Hacker News Reader

Twin Cities in MN (Minneapolis and St. Paul).

If you can handle or even enjoy the winters, it's about as perfect a place as you can choose.

Madison, WI also for something a bit smaller, but similar vibes.

That's what we just chose. We figure that climate change will probably make the winters at least slightly less severe. :) We hope. Perhaps that's just a dream.

Seconded, this is one of the loveliest parts of the country if you can tolerate the winter. Twin Cities and Madison are both incredibly pleasant, livable with lots to offer and surrounded by some beautiful forests and nature. Madison is a bit smaller and more of a college town.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com