Find Your Spot in the US

[Utopmk]

http://www.findyourspot.com


So, I've decided to move away from Alabama, but couldn't decide where I wanted to go. This little quiz helped narrow it down.

My top 10 (that I would consider) places to live in the US are:

1. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
2. Hartford, Connecticut
3. Worcester, Massachusetts
4. Providence, Rhode Island
5. New Haven, Connecticut
6. Chicago, Illinois
7. Boston, Massachusetts
8. Portland, Oregon
9. Baltimore, Maryland
10. Green Bay, Wisnonsin

Yay.

[Groty]

Deland, Florida
Gainesville, Florida
Biloxi-Gulfport, Mississippi
San Marcos, Texas
Hattiesburg, Mississippi
Fairhope, Alabama
Tallahassee, Florida
Crystal River, Florida
Savannah, Georgia - Used to Live There
Bryan-College Station, Texas
Galveston, Texas
Athens, Georgia
Mount Dora, Florida
Ocala, Florida
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Mobile, Alabama
Corpus Christi, Texas
Beaumont, Texas
Daytona Beach, Florida
St. Petersburg, Florida
Conroe, Texas
Jackson, Mississippi
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - Basically lived there
Charleston, South Carolina

[Birdsnest]

The ones in bold are the only ones I would actually consider from this list:

Charleston, West Virginia, The Home of Hospitality
For a taste of yesteryear, catch the boat races at this West Virginia city's annual Sternwheel Regatta...
Population: 53,000 |Average Home Price: $149,000 | Precipitation: 41" | Snow: 26"

Frederick, Maryland, Where The Past Comes Alive
This Maryland city's Great Fair is one of the nation's oldest county agricultural fairs…
Population: 53,000 |Average Home Price: $163,000 | Precipitation: 36" | Snow: 21"

Baltimore, Maryland, The Sparkling Harbor City
This Atlantic seaboard city is home to the National Aquarium…
Population: 4,750,000 |Average Home Price: $203,000 | Precipitation: 40" | Snow: 18"

Las Vegas, Nevada, Entertainment Capital of the World
Ladies' Home Journal called this one of its Best Cities for Women, citing skyrocketing job growth and shriveling crime rates…
Population: 1,408,000 | Average Home Price: $178,000 | Precipitation: 5" | Snow: 1"

Albuquerque, New Mexico, The Pulse of New Mexico
This city's International Balloon Fiesta features 850 hot air balloons each October…
Population: 450,000 | Average Home Price: $175,000 | Precipitation: 8" | Snow: 15"

Reno, Nevada, Biggest Little City in the World
This "biggest little city in the world" is famous for its casinos and recreational opportunities…
Population: 180,500 | Average Home Price: $225,000 | Precipitation: 7" | Snow: 24"

Santa Fe, New Mexico, Jewel of the Southwest
This New Mexico town receives more snow annually than most towns in Connecticut…
Population: 62,000 | Average Home Price: $250,000 | Precipitation: 14" | Snow: 29"

Las Cruces, New Mexico, City of the Sun
Don Juan de Oñate explored this sunny spot in 1598 while searching for the mythical Seven Cities of Gold…
Population: 74,000 | Average Home Price: $129,000 | Precipitation: 9" | Snow: 6"

Gaithersburg, Maryland, The Park City
This town is home to a "Latitude Observatory" - one of five in the world - built in 1899 to measure the wobble of the earth's axis...
Population: 53,000 | Average Home Price: $202,000 | Precipitation: 40" | Snow: 18"

Portland, Oregon, City of Roses
This Oregon city has the nation's largest forested municipal park, the aptly-named Forest Park…
Population: 1,573,000 | Average Home Price: $196,000 | Precipitation: 36" | Snow: 5"

Carson City, Nevada, Nevada’s Historic Capital
This Frontier city thrived and became a territorial capital following the discovery of the famous Comstock silver lode in the 1850's…
Population: 53,000 | Average Home Price: $175,000 | Precipitation: 11" | Snow: 32"

Sacramento, California, The River City
This state capital is the oldest incorporated city in California…
Population: 1,628,000 | Average Home Price: $224,000 | Precipitation: 17" | Snow: 0"

Santa Barbara, California, The American Riviera
More than 1,200 movies were made in this city at the Flying A Studio before the movie industry centralized in Hollywood…
Population: 92,300 | Average Home Price: $500,000 | Precipitation: 12" | Snow: 0"

Honolulu, Hawaii, America’s Tropical Paradise
This state capital has long been an important port city; its name is Hawaiian for "protected bay"…
Population: 876,000 | Average Home Price: $310,000 | Precipitation: 23" | Snow: 0"

