What regional area (and states) in the USA would you consider living in?

[DizzyDesii]

Even if you don’t live in the USA, you can answer where you’d prefer to stay if you moved or visited for an extended time. For me, there will always be something about the south. The wages are debatable but the food, music, people, style, tone of voice, slang, etc is def more of what I’m into. I’m just really comfortable here. The ideal southern states for me are North Carolina (Charlotte but Raleigh was straight), Texas (possibly Dallas), and Georgia (anywhere but Atlanta). I mean, every state has its good and bad. I don’t think I’d see myself in FL anymore but back then I used to say Tallahassee or Tampa. I’d visit Tennessee but wouldn’t care to live there. I’d like to visit NY and CO but wouldn’t want to live in either. I’d like to go back to NV and would actually be okay living in Vegas. #FeelFreeToList

West (name your preferred states below)

Midwest (name your preferred states below)

South (name your preferred states below)

Northeast (name your preferred states below)

I live outside of the USA and prefer to keep it that way

I live in the USA but want to gtfo

[Oliverlogan263]

Hmm that's a good question.

Something about that laidback vibe and Southern hospitality seems pretty chill. I like the idea of warmer weather too since it's not always sunny here.

If I had to pick somewhere to live other than Cali, North Carolina would probably be at the top. Charlotte seems like a cool city with lots to do, and the surrounding nature is beautiful. I've also heard good things about places like Austin, Texas. Seem like they got a good music scene.

Nashville would be sick to visit for all the country music too. And Atlanta has big city vibes without being too crowded like LA or NYC.

I know what you mean about Florida - it's fun to vacation there but not sure about living plus I’m not being bothered with gators out there and all that water 😂😂. And the Southwest like Vegas and New Mexico look dope with the warm weather and unique culture.

Overall I'm kinda down for anywhere with nice weather year-round and an easygoing attitude. Seems like the South has both! Would love to explore more places down there at some point for sure.

[DizzyDesii]

I’d visit Austin and Nashville but theyre not diverse enough for me in terms of living there

[DryGermanGuy]

I see no point in living in the United States. It has very few upsides (sheer size and variation) and lots of downsides (shitty food, gun violence, silly laws, bad infrastructure, little public transportation). If I had to choose a region, it would have to be an older one with more history and culture. Maybe New England? Certainly the East Coast.

I could see myself working for two or three years in the United States, if it were paid extremely well. Just to get new professional experiences and work contacts.

[beebella]

I'd prefer to stay on the West coast/Pacific region (doesn't necessarily have to be California).. But, if I absolutely had to leave the West coast and I had my pick of anywhere to go:

I never really hear anything about Vermont, so that probably means nothing crazy happens in Vermont and that's always good. 😂

I hear Massachusetts is really nice and I'd love to visit Boston someday, so that'd be one of my options.

As far as Southern states go, Georgia seems like the most appealing to me. Not really sure why, tbh. 😅

[DizzyDesii]

Damn i forgot Vermont exists 😂

[beebella]

Exactly. 😂

[BoopBoopBeep]

Vermont isn't a real place. It's neighboring states are Narnia, Neverland, and High Work Morale. Actually my brother lives there. It's expensive but pretty.

[DizzyDesii]

@BoopBoopBeep 😂

[DizzyDesii]

You get funnier by the day dude

[BoopBoopBeep]

My brain is oxygen deprived since my resting pulse is 42 now. And because I hold my breath until I pass out so I don't have to go to Teams meetings. Sometimes it does weird shite. It's a tradeoff, ya know. What's my brain ever done for me really?

[Julie_TS]

Currently: Ohio Have lived: Cali Would consider: Cali (again), NY, Alaska, maybe NC or FL

[DizzyDesii]

Nice! You edited the map haha

[Julie_TS]

Thankyou, thankyou...
I find visual aids to often be very helpful.

[Julie_TS]

Thanks for the MHO!!!

[exitseven]

I am planning on ending up in Florida

[DizzyDesii]

Good luck with that

[exitseven]

I know. I am having a hard time selling it to my wife

[DizzyDesii]

I think the panhandle should be more tolerable

[midnightmoon05]

I lived in NYC my whole life. Now in CT. I love the city and I love traveling so… as of now… we are planning our next chapter of our life…most likely 3 seasons in the south … go to Norway in the summer time.
We have the freedom to go anywhere so we are not stressing.

[DizzyDesii]

Is conneticut diverse?

[midnightmoon05]

Yes and no. Depending which town.

