Ask HN: Pick a city, any city

So, hypothetically... let's say you find yourself a divorced father, nearly 40 years old, who has sole-custody of a seven year old son(his mother just moved 1000+ miles away), you are a technical architect, and have a job where you work from home 100%. You are free to move anywhere in the nation (USA), and your hobbies are sailing, hot rods and fixing up houses.

Where would you move that has great schools, large lakes/ocean, scenery, reasonable cost of living (buy a ~2000-ish sq ft home for around $250k)?

You have family on both east and west coast, along with family in Minnesota and Nebraska.

If it matters, you currently live in a north suburb of Dallas, TX.

Where do you move, hypothetically of course?