Which zone would you like to settle down in?

[MoofiaBossVal]

Eastern Thanalan and the Peaks in Gyr Abania are beautiful. Only thing I'm not a fan of would be the heat. I live in Southern California and I absolutely hate the 110+ degree summers here. Just agonizing to go outside any time between April and October. And since Eorzea isn't living in the 21st century, I'd have to spend a lot of time outside doing work. If I had to work a the fields in that heat, I'd keel over and die for sure. Fortunately I have never seen the heat wave status effect in either Eastern Thanalan or the Peaks, so my headcanon is that it is cooler.

If I had to pick a city, it'd be between Ul'dah or Kugane. Beautiful cities. Behind the scenes, the politics of Ul'dah and Kugane are a mess with the Syndicate members and the Hingashi lords in a constant power struggle, but you don't really see that as a commoner. Problem with Ul'dah is that I don't really see any commoner housing. Kugane seems very comfy (maybe I've just seen too much slice of life anime, so it kinda seems romantic? IDK). Problem with Kugane might be the humidity. I went to Austin Texas once and I could barely see because my eyes were tearing up, and I was sweating and it was sticky and miserable. According to google, Tokyo seems to have the same humidity as California, so it might be okay? IDK.

Gridania is also a good second pick. And Limsa (just not a fan of how rowdy that place seems to be in canon).

Dalmasca might also be pretty good, but it appears to be in a sandy desert so there might be heatwave problems. Don't know how the Garlean occupation affects the common man. In FFXII the occupation didn't really affect daily life, and the XII Legion seems to be actually competent rulers and not baby eating tyrants like every other legion in the game.