Johnson City is nice. Only 50,000 people but we’re kind of a regional center for health care stuff, so you might be surprised by the medical services available.
I have friends that still live in the Des Moines area and absolutely love it. I don’t think you would go wrong if you are willing to put up with the snow.
Johnson City is very near Knoxville. It would be worth considering.
Iowa is flat and full of corn and in the middle of Tornado Alley. Plus it’s gets damn cold there in the winter.
The cold is the only thing that puts me off. On the flip side, I figure it kind of keeps the state somewhat stable in regards to housing prices and population influxes. Austin, Denver, Las Vegas are some cities that have experienced quite the migration and it’s headaches.
The cornfields and stuff-hell, it’s better than where I’m at, would rather have a nice spread in a “boring” area rather than grind myself to the bone to barely provide because of proximity to beaches, mountains, and Dismaland that I barely visit anyway. Plus it is home to the Hawkeyes, if my son ever bests me in wrestling that is a helluva program to aspire to.
But man, be nice to not have to worry bout freezing conditions half the year lol!
Thanks fellas, I like the positive attitude here. Seemss whenever I mention I’m checking out a city or state the worst immediately comes to mind in some people. Hell I’ve dealt with quite a lot here but can’t see myself dissuading people because most problems here aren’t location wide and/or can be dealt with.
500 people town in Southern Italy. I live in the 800’s 
It’s funny you say this living in Nassau - what part of Nassau are you in? I’m from the Bronx originally, but spent many years growing up in Sea Cliff. Sea Cliff is a tiny little hippie town that feels like it got ripped out of the '70s and dropped on the edge of Long Island. I just think the “missing much of the charm” is funny because of your political views and the fact that Suffolk County (along with Upstate NY) is overwhelmingly red.
Whereabouts in Southern Italy, if you don’t mind me asking? My family are from near Palermo and my girlfriend’s are from Molise.
I live on the outskirts of Liverpool. I’m from Ireland, left at 19, when I finished serving my time as a carpenter / joiner, for the bright lights of London to pick up the gold off the pavements that I’d heard about. I had a bag of clothes, a bag of tools and £200. I knew one person. I lived in the east end and loved my time in London, in fact still love visiting. I moved to Liverpool as my wife is from here.
Liverpool is a great city. In the main it sees itself as being neither English nor British but Scouse. It has its own identity, probably to do with the mixture of people over the years. They are a lot like Irish people in the sense that they are irreverent and woe betide anybody thinking they are above them. Its a port so there has been a great influx of people. It has Europe’s oldest Chinese community.
It is also where a lot of the slave trade was run from. You can still see the marks of it around the city, the wealth it created displayed on its buildings. There is also a museum dedicated to that. In fact, the confederate fleet during the American civil war had its home in Liverpool and Liverpool is the place that the American civil war was ended. There are good pieces on this in the maritime museum.
A lot of films that feature New York from around 100 years ago are filmed here due to the preservation of the buildings. It is also home to the current best football team in the world.
You see, not once did I mention The Beatles 
The UK is a great place to live. Like all places it has its pro’s and con’s but on the whole its excellent and the people generally are great. The media spins all sorts of bullshit but there’s a reason immigration is an issue here. People talk about the American dream and all that bullshit but its the same here. An immigrant can come here, work hard and get rich and nobody will begrudge them that. People wont put barriers up to prevent it happening, well no more than for a British person.
The mixed weather is a blessing too. I can’t imagine having the same weather every day, it would do my head in. Just wear the right clothes and there isn’t a problem.
It really is! I pop over for the weekend from Leeds a few times a year. Sometimes to watch West Ham lose but usually for the Baltic Market. 
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Yeah, thats good.
Good luck tonight feller.
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Cheers, we’ll really need it!
There’s a common thought I’ve heard many times. And it reads: Good old England.
And it must really be so:-)
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I live in Hicksville. I don’t get around much so my view of the island is admittedly myopic. As for politics, I’m a bit anachronistic - fiscally conservative, socially liberal - even in my own family.
I live Near Foggia, in Puglia.
Very nice. I spent 2 weeks in Termoli this summer, not far at all. Santa Croce di Magliano and Rotello are where my other half’s family are from.
Question for you @yorkshireiron, I’m still planning on a London/Scotland trip this may. I’m sure its silly to you, but I’m confused by the train system there. It seems as if there are several that go north to Scotland. For a traveler that wants to go from London to Edinburgh, what is the best way?
Overnight sleeper from Euston Station to Edinburgh, leaving about 22:00hrs arriving around 07:00hrs on Caledonian Rail or there’s a fast one, about 4 - 5 hours I think from Kings Cross station.
what @alphonsus12 said
this site is brilliant as well: https://www.thetrainline.com/
Thank you! @yorkshireiron and @alphonsus12
Since I have you…we also want to stay overnight in Inverness and Aberdeen and make a round trip back to Edinburgh. Any ideas on things to see, do, eat? My daughter and her fiance want to do a distillery tour, I was thinking Glenfiddich since its between the two.