re: Where are the best places to live in the USA?

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Life is what you make of it.

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Till you get shot

Harrison AR

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'm not invested enough in this to argue about it. If you're relying on public schools to educate your children, you're dumber than they will be when they graduate.

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I agree public is not viable as it was when I grew up, but in a few areas like N Dallas, FL Panhandle, Birmingham etc, it still is and has to be considered when discussing top places to live for families.

As the product of public schools, I wish every American family could put their children through free schooling without worrying about what indoctrination or horrible crime they would be exposing their children to.

Niceville is a really damn good high school. I'd want to die living there, though.

I moved to St Paul MN a few months ago. BR native lived in Texas for 25 years. It's cold AF here and snow is heavy. That said, it's cool if you have the right gear/equipment. The food is good so far and the people are cool. There is a ski slope in the middle of town and a ton to do in both cold and warm weather. The summers here are the tits I hear. But again it's below zero more often than I would prefer lol.

Buffalo, WY

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My vote goes to Raleigh/Durham/Chapel Hill, North Carolina

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I lived there, Greenville/Sparty/Charlotte is better.

Except for Macon & Ft Valley middle Georgia is better.

North ATL, Woodstock > Canton is better.

Columbus GA is more rednecky,,.but it's better.

Shenandoah valley VA is better...Roanoke > Harrisonburg

I think North Alabama is better, but I was only there for a few weeks.

I think the Knoxville area is better.

Are you a retired multi-millionaire/billionaire? Naples, FL doesn't suck.

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the key to the midwest is you want to be north of the southern border of MN (not an exact line, but thereabouts)

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I'd say the best places in the Midwest is a region that is a line just at Columbus, Indianapolis, Peoria to Des Moines and North to a line from Bay City, Lansing, Grand Rapids, Green Bay to the Twin Cities. Of course the line North keeps going North as you get West to the Twin Cities but that can include Traverse City and part of the Northern Michigan that are under-rated so don't go there. That is the sweet spot and yes it includes Cleveland, Detroit, Chicago, and Milwaukee but you don't have live in those cities or you can live in the burbs of those cities. I do say though that when you get near the 45th Parallel the winters can be a bit colder and snowier and the lake effect snow from Gary to Western Michigan can be a real pain the arse if you're traveling.