There's no better place to live than where I live right now!
The great Appalachian Mountains / The mountains of Appalachia
(proper pronunciation: ap-uh-lat-chuh) Say it fast, and you've got it. No long "a" sound and no "sh" sound! (No matter what tv news broadcasters say! I was born and raised here, so seeing as how I'm a native, I ought to know! lol!)