Lehigh Valley in Pennsylvania, most likely near Bethlehem or surrounding towns such as Nazareth or Roseto (since I'm Italian). Most of my extended family is from down there and I spent a lot of time there as a kid. Unlike MA, the grass is so green down there and the fireflies havent completely died out. People down there tend to be quite nice, and there really is so much to do. I love the semi-rural landscape dotted with small cities and remnants of once great industrial giants like Bethlehem Steel. I recognize that for a man in finance, it's not an ideal place to live and I have no intent of living there, but maybe one day I'll retire out there or at least grab a house in the more rural parts of the valley.

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That's a good reason. I did a road trip of New England with my dad a couple years ago and really liked Maine and Vermont. Cost of living might be high, but both were beautiful. I'd look into retiring there if I were to stay in the US.

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Vermont and Maine are cool. I definitely prefer Vermont since it's kinda carving out a nice cultural niche for itself. Maine has a great coastline (used to go up to York a lot) and Portland is a nice little city. Definitely both naturally gorgeous states as well.

Dayman?
 

Only got to check out Portland and the area around Boothbay in Maine after hitting up Reds. In Vermont we only have time to see the Ben and Jerry factory and the Cabot plant, and were in Montpelier for a little bit, so we didn't get to go to Burlington. How's Burlington developing? I assume there's a moderate influx of people since UVM is a decent school from what I hear.

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Burlington is becoming a neat little city. Being a big fan of craft beer (which is totally booming in the northeast), I usually hit up several of the top notch breweries in the city. Burlington also has such a nice little shopping district with some pedestrian streets that are really pretty in the summer. As a city, it is starting to see more investment and interest from companies that have a cross border focus in the northeast. UVM definitely sends kids to work there and is a solid state school. The city is growing at a rate similar to many other NE cities (minus Boston), which is slow but steady. On the flipside, they didn't get slammed by job loss like places such as Springfield and Worcester did, so Burlington really isnt bouncing back from anything. I imagine their economy is stronger than their peer cities. Overall, a very nice small city in all regards.

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A lot of my relatives are in the Bangor school district. Most of my extended family down there lives in Roseto. Roseto is nice, I'm biased cus I am a proud Italian American. Got some relatives in Nazareth too. Really pretty little town.

My grandpa lives in Easton, which is a dump. He's basically gone insane tho so he enjoys it. He's pissed cus his RV keeps getting grafitti'd by a couple latin kings guys. I just want him to give me the fuckin RV so I can pay to park it in Reno for like 3 years so I can take it to Burning Man one day.

Dayman?
 

Somewhere in Europe would be great. I have some family in Eastern Europe in a country that continues to develop very quickly and has beautiful geography, so it'll probably be pretty nice by the time I'm a lot older.

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Haven't been to Stockholm, but Oslo and Copenhagen would be awesome! Copenhagen is a really amazing city, and Oslo has access to all the natural beauty of Norway, so they're both on the list for me. I think that Barcelona would top either of those though.

Within the us, I'd say I could see myself retiring to the Tahoe area or Santa Fe. As a place to live and work though, I think San Diego would be great!

"There's nothing you can do if you're too scared to try." - Nickel Creek
 

I would rather be a Scandinavian resident with a house in Spain, than a Spanish resident with a house in Scandinavia. But yeah, all those places are great. San Diego would be cool had it not been for the outrageous prices.

I don't know... Yeah. Almost definitely yes.
 

I've thought about this as well. Amsterdam felt amazing, although it seemed way too congested with tourists, but I guess this could be avoided since the CBD and main residential areas are not in the tourist areas. Plus there seems to be a good amount of AM jobs there.

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I'm not sure where it'd be exactly, but I'm gonna have to say it would be in the USA. It still has more possibilities than probably any other country for the ambitious/creative person, tons of diversity and natural beauty if you care to seek it out, and a more deeply ingrained sense of freedom than probably anywhere else on earth, which will be important to combat the potential political tumult of the next 100 years

 

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