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velvetechos) wrote2004-01-26 08:28 pm
velvetechos) wrote2004-01-26 08:28 pm
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So I took this online quiz at findyourspot.com, to find out what the ideal places for one such as myself to live,
and came upon the unhappy irony that the two states listed most frequently on this list are California and Connecticut.
Long Beach, California LA’s Ocean Playground
Thanks in part to the introduction of the Pacific Electric Trolley, this spot became the fastest growing city in America in 1902…
Population: 462,000 | Average Home Price: $350,000 | Precipitation: 12" | Snow: 0"
Oakland, California East Bay Living
The area around this now-famous city was once owned by Don Luis Peralta, a Spanish soldier granted the land to help settle and secure it.
Population: 2,392,000 | Average Home Price: $345,000 | Precipitation: 18" | Snow: 0"
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"
Monroe, Louisiana Twin Cities of the South
This tasty spot is where the first Coca-Cola bottle plant began operations…
Population: 53,000 | Average Home Price: $136,000 | Precipitation: 45" | Snow: 1"
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"
Natchitoches, Louisiana A Model for the South
Population: 170,000 | Average Home Price: $100,000 | Precipitation: 50" | Snow: 2"
Orange County, California Live The California Dream
Home to 42 miles of sandy beaches and some of California's best known attractions, this spot boasts great surfing, sunning, and sailing…
Population: 2,846,000 | Average Home Price: $400,000 | Precipitation: 12" | Snow: 0"
Riverside, California City of Orange Blossoms
One of the two first orange trees planted in California still grows in this important citrus town...
Population: 255,000 | Average Home Price: $180,000 | Precipitation: 12" | Snow: 0"
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"
Lafayette (Cajun Country), Louisiana The Heart of French Louisiana
Settled by French speaking Acadians in the 1700, this heart of French Louisiana is drenched in the cultural traditions of Cajuns and Creoles…
Population: 110,000 | Average Home Price: $137,000 | Precipitation: 55" | Snow: 0"
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"
Alexandria, Louisiana The Crossroads of Louisiana
This spot's restored Kent Plantation House, the oldest structure in central Louisiana, offers open-hearth cooking demonstrations every week...
Population: 46,000 | Average Home Price: $122,000 | Precipitation: 54" | Snow: 1"
San Diego, California California’s First City
This highly livable city is home to one of the finest zoos in the world…
Population: 2,813,000 | Average Home Price: $375,000 | Precipitation: 9" | Snow: 0"
San Bernardino, California The Inland Empire
You can satisfy your craving for heat at this city's annual California State Championship Chili Cook-off...
Population: 185,000 | Average Home Price: $175,000 | Precipitation: 12" | Snow: 0"
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: $148,000 | Precipitation: 48" | Snow: 5"
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"
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: $142,000 | 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"
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"
New Orleans, Louisiana The Crescent City
This Creole city hosts a Jambalaya Festival and a Shrimp Festival each year…
Population: 1,340,000 | Average Home Price: $148,000 | Precipitation: 57" | Snow: 0"
Baton Rouge, Louisiana The Cajun Capital
This town was named after the red stick its founder saw on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River…
Population: 603,000 | Average Home Price: $138,500 | Precipitation: 61" | 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"
Los Angeles, California The Dream Factory
This West Coast town was the first to coin the word "tourist" to describe the people that came to enjoy the beaches, mountains and weather…
Population: 9,520,000 | Average Home Price: $475,000 | Precipitation: 12" | Snow: 0"
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"
and came upon the unhappy irony that the two states listed most frequently on this list are California and Connecticut.
Long Beach, California LA’s Ocean Playground
Thanks in part to the introduction of the Pacific Electric Trolley, this spot became the fastest growing city in America in 1902…
Population: 462,000 | Average Home Price: $350,000 | Precipitation: 12" | Snow: 0"
Oakland, California East Bay Living
The area around this now-famous city was once owned by Don Luis Peralta, a Spanish soldier granted the land to help settle and secure it.
Population: 2,392,000 | Average Home Price: $345,000 | Precipitation: 18" | Snow: 0"
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"
Monroe, Louisiana Twin Cities of the South
This tasty spot is where the first Coca-Cola bottle plant began operations…
Population: 53,000 | Average Home Price: $136,000 | Precipitation: 45" | Snow: 1"
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"
Natchitoches, Louisiana A Model for the South
Population: 170,000 | Average Home Price: $100,000 | Precipitation: 50" | Snow: 2"
Orange County, California Live The California Dream
Home to 42 miles of sandy beaches and some of California's best known attractions, this spot boasts great surfing, sunning, and sailing…
Population: 2,846,000 | Average Home Price: $400,000 | Precipitation: 12" | Snow: 0"
Riverside, California City of Orange Blossoms
One of the two first orange trees planted in California still grows in this important citrus town...
Population: 255,000 | Average Home Price: $180,000 | Precipitation: 12" | Snow: 0"
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"
Lafayette (Cajun Country), Louisiana The Heart of French Louisiana
Settled by French speaking Acadians in the 1700, this heart of French Louisiana is drenched in the cultural traditions of Cajuns and Creoles…
Population: 110,000 | Average Home Price: $137,000 | Precipitation: 55" | Snow: 0"
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"
Alexandria, Louisiana The Crossroads of Louisiana
This spot's restored Kent Plantation House, the oldest structure in central Louisiana, offers open-hearth cooking demonstrations every week...
Population: 46,000 | Average Home Price: $122,000 | Precipitation: 54" | Snow: 1"
San Diego, California California’s First City
This highly livable city is home to one of the finest zoos in the world…
Population: 2,813,000 | Average Home Price: $375,000 | Precipitation: 9" | Snow: 0"
San Bernardino, California The Inland Empire
You can satisfy your craving for heat at this city's annual California State Championship Chili Cook-off...
Population: 185,000 | Average Home Price: $175,000 | Precipitation: 12" | Snow: 0"
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: $148,000 | Precipitation: 48" | Snow: 5"
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"
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: $142,000 | 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"
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"
New Orleans, Louisiana The Crescent City
This Creole city hosts a Jambalaya Festival and a Shrimp Festival each year…
Population: 1,340,000 | Average Home Price: $148,000 | Precipitation: 57" | Snow: 0"
Baton Rouge, Louisiana The Cajun Capital
This town was named after the red stick its founder saw on a bluff overlooking the Mississippi River…
Population: 603,000 | Average Home Price: $138,500 | Precipitation: 61" | 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"
Los Angeles, California The Dream Factory
This West Coast town was the first to coin the word "tourist" to describe the people that came to enjoy the beaches, mountains and weather…
Population: 9,520,000 | Average Home Price: $475,000 | Precipitation: 12" | Snow: 0"
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"
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(Anonymous) 2004-01-27 09:11 am (UTC)(link)I think the biggest irony was being told that I'd like Mountain Home in Arkansas, and here I am trying to make sure I don't move back to the Idaho version I came from. :P
--AngelWind
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