10 Fictional Places I Would Like To Visit/Live

While watching a movie with my family, the subject of whether or not we would want to live in that city was raised. The topic was revisited once the movie ended, leading to places we would and wouldn’t consider visiting or living in the cinematic world. As always, that led to me contemplating it at length.

That being said, I figured I’d share my thoughts with you. And keep in mind that some of the following are related to my life now, just as others are more applicable to my younger (in some cases, “single”) years. I’m sure you can figure out which. Hopefully, you’ve seen them all, but if you haven’t, I’ve given brief descriptions of the settings without spoilers, just in case you choose to watch them. In some cases, I’ve added YouTube links for you to see the moment(s).

Let’s get to it, shall we? Here are…

10 Fictional Places I Would Like To Visit/Live

1. Emerald City – “The Wiz” (1978)
Not to be confused with “The Wizard of Oz”, the Emerald City of this version was an outdoors, all-night, color-coordinated, in-crowd, have and have-nots, super block party! Nothing but dancing and singing. It only stopped when “an announcement from the great and powerful Oz” kicked in. Also when he (Oz) spotted Dorothy and her Ruby slippers.

I was disappointed when Dorothy and her crew showed up and interrupted the groove because I didn’t get to see them dancing to the color BLUE!

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2. The Matrix – “The Matrix Reloaded” (2003)

That “We are still here!” speech by Morpheus and the subsequent celebration and pseudo-orgy were over the top! Still, it’s pretty cool to know that Zion was a place where you could live a more natural existence, compared to the facade that was The Matrix.

But The Matrix gets the deciding vote in that you’re in a place where you could be just about anything you want, courtesy of a mental upload from a computer. Personally, I’d have the knowledge and ability to play every musical instrument in existence. And yeah, I’d learn Kung Fu…

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3. The Chocolate Factory – “Willy Wonka And The Chocolate Factory” (1971)
I just want to jam with the Oompa-loompas. They cranked out hits immediately after every catastrophic event faster than Jimmy Jam and Terry Lewis.

I also want to hang out with Mr. Wonka in the lab and give him ideas for new cakes to manufacture. I know he’s not legally allowed to make Twinkies, but I sure as hell can give him the ingredients to make different looking items that taste like them. Then again, we ain’t selling them, so he can make Twinkie cupcakes all he wants!

It’s just funny that there was no mention of a dentist or diabetes specialist at any point in that movie.

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4. Wakanda – “Black Panther” and “Wakanda Forever” (2018, 2022)
Ok, this would have to have happened before I got married.  I’ll just leave that there.  The second reason I’d want to live there is all of that fabulous technology.  Third, that beautiful setting.  Those sunsets were flat-out incredible, which we saw during T’Challa’s battle for the crown with Killmonger on an impromptu Challenge Day. We got another glimpse of it after their rematch at the film’s climax!

Just looking at life in the marketplace and how they celebrate, brings about a certain level of peace that I’ve never known, but I’m sure I’d get used to it.

And I can only imagine what the nightlife is like. But like I said, I would have to go back to the days when I was single.

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5. The Continental (and city streets) – The “John Wick” series (2023, 2019, 2017, 2014)
Any place where you can whoop *ss like that and NOT get arrested or even hear so much as a police siren… Yeah, I’ve got a few people from my past I’d like to get ahold of and that would be just the place to do it!

But then again, if someone flips the script and hands me a major beatdown, I might be the one screaming for help and wanting the boys in blue to come a’runnin’.

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6. Pleasantville – “Pleasantville” (1998)
The idea of going to a time and place where everyone lived in perfect harmony should be appealing to anyone. Never having to lock the door to your home, people taking time out to see how each other is doing, fairness to people of all beliefs and cultures.

For most, an egalitarian society is Heaven on Earth and a life worth living for as long as humanly possible. For me specifically, every night would be date night under the stars. You couldn’t ask for a more enjoyable scenario than that, could you?

