I used to live in Northern Bavaria, near the town of Amberg (it’s about 40 km north of Regensburg and about 50 km to the east of Nuremburg) and also went to school there. The scenery is breathtaking, and I can recommend going there on vacation because there is a lot you can see and experience, but I wouldn’t want to live there. In my opinion the Bavarians are a strange sort folk who are very proud of their state and the happiest when their with their own (well, that’s the experience that I had).