Why do you live where you live
Are you living in the same city that you grew up in. If so, why? Does your family live there? Do you stay because you like it? Maybe a job? I live in Wisconsin and yes in the same town I grew up in and its Feb. and its cold and has been since Nov. and we just got 8" of new snow. Did I mention that its COLD? As I get older  I find I hate the cold more with each passing year. I've been bugging dh to move to where the winters are not so rough. He just blows me off.
Right now I have a really bad case of cabin fever and with each passing year it seems to get worse around this time. Still 2.6 months before things start to look better in the weather department and I am soooooo bummed. I really want to move...just need to 1)convince dh or 2)dump the old man. jk(maybe) Hmmmm, what to do. |
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Funny that you ask that. Lee and I lived in Phoenix for five years. We hated the weather and very much wanted to move. Lee grew up in Indiana but has no desire to move back. I just wanted to be anywhere but Phoenix  . All our family now lives in Oregon and I now live about 30 minutes from where I grew up. We love it though. The weather is mild and we get to live in the country but close to town. While I really like living here I have to say that I wouldn't object to moving again sometime in the far future. It's always fun exploring the new state that you live in. |
| I was born in Michigan, moved to Colorado age 13, then to Utah, then to Arizona with parents for the last time age 19. Then met and married hubbie who moved to Texas and I stayed in Arizona during his internship for college. Then we moved from Arizona and Texas, two households and married. We have been in NE Missouri ever since. He has a great tenured job at a college and we have a nice home. I miss the warm weather or the nice snowy weather. Here in Missouri we get a lot of ice and rain, not a lot od snow, which stinks. I inherited a snowmobile, but never got it in Michigan due to hardly any snow.
My dad is in Michigan, my mom Arizona and my brother in Oregon. We are all spread around. I wish we were in either an area with no snow or lots of snow, but we make a good living, giving us extra $$ we would not have if in a larger city like Scottsdale, AZ where my mom continues to live. I am able to have my home, dogs, horses and land. I think we are settled until my son is out of high school, then we'll look to move. I hear others thoughts when they say the winters are getting to them, my knees have been bad this year. |
| I moved to Germany from Scotland in the seventies when Thatcher took the realm, it was obvious in those days she no longer wanted heavy industries and shipbuilding, her idea was to have a country living from services (banking, insurance, etc.). Now nearly thirty years on we can see what she did for the country. I now live in Kiel in Northern Germany although I still miss my home town of Clydebank, och I am a bankie born and bred. Oh and by the way I still have my Glaswegien accent after all this time. |
| We are planning a trip to Germany in the next year. My last name is Tubbergen and wish to see the town. I hear it is beautiful.Husband wants to go during Christmas. |
I always feel people who live somewhere their entire life are missing out. I realize this is a lot of people but as someone who has traveled all her life... I just can't imagine not moving somewhere different. I also don't feel short travels aren't the same as living somewhere BUT better than nothing 
As y'all know, we live where we live now b/c of job. However there are many pluses about this place despite the absolutely horrible weather which will make me wrinkle 10 yrs faster and prob. die of skin cancer I love tx people compared to other places I've been. ...a LOT friendlier and aren't in a rush to get places like people in new york. You know, ...big smiles, teeth, and hair. We used to joke about the people I worked with at the pentagon. EVERYONE walked with their head down b/c they had places to go and didn't want to be stopped. ...and that's not TX at all. I also like being around people who mostly share the same views as us.
