re: What do you like most and least about where you currently live?

Seattle?? You are way braver than me. When my kids are out of college, I’ll bite the bullet and build a house at the farm in Flora. My hope is I’ll have enough money to build that and keep my Jackson house.

Boston

Like most: clean and walkable city with top healthcare and eduction, easy access to a variety of places and things to do year-round.

Dislike most: cost of living

Pros:

Scenery (Mountains and Sea)
Good people
Unique culture
Wildlife (land mammals and marine)
No road access. Keeps the population low.

Cons:

Weather. Its a rainforest, so its cloudy 70% of days.
Cost: Its one of the more expensive places to live in the country.

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What do you like most and least about where you currently live?

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Baton Rouge

Like - Close to elderly family, Damn good Job (though not in BR), Can enjoy outdoor activities mostly all year.

Hate - Traffic, Watching it deteriorate into a slum, The constant smell of weed in every establishment parking lot.

Best way to describe it is Baton Rouge is the city version of a neighborhood that has gone to a majority of rentals properties. Still a few food folks but most just don't give a shite anymore and the people running it are only concerned about how much money they can make.

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And if you could start over in a brand new area, what would it be?

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A small town in the middle of nowhere, USA.

Pro: four seasons, high standards for academics, close enough to NYC to enjoy it, about 0% of trashy people

Con: it’s so damn expensive

Good: Fishing can be had for striper, bass, and sac-a-lait (they call 'em crappie up here) on Lanier and other lakes around the area. The Buford Dam tailwater is only twenty minutes away with some fine trout to catch. When you get tired of Lanier or the tailwater, the north Georgia mountains offer some great fly fishing far away from the crowds.

Not so good: Atlanta's tentacles are taking hold as more and more people move into Gwinnett, Hall, and Forsyth counties. Traffic is deteriorating, taxes are increasing, crime is increasing. But - we have "Constitutional Carry" laws now so that may aid in curbing the crime some.

East central FL coast
like - weather, beach & low cost of living
dislike - 1) too far away from family (grandkids) & 2) condo association

Like: near family; conservative and based population

Dislike: weather and poors

Wife and I are leaving tomorrow for a long weekend in Chattanooga. We are thinking that area of the country is where we’ll retire. Going to check it out.

Old Metairie
Most
The weather. - Spring and Fall are great and winter is mild. Summers can be rough but not terrible.
The people are more calm and less driven than in most of America.
The food scene is good
My family is mostly here

Least
No wall on the Orleans Parish line

Tomball TX (north of Houston)

Likes:
I love my house and neighborhood. Good people all around.
Houston has so many LA transplants that I can get any Cajun food or ingredients that I need pretty easily.
Job opportunities here are really good.
The mild weather in the fall and winter allows lots of time outdoors.

Dislikes:
I miss my LA family and friends. My parents are getting older (late 70s) and I know my time with them is getting short. I try to make it back to visit more but I fricking HATE that drive. I've been here over 20 years and I'd love to never travel that section of I-10 again.
It's a big concrete skillet. Flat, over populated, and boring for the kinds of outdoor stuff I like to do. All of my hobbies are best done otherwhere. (kayak fishing, mountain biking)
Traffic here sucks all the arse.
Last summer, also known as the devil's a-hole, has me questioning my ability to stay here and deal with this miserable humidity and heat.

I am glad to be here, but will not retire here. The wife and I are talking about either South Carolina, Arkansas, or TX hill country. Someplace with clear water rivers and streams and elevation changes.