Ed, If I still had to work, but wanted a decent climate, Oregon would be in my top 3. Other choices would be Southern Colorado, Northern New Mexico, or the Southeastern US (Northern half of AL, Tenn from Nashville east, Western NC, or North Georgia) Forget about Florida (no offense guys from FL) unless it's the Panhandle. Atlanta is just too damn big for my tastes. Nashville is very nice and large enough, but not too large. Birmingham is a great place to live too...once people come here, they don't leave. Asheville, NC is beautiful and eclectic in it's demographics.
From Eugene to Portland Oregon is probably one of most beautiful places I've ever seen...great coastline, mountains, etc, all within 50 miles.
If you don't mind some hot weather in July/August, come on down here...4 hours from the mountains, and four hours from the beach. [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif] [smiley=xyxthumbs.gif]