Agree, city girl here. But in a house with big kitchen and garden, and with space around it Do like water, maybe vacation home in Santa Barbara near favorite cousin.
North county San Diego. Coast, hills, desert, lagoons, 30 minutes from the big city. It's pretty nice. Mexican food is great, the other food scene does not really hold a candle to la, sf or Portland, and it is expensive, so these are the minuses.
It will happen sooner than you think. Once I turned 50 man the years flew by and then I was retired. Looking back is kind of weird too as the journey at least for me has been like a 6 series television show, 1 show for every 10 years.
A house on a lake or stream in the mountains, desert, coast or valley. A winter place in Paia would be nice.
We have friends that moved from Boise to Sequim Wa. and they love it there. The straight, lakes, mountains and very littlen rain as compared to other NW coastal cities.
Yeah, Sequim is in a serious “rain shadow”. When it’s pouring all around them, they can almost suffer drought like conditions at times. Weird phenomenon for that particular area.