Where would you prefer to live, given a free and unconstrained choice?

@tdp_org you forgot: mountainous area with forest and lakes and a large variety of hiking and biking paths. (read: where I live ;) )

Coast in general means more wind, also the possible risk of flooding in the next few decades. Countryside... can be vast and empty, agricultural land, thus few walking/hiking/biking routes. But it really depends on location location location.