Hi Sandy! I live Rosenberg, a smallish town SW of Houston. Much like was mentioned in the post about Conroe, we are a rapidly growing area. What were once fields of cotton and rice are now undistinguishable subdivisions. We were once a seperate entity for Houston, but now you leave Houston and you are never in a rural area until a few miles outside of town.
This is a historic area. The original anglo settlers of Texas, the old 300, had their original farms and plantations here.
I am roughly 60 miles from the Gulf of Mexico. During hurricane season, it can be "exciting." During the last storm, we didn't have wind damage, but the rain caused quite a bit of flooding.
Extremely humid. Like 80 percent on most days. Summers can be brutal. 100 degrees is not unusual. Fortunately we have a Gulf breeze most days.
We are fortunate to live in a very diverse area. My children attended school with children whose parents came here from India, China, Vietnam, Mexico and other US states. Houston is an amazing foodie town. We got it all.
The Brazos River runs through town. Full name is El Rio de los Brazos de Dios. The river of the Arms of God. The spanish named it so because of the many creeks flowing into the main river.

I'm sure if I sat and thought, I'd come up with more, but that's a good start.

Seriously a BIG BIG THANK YOU for your replies! I am really enjoying reading them and you are reinforcing my commitment to revisiting the USA! I am very happy today - again THANK YOU!

Primary, as home can be seasonal and changing, is Palm Springs California for 43 years. Ain't no place like this place. It is small, nestled up against the East side of Mt. San Jacinto in the California desert. Palms, swimming pools, tennis courts, golf courses and mild to hot weather here compares to many other resort type destinations in states like Arizona or Florida.

What distinguishes Palm Sptings is the long association with giants of entertainment. It's a small, socio-economic crossroads. The mixture of people and 'characters' here is rivaled by Alaska, but look at the size difference.

Our neighbors range widely to include world-class and renowned and street people, high powered busines moguls to bartenders, elderly with fixed incomes to billionaires in gated country clubs. Nowhere else I've lived compares to the sense of glamour and opulent history relative to its tiny size.

Currently in San Diego. Home of beer, football (well not so much anymore), taco's, designer beer and did I mentiion beer oh and the military, as far as the eye can see. hmmmmmm...the taco's are wonderful! And best of all its close to Laguna Beach...one of my favorite places to visit because it reminds of the mediterranean.

Indiana. The Mid-West of the US. Lots of crop fields. Famous for the Indianapolis 500 Race, the 15th largest city in the US. Very religous leadership (former Governor Pence is now US VP) and poor education....go hand in hand. Home of Purdue University aka the Cradle of NASA. Great little villages like Broadripple with great Art and food.

The song birds and butterflies migrate thru here. Not all at once but it makes for splendid nature hikes.

You asked the same question I want to ask about where you live. I live in New York. And it is more than likely everything you've heard about it. In so many ways it's a great place. Yet in some ways it's the opposite. The crime has gone down quite a bit and the cost has sky rocketed. I was born in Harlem when it was a terrible place. But, since they ran my people out, it is a special place to live. I live in Staten Island now. I moved here because its less crowded. It's like living in the city without living in the city. My only familiaration with the UK is from shows like Midsomer Murders and Agatha Christie. The countries appear so beautiful. Before I live this earth I want to visit

Beautiful Virginia Beach. A bit of a tourist town with the beach hotels and restaurants, a bit of a military base as the 7th fleet is next door, a bit of a blue collar town as we have some serious ship building. All that and swamps too, what isn't there to love. I learned surfing last year, this winter I built a sailboat and hope to spend most of the upcomming summer sailing.

Waupun a small rural city in Wisconsin. Bills itself the city of sculpture, there are 7 bronze sculptures and they are nice. It also has 3 prisons and I have jokingly refered to it as the city of prisons or sculptures depending on which side of the fence you live. Also 20 churches in town, too many for my liking. Located right on the edge of Horicon National Wildlife Refuge so there are a lot of geese migrating through every year. It's an okay place if you like wildlife but boring and quiet otherwise.