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Where would you pick to live if it could be anywhere in the US?
Where would you pick to live if it could be anywhere in the US?  Not too many people get or MAKE the opportunity to pick where they want to live.  Interestingly, I grew up in a family where they did just that in 1978!  Let's start at the beginning.  In 1977, we were living in a charming RI town.  My father's job became to find another job.  Months of interviewing lead him to an opportunity in NJ, but shortly after arriving, he got an opportunity in Miami, Florida.  Since this had originally been their goal to live in a warmer climate, they took the opportunity to move to Florida.  
Once we moved to Florida, my parents set out to look at almost the whole state on each coast.  They checked out every town and were huge information junkies (before the Internet ages!)  They talked to tons of people, realtors and traversed a lot of streets to check out towns.  
Their final choice in mid 1978 was Naples, FL.  Hard to believe but it was a pretty sleepy town at that time with such a very seasonal population that a majority of the stores CLOSED for the summer.  The major ... more

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