One of my Allison-friends posted this link on our yahoo group. It asks you a bunch of questions and then tells you where your top spots to live in the US are.
My number one "match" (I use that term loosely) the first time I tried was:
"Mount Airy, North Carolina
Although known for its quaint and lovely small towns, North Carolina's Mount Airy shines above the rest. As the birthplace of Andy Griffith of The Andy Griffith Show fame, Mount Airy has a rightful claim to the moniker of "Small Town, USA". Aside from it's celebrity connections, this friendly, down-to-earth community has plenty for visitors to see and residents to love."
Umm...did they ignore my requirements of being near the arts and not in heat & humidity? Seems so... And, I don't like Andy Griffith--the show. I have no strong opinions on Andy as a person.
Maybe I'll go tweak my answers.
I broadened my search. Mount Airy still comes in the top 20 no matter what. The other place that consistently scores high is Lancaster, Ohio. (Although I did say I wanted less bureaucracy and government involvement...hmmm...Have these guys ever been to Ohio?)
Friends in Chattanooga will be glad to hear that it was high on my list of matches coming in at #7. (It's actually #8, but Salt Lake City was higher and I'd never live there. So we'll call it #7.) Funnily, this quiz classifies both Chattanooga and Colorado Springs as big cities. I'd call them small cities...
28 August 2007
find your spot
11 comments:
My #1 was Danbury, CT.
Here's the odd one. #6 on my list was my home town of Olympia, WA.
No Yonkers??? C'mon, Kate, you're killin' me!
My #1 was Wrightville Beach, NC. Looks like a beautiful place. And I also had the odd #6 of my hometown of Stamford/Norwalk, CT. Hmmmmm...my parents would sure love it if I moved back there!
how is school going? tell us about your class!
I did it and my #1 was Mount Airy as well.
Elle we would be neighbors...and I had a lot I mean a LOT of Wisconsin addresses..I am only minutes from the WI border.hmmm....I also had a lot of Nevada and Oregon addresses...
my top spot was anchorage, alaska!
My #1 was Atlantic City, NJ?? What's up with that?? The rest were places that I could see myself living, TN & NC (Mt. Airey was #3, so we could be neighbors - hehe!!).
I still like my deadend-dirt road farm in SC best ("from the mountains to the ocean").
Thanks for a great laugh!
Hah that was the funnest thing I've done in a long time. My number one match was Lewiston, ME, and from the sounds of it I think I'd actually enjoy it; arts culture, near the woods and ocean, all four seasons in their proper form and order(!) but only home to about 35,000 people, so it's not too overwhelming. I will keep it in mind if ever I move south of the border!
I didn't really pay attention to what they said about the cities they picked for me the first time around. I agree--CO Springs is a small city in my book. I put that I preferred medium sized. I'm not interested in living in a large city, which to me is NYC, DC, Chicago.... But Alexandria, LA??? Even Las Cruces, NM--I went to school there for 2 years, and like the town, but it's a small city. Not a small town, but definitely a small city, to be generous. It might be helpful if they put population #s of what they consider small, medium, and large.
Well...Maybe you are in denial! LOL
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