Ultimately, we'd like to retire in colorado. It's all we talk about. Weather and lifestyle. |
| I agree. I met a few people who live in my small town and the largest town and farthest away they have been is 4 hours to a city only 200,000. I can't imagine, BUT that being said, it would be nice to have family close by who are supportive and to spend holidays with as I did as a kid. |
Joahaeyo wrote: I always feel people who live somewhere their entire life are missing out. I realize this is a lot of people but as someone who has traveled all her life... I just can't imagine not moving somewhere different. I also don't feel short travels aren't the same as living somewhere BUT better than nothing
As y'all know, we live where we live now b/c of job. However there are many pluses about this place despite the absolutely horrible weather which will make me wrinkle 10 yrs faster and prob. die of skin cancer I love tx people compared to other places I've been. ...a LOT friendlier and aren't in a rush to get places like people in new york. You know, ...big smiles, teeth, and hair. We used to joke about the people I worked with at the pentagon. EVERYONE walked with their head down b/c they had places to go and didn't want to be stopped. ...and that's not TX at all. I also like being around people who mostly share the same views as us.Ultimately, we'd like to retire in colorado. It's all we talk about. Weather and lifestyle. Humm... well I guess I am missing out then 
I grew up in a small town in Ohio, and when I was in 7th grade my Dad was transfered with his job to Marysville. THEN when my sister was a senior he was transfered BACK. My siblings and myself stayed in this area, and it is as much home as Thornville was. My Dad and all of his family still live in the same area they were born and raised in. So do my cousins. And my Mom's family is all still in that area too. We are a little over an hour away. I love tht we are all so close with each other-- we are "familiar" with our cousins, and their kids. We know each other. My brothers ,sister and I have all traveled. Japan, Germany, Belgium and many areas of the US. John and I have lived in Japan and Germany I guess I have the attitude that people are people are people. Culture and paradigms make a difference in lifestyle and beliefs, but at the end of the day, I think most of us are striving for the same thing. Love, security, a good laugh....
I like the feeling of knowing my town. I like going to the courthouse to pay my taxes and having the person behind the counter know where I live, without looking up my parcel number. I like going to a small church, and having people I have know forever ask me how Max is doing... I like that I can go to the local pizza joint, forget my billfold, and have the owner say-- " Bring the money back when you get time- I trust you" (  this was just last night!! LOL)
I'll admit there are small town clicks -and we don't always have the cultural advantages. But, when I lay my head on my pillow at night, I feel secure. And loved. And content. That is why I live where I do. |
| I was born and raised in Michigan. I spent the majority of my life there. On March 4th we will be celebrating our move to Florida 6 years ago. My has time flown.
When we first moved here, I had 2 brother/their wives/their children and their grandchildren in Florida. Since our move two of my children have followed us, and are happy with their decision. We have two sons and their families still in Michigan as well as two of my sisters and their families. One of my brothers has moved to MN, and one sister recently moved to AZ to be with her son...so the family all moved. Winters where getting to be too much for her. I love the weather in Florida and other then missing my sons/grandchildren/sisters, don't regret our decision to move. |
| I've moved around a lot, and loved some of the places I've lived but always end up back here, Central Ontario. It's where my family is, where most of them grew up... parents anyway, grandparents were mostly here too but not necessarily born here.
Kids here all say they hate it and can't wait to get away from this town, and a lot of them do leave, but most of them come back as adults. |
Actually, yes, we still live in the same "town" I was born in. We just live outside the city limits! I have a brother who moved to Calgary after college & then to Santa Cruz, CA. Mom & dad lived in the same place until retirement & then spent 6 months here & 6 months in Surprise,AZ. Mom still goes there the 6 months of the winter. We had plans made to spend 6 months here & 6 months in Florida after retirement but corporation downsizing 9 years ago put a damper on that idea. One son lives in Cincinnati, OH (so we do have a nice big city to go visit now & then) & the other & his family which includes 4 grandkids live about 1 mile away. Although I do find the winters bothering me more as I age, mainly due to lots of arthritis & 2 knees that are shot, I find I do like the change of seasons with Fall being my favorite. And quite frankly, I don't want to move & start over again with a house payment etc. I'd never be able to to come out even.........the way the market has gone. And it's not all that easy to find a place with enough room for 3 or more big dogs where the neighbors all look out for each other & none of us even notice the other's dogs barking! As for missing out on things..........I live within an hour of Cleveland, 2 hours of Pittsburgh, 2 hours of Columbus & my parents vacationed with us all over the country as kids. I've vacationed & had educational vacations in all 50 states & some places in Canada & Mexico & the Caribbean. I like living in a small town with NO one way streets & where you don't have to PAY to park your car to go to the theater or the store. And it is nice when you go to the bank & the grocery store & they call you by your first name & don't ask for identification if you need to write a check! Heck, me move? I don't even change the furniture around in my rooms!  |
| I lived in New jersey for most of the first 30 years of my life. I lived in all different towns, and by the time i moved, I could call most of Northern New Jersey my home.