Washington, District of Columbia, The World's Greatest Capital
This most patriotic of American cities was laid out by a French architect…
Population: 572,000 | Average Home Price: $300,000 | Precipitation: 39" | Snow: 16"

Eugene, Oregon, The Emerald City
This Oregon city is home to the Hendricks Park Rhododendron Garden, famous all over the world for its beautiful blossoms...
Population: 138,000 | Average Home Price: $170,000 | Precipitation: 48" | Snow: 7"

Santa Cruz, California, Fun on the Central Coast
This city's old lighthouse now features a surfing museum, overlooking the famous "Steamer Lane" surf spot…
Population: 55,000 | Average Home Price: $450,000 | Precipitation: 29" | Snow: 0"

Ventura, California, The Buena Coast
This southern California beach town is the gateway to the unique Channel Islands National Park…
Population: 102,500 | Average Home Price: $338,000 | Precipitation: 12" | Snow: 0"

Salem, Oregon, The Heart of Oregon
This capital city is the home of the Oregon State Fair, as well as the state's largest on-going fine arts & crafts fair…
Population: 137,000 | Average Home Price: $145,000 | Precipitation: 39" | Snow: 6"


Corvallis, Oregon Heart of the Willamette Valley
This Oregon city hosts "da Vinci Days," a festival of unique events revolving around art, science and technology...
Population: 50,000 | Average Home Price: $168,500 | Precipitation: 43" | Snow: 6"

Hartford, Connecticut, The Insurance Capital
This Connecticut city is home to America's oldest State House, oldest public art museum, and oldest continuously published newspaper...
Population: 1,183,000 | Average Home Price: $155,000 | Precipitation: 41" | Snow: 42"

Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana Cities of Three Flags
This spot on Louisiana's Red River was named for a steam boat captain who cleared a logjam known as the "Great Raft" in the 1830s…
Population: 392,000 | Average Home Price: $113,000 | Precipitation: 45" | Snow: 0"

[Tekka]

Jacksonville, Florida Florida’s First Coast

Charleston, South Carolina Cosmopolitan Southern City

Houston, Texas City of Excitement

Knoxville, Tennessee Gateway to the Smoky Mountains

Gainesville, Florida The Heart of Florida

Biloxi-Gulfport, Mississippi The Sparkling Gulf Coast


Darn it.. The city they gave as my number one is the same city I live in... I'm sooo sick of this city too. heh

[Nindy]

Hartford, Connecticut

Portland, Oregon

Worcester, Massachusetts

Medford, Oregon

Charleston, West Virginia

Frederick, Maryland

Salem, Oregon

Bend, Oregon

Danbury, Connecticut

Providence, Rhode Island

Boston, Massachusetts

New Haven, Connecticut

Eugene, Oregon

Corvallis, Oregon

Baltimore, Maryland

Cape Cod, Massachusetts

Santa Fe, New Mexico

Missoula, Montana

Gaithersburg, Maryland

Sheboygan, Wisconsin

Reno, Nevada

Little Rock, Arkansas

Carson City, Nevada

Fayetteville, Arkansas


Wow, seems I'm really suit for Oregon:D

[Jezebel]

I just can't take this seriously. Tennessee and Kentucky both made my top 5. If this is the best there is for me, I think I'm going to go shoot myself.

[Hypnos]

I liked the top and bottom choices I got: Denver and Anchorage.

I have my eye on Southern New Hampshire, within striking distance of Boston. Northern Virginia, where I grew up, is great if you can afford it and don't mind the hot summers.

[SheepDog]

Do you guys just make up crap for the info, or did you really fill it in? I couldn't get past them wanting all that info.

[Avengardh]

Danbury, Connecticut Small-Town Charm Near the Big Apple
Zadoc Benedict began making beaver hats here in 1780, starting this Connecticut town's important hat industry...

Population: 75,000 | Average Home Price: $280,000 | Precipitation: 39" | Snow: 50"



Worcester, Massachusetts The Heart of the Commonwealth
This city at the heart of New England is home to the EcoTarium, a science center for all ages…

Population: 502,500 | Average Home Price: $215,000 | Precipitation: 48" | Snow: 45"



Providence, Rhode Island New England’s Best Kept Kept Secret
This Rhode Island spot is the home of the award-winning flaming sculpture WaterFire, installed on the three rivers of downtown...

Population: 955,500 | Average Home Price: $190,000 | Precipitation: 48" | Snow: 32"



New Haven, Connecticut Home of Yale University
The first hamburger was cooked at Louis' Lunch in this Connecticut spot in 1900...

