QotD: Where in the World...

If you were independently wealthy, where in the world would you live?
Submitted by Eileen.

Hey! My question made the cut!

Since I asked the question, I figure I'd might as well answer it.

I was thinking about this the other day, seriously. I love my house, I love my friends here in Central Florida, I really like my job and I love my co-workers. I love being on the same coast as my sister and (now) father. I don't hate where I live now. Life is actually pretty good.

BUT...

If I were independently wealthy, and completely debt-free, and neither Chris nor I had to work, and we could afford to send The Boy to any schools he might want to attend for the rest of his life (which, I figured out, would mean I'd need to have about $300 million dollars properly invested so that we could live off the interest/dividends - but who's counting?), I honestly think I would move back to Southern California. I miss the weather, I miss the food, I miss being able to go snowboarding one day and rollerblading on the beach the next. Most of all, I miss my friends.

But as I've also never traveled the world, I reserve the right to change my mind when I have that $300 million windfall!