I just spent 2.5 weeks in Israel, volunteering in a rehab hospital during the week and spending Shabbos in a different community each shabbos (3 total) to check out different flavors. I was in Yad Binyamin, Teaneck RBS, and Rechovot. While I had a great experience each shabbos and met amazing people in each community, I really enjoyed Rechovot the most. It was nice to see that you can have charedi, daati leumi, and chiloni people all living in one building. Everyone seems to co-exist nicely. The anglo shuls were great and I had so many people come over to me (an obvious visitor, I guess) to say good shabbos and and introduce themselves and wish me luck on my journey. And it also seems to be much more affordable than some other communities.