford)

[afleitch]

1      Pennsylvania (Poconos/Scranton/Main Line)

Just spotted this. My husband is from there

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

1: Kentucky (Louisville)
2: New Hampshire (Grafton)
3: North Dakota (Fargo)
4: Montana (Kalispell)
5: South Dakota (Sioux Falls)
6: Idaho (Cour d'Alene)
7: Wyoming (Cheyenne)
8: Nebraska (Bellevue)
9: Alaska (Juneau)
10: Vermont (Burlington)

41: New York
42: Georgia
43: Texas
44: Hawaii
45: New Mexico
46: Arizona
47: Louisiana (the good food kept it from being lower)
48: Alabama
49: Mississippi
50: Florida (The last place I want to go during Spring)
51: DC

I don't understand the appeal of Florida, South Carolina is enough of an oven for me.  I hope to get out of the South as soon as I'm out of college, so glad I go back to Louisville during the Summer.

[TJ in Oregon]

[Goldwater]

I don't understand the appeal of Florida, South Carolina is enough of an oven for me.  I hope to get out of the South as soon as I'm out of college, so glad I go back to Louisville during the Summer.

Some of us like the heat and can't f**king stand the cold.

[Person Man]

I don't understand the appeal of Florida, South Carolina is enough of an oven for me.  I hope to get out of the South as soon as I'm out of college, so glad I go back to Louisville during the Summer.

Some of us like the heat and can't f**king stand the cold.

Florida isn't as hot...or as cold as the rest of the South. At least on the Southern shores.

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

I don't understand the appeal of Florida, South Carolina is enough of an oven for me.  I hope to get out of the South as soon as I'm out of college, so glad I go back to Louisville during the Summer.

Some of us like the heat and can't f**king stand the cold.

Florida isn't as hot...or as cold as the rest of the South. At least on the Southern shores.

Really?  I've only been to Jacksonville and Pensacola during Spring break, and that was enough for me.

@ Goldwater, try living in the South (Most of the people are great, don't get me wrong).  I love the weather in Washington, reminds me of living in Britain.

[Flake]

I don't understand the appeal of Florida, South Carolina is enough of an oven for me.  I hope to get out of the South as soon as I'm out of college, so glad I go back to Louisville during the Summer.

Some of us like the heat and can't f**king stand the cold.

Florida isn't as hot...or as cold as the rest of the South. At least on the Southern shores.

Compared to the rest of the south, Florida has a more stable range from all of the ocean surrounding it. It also doesn't hurt that we get a whole lot of rain in the summer keeping the temperatures lower.

[politicallefty]

I don't understand the appeal of Florida, South Carolina is enough of an oven for me.  I hope to get out of the South as soon as I'm out of college, so glad I go back to Louisville during the Summer.

Some of us like the heat and can't f**king stand the cold.

That's one of the most appealing aspects of the West. However, to be fair, it's generally a dry heat and not humid. I have no issues with dry heat; I just cannot stand humidity. The heat+humidity combination is extremely rare in California.

[Goldwater]

@ Goldwater, try living in the South (Most of the people are great, don't get me wrong).  I love the weather in Washington, reminds me of living in Britain.

Okay, it's a deal. Let's switch states.

[Nutmeg]

It would depend heavily on financial and life situations. If I had a lot more money, there are lots of places that would suddenly become tolerable (for example, South Carolina if I could have a house on Charleston's Battery, or Maryland if I had a place on the Chesapeake, but otherwise not so much for either state). Or if I didn't need to have a daily job/could work from home, then lots of cute small towns would become viable, as would places like Wyoming and Montana.

So basically if I could telework from anywhere but kept my current asset and income levels, I'd say:
1. DC
2. VT
3. WA
4. OR
4. CA
5. CO
6. ME
7. WY
8. UT
9. MT

But come to think of it, there both nice and bad microsituations in every state.

[Chunk Yogurt for President!]

@ Goldwater, try living in the South (Most of the people are great, don't get me wrong).  I love the weather in Washington, reminds me of living in Britain.

Okay, it's a deal. Let's switch states.

I'd be up for that, especially if you live in the Peninsula!

[Goldwater]

@ Goldwater, try living in the South (Most of the people are great, don't get me wrong).  I love the weather in Washington, reminds me of living in Britain.

Okay, it's a deal. Let's switch states.

I'd be up for that, especially if you live in the Peninsula!

Actually, I live in eastern Washington, in the Spokane area to be specific. Probably not quite the weather you were expecting.