re: How important is living where you want to live to your happiness?

It think, just uniformed thoughts here, that it is important. However, almost anywhere you go, no matter how much you may love it for that week or two of blissful vacation, may get old and grinding after a certain amount of time and routine passes.

Although Greater N.O. La. is home, and where I belong, I would like to try it out at some point, for longer than a week. Almost anyplace is better for a week or so. It's the time after, when you start to do the mundane daily tasks of living and not vacationing that tell the tale.