Iowa. Moved there at the beginning of 7th grade, stayed for 8th. The people there thought they were so cool. I HAD TO ORDER A SKATEBOARD FROM THE BACK OF A MAGAZINE. That was 40 years ago. Now they've chased out all the smart people, and left a black hole. SHUT UP, KS, you were just as bad.

I can't wait to get out of Tennessee. I have been suffering here for three years as a caretaker for my 87 year old dad. I long to be back in the NW or SW. I hate the ignorance and stupidity of the south. Some good people here but overall backward and fundamentalist.

Gastonia, NC, where I currently live and have been stuck much too long. I refer to this area just outside of Charlotte as The Twilight Zone because a) 2/3rds of the county population is either illiterate or barely literate, b) it's home to numerous KKK grand dragons and wizards, c) it's over populated with bible thumpers and confederate flag wavers all on a personal duty mission to convert those who aren't yet, d) the diet is just so unhealthy and diabetes prone, e) mediocrity is usually the standard for excellence in medical care and academics, f) the culture promotes insincere and condescending personal and professional mannerisms as desireable sociable interaction standards/norms, g) the lack of adequate public transportation is stifling, and h) the rates of intellectual stimulation and intercultural activities are suffocating.
I so very much wish I could find a way to return to the West Coast and/or Northwest in a major city again. I'm so stifled and suffocating here liken to a fish out of water, considering I've now been in this area 20 years come this September and see no way out yet or soon. Thanks for asking this question and giving me the opportunity to release these facts to others who well understand because the folks around here certainly don't - I tend to speak to brick walls incapable grasping when I speak to most here about any or all of these matters. Subsequently, I've become pretty much a loner due to a lack of potential friends with similar/equivalent intelligence, interests, and communication abilities.

Feeling that way about Gulfport Mississippi. Everyone in the household can't wait to leave. Hoping we can afford to move in June. There is NOTHING here. Flat, ugly, boring, religious, conservative, ignorant & undeveloped. It's cheap to live here but hard to make enough money to do so.

Yes I did in Denver _ California girl and they had two of the worst winters in history. But My man was growing forward in his profession. We did leave (California boy too) for warmer parts

Groton, CT in January. Just not for me.

Florida, I loathe the heat, rednecks, reptiles, and bible thumpers

Yes! Dallas, Texas area. Mostly because of a bad relationship but when I moved there I hadn't planned on being there very long, especially not almost 30 years! Lol

Where I grew up in Lawton, Okla. For me, good place to grow up, but I left the day after I graduated from high school. It was not a good place to stay as an adult. It was a great move for a lot of different reasons. The repercussions from that move changed my life and the lives of people around me, especially my brother's.

I'm in Chicagoland right now.

Yes, Dresher, PA...and no because the city / people but for the distance to my job.

Yes, Seattle was depressing, especially in winter.

I called the endless gray skies and drizzle "Seattle's incontinence."

Yes, I did once. Then I ran away from home for good. Well, for 3 years.

Youngsville, NC, just north of Raleigh. I didn’t know anybody, except my ex, whose house I had moved into. I always felt alone and abandoned there.

It was called Lawton, Oklahoma. I landed at the military hospital after an accident and spent 9 months in the faculty (which was actually fun - semi-private room, being waited on by cute nurses, lots of food and tv and some interesting room mates). 3 years later by pure coincidence a woman I was courting moved there to go to school. I followed her and enrolled in school. We got married and had a daughter. But it was boring and the constant canon firing at night (Ft. Sill was an artillery branch) finally got to me. We stayed 1 1/2 years and then escaped back to Germany. What a breath of fresh air.

Fort Huachuca, Arizona.