Dh wants San Diego, I want a condo in Manhattan. So when we will MegaMillions tonight we will split the difference.
Marin County, California (just north of San Francisco). Never too hot. No bugs. Never too cold. Beautiful scenery. Excellent access to outdoor activities and world class opera, theater, etc.
The only downside....EXPENSIVE!!!!
Well, this kinda sold me - the whole moderate temps and no bugs thing!
I'd love to say Maui, but I've never actually been there, so that's just going off the IDEA of Hawaii.
I guess I'd have to say coastal Maine in the summers and Key West, FL or Maui for the rest of the year .
Mostly family. My husband was born and raised here and all of his family is here. My parents live in Kentucky about an hour and a half away from us and the only people of mine left in Michigan is my sister and some cousins (and an aunt and uncle a couple of hours away).
My kids love Michigan and would love to live there, but my husband will never leave Kentucky (unless he was drawn away by a job, but it would have to be a very good job fit for him with a steep increase in salary).
Dh wants San Diego, I want a condo in Manhattan. So when we will MegaMillions tonight we will split the difference.
I don't know why people think Marin County is bug free. there may not be the big old mutant sized bugs people get in other parts of the country but between the ticks, mosquitos and fruit flies it's not totally devoid. I just read an article recently about the bed bug problems that have plagued san Francisco in recent years, and how Marin is working on the issue
http://msmosquito.com/
The Marin/Sonoma Mosquito and Vector Control District is committed to protecting the health and welfare of the communities we serve from mosquitoes and vector-borne disease.
http://www.co.marin.ca.us/depts/hh/news/westnile_marin_task_force_final_english_5-13.pdf
What is Marin County Doing to Fight WNV?
There are two ways to help detect and control
WNV in Marin: Surveillance and Mosquito
Control.
Surveillance
involves testing mosquitoes,
chickens and dead birds for WNV to detect the
virus as early as possible. Humans and horses
that show signs of Encephalitis are also tested.
Saint Joseph, Michigan, the town where I was born and raised. It has a little of everything, except mountains, and it's close to Chicago.