Utopian world.

[tulloch]

I agree with the saying, "life is not lived by the breaths we take but by the moments that take our breath away." I have trouble being comfortable in the high heat & humidity. We now are having the most uncomfortable, (for me), days here in Massachusetts. We have times & places that could be the same as you describe Jock. I love Scotland, Nova Scotia, Cape Breton Island, the State of Maine. Good company and a nice cup of tea enhance any place.

[Livingston]

Jock, that is a very hard question for me to answer. I've only lived here in the US but in several different states. Each one has its great attactions for me. Colorado has the great mountains; Kansas the wide open plains with wheat fields; Iowa has the open, rolling hills with beautiful fields of corn; Illinois has the same. I've been to Utah with its beautiful canyon lands; New Mexico with its open simple deserts; Arkansas and Missouri with their great lakes and fishing; New York with its great city; Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, Florida. Then I've been to the US Virgin Islands with great ocean views; Hawai'i with its various different beaches, hills, jungles etc. I can find a great reason to live in any of those areas and reasons not to.

For me, utopia would have to start out with something like the mountains of Colorado to tempt me there and then "stumbling" on something new every so often to keep my interest over time. hmmmm....maybe that would be Scotland. First and foremost for me at the time would be a place with a job. After that, I can find everything I would need to make it Utopia.

[mbhandy]

First and foremost for me at the time would be a place with a job. After that, I can find everything I would need to make it Utopia.

I think you hit the nail on the head. I have been to most of the places mentioned above and I can say all have qualities that are great but state of mind and who I am with, or not make Utopia. There is no one place that I know of that have every thing all the time. I could get real Metaphysical but that would be for another forum and I ain't going there right now. (I hope)

MrBill

[Panache]

I have seen all sorts of amazing photos here on XMTS of the wonderful places my fellow X Markers have shared.

I have thought to myself "how grand it would be to live there"

But I am a proud Californian and I love living in a state that offers snow capped mountains, deserts, majestic mountains, beautiful beaches, great cities, quiet small towns, and more.

Perhaps Dorthy said it best:

There is no place like home


Cheers

Jamie :ootd:

[davedove]

But I am a proud Californian and I love living in a state that offers snow capped mountains, deserts, majestic mountains, beautiful beaches, great cities, quiet small towns, and more.

... and earthquakes and wildfires.

Every place has its good points and its bad. Home is where you make it.

[caig]

Im with Cessna on this one, although for very different reasons. I have almost 6 weeks ago moved to my flat in Edinburgh, which I have had rented out for some years. This has seen me achieve two ambitions in one go: firstly to live in Scotland, and secondly to wear the kilt all of the time. I have not worn p***s for almost 6 weks now, and it is WONDERFUL. I have no plans at all, ever, to leave Scotland/

[Standard]

Somewhere that combines mountains for bakcpacking, high desert for the beauty and low humidity, oceans for clear waters and beaches, forrested areas for hunting and hiking, lakes for kayaking. Most of all though it would have to include my lovely wife and family. Utopia unfortunately is more a state of mind than an actual state in many cases. Ah, but if it did exist....

[MrLion]

"Home", to me, is where family is.
I have grown accustomed to the Pacific NW climate and really enjoy that, too!
I wish ALL of my family could live nearby.
I hear rumors that heaven will be perfect... but I digress.

[Drillagent]

My ultimate Utopia dream involves a 38' Class A Recreational Vehicle.

I can summer in Maine where the lobster is fresh and the air is clean.

I can make my way down the Eastern Seaboard and take in the fall colors.

During the winter I can play the championship golf courses of the Desert Southwest.

And during the spring, I can venture to the Great Northwest where the flowers and trees bloom.

Or, I can just sit in my driveway with a brew and a ballgame on the TV. Either way, it doesn't take much to go where and when I want. But that's a few years down the road after my retirement.

Cessna, I think you would enjoy that kind of lifestyle.

[Santa Wally]

My ultimate Utopia dream involves a 38' Class A Recreational Vehicle. ... But that's a few years down the road after my retirement.

Does that mean I've got my utopia... I'm retired and my 38' Class A motorhome's welcome mat says, "Home Is Where We Park It" (currently in Tennessee next to the Great Smoky Mountains National Park), where I recently received my newest kilt, a USA Casual Kilt. It's in the box in the picture below, on the steps of my RV just above the welcome mat.