Where is your dream place...

[wannaduacentury]

I like where I live right now for sentimental reasons. It's my old family farm--settled by my ancesters in the 1820's(I grew up here as well). It has a certain charm to it and I can walk to the river w/o a license and fish all I want b/c the game warden wouldn't fool w/ coming up the tangle of river to find me-good catfish too. There are several places I want to go of course- Italy, Norway, Maine, Alaska etc. There's a pretty little town in Oregon that was Peoria I think, where they filmed the movie Kindergarten cop, that's a charming little place on the west coast. I could live there. But I'm like many of you, be able to ride my bike everywhere and only use the car for long trips or hauling big things. The good thing is I can have a garden as big as I want where I'm at. Love fresh veggies in summer.

[mimitabby]

. There's a pretty little town in Oregon that was Peoria I think, where they filmed the movie Kindergarten cop, that's a charming little place on the west coast. I could live there. But I'm like many of you, be able to ride my bike everywhere and only use the car for long trips or hauling big things. The good thing is I can have a garden as big as I want where I'm at. Love fresh veggies in summer.

Nope, that was Astoria, Oregon and my nephew was a movie extra, i guess scenes were filmed at his elementary school. TEEHEE!
Astoria is a nice place, but it's very very depressed, no jobs.

[Trek420]

Is Astoria where the theatre festival is? If so I liked it a lot, rails to trails bike trail I think goes all the way up to Eugene, small farms and produce, close to mountains and ocean and there's a good Aikido dojo there. I could tell that it was a problem that jobs were seasonal.

I would like to bike the Blue Ridge Mountains too.

[IFjane]

I would like to bike the Blue Ridge Mountains too.

Trek - this is where I live now - at the foot of the Blue Ridge - and I'll have to say it's my second favorite place to live. The only drawback is the miserable humidity in the summer...

[mimitabby]

Is Astoria where the theatre festival is? If so I liked it a lot, rails to trails bike trail I think goes all the way up to Eugene, small farms and produce, close to mountains and ocean and there's a good Aikido dojo there. I could tell that it was a problem that jobs were seasonal.

I would like to bike the Blue Ridge Mountains too.

No, Trek, that's Ashland, a lot further south.

[Kitsune06]

I think I'll have my dream place soon. a cozy little place, nice kitchen, comfortable livingroom, intimate bedroom- somewhere good to have friends over, entertain and just kick back in the evening/weekends... with the right special someone and a kitty. The company is really what makes any place what it is, to me. It's nice being alone- it is- but when you have the right person there, all the positive attributes of everyday life are accentuated.

[mimitabby]

I think I'll have my dream place soon. a cozy little place, nice kitchen, comfortable livingroom, intimate bedroom- somewhere good to have friends over, entertain and just kick back in the evening/weekends... with the right special someone and a kitty. The company is really what makes any place what it is, to me. It's nice being alone- it is- but when you have the right person there, all the positive attributes of everyday life are accentuated.

Yes, I agree with you Kit; halfway. If we lived in some overhot sweaty humid place I don't care who I was sharing the place with; I'd be miserable.
and when we lost power in December, I quickly realized how UN romantic THAT could be.

[Dianyla]

Another blissful Portlander, chiming in!

The only situation I can envision that would be even better than what I've got is to have a chic condo in downtown Vancouver BC and then a horse ranch on the San Juan islands to spend my weekends.

/fantasyland

[Kitsune06]

I *said* positive attributes, Mimi!

and c'mon, being power free isn't that bad if you know how to keep warm.
And hot, sweaty humid places? Hit the pool.
Stuck at home? Break out the satin sheets and ice cubes.

There's *always* a way to make *everything* better. unfortunately neither of the above are anywhere near as much fun alone.

[wannaduacentury]

Nope, that was Astoria, Oregon and my nephew was a movie extra, i guess scenes were filmed at his elementary school. TEEHEE!
Astoria is a nice place, but it's very very depressed, no jobs.

Thanks Mimi I knew it was (oria) something That's cool that your nephew got be an xtra. They do a lot of films in GA too. There's a little town not far from me called Senoia Ga and they have a movie scout/ production place there. Really neat. I visited several of the places where they filmed Fried Green Tomatoes in the early 90's. Jennifer

[snapdragen]

Here's a fun way to find suggestions for your dream spot:

http://www.findyourspot.com/

[Bikingmomof3]

Here's a fun way to find suggestions for your dream spot:

http://www.findyourspot.com/

Very cool Snap! I was placed in several UP Michigan areas as well as Maine.

[Xrayted]

That quiz was interesting Snap. It placed me in CA quite a few times, up and down the coast. But I'm not into earthquakes so much. I was also placed in Eugene, Salem and Portland OR, all in the top 10. Colorado came up twice. Oh, and once in Louisiana. I have nothing against Louisiana, it just seemed out of place compared to all of the west coast ones. Like I said, interesting. Ya know, I may just try out the Portland area for a while and see how it goes. Does anyone know how long it takes to drive from PA to OR? Hmmm... *trots off to mapquest* doodeedoodeedoo Ah, ya know, if you drive straight through, you can get there in under 48 hours. Of course, there are soooo many neat places to see along the way. And a person has to sleep, or so I'm told. So, maybe 5-6 days? Verrrrrryyyy interesting indeed...

[Pax]

Funny, I took the quiz and ended up in...Key West!!
(and a few other coastal towns in LA/AL/FL)

[Dianyla]

Here's a fun way to find suggestions for your dream spot:

http://www.findyourspot.com/

Cool site, snap!

I got Portland as my number 1 result!

The rest of my top ten made sense to me, except that I really don't know how Little Rock AR snuck in there!