Where to live...

Man, you guys rattled off places to live like you've been planning for years to runaway and start a new life!  Although I have to move every few years, my options are usually limited, so believe it or not I haven't given it a ton of thought.  Brad is convinced that I'm retiring in Oelwein, and as much as I love Pamida and the Pizza Ranch, I don't see that happening.  I didn't think through the order in terms of first, second, and third.  Just three options.

1.  Delaware.  Yep, Delaware.  It's beautiful, not far from cities like Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Washington D.C., and there is a major military installation close by (Dover AFB), which will be good
for us when we retire.  Delaware obviously has a lot of coastline, and the beaches are fantastic.  However, Delaware generally is not a "party town" destination, so it's more family-oriented.  I also like that it still generally has four seasons.  Oh, and they don't have sales tax there!

I'm looking at a map of the United States to pick a couple of others.  How crazy is that?

2.  Wyoming.  For some reason the state of Wyoming appeals to me.  What's not to like?  It has the second highest mean elevation at 6700 feet.  For that reason, it doesn't get too hot.  The state holds the Grand Tetons, Yellowstone, and SIX national forests.  I'm not sure I'd be all that crazy about the
winters, but I think I could deal with it.  I just poked it in and noticed that Cheyenne is only 100 miles from Denver!

I'm leaving out the other continents (I could live in Spain or Belize) since it seemed like you were thinking more in terms of our United States.

3.  How about Missouri (central or south Missouri)?  I don't know much about it, and my assumptions about it may be completely wrong.  Seems like the climate there is pretty awesome.  There is a lot of space with lots and lots of trees.  Seems like a good place to get an affordable chunk of land and have your own piece of the world.  I don't know.  Maybe I got too enchanted those couple of times I went to Frank's house!

Dallas is too crowded for me (the 35 corridor is a nightmare) and Austin is... well, it's in Texas.  I don't hate Texas, but as you guys have probably heard me say before, if you don't LOVE LOVE LOVE Texas, you don't really fit in Texas.  Plus it's just too hot.  You spend a couple of months of the summer indoors instead of a couple of months of the winter indoors.

I don't know anything about the Pacific Northwest.  I've heard good things, but how much precipitation do they get?  Seems like a lot of hippies up there!  Arizona seems way too hot for me.