Population: 542,000 | Average Home Price: $175,000 | Precipitation: 43" | Snow: 30"



Eugene, Oregon The Emerald City
This Oregon city is home to the Hendricks Park Rhododendron Garden, famous all over the world for its beautiful blossoms...

Population: 138,000 | Average Home Price: $179,000 | Precipitation: 48" | Snow: 7"



Madison, Wisconsin Athens Of The Midwest
Located between lakes Monona and Mendota, this picturesque spot is the only North American city built on an isthmus…

Population: 426,500 | Average Home Price: $202,000 | Precipitation: 30" | Snow: 44"



Hartford, Connecticut The Insurance Capital
This Connecticut city is home to America's oldest State House, oldest public art museum, and oldest continuously published newspaper...

Population: 1,183,000 | Average Home Price: $155,000 | Precipitation: 41" | Snow: 42"



Sheboygan, Wisconsin Wisconsin’s Jewel on the Lake
Reader's Digest declared this the best spot in the country to raise a family…

Population: 51,000 | Average Home Price: $125,000 | Precipitation: 29" | Snow: 45"



Bend, Oregon Oregon’s Natural Playground
This Oregon town's municipal airport was used for pilot training during World War II…

Population: 52,000 | Average Home Price: $209,000 | Precipitation: 12" | Snow: 34"



Corvallis, Oregon Heart of the Willamette Valley
This Oregon city hosts "da Vinci Days," a festival of unique events revolving around art, science and technology...

Population: 50,000 | Average Home Price: $185,000 | Precipitation: 43" | Snow: 6"



Boston, Massachusetts America’s Walking City
Here in "America's Walking City," you can stroll down to famous Franklin Park for the annual Kite Festival...

Population: 3,400,000 | Average Home Price: $365,000 | Precipitation: 43" | Snow: 41"



Cape Cod, Massachusetts Jewel of the New England Coast
This peninsula is home to the oldest public library in America: the Sturgis Library, established in 1644…

Population: 222,000 | Average Home Price: $325,000 | Precipitation: 46" | Snow: 34"



Eau Claire, Wisconsin Clear Water, Clean Living
The award-winning Ski Sprites Water Ski Show Team entertains visitors each summer in this Wisconsin town...

Population: 62,000 | Average Home Price: $122,000 | Precipitation: 29" | Snow: 42"



Oshkosh-Appleton/Neenah, Wisconsin The Paper Valley
Located on the shores of beautiful Lake Winnebago, this spot hosted the country's first recorded road race, won by a locally built steam car…

Population: 358,000 | Average Home Price: $131,000 | Precipitation: 31" | Snow: 43"



Medford, Oregon Gateway to the Pacific Northwest
This gorgeous spot boasts the West's only operating water-powered grist mill, located on the banks of Little Butte Creek since 1872…

Population: 63,000 | Average Home Price: $166,000 | Precipitation: 19" | Snow: 8"



Portland, Oregon City of Roses
This Oregon city has the nation's largest forested municipal park, the aptly-named Forest Park…

Population: 1,573,000 | Average Home Price: $196,000 | Precipitation: 36" | Snow: 5"



Chicago, Illinois The Windy City
This big city has more shopping center space per capita than any other American city…

Population: 8,300,000 | Average Home Price: $210,000 | Precipitation: 32" | Snow: 40"



Stamford-Norwalk, Connecticut Connecticut’s Key Cities
This seaside spot in Connecticut is projected to have the highest median income in the country by 2009…

Population: 353,600 | Average Home Price: $365,000 | Precipitation: 43" | Snow: 47"



Milwaukee, Wisconsin The Genuine American City
This Wisconsin "City of Festivals" celebrates its diverse ethnic heritage all year long, with over 20 major cultural festivals…

Population: 1,500,000 | Average Home Price: $125,000 | Precipitation: 31" | Snow: 47"



La Crosse, Wisconsin Jewel of the Upper Mississippi
Cliffs, bluffs and coulees provide spectacular scenery in this spot, at the convergence of the La Crosse, Black and Mississippi Rivers...

