I was reading comments on another blog the other day and someone mentioned www.FindYourSpot.com. You answer a bunch of questions about preferences {rolling hills, mountains, or beaches or I must have a grocery store in town, it would be nice, or I grow my own food, etc.} and tells you which cites best 'fit' you based on your selections. Obviously we haven't left Iowa yet {which probably means we never will} but I can pray that we will someday! So here were my top 25 locations... {and honestly? I think it's pretty accurate! Either way, it's fun to look at and dream about} If you do this, tell me where it says you should be! :)
Augusta, GA Georgia’s Garden City
The Masters golf tournament is held in this Georgia town each year...
Population: 557,000 | Average Home Price: 85,600 | Precipitation: 44" | Snow: 1"
Charlotte, NC The Queen City
Home to First Union and Bank of America, this spot is renowned as a financial center...
Population: 1,532,000 | Average Home Price: 164,000 | Precipitation: 43" | Snow: 6"
Chesapeake-Virginia Beach, VA The Southern Tidewater Region
This Virginia beach town's annual Neptune Festival features sports competitions, an arts and crafts show, and a Grand Ball...
Population: 438,000 | Average Home Price: 234,000 | Precipitation: 44" | Snow: 1"
Hampton, VA City on the Chesapeake
The new Virginia Air and Space Center is located in this city, home of the first training facility for American astronauts...
Population: 137,400 | Average Home Price: 150,000 | Precipitation: 44" | Snow: 9"
Norfolk, VA Heart of the Hampton Roads
This spot was the only American city completely destroyed and rebuilt in the Revolutionary War; a British cannonball in St. Paul's Church wall is a reminder...
Population: 1,671,700 | Average Home Price: 184,000 | Precipitation: 48" | Snow: 8"
Richmond, VA Rising Star of the South
Patrick Henry made his famous "give me liberty or give me death" speech at Saint John's Episcopal Church in this city in 1775...
Population: 204,200 | Average Home Price: 198,000 | Precipitation: 43" | Snow: 14"
Tuscaloosa, AL The Big Apple of the South
This important city on Alabama's Black Warrior river is home to Stillman College and the University of Alabama...
Population: 90,500 | Average Home Price: 153,300 | Precipitation: 50" | Snow: 1"
Gainesville, FL The Heart of Florida
Consistently ranked as one of America's best spots, this city is surrounding by undeveloped forests, lakes, and wetlands...
Population: 124,350 | Average Home Price: 134,000 | Precipitation: 51" | Snow: 0"
Orlando, FL Florida’s Entertainment Capital
In this entertainment mecca, you can wrestle alligators at Gatorland or have lunch with Mickey Mouse...
Population: 2,171,300 | Average Home Price: 116,000 | Precipitation: 51" | Snow: 0"
Charleston, SC Cosmopolitan Southern City
Fort Sumter, the scene of the first shots of the Civil War, overlooks this city's harbor...
Population: 603,180 | Average Home Price: 245,000 | Precipitation: 52" | Snow: 0"
Greenville, SC The Rising Star of the South
The Peace Center for the Performing Arts presents theater and concerts in this South Carolina city's rejuvenated downtown...
Population: 58,400 | Average Home Price: 145,000 | Precipitation: 49" | Snow: 5"
Kent, WA The Heart of Puget Sound
This family-friendly town is centrally located in the heart of the Puget Sound region...
Population: 92,400 | Average Home Price: 215,000 | Precipitation: 38" | Snow: 5"
Clearwater, FL City of Gold Medal Beaches
Once you're done playing in the sun and sand, you can ride the world's largest speedboat in this unique city...
Population: 108,700 | Average Home Price: 137,000 | Precipitation: 53" | Snow: 0"
Daytona Beach, FL The World’s Most Famous Beach
This traditional spring break location is also a popular destination for nesting sea turtles...
Population: 61,000 | Average Home Price: 80,000 | Precipitation: 51" | Snow: 0"
Overland Park, KS Where Families Flourish
This family-friendly suburb was once the home of one of the founders of the Pony Express...
Population: 176,185 | Average Home Price: 297,655 | Precipitation: 38" | Snow: 19"
Raleigh, NC City of Oaks
This technologically savvy state capital is consistently ranked among the best places to live in the country...
Population: 317,000 | Average Home Price: 195,000 | Precipitation: 42" | Snow: 7"
Nashville, TN Music City, U.S.A.
Though best known for its music, this spot also boasts the Hermitage, home to Andrew Jackson, Americas first president from the wild "West"...
Population: 601,200 | Average Home Price: 161,500 | Precipitation: 48" | Snow: 10"
Bradenton, FL The Culture Coast
Known far and wide as the home of Tropicana Orange Juice, visitors to this spot can tour a working Orange Grove...
Population: 50,200 | Average Home Price: 189,630 | Precipitation: 54" | Snow: 0"
Louisville, KY Home of the Kentucky Derby
This beautiful river city was home to Colonel Harland Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken...
Population: 597,400 | Average Home Price: 130,000 | Precipitation: 43" | Snow: 16"
Asheville, NC Land of the Sky
This Blue Ridge town's annual "Shindig on the Green" is an evening of informal, impromptu bluegrass jam sessions...
Population: 83,400 | Average Home Price: 183,300 | Precipitation: 38" | Snow: 15"
Tulsa, OK A Blend of the Best
This technologically important Oklahoma city hosts a low-tech Blue Grass and Chili Festival each year...
Population: 937,500 | Average Home Price: 131,000 | Precipitation: 38" | Snow: 9"
Chattanooga, TN City of Vision
The beautiful former depot of this town's famous Choo-Choo is now a unique vacation complex...
Population: 167,675 | Average Home Price: 120,000 | Precipitation: 54" | Snow: 4"
Clarksville, TN The New South
This Tennessee city calls itself the "Gateway to the New South"...
Population: 133,000 | Average Home Price: 145,000 | Precipitation: 47" | Snow: 10"
Tacoma, WA Port City of the Cascades
This city's name comes from the Native American name for Mt. Rainier, "Tacobet," meaning Mother of the Waters...
Population: 198,400 | Average Home Price: 166,000 | Precipitation: 39" | Snow: 10"
