Where is your dream place...

[Pax]

If you could live anywhere, where would it be and why??


I'd live in Key West, my lifes goal is to live where I never have to wear pants EVER again. I'd own no car, very little stuff, and I'd ride my bike everywhere.

[mimitabby]

I'd probably live in a town named Sequim, WA, and there would be no cars there.

or I'd live in Southern Italy; and the dollar would be strong and the Euro weak.

or I'd live right where I am but 90% of my neighbors would move to California
where there's plenty of room

[Kitsune06]

I'd live somewhere that wasn't too terribly far from nature- raw nature, not little fenced-in dedication to what once was...
a little, solid, rustic wood and stone a-frame on a lake, gravel roads (or not ) lots of hunting and fishing, where summers weren't too hot and winters kept idiot people away. Maybe near a college campus to get the more liberal feel to it.
...and I concur with everything Queen said except the pants part, b/c I like snow.

[rocknrollgirl]

The town of Portree on the Isle of Skye, or Grafton Vermont.

[pepe6599]

I'm living in my dream place but if I wasn't living in Hawaii I prob. would move to Nashwille, Tenn.

[Bad JuJu]

Maine or Alaska in the summer, Key West in the winter. Yep, I'd be a snowbird.

[Meaux]

Cork, Ireland. I went to Ireland almost 4 years ago and I still get sort of homesick for it. I loved it there. However, I would, of course, be able to afford to live there in a very nice home.

[Xrayted]

Well, I agree with Queen. I can live in shorts, bikini top and sandals all year 'round. I'm not much for snow but I can live with rain. I'd have a stone and wood cabin in the mountains among the trees, with a lake nearby to kayak in. Nice long winding roads and trails to ride my bikes on. Far enough away from the neighbors so I could walk around nekkid but near enough to town so I wouldn't need my car. I would want to be within an hour or so drive to the ocean. Is there such a place? I'm currently searching...

[Bikingmomof3]

A small town, quaint and quiet, in either UP Michigan or Maine.

[pyxichick]

I second both the previous posts. Somewhere woodsy for sure, and cold in the winter, preferably with snow (unlike MN this year )

My sister lives in Key West. She loves it there because of the weather, but she's had to endure hurricanes and I don't think it would be a good place for a road cyclist, since there's only one very busy road out of town. I guess you could take up kayaking instead.

[bcipam]

Either Boulder, Colorado (bike heaven) or someplace in Maine. Also wouldn't mind somewhere around Ketchum, Idaho or maybe St. George, Utah. All places I'm considering once I retire.

[Pax]

...My sister lives in Key West. She loves it there because of the weather, but she's had to endure hurricanes and I don't think it would be a good place for a road cyclist, since there's only one very busy road out of town. I guess you could take up kayaking instead.

Tell your sister I am SOOOOO jealous! I visit Key West as often as money allows and since my other sporting passions are scuba and kayaking I think it would be nirvana. If I were unattached I'd move there tomorrow.

[emily_in_nc]

I'd want to live in a quaint cottage somewhere warm all the time, like Queen, but not scorching, drippingly humid/hot (as NC can be in mid-July), car-free, where I could ride or walk or sail or kayak everywhere. I'm thinking Hopetown, Bahamas might be the only place that fits the bill -- there aren't many car-free places around, I've looked. I could handle Mackinac Island, MI in the summer for a change of scenery.

I've never been to Hopetown, or even the Bahamas. Love the BVIs, but there are maniac drivers there. Jost Van D--yke (edited) would work as there are very few vehicles on the very few roads, but it's not very bikeable; it's mountainous, and there is pretty much just one road back and forth (though DH and I did hike around the island once, which was the toughest 7 miles of my life!)

We're toying with the idea of a liveaboard sailing catamaran someday, so we could check out all the islands...taking sailing lessons now. Our Bike Fridays could go along for the ride and be taken onshore in bikeable places!

Emily

[BleeckerSt_Girl]

When I was little I lived in NYC, was happy there but dreamed of living in the country. At age 12 we moved to the country (the same little town I live now) and I was happy there but dreamed of moving back to the city. Then I moved back to the city, was happy there but wound up moving to Puerto Rico. I was happy there for years, then I dreamed of moving back to the little town in the country here. Then I moved back here and realized that there are a lot of places that seem like they would be the absolute best place to live, but in actuality might be better just to visit.
Nowadays, after 19 years of living back here in my little rural town, I like daydreaming about living in places like France, Quebec, Maine, Vermont, etc. But I know I'd want to be back here after a while....at last I am content where I am. -probably because I am (finally) happy on the INSIDE.

But i'd love to visit France and Italy one day...

[7rider]

A cottage on a lake in the mountains. Big mountains. Lots of pine trees.
But, we'd have to keep a sailboat somewhere - after we finish the Circle Route, it will be there for us when we need to smell salt air again.