Say you got nothing tying you down, family commitments, job, whatever, your free as a bird. Money you make it a factor or not. Where would you set up shop? What part of the country would be in? Or hell maybe somewhere else. Would strip clubs/mongering factor in?
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last commentSalt Lake City. Ski, hike, golf, no strip clubs. The casino is only 75 minutes away.
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For a temporary stay, Antarctica. In your 20s before you have "stuff" & responsibilities, it would be an incredible gig for 6 months. I was offered a job there, Winter, however, I was in my 50s, wife, dogs, mortgage, etc and the timing was all off.
Long term, and I am strongly considering, is Salt Lake City, something in the mountains. I like altitude, winter/seasons and SLC is top of my list.
I love New England growing up in NY and visiting VT (Killington) and Cape Cod (Summers at my Aunt's house) however, never now. I was just back in Syracuse the end of September and it was very familiar and I liked it, however, never going to live there.
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Dallas. Strip clubs-Yes.
Top strip club city with easy driving access to 2 elite strip club cities (Houston and Austin). Can’t be beat.
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I'd be a rancher
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I've spent my life mostly traveling the Rust Belt, Mid-Atlantic and the south (Atlantic coast line). I've seen enough of that.
If I could live anywhere and didn't have to worry about income, I would choose Palm Springs, CA or Toronto. There's a million reasons not to go to either of those places but I have always found both of them intriguing. Toronto is like the NYC of the north, and Palm Springs has so many options in driving distance (PHX, LA, LAS, SD), plus I love the Frank Lloyd Wright style architecture that 's popular in the area.
If we're dreaming big, then I would choose to be a professional poker player as my job.
In reality I probably should have become a pharmacist and lived somewhere in Texas.
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If I was really wealthy I would stay here in Indianapolis because I have friends and family here. I do not like hot weather so I might spend the hottest parts of the summer here visiting Canada or Michigan. Some other places I would visit in the summer would be the Scandinavian countries, Japan, southern Australia and New Zealand and Argentina. I would stay out of Africa except maybe at the southern tip, like a visit to Capetown.
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I was born and spent the first 45 years of my like in So Cal and joining the USAF at 21. The only thing I would have changed is joining the USAf right after high school. Glad I got the fuck outta there in 1987 before it all went to shit.
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A part of me thinks I might dig RV life, at least sometimes, but who knows how I'd feel after actually doing it for a while? But I sure wouldn't mind spending a lot more time in the general vicinity of the Continental Divide...
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I was born and raised in the Los Angeles area and left there at the age of 24 for northern Arizona in 1974. Lived primarily about 30 miles east of downtown LA and did my Navy time in San Diego went back to the Anaheim area and then moved to Northern Arizona.
If it wasn't for the fact of my four kids and nine grandchildren i'd probably move to Thailand or Philippines or something like that... And I should have not ever gotten married although I don't regret having the kids.
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I would have stayed right in the area I was born, the Twin Cities. I would get to go fishing a lot. Yes, it gets cold in winter, but it keeps you active.
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Enjoyed moguls post. I am stuck living in New England for the rest of my life and if I could get rid of the liberals and replace them with Americans I would be very happy here.
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I’d get a small apartment in Chicago and spend my time traveling, mainly by car. Get Airbnb’s for 2-4 weeks here and there and just move on when I felt like it. Toss in a couple trips to Europe, the far east and the Caribbean each year
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I’d probably want to live in Spain if I had a choice and money wasn’t a concern.
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Akron Ohio has the best strip clubs, I've had my dick sucked at the bar or my table many times. From what I hear it used to be better back in the day. So I'd move to akron.
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I need the heat, humidity, mosquitoes, salt water, iguanas, and easy access to offshore fishing, surrounded by beautiful Latina women. So I’d probably do it all over again right here where I’ve been my entire life. Although I am seriously considering buying a small banana farm on the pacific coast of Costa Rica.
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@Muddy: You have to answer your own question. What would you do?
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If I'm staying in the states. Money no issue, physically Southern California is exactly what I like. Probably North San Diego County. I just love all the sun in the southwest it's amazing, the sunsets, and the fog that comes off the west coast, and you get this glow from the sunsets and sunrises. I just love that.
You could go around the horn with that, it's all good shit to me. I mean the whole west is amazing physically. The northwest when it's summer that nature is awesome.
Southern folks I really like. Florida is fun. Probably my favorite culture is western folks. The midwest is like still old America. I think that's future of the country people heading back to the rust belt.
And then the east coast cities are really cool and you got the big personalities.
To be honest if I could swing it, I didn't have to be grounded for a job, I'd just be in an RV and being on the road. Ultimately I just love the road.
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I dream about running away and starting a new life all the time, just gassing up my Mustang and just driving aimlessly around the country. Of course, you've gotta make money to support this so that's the main reason I wouldn't do it.
But playing by the rules you'd provide, and if money wasn't a factor, I'd probably grow a beard, get weird, and disappear somewhere in Orange County, CA. Irvine or Anaheim or somewhere. Maybe Costa Mesa. Great Weather, not a lack of shit to do and amazing food available to you at all times, and of course beautiful women everywhere, the one's who aren't botoxed to the gills at least. Plenty of amazing clubs in Southern California that I would love to hit up at some point when I make it out there.
It would be a dream to live out the rest of my days if I had the money to buy a house in OC somewhere. That's truly my dream life.
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Gotta say, I wouldn't change a thing!
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Everything is trade-offs. Geography and weather (snow-capped peaks behind me, sun-drenched bikinis to my front) puts me in the liberal dystopias of Hawaii, California, or the French Riviera). The rugged austerity of the desert southwest leaves me with scarce resources, border problems (with the next dem president), and a water crisis. Florida is the freest and sunniest state with bikini beachea, but miserably hot, humid, crowded, and expensive. Costa Rica used to be an easy choice, but the cartels are taking over. An older business partner of mine lost his life savings when he was swindled on a house he was having built there.
Maybe eastern Europe on the Med. Croatia, Slovenia, or Montenegro near the Adriatic coast. I love eastern European women, plenty of culture and nature, Adriatic beaches and snowy peaks. Definitely my vote.
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I do know that if my wife and I could pack up and move away, which we will never be able to do, Marathon, Florida is where I would spend my final days. Only place in Florida I can tolerate for more than 6 days.
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Muddy. I was born and raised in California. I loved it for many, many years. I lived the last 30 in San Diego and I love the whole vibe and climate of San Diego.
However, I found myself getting angry that San Diego followed the whole state and did a hard left. Even though I could afford it, I hated paying for shit that other people voted for. Now there is so much red tape to do anything at your house it's insane. When you have an AC Unit replaced, you need some green energy company to come by and validate that it meets tree hugging standards. The inspection was a joke as the guy just came and said hi looked around and signed off. I had to pay for that inspection as part of the entire job. It was basically the green new scam.
I found myself getting angrier and angrier at the stupid stuff and moved out of the best place to live on earth because of the wacky stuff that gets forced on you.
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San Diego. Went there on vacation recently and now I get it. Beautiful place with beautiful women.
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Money no object? I'd probably be sticking around the Twin Cities. Plenty of theatre, both live and film, here. The winters don't bother me a whole lot; they're a lot milder than in North Dakota, and I don't have to deliver pizzas in them anymore (major bonuses.) That said though, I'd still like to take those random vacations to random spots, maybe spend a week here, a month there, as well as take the regularly scheduled vacations. I don't have any family or friends to speak of (on either account), so I'd just be off and away.
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