What areas? I'm going to Miami and Tampa for Christmas. Never been to either before, I have an inkling for what I'll think about Miami but Tampa I have no preconceived notions.
humid as hell in the deep south ...I don't do the humidity thing anymore...New Orleans is the same...brutal...mosquito paradise....Savannah Georgia is really beautiful but the air is thick like Olongapo in the PI
Taos is nice....Northern Arizona as well..if you get up in the mountains...also pricey though
I live in Winter Park right outside Orlando and it's not too bad. Good diversity and a lot of good places to eat. 45 minutes from either coast. Not going to live here past a couple more years though. Will probably just move back to Oregon when the job market bounces back.
indiana.
I spent a summer as a life guard and announced baseball games in Peru Indiana when I was 16...my uncle was a Fireman there...in those days it was a nice place...home of the circus animals and had a stone big top where acrobats worked out in the off season
My wife is from Venezuela, she lived in Miami for a few months when she first came to the US. But she didn't come here just to live in a Cuban/South American culture so she didn't really like it there. She moved to NYC after that and then to SF before making her way up to Portland.
Clearwater Beach in Tampa is nice.
Only been once. Went to a game in January at Butler vs Seton Hall. Very nice right around the university but outside of that I don’t know. Heard downtown Indy is nice. Also heard can be kind of a racist place. Friends here moved from Indy a few years ago.
I looked at property there before I came back to Oregon...some beautiful places around there...I have a friend from the Navy who is a mailman in Asheville...on of the nicest guys I met
Driven through, but that's about it. Spent a couple days in Wilmington, NC and that was a good time. It's probably changed a bit since I was there last though due to getting hammered by a hurricane last year.
I'll be going there! I haven't ruled Tampa out yet as a potential living destination.. I'll see what I think of it in December.
is boring as hell, and i've already been here over 8 yrs. trying to make my way to either coast if i can land a job.
I've been thinking a fourth move to the islands might be in my future....Big Island is a buyers market after the last eruption.the chances of another eruption seem like it'll be far past my life span now....I love the weather there...Kauai is spendy
I know a river there with perfectly round cascading bowls with waterfalls you can soak in and watch the ocean from ....peaceful until a tourist helicopter comes roaring up the canyon
I've always lived near Hilo...I like the rain to wash the vog away...it rains alot there..my son was born in Hilo hospital and I taught at the elementary school there and at the Japanese college. Hilo has a small beach but it's not a beach town...South Point or Kona have beaches..Hilo is rocky and lots of sharks...dramatic shores...not gentle. I'd go to Kalipana or Captain Cooks beach ..short drive from Hilo