Population: 52,000 | Average Home Price: $120,000 | Precipitation: 30" | Snow: 46"



Salem, Oregon The Heart of Oregon
This capital city is the home of the Oregon State Fair, as well as the state's largest on-going fine arts & crafts fair…

Population: 137,000 | Average Home Price: $162,000 | Precipitation: 39" | Snow: 6"



Champaign-Urbana, Illinois High Tech in the Heartland
Nearly one-fourth of the working adults in this spot are employed in education…

Population: 180,000 | Average Home Price: $140,000 | Precipitation: 40" | Snow: 23"



Cambridge, Massachusetts Boston’s Spirited Sister
Home to Harvard, MIT, and a large number of high-tech companies, this spot is world-renowned as an educational and technological mecca…

Population: 101,000 | Average Home Price: $380,000 | Precipitation: 42" | Snow: 41"



Oak Park, Illinois A Great Way of Life
This spot is home to the world's largest collection of Frank Lloyd Write designed houses and buildings, with 25 of them built between 1889 and 1913…

Population: 52,500 | Average Home Price: $298,000 | Precipitation: 35" | Snow: 33"

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I dunno whether to believe this or not...

[jimkopelli]

Spiny jungle squirrel? WTF... maybe I can use one of these against the crows...

I thought it was interesting how the "Do you want spam" box was hiding a page or so before you had to give your email... and really annoying that they waited until you spent time taking the quiz before asking for your info.


Hartford, Connecticut The Insurance Capital
This Connecticut city is home to America's oldest State House, oldest public art museum, and oldest continuously published newspaper...

Population: 1,183,000 | Average Home Price: $155,000 | Precipitation: 41" | Snow: 42"



Portland, Oregon City of Roses
This Oregon city has the nation's largest forested municipal park, the aptly-named Forest Park…

Population: 1,573,000 | Average Home Price: $196,000 | Precipitation: 36" | Snow: 5"



Worcester, Massachusetts The Heart of the Commonwealth
This city at the heart of New England is home to the EcoTarium, a science center for all ages…

Population: 502,500 | Average Home Price: $215,000 | Precipitation: 48" | Snow: 45"



Providence, Rhode Island New England’s Best Kept Kept Secret
This Rhode Island spot is the home of the award-winning flaming sculpture WaterFire, installed on the three rivers of downtown...

Population: 955,500 | Average Home Price: $190,000 | Precipitation: 48" | Snow: 32"



New Haven, Connecticut Home of Yale University
The first hamburger was cooked at Louis' Lunch in this Connecticut spot in 1900...

Population: 542,000 | Average Home Price: $175,000 | Precipitation: 43" | Snow: 30"



Eugene, Oregon The Emerald City
This Oregon city is home to the Hendricks Park Rhododendron Garden, famous all over the world for its beautiful blossoms...

Population: 138,000 | Average Home Price: $179,000 | Precipitation: 48" | Snow: 7"



Corvallis, Oregon Heart of the Willamette Valley
This Oregon city hosts "da Vinci Days," a festival of unique events revolving around art, science and technology...

Population: 50,000 | Average Home Price: $185,000 | Precipitation: 43" | Snow: 6"



Boston, Massachusetts America’s Walking City
Here in "America's Walking City," you can stroll down to famous Franklin Park for the annual Kite Festival...

Population: 3,400,000 | Average Home Price: $365,000 | Precipitation: 43" | Snow: 41"



Medford, Oregon Gateway to the Pacific Northwest
This gorgeous spot boasts the West's only operating water-powered grist mill, located on the banks of Little Butte Creek since 1872…

Population: 63,000 | Average Home Price: $166,000 | Precipitation: 19" | Snow: 8"



Little Rock, Arkansas Where America Comes Together
All Maybelline products distributed in the U.S. are made in this fashion-conscious spot…

Population: 584,000 | Average Home Price: $150,000 | Precipitation: 48" | Snow: 5"



Danbury, Connecticut Small-Town Charm Near the Big Apple
Zadoc Benedict began making beaver hats here in 1780, starting this Connecticut town's important hat industry...

Population: 75,000 | Average Home Price: $280,000 | Precipitation: 39" | Snow: 50"



Carlisle, Pennsylvania The Waterfront Capital
The Rockville Bridge near this Pennsylvania town was built in 1901 and is still the longest stone arch bridge in the world…

Population: 615,000 | Average Home Price: $122,000 | Precipitation: 40" | Snow: 37"



Salem, Oregon The Heart of Oregon
This capital city is the home of the Oregon State Fair, as well as the state's largest on-going fine arts & crafts fair…

Population: 137,000 | Average Home Price: $162,000 | Precipitation: 39" | Snow: 6"



Baltimore, Maryland The Sparkling Harbor City
This Atlantic seaboard city is home to the National Aquarium…

Population: 4,750,000 | Average Home Price: $215,000 | Precipitation: 40" | Snow: 18"



Bend, Oregon Oregon’s Natural Playground
This Oregon town's municipal airport was used for pilot training during World War II…

Population: 52,000 | Average Home Price: $209,000 | Precipitation: 12" | Snow: 34"