[RavenBear0]

I mean I guess I've always wanted to see Wyoming and Oklahoma the most, not entirely sure why tho probably somethin to do with certain mustang herds over there that I've always wanted to see, don't really have any other reason ig 😅

[DizzyDesii]

Yea I don't know wtf is there 😂

[RavenBear0]

Lol me either I don't know shit about USA 🤣 if I was to go anywhere it'd be Japan lol been obsessed with it since I was 3 and me and my partner have planned a trip to go and omfg I'm so excited

[DizzyDesii]

he's been to Japan and wants to go back though he initially only went to accompany his friend. I personally have no interest in visiting there. My lack of love for traveling is another thing that comes between us. He wants to fly everywhere. I only wanna go to certain places. YET he's too cheap to travel. So he's also his own downfall lol

[RavenBear0]

Yea see I don't really care for travelling either but Japan is the one place I've always wanted to go

[DizzyDesii]

Its Australia for me

[RavenBear0]

Ayyyeee that's where I live let's goooo 😅

[DizzyDesii]

OMG FORREAL 😍😭 I wanna visit Gold Coast and Whitsundays

[RavenBear0]

Ohhh I'm actually pretty close to there

[RavenBear0]

It's super nice tbh I went there a few times for a day out with one of my friends it was awesome, it is however kinda expensive coz it is a pretty big tourist spot but it is really nice and definitely worth it

[DizzyDesii]

Yea the hotels had crazy prices but i wanted to check out the theme parks and surfing tournaments

[RavenBear0]

Ok so honestly with that get the app Booking. com it should be a little blue one and you can always find great hotels with great prices and they usually even have discounts on then and that's what has helped me a bunch of times, but it's seriously worth going it's amazing and the theme parks are cool asf I've been to so many there and they're amazing, also if you're into animals I highly recommend going to Australia Zoo if you ever come over here it's only a few hours away and it's massive and has so many things and it's super interactive you get to feed kangaroos and wallaby's and the elephants and giraffes and everything it's cool asf

[DizzyDesii]

Im afraid of animals yet i wanna go to AU 🤣

[RavenBear0]

Haha fair enough honestly our animals over here kinda chill asf they won't fuck with you unless you fuck with them yk so you'd be allg lol

[RavenBear0]

But yea I live in Brisbane so I'm really not that far from Gold Coast or the sunny coast, sunny coast isn't as nice as Gold Coast but it's still cool, I get most of my piercings done there

[DizzyDesii]

Are the spiders and snakes as bad as they claim

[RavenBear0]

I mean the spiders can get pretty big and same with the snakes but you don't see them EVERYWHERE like everyone likes to say, usual they stick to more country like areas and mainly the bush, they tend to avoid the city as much as possible the only time you'll probably see them in large city like areas is usually when someone's pet got out or it got out from a zoo or somethin like that but honestly you don't see em all that much I've probably seen about 3 snakes this year and that's actually out in the country but they were just pythons so honestly they're not that bad lol, yea out in dense bush areas or further up north you will see more coz it's hotter out there and they much prefer that but if you're going more down towards gold coast and Brisbane way you'll be fine

[DizzyDesii]

I thought people said snakes are often coming out the ceiling, toilet or from under the bed in hotels lol

[RavenBear0]

I mean sometimes but again that's usually out in country areas lol

[ShadezMcgee]

Born Midwestern and will probably die one. Hardy and friendly people. Probably my home state of Wisconsin, but I could see myself living in Oklahoma, Arizona or Tennessee. Maybe Texas if they fix the fucking border

[DizzyDesii]

Wow whats in Oklahoma in your opinion? Only midwestern state i’ve been to is ohio and it felt like i never left the south

[ShadezMcgee]

Oklahoma came off as very rural and open when I drove through it. I have always likes the idea of having a small house in a rural part of the country where there were few people around and it was easy to be left alone if you didn't want to deal with others. Plus, housing is more affordable there as well from where I looked compared to the absurd rates here.

[DizzyDesii]

I think its affordable because of the tornados that could likely damage it but i could be wrong. Like here, you can get really nice, already cleared/clean land for $18k-30k but thats mainly because whatever you build on it will keep getting jacked up by tornadoes and floods

[ShadezMcgee]

Tornadoes? I am used to those up here in Wisconsin. Had one just the other week. Dodged it on the interstate 5 minutes before it crossed.

[DizzyDesii]

Holy smokes didn't know about midwest having those. I thought it was mostly snowstorms

[ShadezMcgee]

Oh we are more known for those, but we have had our share of twisters.

[DJB72]

I'd love to live in the Rockies. Colorado up to Montana. I've got acquaintances in the area but never been yet - expensive from South Africa - and intending to visit but losing my leg in 2020 threw a spanner in the works

[DizzyDesii]

I’d love to visit Colorado, mainly Aspen and the sand dunes

[DJB72]

My friends are in Colorado Springs and Denver. One of them was a pastor near Columbine in 1999

[DizzyDesii]

Aww man

[DJB72]

It's a messed up world.

