My brother and his family moved from Central California to Meridian, Idaho partly to experience 4 seasons.
They seem to like it there, so that's good. 
Interesting. I just thought NM was mostly desert and the like. All those western Cossacks had were poisonous snakes and cactus plants.
What elevation you at?
Northern NM is nice, starts to get green closer to the border of Colorado.
Been to Albuquerque, NM a few times and traveled round the 4 corners once. Really is a nice area.
And I know Abq. is 5000ft elevation
6660 feet. NM has quite a few mountains actually. There are northern mountains as well as in the western and south central areas. IIRC, the mean elevation of the state is about 5700 feet with the lowest about 2800 feet or so and the highest being Wheeler Peak at 13161. Lots of sunshine, great for solar electric. Our area is forested with pines, firs, and aspens with a predominance of Ponderosa pines.
There are venomous snakes but you learn to watch for them. Most of the venomous ones are rattlers and warn you. 
You learn to be careful around woodpiles, haystacks, etc. Keep your ears open and don’t reach into holes without poking a stick first. Keep your eyes open and scanning the trail ahead when hiking.
Beat me to it. NM is pretty county in some places. Critters everywhere, you learn what to do where you are.
Glad you do a re-run of the thread raccoon city started. It gives me a chance to de-rude myself a bit of a word I used in the quote above. I mentioned “or religions that don’t appeal to me,” That came out the wrong way. Don’t get me wrong. Every body is entitled to live his/her life in the cultural environment he/she wants. As long as I am to a large extend entitled to the same privileges. Example: I don’t drink, but if you like, I poor you one. In an environment where nobody tries to whip me for that.
BTW I think some of the West-Indie islands would fit my profile just fine.
Southern California, SD or LA. I spent a few years in LA before and like it a lot (except for traffic and the ongoing price hikes for pretty much everything).
Because my industry is mostly elsewhere I had to leave after my studies; I could technically afford to live in California, but I don’t think there are too many job opportunities in my field. Maybe one day I’ll be more entrepreneurial or change industries and could return.
I grew up and lived in colder climates most of my life, but I just can’t deal with the entire scenario any longer.
If money was no problem, I would still be living where I live in Quebec.
I would just use my money to buy solar panels, build a large battery bank, fund BLF, and do some other interesting stuff.
Anywhere with good rail transport, so I could travel around on trains without much worry. Sweden is one such place, maybe Germany (family comes from there) or Russia.
I have always wanted to travel by train. If money was unlimited I would be a gypsy most of they time with a few home bases scattered around the world.
I am not a big fan of cold weather. Makes me grumpy. I looked into moving to Arizona. Never really spent any time there but I like how the state is run. I couldn’t live in any oppressive states. I like the middle of nowhere. The less people around the better. Not because I dislike people in any way, I just prefer people not being in my business or peoples windows 6 feet from mine. Subdivisions are not my friends. Big cities even less. I don’t like a homeowners association telling me what I can and cannot do in with my home. Decent enough public schools are still important as I still have 2 in school.
So I guess warm with nobody to bother me would be ideal. So I reckon a pretty rural area is my thing. My wife loves subdivisions and being closer to everything. That is fine, I still visit her on the weekends. 
Mom lives in Tijeras…since 1971, it was rough and tumble back then, not many people living where she lived then, it’s quite different now. Been there quite a few times thru the years, for weeks at a time visiting, site seeing, touring, hunting……beautiful country, nice to visit.
If money was no object I’d live in a different high-end hotel throughout the world as the mood strikes me. Flying there of course on my private 747
I just had a craving for some sopapillas. 
with Honey…… :heart_eyes:
Båstad, Skåne, Sweden
London Paris New York Båstad was a bumper sticker I saw a lot as a kid.
Lucerne, Switzerland. Postcard perfect when I visited there. Stunning in every way. Google it if you are bored.
Anywhere where I can shine my lights without distributing neighbors. Prefer ranch.
Wellp, a neighbor here, a neighbor there… they all add up.
Just look for BLF members as neighbor’s! Maybe we should start our own neighborhood.