I've lived up and down and backwards in the United States, but mostly east of the Mississippi River. My longest stint was 30 years in Washington, DC before I moved back to western Kentucky in 1994 when Buck retired.
I was born in Nebraska and only stayed there about 4 years before moving to northern Minnesota...near the maligned Ely area. I still have family there.
Left Minnesota to go to Kentucky because that's where work plopped my father. Then, since I was wise beyond my years upon high school graduation, I went back to the same area in Minnesota for a few years. After that it was my D.C. time.
When Buck retired, we moved to within 8 miles of where I spent my elementary and high school years.
After Buck died in 2008 and I remarried I moved only about 50 miles away, still in Kentucky.
It's lovely here and I feel "at home and at peace" here. Although, I have to say that I've always enjoyed wherever I've lived. I'll be here until I die and that's just fine. This is my home.