Originally Posted by Impetuous1

I live in AZ and I do like a lot of it. I'm in the Phoenix area. Although the summers are hell here, as the old addage says, "It's a dry heat". I've lived in Chicago and I hated the winters there. Especially with the evil wind chill. Brrr. At least here there's nothing to shovel up. Also there's several places you can drive to from Phoenix such as Las Vegas and also you can go skiing up near Flagstaff. Also, the job market here is incredible. There are so many different kinds of jobs available.

However, I did visit Seattle and Portland, Oregon a couple of years ago. I absolutely fell in love with Portland. Sure it rained the whole time I was there but everything was so green and alive. They have several large open gardens and woods. There was no sales tax. Public transportation was good. The people were friendly and the air was so clean. The air here in Phoenix isn't that great. There's almost always dust in the air. So now, my dream place is Portland. Though the proximity to Mt St Helen's worries me since they did get a lot of ash from the last eruption in the 80's. Right now I'm actually debating whether I should buy a house here or pick up and move to Portland. The only problem is finding a new job that would pay as well as the one I'm currently at. Oh well, maybe in a few years...