If I couldn't/didn't live in sowal, my second choice would be. . .

Key West, it's like Grayton and Seaside rolled into one with some drag queens. IT!

new zealand

Prague, Czech Republic

Hilton Head Island, SC. and Scotland.

Ann Arbor, Michigan, where I live now because it's a great university town and has very nice neighborhoods and is near an airport and I have great friends here and this is where my children have grown up (and call home) and I like my 100-year-old home, especially the front porch. Though I really need to get to SoWal during the long, cold winters (this old house really doesn't get very warm in the winters). These winters are feeling pretty old to me now and in a few years I'll be spending parts of them in SoWal.

I also like Portland, Maine, and Barga, Italy. People who know me on SoWal.com already know this, though these are places I like to visit and I'm not sure I could live there long-term.

Ann Arbor and SoWal have my heart...

I actually agree with Bob on something.

New Zealand

Thanks for playing, and please . . . don't forget the why.

Somewhere, anywhere tropical. Warmth is my goal.

Costa Rica

Venice - how cool would it be to take a boat everywhere! or Rome - the best European city IMO (assume in both cases I have won the lotto so I can afford to live in the actual city)

Paris! Ooooh, la la! Because it is a lovely unique European city with magic and charm! San Francisco because I left my heart there.
Augusta, my home town! And, Savannah, Charleston or Birmingham for smaller Southern cities. (family in Sav. and Chas.)

Anywhere as long as it is on the ocean but mostly Maui, Hawaii. A tropical paradise!!

Freeport

Freeport

Cheater!

at DD's house!

After we moved here I have never thought about anywhere else I'd like to live... I feel like I've found my place. Or maybe it has found me... I really don't like to leave the area either. I love it here.

at DD's house!

Come on...you can have the whole upstairs. Broken toilet and all.

Asheville, NC, then Santa Fe, NM.

I love Sante Fe and Taos, too! So clean and beautiful.

Kaui!

Colorado

I'm with ssb--somewhere warm all the time. I used to think I'd like to live somewhere kinda remote, up in the mountains. Not so much any more. My blood's a lot thinner and I don't think I have the fortitude. Give me a decent hut on a beach and I'd be good. Can't think of any place in particular if it's not SoWal (which I'm reminded DOES get cold too). I should research some spots and get back to you, MC.

Asheville, NC, then Santa Fe, NM.

Agreed, love Asheville! Moved there from here for 6 months and we were in the process of buying a lot to build a house and my dad unexpectedly passed away and I had to move back to help my mom, I was heartbroken to leave there.

Miss Critter - what an interesting topic!

I have several second choices, many in Italy or France, but realistically I would LOVE to live in Fernandina Beach or some small town or out of the way place on the water - near Jacksonville, Florida (NOT Jax Beach - don't care much for it). Jax area is surrounded by much natural beauty, swamps, rivers, preserve, etc. The beach does not rival ours but the other natural resources definitely do. Fernandina Beach is my favorite place to visit in Florida and its filled with young families and surrounded with so much history. Downtown is wonderful and I've never had so much good food in many casual/cool restaurants in one little place. everytime we go we discover a more and more good food. Italian, French, Japanese, Spanish, Seafood (tons of real seafood shacks), etc. one of the best and most beautiful state parks - Fort Clinch - in the heart of Fernandina Beach.. You will find a lot of southern culture in NE Florida - and lots of Georgia folks. all good peeps. Visiting the big city of Jax is fun when you want to go to a play or museum, or just explore.

My other second choice is somewhere near Apalachicola on the river or bay - an out of the way spot - not sure exactly where. The Forgotten Coast is filled with natural beauty and still has much old charm. Excellent restaurants, and many seafood shacks (we just don't have 'em around here like that).. You will find mostly locals living in and around the area - lots of fishermen, etc. Shopping and art galleries galore in apalach keep things interesting.

Both areas are in North Florida are similar to SoWal with just the right amount of change in seasons throughout the year - but still maintaining a nice temperate climate (avg high temps range from 62 to 90).

there are other areas around the country such as Maine, lots of places in California, Ann Arbor (Paula - I've always heard this is a wonderful place to live) and several others... I would LOVE to explore but for now I would prefer to stay in Florida - and mostly in SoWal!

Apalach......