Where is the best place to live in the USA?
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The best place is anywhere, but the USA.
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Georgia of course.\n\nBecause we have beaches and mountains, farmlands and marshlands, swamps and rivers.  Georgia has some of the most beautiful countryside in the US. People who live in Georgia are friendly, and the state isn't backwoods like the sterotype. We have Atlanta with its Fabulous Fox Theater, Georgia Aquarium, Turner Field and Home of CocaCola. We have Savannah with it's multitude of shopping, River Street and beautiful historic squares.  We have Athens, home of the Bulldogs (woof, woof, woof).  And we have so many lovely small towns....Madison, Vidalia, Eatonton, and Ellijay.  \n\nOh, and, for the most part, we have mild weather. ie. we dont get the huge tornados and earthquakes. And, thank God, hurricanes seem to pass us by.\n\nI can't think of a better place to live.
457541
Gotta live there.  The only way.  Many places seam great when you visit but once you live there, it is a whole new reality.  Trust me I have tones of experience.
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i believe Honolulu, Hawaii has the highest cost of living for the USA.. I believe San Francisco is second......i live in the Dallas-Ft. Worth, TX area..we have a very reasonable cost of living here as does most of TX, because we have no state income tax, and because real estate taxes are pretty low, compared to the rest of the USA.. we generally have no snow days here either--i have been here 32 yrs, and have not shoveled snow in that time ..32 yrs..WOW
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According to Money Magazine http://money.cnn.com/best/bpretire/ , the best places to retire are:\n\nAshland, Oregon \nLas Cruces, New Mexico \nIowa City, Iowa \nBrunswick, Maine \nAthens, Georgia
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i agree with all this things that happiness is around you and rests with people you love etc, but if you wantr to change conditions and travel somewhere i'd advice tbilisi, georgia (not USA state, but former soviet republic in the south caucasus). happiness in the blood of local people. just try it
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I live in the washington area and agree. \n\nBut you left out NYC. The best place on earth to live!!!!!!! \n\nI also loved living in San Antonio too!
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According to a 2003 report, if you're looking for the "smartest" state, you'd do well to move to New England. The top-ranked state is Massachusetts, followed by Vermont and Connecticut.
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Some of the cheapest places to live are:  (1) Minot, North Dakota, (2) Billings, Montana (3) Mountain Home, Idaho, (4) Duluth, Minnesota, (5) Houghton, Michigan, not necessarily in that order.  Bear in mind, however, the houses are cheap but in many cases the wages are low and jobs that pay well in other parts of the country may not pay as well there.  You may want to try a good-sized city that isn't a major city like Austin, Texas or Dayton, Ohio.
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Define best.  Highest income?  Crime?  Standard of living?  Democracy?  Free speech?  Environment?  Pollution?  Or are they all important?\n\nThe UN's lists of best countries to live in keeps coming up with the same names year after year: in alphabetical order, Canada, Iceland, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, plus a few others.
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USA. I am very happy to be living here. Sometimes I get annoyed with the decisions made by our leaders and even by my fellow citizens when they vote. But I am still happy to be living in the US. \n\nThat's not to say I don't like other countries. I've been many places and find good things about all of them.
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ill say th eunited states of america.. im from the philippines but ive been to the states thrice and i would really say that it's best to live there because it's clean and you have a lot of job opportunities and you can make much money.. but if you like to stay in a country with friendly people, nice neighborhood.. you should stay in the philippines.. christmas here is better than the US because we have gift giving and food giving to the neighbors..
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The northern most islands are the most settled and most populated.  These are also the safest for Americans to visit.  As you move south, the population changes especially far down south which is radical Muslim and very dangerous for Americans.\n\nStart north, which is where internation flights come in anyway.  Then work your way toward the middle islands for laid back beauty and fun.
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Las Vegas is surprisingly a nice city. Living could be expensive on or just a little bit off the strip, but there are little residential areas that surround the strip where homes are priced like any other house in Nevada. These areas are nice to live in as well. Besides, you want a place where youi could live with a spouse or even raise a family.
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I think that if I was to purchase a summer home outside the United States it would be Panama. The government is pretty stable now, the weather is extremely good year round, it is close to the United States, where if something happened to my family I could be there in a short time.\n\nThey have excellent beaches, night life and pretty good shopping areas.\n\nI hope this has been of some use to you, good luck.\n\n"FIGHT ON"
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I disagree with the first answer. You can move anywhere you please in the 50 states and incorporated territories, and adopt any subculture you want. The culture and common homeland of the United States is do what you want where you want. \n\nMove to Vegas if you want to party. Move to western Kansas if you want a farmy lifestyle.
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So I've lived in 4 countries - England, Ireland, Switzerland and the USA. From those 4 it would have to be Switzerland.\n\nWhy? - More advanced democratic model, the government works; High quality of life; Good and safe place to bring up a family; Low Tax; Low unemployment; High disposable income; Beautiful; Great Skiing; Diversity; Central location in Europe.\n\nWhy not Ireland and England? For me this is home, and there is so much that is right here, especially culturally, but the rain and high tax are the big issues.\n\nWhy not USA? Again a lot that is good and it is my current home, but high Tax; poor family life quality; absence of real culture; broken government system and education system would not allow it to make the top.