I have lived in Atlanta for the last 6 years, and I LOVE it. No snow ( which I miss) but the winters get cold. We get down below freezing here, but we get some nice relief. Every few weeks, for no reason, we'll get 50 or 60 degree weather in winter. Just enough to make you say "oh yeah, this is nice" before it gets cold again. And then another warm spell is only a few weeks away. People say the summers here are really hot, but they are no hotter and no more humid than New Jersey was. If I have any complaints, its that I can't grow alot of the same plants I'm used to growing. But I'll consider that an agricultural adventure when I get there! COME TO ATLANTA!!!!! |
| LIVING THE DREAM....
I want to live where I can snowboard, hike and have scenery/wildlife right out my window (mountain region). I want a climate where it does not rain a lot, never really gets hot, but has A LOT of sunshine. (high plains desert). Answer Colorado. I also wanted a job that would allow me to do all this when I wanted. I live 30 minutes from Loveland ski area. Or I can be in Denver in 30 minutes. I can take off into the mountains right out my back door. The views are quite nice and wildlife is a definite bonus. I work 9 months out of the year, take 3 months off in the winter with 1/2 pay. This allowing for ample time to snowboard during the "week" key to living in Colorado. As the saying goes...DREAM YOUR LIFE, LIVE YOUR DREAMS |
| I was born and raised in Chicago. Moved to Washington D.C. after I got my master's, lived there 5 years, moved to Minneapolis for another job. Left there and came back to the Chicago area for another job. What's keeping me here is my mom and Bob the Wonder Pony. Bob is too old to move, and I don't want to leave while my mom is still alive. Plus I like my job . Other than that, I hate it here. |
| I live in Albury only because of my university. I would never live here otherwise... it's really not my kind of place. I'm a wet and cold weather person and I crave lush trees, Albury is dry and hot and barren (maybe not so bad when it's not in a drought though!)
As soon as I get my degree, I'll be scooting back to the Blue Mountains, the most beautiful place in the world. |
We have lived in Rochester NY all our lives. 
It was hard to leave because of my children. And now my grandchildren. This past 9 months we are thinking of moving to a warmer area but the jobs hold us back. Just to pick up and go is hard with the fur babies. We have the highest taxes in the US, jobs are bad, housing is low etc. I don't want to stay here. I have one daughter who wants us to come live there. AL NOPE she is near the gulf. Many times I have been on the cell waiting for a # of storms to pass. The heat is high with humidity way up. She loves it. As heat does not bother me the humidity does and my hubby can't handle it. Looking at NC, or VA. |
| My husband and I picked Waynesville NC because it was in the mountains, mild weather, and small town. He jumped at a job transfer in Asheville about 35 miles from Waynesville.
