Likely OREGON.
Why?
1. Not far from CA, but still has the "northern" feel without the bad weather, AND has world-class ALL SEASON snowboarding (Mt. Hood) without the trip into the backcountry of the Sierras (Mammoth; it wouldn't be worth it to live in the Mono Basin).
2. Great, homey people, great drivers, pretty Libertarian politics, and my very favorite scenery with the pines and cliffs.
3. Cheap living, unpopulated (although harder to find work)
4. Rated "Best State" by an author who wrote, "The Best and Worst of the 50 States", and I agree with almost everything the author thinks.
Here's what they said,
"Overall Best State: Every state is wonderful in its own way, and hopefully every person will think their own state is the best, because that's why they live there. And so I think Oregon is the best state, despite its drab winters. Oregon has nice folks, generally good weather, progressive politics, great scenery, it's uncrowded and, unlike California, people there can actually afford to buy houses. Yes, it has an ugly capitol building, but overall there's no state that can top Oregon. But to paraphrase former Oregon governor Tom McCall, just don't move there, o.k.?"
THE KEY:
The key thing to remember is that the state isn't going to determine your experience so much as you are going to determine your own experience.
If you move to a different state, you'll want to do it with the right attitude & state of mind. You'll want that adventure spirit where change is good and new challenges are fun.
A state can be amazing if you adapt to it in a way that is AWESOME.
A state can be strait shit if you fail to adapt and bitch instead.
It's really more ON YOU. You can turn the worst state into your favorite one, and you can turn the best state into your most hated one.
So here's another quote from that same author...
A Fable
Regarding the unending American quest to find the "perfect place," here's a story that I read a few years ago:
A bitter young man named James once wandered through the countryside in search of a place to live. He arrived in a town and asked an elderly gentleman there what the people in the town were like. The older man asked, "What were the people like in the place you used to live?" James said, "They were rude and unfriendly." The older man said, "Well, that's what the people here are like, too." Upon hearing this, James moved on.
A while later, a kind young man named George, also in search of a place to live, arrived in the same town. He asked the same elderly gentleman what the people in that town were like. Once again, the older man asked, "What were the people like in the place you used to live?" George said, "They were polite and warm." The older man said, "Well, that's what the people here are like, too." Upon hearing this, George decided to stay.
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