Live in Northern Thailand. Nice area, wonderful people, great roads, nice weather and has all I need within 5 to 20 minutes of our place. If I want, a easy 1hr drive can get me to congestion and loads of tourists in CM.

I have traveled a great bit. If I was going to pick another location it would be on a well equipped houseboat in a private Marina in Northern California(Lake Shasta/ Lake Trinity).