Places to live in the U.S.? -

My husband and I were talking. Now, I don t think we re going to do this immediately (we d have to save the money and have jobs in the location first) but we are getting sick to death of all the water in New Orleans. If it isn t the hurricanes, its massive rainstorms (the one from a few days ago caused part of our roof to cave in). We re trying to think of where we want to settle down for a while and, though we both love New Orleans, the weather is starting to make it unlivable.So here s a few things we were thinking...The west is out because we don t want to deal with earthquakes, and frankly the cost of living and issues on most of the American west coast make it something we aren t willing to consider.The midwest is out mostly because our careers pretty much don t exist there. We both work in hotels. While my current position can probably be filled anywhere, HIS can t be and we d take a major hit if we were to try. Due to our careers (I really don t want to be stuck at front desk clerk/reservations agent status my whole life. I want to move up and not have to deal with the public anymore. He s at Revenue Manager level and those jobs aren t easy to get), we need whats called a Destination area. That means a place with alot of tourism.Personally, I really dislike New York (particularly the massive amounts of snow) and would rather not deal with the state at all so thats out.Basically that leaves the south. The question is where in the south.Mississippi and Alabama are out because they are still swampland just like Louisiana and we are sick to death of dealing with the chance of flooding due to hurricanes. If we re going to have to deal with hurricanes (and lets face it, if you live in the south, you have to deal with hurricanes), we d rather be on more stable ground.Which means that, that I can think of, its Florida, Georgia, the Carolina s and the Virginia s.Thing is, I need some opinions on this. I m not an American but my husband is. That means that, while I m vaguely aware of the benefits and negatives of each state, I don t have any in depth knowledge. I d ask hubby but we re both at work right now, and we were having the conversation on the drive to work. When next I talk to him about it, I d like to have more information under my belt as it were. I ve done some research on the net but its no substitute for experience.So now I m asking all of you. What do you think?

Well I lived in Richmond, Virginia many many years and loved it! Me and my husband would love to have the opportunity to move back. Yes there are hurricanes but I doubt they are to the extent of the Gulf Coast. Charlottesville has tourists coming to see Monticello and their biggest tourist season is the fall due to that whole area being Virginia s wine country harvest season- me and my husband would take weekend trips to Charlottesville all the time and even had our wedding there after we moved to TN. Charlottesville is pretty popular for weddings as well since it is such a beautiful area. There is also UVA there and so you get a lot of people coming in town for football games. Totally different from New Orleans more laid back, quiet, and romantic. There are also ski resorts in the western part of VA- Massanutten is the only one I can think of now as I don t ski.North Carolina has the Outer Banks which is a great touristy area but if you want to be a little further from the beach they have a major airports in Raleigh and Charlotte. I prefer Charlotte though. My best friend lives outside of Atlanta and I really enjoy that area but haven t really been there enough to tell you much about it. My husband always talks about Savannah, GA being a ton of fun but I ve never been there.I don t know anything about SC besides having a few friends that live there.As for FL I m just not a fan though I m sure you know Orlando is a huge touristy area- I have family there that s why I stay away lol.I hope this helps you! Good luck!

Start thinking Rhode Island! Newport, Rhode Island is a tourist mega and have plenty of hotels and the snowfall amount is minimal! Try visiting Newport in the summer and you too will fall in love with it!

Try Las Vegas. It s the only place I ve heard of Hawai ians being able to stand it in the mainland.It s a bigtime destination.

Colorado!!! or miami,cali, but dont go to places like new york or chicago they suck hope this helps n pick me for the best answer

Try Dallas,Fort Worth,Austin or anywhere else in Texas.

colorado. im moving there and we cold be neighbors that hate eachother

if your looking for a tourism place try myrtle beach south carolina. thats where i currently live. i dislike it myself because i do not like the tourism but if thats what your looking for we have plenty of it and there are plenty of hotels here to. ocean blvd is just lined all up and down with them. or you could try louisville ky. not sure how the tourism is year round but i know when they have the ky derby and things like that its packed. ive never been to hawaii but ive heard its nice and would like to go. my guess is you should do go with the hotel buisness there but thats just my guess. good luck though

Let s see: you live near New Orleans and you think the west coast is too dangerous with earthquakes and all? Have you ever been to the west coast? I think not. Your assessment seems like a distillation of years of TV news hype viewing.First of all, earthquakes are predominantly concentrated in a few areas, much less than one percent of California. The rest of the west��Oregon, Washington, Nevada, Idaho, etc.��can have minor Earth shaking events, but it s rarely significant enough to make a plate move on a table, though sometimes a brick or two falls off 120+ year old buildings.Second, earthquakes happen rarely��except in the earthquake zones��like once every ten or twenty years. You would barely notice them compared to the South s hurricane watches and warnings, flooding, insects, oppressive heat, humidity, oil industry pollution, greasy food, etc., etc., etc.Third, the cost of living in the West varies from city to city substantially. The most expensive cities mostly have the most to offer. Since your husband has a limited job market, you will most likely end up in an expensive place anyway, so you might as well as choose one with cultural opportunities and decent living conditions.Fourth, in reputable rankings of most livable cities, none of the top places are in the Southern U.S. Not one. However, there are four west coast cities in the top 50 of the world! Check out some of the livability rankings:* http://www.statemaster.com/graph/lif_bes��* http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World%27s_m��* http://www.mercer.com/referencecontent.h��

I hate to say it, but if you re sick of New Orleans because of the hurricanes, and you re now thinking about Florida, Georgia and the Carolinas, umm... We get hurricanes too.

Earthquakes can happen anywhere, but are primarily a California thing - that doesn t rule out the west .The place with the most opportunity in the tourism industry is Las Vegas. I think Las Vegas is your best choice.In California you can also consider Lake Tahoe or Reno areas, they are far away from the earthquake prone parts of Cali. Not sure why you think NY gets massive amounts of snow? The city rarely gets snow, but upstate NY (from Albany north and west) does get massive amounts of snow. Other than NY and Washington DC, few places on the east coast have year round tourism. Not to say Baltimore, Boston or Philadelphia wouldn t have a healthy business travel market year round.Another western option is the greater Phoenix AZ area. Lots of very nice hotels in the Scottsdale area. If you want to get away from water, no place dryer than Phoenix. Phoenix is seasonal though, nobody wants to go to Phoenix in the summer. The other place to consider in Arizona is Sedona. Might be the most beautiful destination in the western US, Lake Tahoe would be a very close second? Loads of tourism in Sedona and the summers aren t as hot as Phoenix.Colorado is another option, but like Phoenix it s seasonal and your job would have to be at a ski resort, which has a certain charm if your into the whole Rocky Mountain high thing.

new hampshire. it was voted one of the top ten safest places to live. and have you ever thought of conturies outside this usa? dont you think it would be exctitng to explore new places outside of your birth counrty? i think it owuld you should start thinkin about it.