My goal is to be moving on to one of these locales, hopefully in late summer or early autumn 2009 or 2010. Every place has it plusses and minuses, and each will have to be weighed carefully to determine their worthiness relative to the others on the list as well as others not on the list. Other places may join this list, and some of those listed below will be eliminated rather quickly .
Washington:
1) Bellingham: + cooler climate, near Seattle; - cloudy gloomy weather
2) Vancouver: + taxes, climate, near Seattle; - cloudy gloomy weather
3) Spokane: + small city; - winters
Oregon:
1) Brookings: + small town, on ocean; - isolated, perhaps too small
2) Roseburg: growing, peaceful; - isolated, perhaps too small
3) Medford: larger, more sunshine; - hot summers, remote location
Nevada:
1) Pahrump: + growing, near Vegas; too small
2) Henderson: + growing; - too near Vegas, NV economy
3) Mesquite: + growing, climate - too small
Arizona:
1) Willcox: + smallness, climate; - too small
2) Benson/Sierra Vista: same as Willcox
3) Tucson: + economy, sophistication; - size, crime, demographics, commute
4) Phoenix suburbs (SE or NE): same as Tucson
5) Kingman: + isolation, climate; - costs, opportunities
Idaho:
1) Boise: + economy, climate; - size, demographics
2) Couer d'Alene: + scenery; - remoteness, costs
Montana:
1) Lewistown: + smallness, peacefulness; - remoteness, size
2) Great Falls: + size, costs; - climate
3) Miles City: + size, costs; - climate, size
4) Billings: + size, opportunites; - climate, demographics
5) Helena: + scenery, size; - costs, climate
Wyoming:
1) Sundance: + scenery: - size, remoteness, climate
2) Sheridan: + scenery: - size, remoteness, climate
South Dakota:
1) Rapid City: + size, economy; - climate, economy
2) Spearfish: + scenery: - size, remoteness, climate
Colorado:
1) Colorado Springs: + economy, scenery; - size, demograhics, costs
2) NW Denver metro suburbs: + economy, scenery; - size, demograhics, costs
3) Grand Junction: + size, economy; - costs, remoteness
New Mexico:
1) Carlsbad/Roswell/Artesia/Hobbs/Jal: + climate; - location, economy
Texas:
1) Midland-Odessa: + climate, economy; - Texas
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