Of course this is really hard to define THE best place as all of them have pros and cons and moreover it also depends on the transportation means available (i.e : with car or not) .
There I was curious to know where people in this forum were living.
I'll be concentrating my answer mainly on the "center" and let say "popular" areas, sorry if I missed some places.
BTW : when answering, it can be nice to tell us why you choose that place and if you still like it now
