RE: Best state to live in?
Too tough to choose.
While I'd LOVE to live in Idaho, montana or wyoming, I think the winters there could be a bit rough. They got it all for me hunting & fishing except I don't know if they have smallmouths out there. Can't live completely without them. For as crowded as PA is, we do have some decent hunting and REAL nice fishing.
I think Iowa or Missouri would be good for the total package, and not be too far to travel west. (or east)
ID, MT, WY, PA, MO, IA