Vancouver - 20 years

I am so lucky to have re-located from a smog-filled, land-locked British city, to Canada's Pacific coast.

While it has been a struggle to make ends meet for much of the time (Paradise does cost money!), looking back now from a position of being almost mortgage free, and facing an impending retirment - for my wife, but not me - it has all been worth it.

Despite 6 weeks of mid winter and deep summer that are uncomfortable, we are in a temprate climate, ably stwarded by a middle-of-the-road Social Democratic Goverment style, and a virtually crime-free area, when compared to othrte like-sized cities.

Come out to Vancouver - a great place to visit and live - if you can afford it.