Hi Everyone,
I tried the search function, because I vaguely remember a thread about this, but couldn't find it, so here goes.

DH and I had planned to buy some land in a city that we want to move to in the future. We are at that point in time when we can start putting some money toward that, however, five or so years ago we had a destination in mind that is not currently in line with our vision of the future. So we've been discussing what we want in a place to live.

How have you went about figuring your dream destination to live?

We know that we want to be somewhere with mountains, good bike and outdoor community, and this is the new one - dh wants to be in driving distance of surfing (didn't fit into our formula 5 yrs. ago), it also can't be extremely cold in the winter, and must have at least one movie theater and one bookstore.

Any advice on how you choose your place or advice about cities that fit the above bill, please let me know.

Thanks!!!