Beautiful homes, neighborhoods, I can walk or bike just about anywhere, there are great farmers markets, great high quality local produce, fish, and meats available. There is culture, live entertainment, restaurants, luxurious amounts of craft beer, cider, mead and wine; people are open minded and generally educated; it's a great place to grow up; availability of alternative language schools, not overridden by cars (yet), full of creative and nice people; has a small but growing tech culture; attracts young people; low taxes (I'm from Ct, this is nothing- yes I'm a homeowner); low crime (petty thievery aside); we have strict growth boundaries on at least one side; and lots of potential for well planned mixed use transportation and density development if managed correctly. I would prefer that we spend a lot more on education, as the schools could be funded better. That of course is saying nothing about our amazing location and awesome ecosystem.