Great thread! I live in SW Idaho, on the outskirts of Boise, which is the capitol city. I absolutely love it here... we have a large enough city to do stuff in, but are only an hour away from the mountains and desert, whichever way you decided to drive. We do tons of outdoor stuff- the horse thing, hiking and camping in the spring, summer and fall, and we snowmobile all winter. Everyone is really friendly here, it has the feeling of a small town but is growing with ammenities. We don't have a Nordstroms or Saks but I mostly order everything on-line, or shop when we go out of town so it works out great!
I would move almost anywhere out west. Hubby is from North Carolina- need I say he moved across the country for a reason
We have talked about moving to Flagstaff or Prescott, but that would be a few years down the line. This will be fun hearing about everyone's city!