When we bought our house we loved the idea of living up the mountain (3600 elev) in a quiet scenic area. It is beautiful, quiet, and very scenic however we didn't realize every snowfall would mean a risky drive down the mountain as slipping off a road could mean going down a steep ravine. Also the terrain is too rocky to put in a fence around the property so we had to do an electric fence...prefer a fence as wildlife can enter at anytime and does from time to time...bobcats, elk, raccoons etc... It is serene, quiet, and I guess if you're from up north weather seems mild. This am it is 15 degrees and I call that very cold. We didn't realize we would be 10 degrees cooler from town. This winter it has snowed at least 10 times since October but always melts within 1-2 days. We LOVE summer and fall...summer it is never over 76 here. People in the mountains are very sincere and sweet. Pace of life here is very laid back compared to Charleston SC where we moved from... getting any work done can take a while. Best part is we are only 2 hours from daughter and granddaughter now and we see them often. The only downside is being stuck a couple of days up the mountain because of weather in the winter and it is cold....20's to 50's most days and it's been cold since late October this year. It doesn't matter where you live cold is cold. We are looking forward to summer as spring is okay but can still be a little cold and you don't plant anything until May 15th because you can still have frost/snow late. After spending last week taking care of granddaughter in a residential neighborhood setting it made me realize just how quiet and serene it is up here in the mountains...we only have 15 neighbors and are separated by 1-5 acres. Over half our neighbors are only here in the summer and fall so very little traffic or activity. Dogs bark but are at a distance...poor daughter has 1 giant barking German Shepherd behind her house and 2 big bulldogs barking on her right side...they bark all the time, especially at 3 am and she can't use the backyard for fear of the dogs coming over the fence. Really ruins her right to peace and quiet in her own home. She will have to spend a lot for a tall privacy fence which won't stop the barking. I recommend living in a place without neighbors so close to your home...I prefer listening to the mountain streams running instead of traffic and dogs barking 24/7. After a lifetime of being a military brat/wife and moving all over the country I also know that home is where those you love are nearby...we always enjoyed everywhere we lived as we had a home filled with our wonderful daughters. Perfect weather is no substitute for being near loved ones...we bought this house from a couple who built it, loved it but missed their family so much after 2 years they moved back to be near them. |
| I like my job and so does my husband. If I didn't, I'd be packing up and heading south to warmer weather. I actually like the area I live in (we live in one of the cluster of trendy suburbs north of Detroit) and my only serious complaint is the winter. |
| I live in central VA and really don't like it. I'm a summer girl, a beach girl, and the summer here is WAY too hot and humid, so I hardly go outside for 5 months, and there's no beach, although at least it's only a 2 hour drive to get to a lame beach (VA Beach). It's fun having seasons (minus summer), but the people here are snobby and not inclusive at all. They're likely to ask you where you went to school--meaning HIGH SCHOOL, not college.
I was born in MN, but only lived there for about 6 months. My dad was there for business briefly. I lived the first 25 years of my life in San Diego and love it. All my family is there as are my friends and I went to college there and can't wait to move back when my husband's residency is over. I love the weather there, the fact you can get to beach to mountains to desert in a few hours. And the people who are there who are actually FROM California are awesome (and some transplants, but they are turning San Diego into a mini LA) |
| This has been a very fun post to read. Everyone has such interesting reasons for where they live and why they live there.
I am in MN, and have always lived in MN. I have travelled through most of the US, including Alaska and Hawaii. I love learning more about the US, I feel it is not broadening my horizons about my own country not to. We aren't rich travellers, instead like to hang out and do stuff outdoors, more like the natives do! And of course go to dog events 
Some who were at the OES Nationals this past fall got to see Stillwater, which is my hometown (or closest town, as we lived in the country). I loved it there, although my parents had no family ties there when we moved there. I was born in St Paul, and lived in the burbs the 1st 6 years of my life. A tomboy, moving to the farm was heaven.
The only reason I moved was for college, then marriage.
Now I'm in Southern MN, which is very different from just 2 hrs north. Flat farmland with fertile black soil. The 1st time I saw the dirt I thought it was wet, it was so dark! Todd grew up here, and they are all family oriented. Even after military careers, all but 1 of the 6 brothers in the service moved back home. And of the 8 kids, only the one brother doesn't live within 20 miles of home. I have a good job (or at least I have a secure job!) and I can do my job anywhere in the world. We have our farm and animals, so it's not like moving would be a real practical thing. How could I pick and choose who to keep??? I have friends who want to move south, but I hate humidity worse than I hate the cold. |
lhall15 wrote: My husband and I picked Waynesville NC because it was in the mountains, mild weather, and small town. He jumped at a job transfer in Asheville about 35 miles from Waynesville.
