What's the best place to live in the US?

[Zardnaar]

Apparently Boise Idaho is expensive. California influx or something else going on?

Alot of state state capital places would be appealing for me personally. Small cities are nice trade of off amenities and less big city problems. Enough things to see and do without to many people.

 

[Samson]

Other than Charleston, the only other city of the US I'd actually consider to move to would be Las Vegas.

Vegas is on the bottom of my list of places to see, and would probably be even lower on my list to live. I have seen Reno, and I do not want to see its big brother that is even further from the ski hills.

 

[Birdjaguar]

That city is on the bottom of my list of places to see, and would probably be even lower on my list to live. I have seen Reno, and I do not want to see its big brother that is even further from the ski hills.

For "real skiing" in the US, go to CO. It has deep snow, a long season and high mountains. There are lots of choices statewide.

 

[Samson]

I meant Vegas, Edited post.

 

[Samson]

For "real skiing" in the US, go to CO. It has deep snow, a long season and high mountains. There are lots of choices statewide.

The Vail bowls after a storm are pretty special. The ski resort I most want to go to is Silverton.

If you are into skiing but only ever done the US resorts, you really should try a big European one like The Three Valleys. It is a whole different thing to ski hard all day and never repeat a slope. There is nothing like that in the states.

Spoiler Silverton and Three Valleys :

 

[lymond]

Ugh...Morgantown has crazy WVU fans and townies. I'm not sure I'd want to be remotely near that town. Been to a coupla games there.

Speaking of Roanoke, my college town of Blacksburg just south would be a nice place to live. Beautiful area with plenty of outdoors-y stuff to do, and VT makes the town high-tech. It was the first wired town in the country.

I mentioned Asheville earlier. I've been there a couple of times - once to actually check it out. I'm interested in that area but home prices I think are not quite as good there as they were. I recently heard of the town of Hickory which is kinda between Asheville and C-ville, so an easy drive to both towns while keeping that small-town feel. I've been checkin' out real estate there. Apparently, it is a real hot spot now.

 

[Voidwalkin]

It isn't great. Wanted other Ohioans to wonder why anyone would suggest it.

Ride the Holmes country trail? Odd list of towns. It's decent but Amish charm really wears off quickly when you live there. It seems magical for two weeks. After, there's just **** everywhere. Absolutely everywhere.

Sugarcreek is OK. I'd not recommend anyone live or even visit Holmes County, though. It's like it's own foreign country inside the US, one of the most unique places I've ever been, but the people are just... overwhelmingly miserable.

 

[gangleri2001]

It's not a tie. It's Charleston (SC, forget about WV) first and Las Vegas second.

As I said in my message, I think Charleston is the most well-balanced city in the US. It has appeal for almost everybody so that is why it is my first option.

As for my second option, Las Vegas, I think it is because the Mojave and Sonoran deserts have always given me the sensation of feeling at home despite I've never been there. The calmness of the desert combined with the contrasting aura of excess of Las Vegas is what brings the much sought-after balance to me. Besides, modern Las Vegas is big enough to allow you to ignore both the desert and the casinos if you want to. It's no longer the monoculture of mob-run casinos in the middle of nowhere it was a few decades back.

 

[stfoskey12]

I would like to move to the Mid-Atlantic at some point. That way I could be a bit closer to my family in North Carolina, while getting more snow and slightly shorter summers than NC does. I could also do a mountain town like Asheville or Boone in NC, but the Raleigh-Durham area where my family lives is warmer than I prefer.

 

[Birdjaguar]

but the Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill area

FTFY

 

[Zardnaar]

Quite liked the youtube videos I saw of Carolinas. Alot like home. Don't want to hot or cold or big city.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

When I was a kid, I invited a friend of mine to go out sledding during a blizzard. He declined, on the grounds that he'd heard a story about a kid who got buried in feet of snow in some kind of freak accident. I enjoyed 8-10 Winters of sledding hijinks when I was a kid, and my friend had... none, I guess? I don't really know what he was doing when the rest of us were out sledding.

Sledding in a blizzard is asking for a Darwin Award.

 

[Samson]

Sledding in a blizzard is asking for a Darwin Award.

Why? Surely you understand the value of good clothing. If you cannot go out while it is snowing you get to miss a lot of the time when one can enjoy the snow.

 

[Zardnaar]

Why? Surely you understand the value of good clothing. If you cannot go out while it is snowing you get to miss a lot of the time when one can enjoy the snow.

Blizzards a bit different to playing in the snow.

You're an Aussie?

 

[Samson]

Blizzards a bit different to playing in the snow.

You're an Aussie?

I am a brit, but I have been skiing in blizzards that keep most people inside. I know the things that kill you, and I really wonder what Valka D'Ur was referring to. She also knows a thing or two about the cold.

 

[Zardnaar]

I am a brit, but I have been skiing in blizzards that keep most people inside. I know the things that kill you, and I really wonder what Valka D'Ur was referring to. She also knows a thing or two about the cold.

I suspect there's a difference between Britush blizzard and UK one.

Only thing comparable here is in the mountains. I was in army winter stuff in 90s and the weather defeated us.

 

[Samson]

I suspect there's a difference between Britush blizzard and UK one.

Only thing comparable here is in the mountains. I was in army winter stuff in 90s and the weather defeated us.

The big blizzards I have been in have been the Alps, Colorado and the US Sierra Nevada. I used to grow a beard just so it would get covered in ice and protect my face.

 

[Zardnaar]

The big blizzards I have been in have been the Alps, Colorado and the US Sierra Nevada. I used to grow a beard just so it would get covered in ice and protect my face.

Wouldn't be surprised if a Canadian blizzard is -25 or something stupid.

 

[Valka D'Ur]

Why? Surely you understand the value of good clothing. If you cannot go out while it is snowing you get to miss a lot of the time when one can enjoy the snow.

A blizzard is a whole different category of weather than merely snowing. Blizzards include things like hypothermia, frostbite, zero-visibility leading to getting lost or run over, and of course black ice. And then there's the possibility of power outages and high winds blowing trees or power poles over.

Going sledding in a blizzard is something someone would do if they have a death wish. They are dangerous, and that is the reason why both the police and Environment Canada tell people to stay home, and not to do any nonessential traveling. And if you do have to travel, have emergency equipment with you. If you're going out on the highway, you need to be prepared to survive for a couple of days if your vehicle gets stuck.

I suspect there's a difference between Britush blizzard and UK one.

I suspect that one of the words in this sentence should actually be "Canadian."

Wouldn't be surprised if a Canadian blizzard is -25 or something stupid.

This, and colder. It's the wind that's the real danger. When it gets going, it can blow trucks over on the highway.

 

[amadeus]

I suspect that one of the words in this sentence should actually be "Canadian."

Or does Great Britain receive unusual blizzards as compared to Northern Ireland?