My wife and I are looking for a great warm place to raise our children, out West...any Suggestion?
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Check out Sahuarita, Arizona. It's just outside of Tucson (about 20 miles), population about 17,000, low criime, family oriented. They expect it to quadruple in size within the next 15 years. It's close enough to Tucson for culture (lots to do there) but doesn't have the crime. The weather is great. Yes, Arizona gets hot in the summer but you just stay inside during the hot part of the day. The evenings are wonderful, so people are out doing things with their families in the evenings. It's a higher altitude than Phoenix, so not quite as hot. The scenery is beautiful. The University of Arizona is in Tucson, plus Pima County Community College, so you have opportunities for your kids to go on to school close to home when they graduate. \n\nCheck it out. I think you might be impressed.
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I would check with Family Services in your city.  They can ususally steer you in the right direction.
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Come to California hun its 75 f. Plenty to do here go to Catalina go sailing, go try renting a glider and soar the mountain waves.\nGo see beautiful Santa Barbara. Go Horseback riding. Go to Orange county fairgrounds and drive a racing car like the pros  drive. Hundreds of fine restaurants . Getty art museum its huge. Disneyland. Six flags magic mountain. Come on over.
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I agree with the others about finding a local luxury hotel, however if you really want to get away a little and you have some extra money try the Hotel Hershey.  Its about 2 1/2 hours from Balt.  They have special romatic getaway packages and if you or your husband like Chocolate then this is the ultimate place for you.  They also have a Spa, golfcourse, and much more.  You can even bring home some souveniers for the kids.
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move to somewhere where they have nice weather; maybe Santiago, Chile !!! Silly
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Perhaps the best search can be done in your telephone business dircectory (yellow pages).\n\nGoogle Search Criteria: list of daycares and preschool centers in calgary alberta
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Start with all your local daycare facilities including state ran places like head start programs etc..\n\nContact family service and ask if the have a list of area day cares.
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I guess it depends on what you are looking for specifically.  I moved to Burlington, VT 4 yrs ago.  It is safe, beautiful and extremely kid friendly with a lot of family geared activities.  However, the lack of diversity is a problem for me, but....it is changing.  hope this helps and good luck!
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I just went through a similar move a year ago... We have 3 children  all elementary school aged. Try to scope out some of the local parks and hang outs before you go and tell them how cool they sound, try to take them there within the first week of the move. I don't know if you know anyone in that area or not, but we did so, I had her give out invitations to a welcome new friends party....talk to your kids and listen to them... our "big" adjustment period was over within a month. Good Luck.
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In Oklahoma, Try a couple campsites around Tulsa. Missouri and the Ozarks are also good.
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My kids would love it there. But you can't control the weather, so sorry that you you don't want rain. Snow is awesome. Why don't you just decorate the hell out of your house and yard. They have fake snow and cool stuff like that.\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOne more time, YOU can not control the weather!!!!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nGOOD LUCK WITH THAT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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My husband and I lived in Mesa, Az. which is a working class suburb outside of phoenix.  We had one child at the time and we really loved it.  Good schools, yes.  But, I would go to Portland.  I think it will be nice to have abetter experience of the seasons with children. In AZ you need a car and HAVE to drive everywhere- no good mass transit.  In Portland it is much easier to get around.  The air is much better in portland (in my opinoin anyway) and there is alot of racism in Arizona.  That was our experience.  But both good places.  Good Luck!
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petco park, how about a hot air balloon over the temecula valley wine region,or a gondola ride out of long beach. rent a room with a jucuzzi in it,you could have dinner delivered,set the table,candles,flowers,etc,set the mood! what could be better no phones,nobody knocking on your door except for the food of course. and then its just relax-relax no curfews,no parents!!
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When I was a little kid--about 5 or 6--I spent some time on my grandparents' farm in Wyoming.  I remember a trip with my mom and little sister to the outhouse in the middle of a snowy night.\n\nWhat a miserable experience.  Yes, I am very thankful for indoor plumbing.\n\nIncidentally that was about 60 years ago.
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Well, I don't know the SAFEST, because I havn't been everywhere, but I can tell you about 3 places that I have been that seem nice to raise a family.\n#1- I grew up in a suburb called Grandview Heights in Ohio. (By Columbus) It's not real big, but it is quiet, great schools, great location, no trash on the ground, kind of pricey (well...prob. not compared to CA),temperatures go from -10(with windchill) to maybe 100(those are extremes, though), we don't get a lot of snow, though weather in Ohio can be sunny one minute and rainy the next and it's mostly white.(Don't know if that matters to you) It's 10 minutes from downtown, 10 minutes from OSU and 5 minutes to shopping. Now Columbus itself is rough in some parts, but Grandview is NOT at all! Don't speed in Columbus!\n#2- I'm currently in Luna Pier, MI. It's just North of Toledo, OH. It's right on Lake Erie with beautiful homes, though there's not much right here, shopping is about 12 minutes away(freeway) in Toledo. It is truly a SMALL town!(Mostly black and white)It's pretty windy.\n#3- Moon Township, PA (by Pittsburgh) is nice, convenient and clean. Plus, they don't tax on clothes and they have no federal tax! It's by an army base. Mixed races.Nobody seems todo the speed limit, except by schools. \nNow I've been to Cherry Hill, NJ...NOT a pretty place! NJ's roads are confusing, frustrating and it's like one city after another, hardly any green. Plus, it has one of the highest crime cities in the U.S, along with Indiana. Virginia's tax is insane!!! Hopes this help a little!
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I have lived in St. Marys, GA (at Kings Bay) and in Jacksonville (stationed at Mayport).  I didn't have kids when I lived there, but I think the Kings Bay area would be the better of those two for a family. It's a beautiful little community, everything looks new and the people are friendly.  Jacksonville is so big, and is more adult-oriented, at least the closer you are to the base.  As I remember, the cost of living was about the same (they're only about an hours drive from one another). The gas was cheaper in GA.  The Kings Bay base is a WHOLE lot nicer than Mayport. I lived in the areas from 1993 to 1999.  Never lived in Pensacola, but I hope this helps with the other two.  Good luck, GO NAVY!
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If you're just interested in cool-summer climates, you could do well by living either at high altitude, e.g. Colorado, high latitude, e.g. Alaska, or on the NW coastline of Oregon or Washington. If you don't want hot summers and also aren't into cold winters then you'll be stuck with the NW coast, western Oregon and Washington, or  northern California. Now remember, you didn't say anything about RAIN; all of those places have summer dry/winter rain precipitation regimes so you may be giving up cold for wet!