Sounds like a beautiful area, just becareful with those icy roads. |
| hi!
I am born in Germany.near Cologne.At the age of 23 i settled to Bavaria..and never liked it.But I found my husband there and now we live in Austria where he is born.But...when I have been in greece at the first time I knew this is the place I want to live more than anything else.May be my dream will come true someday
Susanne |
| I am in my 'pickett fence town' now! We LOVE Nashville--I call it the "City of Dreams" because you can go most anywhere-church, resturants, retail establishments, bars, etc. and find several people there who have a dream of making it BIG in the music business. I love talking with people about their dreams and their life journey!
I was born in Knoxville 3 hrs east of here and that is a beautiful part of the world--the Smokies represent home to me. As a young girl my father was often transferred so we lived in Raleigh, NC. then Winter Park, Fla. and Johnson City Tn. After I married we were off to Little Rock Arkansas--then Louisville, Ky.--then Atlanta (Alpharetta). We came back to Tennessee in 95' and we are here to stay. The weather is perfect (except I would like a few Big Snows) in the winter. Thus our 'pickett fence' home-- I enjoyed moving around and love the people I have met along the way but now I know if I move again it will be by choice--and the only choice would be to a log cabin in the Smokies when I retire! With lots of Sheepies to keep me company! Check out Tennessee (middle or eastern) if you are looking for a great place to live! |
I was born in a small town which is now a suburb of Toronto , moved to a small town north west of Toronto, lived in the same house for 42 years then last year moved to the Muskoka area of Ontario to be near two of our kids and I LOVE it  |
| We were born near Chicago and the majority of our immediate and extended families are in this area. If we didn't have family here, there's no way I'd stay. I think I enjoy about 5 days out of the year. Our winters are long, cold, and depressing. The majority of the rest of the weather is overcast and damp. Given family relocation and jobs, I'd move to sunny and dry Southern California or Arizona in a minute. |
| Because my parents lived here, and with my sense of direction I could never learn a new city.
As it is I only know my way around maybe twenty percent of Winnipeg. We're having a major blizzard at the moment, so there's NO GOOD REASON I'm here. |
traciels28 wrote: Because my parents lived here, and with my sense of direction I could never learn a new city.
As it is I only know my way around maybe twenty percent of Winnipeg. We're having a major blizzard at the moment, so there's NO GOOD REASON I'm here. I have a sister with the same problem. She always got lost. Went away to college, came home for a visit a few months later. She was at a gas station in town (her hometown, mind you, where she lived her entire life!) and couldn't remember how to get home.....
Scary part, she is a teacher... |
| Because I haven't died yet?
ok... kind of macabre |
Ron wrote: Because I haven't died yet?
ok... kind of macabre HA! Thats funny. That is going to be the same answer for my parents. |
| Because I am a fringe dweller, like to be close to the action of the big city but prefer the quiet of the burbs and near the bush & mountains when recovering from PARTEEEEEING. |
got sheep wrote: traciels28 wrote: Because my parents lived here, and with my sense of direction I could never learn a new city. As it is I only know my way around maybe twenty percent of Winnipeg. We're having a major blizzard at the moment, so there's NO GOOD REASON I'm here. I have a sister with the same problem. She always got lost. Went away to college, came home for a visit a few months later. She was at a gas station in town (her hometown, mind you, where she lived her entire life!) and couldn't remember how to get home..... Scary part, she is a teacher... THIS IS ALSO ME!!! I can only get to grocery store, church, j's school (Because it's in my neighborhood), hospital, ...still learning how to get to my hair salon, and husband's office. However, I can't get to any of these places if I don't start "from home." One time one of my roads to go home from college was shut down and I called my FIL and he tried to talk N,S,E,W ...and highway stuff to me. I just hung up. I only know "third pink house on the right or second traffic light ...directions. ...and I don't know how to my parents house from where we presently live even though I've taken notes and written stuff down more than 5 times!! |
| i grew up in Michigan. i came out to Arizona to finish school at U of A. after graduation, moved back to MI, HATED the cold grey yucky weather so i drove back to Phoenix....
the only other place id move to is San Diego....cause whats better than warm and beachy??? |
| sheepiezone - my aunt and uncle live in Brentwood! He's from England and she's from MN and they wound up there somehow, but they love it. It's a gorgeous town!
