A few years back, I identified a triumvirate of my favorite places: Denver, Austin and Portland. If it was to be an urban place, those are my choices. They all

A few years back, I identified a triumvirate of my favorite places: Denver, Austin and Portland. If it was to be an urban place, those are my choices. They all have become fairly extreme as far as traffic and housing prices, though. For something more rural, I like Taos, New Mexico and a few cities in the area north of there in Colorado, the San Luis Valley. The entire area is rich in natural beauty, inexpensive and not very crowded. The drawback is that due to my fairly disturbing collection of serious illnesses, and worrisome history of having to go to emergency rooms, I would be better off being close to a really good hospital.