[iron_ninjs]

Wherever the weather is not too hot in the summer. Somewhere affordable, but not in a big city. Preferably close to nature, so it's a close ride to some cabin, where I can spend some "alone time" with a girl. 😏

[DizzyDesii]

Any specific states in mind?

[iron_ninjs]

Not really. Although, as you mentioned, the South has good food, so...

[DizzyDesii]

Its got that “good good” too 🤣

[iron_ninjs]

Good good?

[DizzyDesii]

Lmao let me hush

[iron_ninjs]

I'm lost.
Or am I?🤔

[Drew-1990]

If I moved I would want the south, I really do want to visit Texas one day. Only problem with south though is the heat

[DizzyDesii]

The heat doesn't get too bad until June-Aug. i think TX would be good, especially Dallas. I used to say Houston but i see thats not a good idea anymore

[RHK36]

Maybe Cali because of work and friends mostly. Possibly Austin for the food, festivals of music, cons and film related stuff. Outside of the US it would be Japan.

[DizzyDesii]

Austin is prob cool but i prefer the diversity of Dallas

[MysticDevice]

Midwest all the way. Preferably staying in Wisconsin or northwest out in Montana or Wyoming. (Not midwest)

I also have thought about Texas but it seems really hot and really dry.

[DizzyDesii]

Montana ain't diverse enough for me. Texas is pretty dry. It made Vegas NV feel super dew-y and relaxing

[electromagnetic]

I’ve always had a soft spot for Destin Florida.

[DizzyDesii]

I’d love to visit

[Lliam]

California for the ocean, weather and varied topography, ecosystems and environments.

[DizzyDesii]

I see

[RebelinSteel]

Which ones don’t have mass shootings and it’s safe to go to supermarket etc at 2am?

[DizzyDesii]

Shootings could happen anywhere. I really dont pay attention to statistics enough to know where you could likely avoid the issue. I dont even know any supermarkets open at 2am. Even walmart closes early after the pandemic hit

[RebelinSteel]

What you don’t have 24 hour supermarkets? That’s terrible. That tbh is one of the problems that shootings can happen anywhere.

[DizzyDesii]

Walmart supercenters were the only 24 hr j could recall bt now they all close at 11p

[RebelinSteel]

When I’m on shifts I pop in at 4am and get my shopping, it’s great hardly anyone in the store apart from the odd person in pjs lol

[DizzyDesii]

Lol thats cute. We have lots of 24 hr gas stations but yea not grocery stores

[Paul_in_Indy]

I’m from the north east, and that’s always my preference.

[DizzyDesii]

Loyal to where you were raised. I can relate

[OtterMan68]

I want to live somewhere I don't use my air conditioner after September or my heater after March.

I hate long, hot, humid summers and long bitter cold winters.

[DizzyDesii]

Yea so dont come to the south lol

[loveslongnails]

I would never live full time in a red state, I don't care where it is. Right now, I live part-time in 3 different states, 2 are purple and one is blue.

[DizzyDesii]

I dont pay attention to the red/blue stuff. Not all people in those places walk around chanting politician names so it doesn't bother me

[loveslongnails]

It might not affect your life directly, but it does mine and my partners because of the fields we are in, which are education and health care. We have to deal with the effects of political decisions every single day.

[RavVid]

i'll go with Texas as a forebear wanted to go there.

[DizzyDesii]

Yayy

[RavVid]

I would be a Texan today if not for Sam Houston rejecting my forebears job app. Plus the gold strike in Australian.

[worldscolide]

I like where I'm at, I'm in a low cost of living location. So my dollar goes way further than say new York or California.

[DizzyDesii]

Thats good

[Hispanic-Cool-Guy]

I'll live on the west coast in California, city of L. A. or San Diego, Nevada in the city of Las Vegas or Texas in the cities of Houston or Dallas.

Anywhere cold count me out.

[DizzyDesii]

Yea i can't do the cold

[TallAnon]

America has too high a crime rate, murder rate and too many guns around for me to really consider moving there; If I were to move there, probably somewhere in the middle of nowhere.

[DizzyDesii]

The middle of nowhere is prob not the safest either lol

[TallAnon]

Haha, I would have so many automated guns on my property.. 😁

[kellytheman]

Yeah I probably go west than east and I think living in Nevada, Arizona, California, or one of the mostly warm states.

[DizzyDesii]

Nevada and arizona are hot not warm lol

[kellytheman]

True but I bet they have a lot of places with air conditioning

[DizzyDesii]

Yea and they charge like $7 for water

[kellytheman]

Yeah the water thing could be a problem especially when they run out of water and in a drought. Water where I live is very low cost because I live by the Mississippi River. I feel like where I live is the best place in the US.