Well, we currently live in Big Lake, MN. Kind of right between the Twin Cities and the next 'big city,' St. Cloud. I was born in Waseca, MN and moved around a bit as a kid, living in Shelbyville, TN; Hutchinson, MN; Mason City & Iowa City, IA before my parents finally moved up to Zimmerman MN. When my husband came over from England, we lived in the TC metro area before moving to his native England (London and then Co. Durham, up by Newcastle) for a year and a half. We soon became very homesick! My family is amazing and we needed to be near them. He didn't have much family, and pined for his 'new' home, MN, too. We moved back just over a year ago and have been so happy. We live about 20 minutes from my parents now and I work closer to the cities. The climate, and just the 'way' that is MN is what I grew up with, it's a comfort to me despite the occasional travel bug, and it's what I want to raise my kids in. I have always loved Minnesota and felt it was my true home, where I belonged. I don't mind the cold winters, and I love that we get the very best of every season. Fall is full of beautiful leaves, cool breezes and fun autumn events. Winter is snowy, blustery and beautiful; I get sad around Christmastime in a place with no snow. Spring is warm (compared to winter!) and I love seeing the green peeking out and the slush on the streets...and that summer can get just hot enough for amazing lake fun. I love that my huge extended family is mostly near enough to see them several times a year, and my parents love having their grandson for sleepovers once a week. After seeing the country, and several others, and meeting people from even more places, it just sets our feet even more firmly in MN ground. It always makes me so sad to see people who hate where they are living. As a teen I always 'hated' where we were and dreamed of living overseas, or in a warmer state, etc. but once I was actually there I realized how much a part of me MN was. I'm so glad Will felt the same when he first set foot here. He says anywhere I am is "home," but even he was homesick for MN when we visited Rome, Ireland and London a few years ago. I would not, however, complain about a holiday home in the SE of Eire! If ever I had to leave here, it'd be for Co. Waterford! |
Talmasca wrote: We are planning a trip to Germany in the next year. My last name is Tubbergen and wish to see the town. I hear it is beautiful.Husband wants to go during Christmas.
As far as I know, Tubbergen is in the Netherlands |
| I have lived in the same area of St. Louis ALL my life.
I have lived in 3 different houses in this area and have come full circle moving into the house I was born in, the house my parents built over 50 years ago. The Hill, the Italian community, is nestled right in the middle of the city... I love where I live. Everyone knows everyone else. My grandparents and my parents went to the same Catholic School that me and my brother attended...as my children attended. I love the history and the roots of this wonderful community. I love that I come in contact with people who knew my grandparents. I love that my children, who do not live far, can come and walk the streets of the childhood and talk to the elderly people who remember them as little kids. The ''shotgun' houses...the manicured lawns...the older Italian women getting together every Friday evening on my grandmothers front porch to say the rosary in their native tongue. The corner grocery store, the corner meat store, the corner drug store. The outdoor cafe's for coffee and delicious dinners that welcome our pets. The neighborhood park, the neighborhood ball games... Sorry... I could go on and on....
Just ...I do love where I live!!!!!! |
| I have lived in Alaska basically all my life. Every time I travel anywhere else, I feel more and more strongly about never wanting to live anywhere else!
I love the fact that there is real, honest- to- goodness wilderness just outside my front door: 
I love the quiet, the clean air, and the abundant natural beauty. 