Washington, District of Columbia The World's Greatest Capital
This most patriotic of American cities was laid out by a French architect…

Population: 572,000 | Average Home Price: $300,000 | Precipitation: 39" | Snow: 16"



Cape Cod, Massachusetts Jewel of the New England Coast
This peninsula is home to the oldest public library in America: the Sturgis Library, established in 1644…

Population: 222,000 | Average Home Price: $325,000 | Precipitation: 46" | Snow: 34"



Seattle, Washington The Emerald City
The game "Pictionary" was developed by a waiter in this town in 1986…

Population: 3,555,000 | Average Home Price: $325,000 | Precipitation: 35" | Snow: 15"



Fayetteville, Arkansas Light of the Ozarks
Near the University of Arkansas campus, this town's Dickson Street is filled with lively bistros, night clubs and galleries…

Population: 58,000 | Average Home Price: $165,000 | Precipitation: 42" | Snow: 10"



Charleston, West Virginia The Home of Hospitality
For a taste of yesteryear, catch the boat races at this West Virginia city's annual Sternwheel Regatta...

Population: 53,000 | Average Home Price: $149,000 | Precipitation: 41" | Snow: 26"



Milwaukee, Wisconsin The Genuine American City
This Wisconsin "City of Festivals" celebrates its diverse ethnic heritage all year long, with over 20 major cultural festivals…

Population: 1,500,000 | Average Home Price: $125,000 | Precipitation: 31" | Snow: 47"



Frederick, Maryland Where The Past Comes Alive
This Maryland city's Great Fair is one of the nation's oldest county agricultural fairs…

Population: 53,000 | Average Home Price: $280,000 | Precipitation: 36" | Snow: 21"



Sheboygan, Wisconsin Wisconsin’s Jewel on the Lake
Reader's Digest declared this the best spot in the country to raise a family…

Population: 51,000 | Average Home Price: $125,000 | Precipitation: 29" | Snow: 45"



Long Island, New York The Great Island
This largest island on America's East Coast offers an incredible variety of cultures and landscapes…

Population: 2,780,000 | Average Home Price: $350,000 | Precipitation: 45" | Snow: 27"

[booyalab]

I think it's a very narrow selection of places. I've had some other people on my messenger take it who have different preferences and they all get Oregon and about 3 New England states and Wisconsin. I mean...Wisconsin! wtf

[booyalab]

Although I noticed alot of the cities were on some 'best of' list...so maybe the makers of this quiz are just very trusting of certain lists.

[Groty]

I'm trying to figure out why there are so many CT cities on there. Danbury, Stamford-Norwalk, New Haven, Hartford... Gimme a break. Did I see a question in there that asked if you enjoy sitting in traffic for an hour every morning and an hour every night, at the minimum?

[Warrior413]

Hartford, Connecticut
Portland, Oregon
Worcester, Massachusetts
Providence, Rhode Island
New Haven, Connecticut
Boston, Massachusetts
Little Rock, Arkansas
Washington, District of Columbia
Sacramento, California
Baltimore, Maryland
Santa Fe, New Mexico
Reno, Nevada
Danbury, Connecticut
Albuquerque, New Mexico - I hate Albuquerque...
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Chicago, Illinois
Fayetteville, Arkansas
Charleston, West Virginia
Las Vegas, Nevada
Salem, Oregon
Medford, Oregon
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Frederick, Maryland
Northampton, Massachusetts

That makes 4 in Massachusetts, 3 in Connecticut, 3 in Oregon... Las Vegas? I'd hate it there...

[indie]

Portland OR
Eugene OR
Charleston WV
Frederick MD
Baltimore MD
Fayetteville AK

Looks like I'm already in my ideal spot. :)

[INTrPosr]

I just can't take this seriously. Tennessee and Kentucky both made my top 5. If this is the best there is for me, I think I'm going to go shoot myself.
Have you ever been to either state? I can't say for Kentucky, but I traveled through the entire state of Tennessee the summer before last and found it beautiful. I actually began to look for work down there, because my family fell in love with south Tennessee. I recall reading that INTPs find small communities, nestled in the mountains and the midst of nature, alluring and acceptable. I think that any community that does not offer a great deal of tourism, with those qualities, somewhere I would want to live. Actually, I have always dreamed of telecommuting to a job, while living in the hills or mountains of some excluded community.

[lauriep]

Eugene, OR
Corvallis, OR
San Bernardio, CA
Danbury, CT
Alexandria, LA
Fayetteville, AR - Arkansas??? WTF?
Portland, OR - used to live there - too much rain is bad for allergies :(