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You've got nothing tying you down, man. Do it.
This was my journey: Cleveland > Wichita > Seattle > El Paso > Detroit > El Paso > Heidelberg, Germany > Long Island > Wichita (all before I was a junior in high school). After spending some time in Wichita, I packed up and moved to Phoenix. Been here just over five and a half years.
I know it's hard for some people to fathom leaving friends and family behind, but this is your life! Get out there and explore! You know what the best part about moving is if you've got a big family? You get to invite them to your place for the holidays, or go home and be a big star, telling all the people who've never been outside of their county all about what it's like where you live now. If the move doesn't work out, you can just go home.
Malenko gave this a shot in the last six months, I believe. Where is that fool? 
My observations on this part of the world...
Phoenix - Awesome. There is no place else in the country like Phoenix. I guarantee it. You're half a day from the beack in SoCal. You're less than 10hrs drive to San Diego and Tiajuana if you want to get down. Vegas is an EASY weekend trip. We've got two drag strips here where you can pretty much race all year round. Everyone else does. There are local autox and HPDE forums, too, if you'd like to turn the steering wheel when you race. As for the weather, it took this midwestern boy over five years for the novelty of the heat to wear off, but the joy of the awesome weather the rest of the year more than makes up for it. Who's out here that you might know? Well, there's me, azdave, FlyinESi, L2RTSiAWD (Tuners admin), and boostedinaz (Tuners moderator) to name a few.
SoCal - Oh how I love SoCal. When you can sit in the sun on a Satuday afternoon in July and do a brake job thinking about how nice the weather is, you know you're not in Phoenix any more. If it weren't for the shitty traffic, the shitty roads, the shitty drivers, and the shitty CARB, I'd totally consider living there. I have so many good friends who live in SoCal that it's sometimes hard to drive back to Phoenix. Who's out there that you might know? Well, Juan, founder of this site is out there, Kaiser, SoCalRob, HipHop, ez, edxmon, and so many more that I feel like a choad for not mentioning. They've got the real Mitsubishi Owners Day. They've got every kind of sanctioned racing you could dream of, including rally and even drifting. SoCal has a lot to offer. Personally, I make about ten trips to SoCal a year. Maybe more than that.
Vegas - If you know Sean, you know he's got game. Game is what happens when you live in Vegas. I think I make it to Vegas about three times a year. Usually, it's for something that takes too much time to be able to look Sean up, but one of these days, we're gonna party up there because Sean knows how to party. Everyone knows a lot about Vegas, but get away from the strip and you'll find it's a pretty nice town throughout. Not to mention you're halfway to the next major city that comes to my mind.
Salt Lake City - If you're single and like hot blondes, this is the one city you need to visit. It must be the water. Ask any guy who's ever been to SLC and he will tell you, Salt Lake is full of hot blondes. The only catch is, it's a very relgious town as a rule. You can be there and not notice it, but once you spot the LDS culture, you can't miss it. There are churches everywhere and sometimes it can be hard for a heathen like us to fit in. Even so, SLC is a cool place. You've got those mountains for hiking and skiing, and there are two lakes nearby. Not to mention those salt flats out there. I don't know if just anybody can go do some top speed testing out there, but I'd like to find out! About the only 2GNTer I can think of out that way is Collente, but Nick's cool enough that he's all you need to know if you're up that way.
Portland/Vancouver - This is on the top of my list of places I might move to (aside from back to Germany) next. Arizona is awesome, but everything here is brown or shades of orange and brown. In Portland, everything is green. From the tops of the evergreens that line the mountains along the river to the bottom of turby's dank sack. It's all green. Portland has been recognized for having a first rate planning department that keeps things from becoming overcrowded (or feeling that way). There's awesome fishing in the river and you're halfway between the bay area in California and Canada.
Anyway, this is far too long, but if you're looking to learn more about a particular area, hit up the city-data.com forums. You can talk to people about different places and maybe even help out someone looking to move to your neck of the woods. Do your homework, but don't sell yourself short. Get out there and see the world while you still can.
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