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Quiz | 08/03/2009 11:00 pm

Barbara Corcoran's 'Where to Live Happily Ever After' Quiz

Nextville: Amazing Places to Live Your Life contains a simple quiz that seeks to help you find the perfect place for you to enjoy the fairy-tale life you so deserve.

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Is there the perfect place for you to live happily ever after? This quiz, excerpted from Nextville: Amazing Places to Live Your Life by Barbara Corcoran, promises to help you discover the best location for your lifestyle. After you take the quiz, tell us: Are you living in the best place for you? Will moving to a new place really help you find what you’re looking for?

1. It’s Friday night and you have nothing planned. What are you going to do?
a) Hit the city and check out a new bar you heard about
b) Invite friends over
c) Go out for a quiet meal with someone you love
d) Surf the Internet

2. You’re in New York City and you’re hungry. What’s going to do it for you?
a) Sushi: it’s cheap, it’s healthy, it’s cool
b) Ethiopian food: you’ve heard it’s great and you’ve always wanted to try it
c) Familiar chain restaurant: you’re hungry and not in the mood to take chances
d) Anywhere: you’re not particular and the closest place will do

3. You’re going to rent a movie. What do you choose?

a) Star Wars
b) The Big Chill
c) It’s a Wonderful Life
d) Gandhi

4. Where would you most like to visit?
a) Prague, Czech Republic
b) Australian outback
c) Mexico
d) India

5. You’re in the mood for music. What do you do?

a) Go to a rock concert
b) Go to a bagpipe festival
c) Listen to some of your old favorite records
d) Go to a folk music benefit

6. You’re in a deli and the staff doesn’t speak English. How do you react?

a) Try to speak to them in their own language
b) Patiently point to everything with a smile on your face
c) Become irritable and wish the store hired English-speaking staff
d) Wish you’d ordered online

7. You’ve been on the beach for a couple of hours. What’s your mind-set?

a) Ready for a swim
b) Looking for something else to do
c) Thinking about the dog at home
d) Thinking about skin cancer

8. You are best man/maid of honor and the groom/bride wants to go mountain climbing as a bachelor/bachelorette party activity. How do you feel?
a) Excited and up for it
b) Want to know who else is going
c) Want to know how far away the mountain is
d) Want to know why you should risk your neck in the first place!

9. You’re moving to the boondocks and there is no high-speed Internet access. So what do you do?
a) Rent an expensive satellite dish
b) Use a local Internet café when the need arises
c) Get by with dial-up
d) Do without altogether

10. You’re offered early retirement with a full pension. How do you feel?
a) Shocked that you are already considered over-the-hill
b) Pleasantly surprised and a little humbled
c) Ecstatic as you leap up and down, clapping your hands with joy
d) Eager to really start accomplishing something

11. You’ve sprained your ankle and you’re in some discomfort. What do you do?

a) Soak it in an herbal bath
b) Call your doctor and ask about an appointment
c) Head for the emergency room
d) Wrap it yourself and move on

12. How would you prefer to travel?

a) Low-emission public transportation
b) Bicycle
c) SUV
d) On foot

13. When buying a house, which is most important to you?
a) Good vibes
b) The community
c) Local services
d) Privacy

14. Which would you rather lose?
a) Your hearing
b) Your sight
c) Your marbles
d) Your friends

15. What MUST you be close to?
a) Airport
b) Medical facility
c) Restaurants
d) The beach

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