I already made my choice, an hour from the pacific, nestled at the base of the mountains, I can look out over flat prime farmland and watch the sun slowly rise over the mountains in the morning. There are slow myandering rivers running by about ten minutes away, great for fishing. We have a swimming pool resort 100 yards up the road, a hardware store next to it, but far enough out of the town to be quite quiet.
This is not in the same town as my mahal came from, as we want to be reasonably private, but we have great friends there so we have a nice social circle. Life is just getting better each time i go there.