Ok, ok...so the winters can be HELL (frozen over)  ...and right this minute, all I can see out my front windows is the haze from the summer wildfires but, overall, I wouldn't trade it for anything! |
| Love your pics, beautiful. Love your comments lol. |
| Louisville KY is a great city - I'm second generation (Mother's side) Louisville, but like fourth generation Kentucky. Born in Louisville, moved north for several years, then ended back in Louisville. It is a little big city with four seasons, nice people, reasonable cost of living, beautiful neighborhoods. We have our shortcomings with poor ratings in our public education, rate 50th in animal rights, and I am not too keen on Louisville's liberal politics, BUT, other than that I love it. And, most importantly, Patch loves this city (she was born and rescued in Hilton Head, so she is a transplant). |
| I have lived in Maryland most of my life. We have moved to different areas due to family size etc. My last home was my dream home and we could have moved the horses there but they developed all around us. Not a good situation for horses (people act stupid around them) so we sold to a developer. The market was fast and we had a terrible time finding a home. We have 13 acres in a farm oriented community. Everyone is so friendly. I hate the house but love the location Our horses were in heaven. Unfortunately we lost both in 2008 . But I can use the barn for fosters and we have lots of room to do just about anything. The views are beautiful I have cows behind me and sheep to the left. I only wish it was a one story home Too old for all the steps. We actually have a store that carries everything ,a little of this and that and if you don't have enough $$ you write your name in a notebook and the amt and pay later |
4dognight wrote: We have 13 acres in a farm oriented community. Everyone is so friendly. I hate the house but love the location
Best thing to look for when buying is the neighborhood. You can always improve a house. Good neighbors & space are hard to come by. |
| The photos of alaska are wonderful! i was there two years ago and simply could not believe my eyes. the beauty is everywhere! hope to return someday.
i was born in mass and moved to long island when i was 2 so i have no memory of mass. i moved to florida 20 years ago. wow time flies. i love it here. would not go back. do love to visit nyc though. and the island is pretty in the summer. there is an italian are in st louis? i must visit that when we are there in may. i am italian. is sheepiepooloza close to that area? |
| oh my i envy all of you that have lived in te same place!
I have never in my life lived anywhere more than 5 years at the most. My dad was in Cattle and Oil in Midland Texas, we moved to Roswell New Mexico when i was 6, 4 years later, back to Midland Texas. 4 years later BACK to Ruidoso, New Mexico.. 2 years later moved to Albuquerque/Corrales New Mexico. 2 years later they went back to Odessa Texas and I went to Durango Colorado. Stayed there 2 years, back to Albuquerque for 2 years, then to Odessa for 1 year, then to El Paso for 4 years... then to Austin for 2 years. Then BACK to Durango Colorado for 5 years..... then I went to Oceanside California.........where I married a Marine and REALLY got tired of moving! They moved us to Eugene Oregan and then to Jacksonville North Carolina. (I did love the wisteria in the pine trees there). Then, post Marine Corps.. we went to Enfield CT. I said if i liked it, we'd stay. At the end of the 2nd year i was sending out his resume BACK to Colorado........ I missed living West of the Mississippi... We ended up South of Denver, then up to Greeley Colorado, then out to Johnstown.....no wait there was another town there for 1 year. The landlord liked what i did to the yard/house and he wanted to move back in, so THEN we went to Johsntown. Stay'd in THAT house for 3 years, moved to another one for 8 months. Norm went to Iraq to work, we bought the house in Johnstown we ar in now. Been there 4 years and now I am down here in Mexico in the 3rd house in 8 months. This is it until next December except for a trip or two BACK to Johnstown to check in on the house up there. Neither one of us want to give it up...but we both like the house here now. (It's wayyyy smaller than the previous one but suits us both). Mexico is a different lifestyle. As Jahoey stated, Texas is laid back.......but SMA makes Texas/New Mexico lifestyle look like NYC!! I am learning to be patient and if things happen they happen if not, it will and if not, oh well. I'm learning to do WAY without........... Today i bought a used dryer!!! That was exciting!! It took ALL DAY to go get the dryer, ( just up the road maybe 5 minutes) bring it home. Only to find out I had to rewire the outlet so it would work. Which meant my handymen and i had to go BACK to town to get a new outlet, and the wiring, come BACK to the house and Jose had to rewire to the box. (5 hours later) my dryer works! Except it keeps blowing the breakers, lol. SO i can do a load at night while sleeping, when nothing else is turned on or during the day when no lights are turned on...... or just put it outside in the sun when it is not freezing and gray and not raining to dry.....so i really didn't need to buy this used dryer after all, lol.
