What's the biggest factor for you in deciding where to live?

Proxmitiy to the family is undoubtedly the most important factor in deciding where to live for me. I am going to be job searching soon and both my girlfriend and I agree that we have to live within an hour of family. Of course not all family live near each other but you do the best you can I guess.

Affordability as a factor would be in a close second because if you can't afford to live somewhere, it just isn't going to happen! I don't really care for living close to a big city. I would actually want to live as far away from the city as possible without being to far away from family. I don't really care for traffic and crowds too much.

Activities are important but not as important as the other three. Geographically where I live, you just drive up to the mountains and you have a plethora (awesome word) of activities to do. I love it. In the end, I suppose that job options are the most influential factor sadly. Hopefully I can find something that works for me!