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7. The CPU – Tron: Legacy (2010)
Having Flynn’s son Sam return to the cyber-world his father helped build was a cool concept. I especially liked that it had evolved over time, paralleling our current universe in some ways. But once again, if I wasn’t on the grid, riding those awesome bikes and fighting in the games with the frisbee-like data discs, I’d probably hit that party scene. Hard!

Let’s hope I won’t get rejected when asking a lady to accompany me to the dance floor. They do have freedom of choice, you know.

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8. Roman World – “Westworld” (1973)

Now this was the greatest idea anyone could ever come up with. A vacation spot where you could choose one of three worlds:

Westworld (you can be a cowboy and shoot up the place, living out all the things you saw on TV and pretended to do in the backyard as a kid).

Medieval World (living the life of a knight, fighting for a woman’s virtue or the kingdom’s safety).

Roman World (ok, I know you feel you’re detecting a pattern with me and yes, girls running around in free-flowing robes is every Neanderthal’s dream, but I also want to lay under the trees, eat grapes and discuss philosophy with the greats!).

This place is expensive to visit, so not everyone gets to experience it (it was revealed on the 2013 show that it cost $40K/Day; $280K/Week to visit). And we know how things spiraled out of control when a virus went through the system, causing all of the robotic citizens to go homicidal and kill all of the guests. But we’ve got McAfee and Norton Antivirus software now. As long as they keep it updated, I’m good.

And who am I kidding? Of COURSE I like the idea of ladies everywhere! And no, I’m not married in this reality either. Don’t tell my wife about all of these places I’m listing…

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9. Barbieland – “Barbie” (2023)

Look, I know the guys don’t run anything in that world. But that’s fine with me. I like the fact that the world pretty much resets itself each day. And the idea of every day being the same is not as bad as one might think. But that would mean that each day would have to be virtually perfect.

But look at the setting. True, it’s pink, everywhere. Hey, I’m secure in my masculinity. But think about it. Like Pleasantville, there is no crime, no serious accidents, not even death. And talk about diversity. Dude! All cultures are represented here and there’s no racism.

I don’t have a problem waking up and starting the day off at the beach, attending a few meetings, working (if I even have a job) and then going to one of Barbie’s parties. If I’m lucky, I’ll get to break out the sax and play the night away.

But I’m sure that if I wanted to sneak off and do something different on another part of town, no one would take issue with it. Maybe I’ll find a tamale truck or something.

10. The Island Of Naath – Game Of Thrones (2011-2019)

Also known as the Island Of Butterlies, this is the home of Missandei, former slave turned interpreter, counselor and best friend of Daenerys Targaryen. It’s comprised of pacifists who prefer making music to engaging in war, refusing to eat meat, only fruit.

Granted, Missandei and her brothers were captured from this place and sold into slavery, so I’m going to have to take some of the Unsullied soldiers with me to keep that place safe and secure. But the way she described it on the show is a great opportunity for me to eat healthier and get off the blood pressure and diabetes medication that I would be taking thanks to the high sodium meat I’d be eating in Westworld to get some taste and the Twinkies from Wonka Land.

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And that’s it! The 10 places I would love to visit and possibly live. Complete with waterfalls, endless evenings, music, food, adventure, and love. I’ve visited many of these places, or close variants, in my dreams, and let me tell you, waking up to our reality is often an extreme disappointment.

What’s sad is that several places on this list could easily be created. It’s mankind’s incessant desire to dominate, victimize, abuse, and mistreat everything and everyone around them that makes it all quite difficult to even consider in any version of the foreseeable future.

I guess for now, we’ll just have to enjoy the fantasies and hope that when and if we get to Heaven, we’ll have all this and so much more…

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Where would you like to go? Is there a place that I haven’t listed that would be ideal? Share your thoughts in the Comments section below. And be sure to sign up for email notifications of future posts from Kenny’s Camera, Cooking & Crazy Confessions at ZootsBlogSpot!

And oh yes, today is International Day of Happiness. Choose joy…