What is your version of "paradise on earth"?

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How do you envision what paradise on earth would look like for you?

For me, I would definitely want a room to myself. I would want to stay in a place where I would get to spend time alone and where social interaction is never mandatory.

However, I do want to stay in a community with fellow human beings. I envision the community to have lots of places for recreation and I would want to make some friends in the community.

One thing that is lacking in the "real world" are opportunities or places meant for loners to either make new friends or people who just want to start up a chat with strangers (and maybe become new friends with them). These places need not be "just a boring room with people standing there." These places can perhaps be a coffee room, a room that serves simple snacks, or a room with books and magazines. You get the picture right? These rooms offer people stuff to do when they are alone, but it is understood that spontaneous conversations can spring up between 2 strangers.

My ideal world or paradise would also have rooms where people are expected to be left alone. Some days I would want to go outside but wish to be left alone.

So pretty much each room would either be designated as "chatting rooms" or "spending alone time, please do not disturb" rooms.

A kitchen would also be nice, though I wouldn't mind sharing it with a few people. I understand the cost of getting fridges and stoves.

Thats all I have for now. I might add more later.

So what's your version of paradise on earth?

Living on an island like Robinson Crusoe, except with my wife rather than completely alone, and a few boats if we care to go anywhere. Otherwise, living out in the country and away from the cities in general. Most people are okay, but the few that aren't make life suck for everyone else and when living in a city of millions the likelihood of being affected by the few who are jerks is far greater than when living in a lower population area. Some land to grow food on would be nice though too.

My paradise on earth would be somewhere as far away from civilization and technology that I could get. I would love to have a cabin in the woods, or near a lake or river. Or even a farm house, removed from society where we could be self-sufficient. I would like to be close enough to at least some other people, for safety reasons, and close enough for emergency supplies. I would use an alternate power supply, like solar power, and I would grow or raise as much of my own food as I could. It would be great to be within range of other families who were living the same lifestyle, for education and play for the kids.

There would be all the foods I like...but I wouldn't gain weight

There would be mountains and lakes and trees and animals...but no oceans, and the animals would be safe to be around

There would be technology....but it wouldn't interfere with the nature

There would be friends, and everyone would have jobs, but it would be the job of their dreams, thus everyone would be happy

I would be on love, but I would experience everything of the world before I did, and then fall in love

There would always be something to do, something worthwhile, that I want to do

I would always be learning, and teaching, and helping, and leading, and learning.....a cycle....everyone would enjoy knowing new things

Nobody would drive anywhere, they would all bike, walk, run, or be transported magically

A perfectly equipped workshop in a beautiful natural setting.

Peace between everyone. Total understanding and acceptance of everyone. I wish evil did not exist amongst us. In that case we could all work together for the betterment of society without all the complexity of today's society and government.

quietness, darkness. I want to be far enough from any roads so as to not her any traffic noise and far enough away from any town or city so as to not have the lights obstruct the night sky.

I'd like to be perhaps by the ocean and mountains in the same vista. If Maine ocean waters were just a little warmer.

I'm also a fan of high winds and heavy rain in the fall.

I would want an unlimited supply of iced tea.

The Earth would be largely untouched, the human population drastically diminished and many of its technologies along with it. There would be towns and villages to share their conveniences, but most of the world would be natural, uninhabited-by-humans space. Humanity wouldn't have its footprint everywhere you go. There would be places without roads or ownership. Those of us who didn't want to live in towns could build our own homes in the woods, on the prairies, or wherever we chose, and be left to live largely undisturbed. Government would be limited to town councils.

Less realistically, but for it to truly be paradise, people would be better than they are, too: Considerate, reasonable. There would be little or no sickness, and books aplenty. Temperatures would never get above 80 or below 20.

My paradise? I would have a place with two doors: one door would lead to a beautiful lake and mountains covered with trees to climb and it would always be sunny (except when I want to sit inside and sip hot chocolate listening to the rain) but there wouldn't be any mosquitos and such. The other door would lead to a city where I could interact only with those I could get along with. There'd be an unlimited food supply, yet I'd stay at the perfect weight, perfect physical condition. There would be roller-coasters wilder than Six-Flags and concerts only by my favorite artists.

I would say that my ideal world is remarkably close to this one, except my boyfriend would be in the same city... and I would have infinite amounts of fresh food in my fridge at all times.

The music, fashions and attitudes of 60s Mod culture with today's technology thrown into the mix.

I don't think I can describe my own paradise on earth, but it would have a lot of the characteristics of the OP's.

Got a funny, though: Some years back I had to take a business trip to Las Vegas. The whole flight out I kept thinking, "The entire Southwest Desert is just a short car drive from where I'll be stuck!" I love the Southwest. It's open, it's beautiful, and the sunrises and sunsets make me weep. But I was stuck in Vegas, and I didn't have a car. I was soooo close. RATS!

Just in case I brought a few books.

The weirdest thing happened: People let me read! They left me alone! It was wild! I went to a restaurant, and as soon as the wait staff saw my book they seated me in a spot by myself, brought me my drink and a menu, and more or less left it at, "If there's anything you need, let us know." I read there for hours. Then I came back the next night, and the night after that. It was seriously peaceful. In a city that's the opposite of my paradise on earth, I actually came close to it. Weird, huh?

But Vegas doesn't have enough trees...

chrissyrun, just curious: why no oceans? Oceans and trees are part of my paradise on earth. (What a cool question, jc6chan! All the answers are so different!)

And mine would have to include sharks, mountain lions, wolves, coyotes, and all the other predators of the earth. They're simply beautiful. If the day comes that I get snarfed up by one of my favorite predators, so be it. That's part of my paradise, too.

I like to discover and experience new things. Perhaps it would be fun to discard my body altogether and interact with each new thing on a molecular level to get to a fundamental understanding of what it really means. I can also see myself going on a long journey or quest where I face many difficulties and make many self discoveries about myself along the way. At the end of the road, I would hope to see something more complete than my sensory experiences can provide that I could share.

To live at my boyfriend's house, employed full-time, where I can come home to our own gamer-nerd paradise, entertaining friends every-so-often. To have a great band that plays out a lot and gets paid decently.
Problem is, my band is where I live now, and my boyfriend lives about 100 miles away from me. Moving in with him means I'll have to leave my band.