California, Oregon, Washington?
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california has hundreds of colleges, in the cities and country side. the ones in the cities have especially diverse backgrounds, and you should fit right in.
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Alaska, Florida, Nevada, South Dakota, Texas, Washington and Wyoming.\n\nYou can read a bit more at the given source.
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Portland (Oregon, I presume) is close to optimal; farther south on the  California coast (San Diego) might be better.  Anyplace east of the Rockies will have more front-related weather, with corresponding pressure changes.
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California is about the only state that has all of the above mentioned!
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Oregon (I hope) USC (I think)
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The top five are in this order:\n\n1)  Alabama\n2)  Connecticut\n3)  Delaware\n4)  Idaho\n5)  California\n\nShocker? Expected that?
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california here we come?
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California has everything.  From the snow-capped peaks of Tahoe to the stunningly beautiful beaches of Malibu to the Mojave desert to the Redwood forests.  It's unbelievable and so varied.  Definitely California.
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Seattle, Tampa, Boston and Anaheim
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no way! how about in the california area?
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Missouri Has the Best Cost of Living and would be nice, I'm  told the weather is modest..however Washington State has the Highest Minimum Wage and they have it good there with your option of Ocean, Mountain,etc and a wide varity of job Markets.
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Maine \nNew York\nMichigan\nColorado\nNew Hampshire
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Oregon, Mount Hood, fabulous skiing, and the Oregon Coast, which has great waves, only around an hour and a half away.  If you don't want that much time to get to the beach, the california answer is better.
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The "official" nickname of Washington state is "The Evergreen State". It is also known as:\nThe "Green Tree State" and\nThe "Chinook State" (after the salmon).\nIf you want a lot more information for your project, click below.
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California has people of every state and most any country.California has about any kind of person.\n(you don't like okies).
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California:\nBoxer, Barbara (Dem)\nFeinstein, Dianne (Dem)\n\nMaine:\nCollins, Susan (Rep)\nSnowe, Olympia (Rep)\n\nWashington:\nCantwer, Maria (Dem)\nMurray, Patty (Dem)
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Pennsylvania\nMissouri\nMississippi