I just get that 'itch' around the 4 year mark now that i HAVE to go elsewhere.......i'm so used to moving it just doesn't seem right not to....I keep going back to Colorado as I 'have' to see those Mountains... I think my favorite place of all however and would move back there in a heartbeat I think would be to an adobe house in Corrales New Mexico. I love the smell of the burning pinon in Winter, the smell of the towns in Chile roasting season.......and the food!!! To me THAT is Mexican food! This is a different Mexican food here........still good but different. I'm teaching the Mexican's here how to make NEW Mexican food! lol. |
| I agree, the pinon smoke smell is wonderful. Yeah, it might be air pollution to most but here it is history....except on No Burn Nights.
When we moved here most homes in Corrales were a bit too rustic in our price range. We looked at three and opted for something more modern (but far less character) and more land out back down valley. Since then Corrales has exploded complete with traffic woes galore both in village and around. It saddens me but just more people. |
| Hi! I am living in the South of Austria because it is the home of my husband.Since I have been a little girl I wanted to live at the seaside,first Netherlands later in Greece,Naxos.But things do not always run like I would like they do.So,it is beautiful here in teh mountains but I miss the water very much. Susanne |
| I was born in New Jersey. In 1070, at the age of six, my Dad got transferred to Iowa. We'd never even heard of it. In 1980, after both parents had passed away, I moved to Ohio to live with my oldest sister. Upon graduating HS, I moved back to Iowa. Stayed there for a couple years and moved back to Ohio. Been here ever since. I did make a trip out to Denver once and spent a week there looking for a job. I had a friend who was trying to talk me into moving out there. I think he was secretly getting me to move out there so he could more easily convince his wife to move out there too as he'd lived there before and loved it. It was REALLY pretty, but it just wasn't for me at that time. I've always wanted to live in the UK. Dunno way, just always been fascinated by the UK. I spend WAY too much time watching BBC America and that's just fueling that fire. And then seeing all the great folks on here who live there ain't helping. Jen could be happy living in Death Valley. She HATES the cold and all the issues that go along with it. So with that, we'll never end up in the UK as it's too cold enough out of the year for her. I'm thinking as soon as we're able, we'll be heading to the SW. I like the look of Austin, TX. Great car scene, great food and live music on every corner. I can live there. I have family all over, so I'm not really tied to one place over another as someone will be close no matter where I end up. Jen's family is either here or in the Los Angeles area. I could do So Cal if it weren't for the housing costs. That's just crazy, even now. Vance |
| I've lived in the Syracuse, NY area for most of my life. Family is here. Job is here. I spent a semester in Detroit, MI back in '94. That was.....interesting. I also lived in St. Louis, MO for a couple of years ('07-'09). I really liked the area, but I couldn't find a job there after I left Chrysler. So I packed up and came back to Syracuse. Where I found a great job and am now looking to build. |
| I was born in Bedford & still live there sort of. I work in Nottingham ( Robin Hood ) & stay there when I am working. I would like to move to Canada ( BC ) because I love the cold. Last time I was there I was in my shorts & it was -20 it waas great only problem would be playing Rugby in the winter. I am fed up with the UK as they just tax us to death. I have family all over the world but if I moved I would miss my mates rather than my family |
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