How happy are you with your town/city/area?

[mvd]

Currently would like to move if something decent came up. The neighborhood I'm in has very few in my age group. The shopping is getting pretty good, and Philly is close by. Traffic is also getting worse, though. Also is still fairly Repuke. I'd give my area a 6.

[DeposeTheBoyKing]

1. You are striking a nerve

I'm living in Irving, Texas due to husband's job. We left Wichita for Pittsburgh for his job, and now we're in the Dallas area for his job. I want SO BADLY to move to the Bay Area to be near my sister. When will I get to live where I want to live for a change?? WAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

[mvd]

2. I know the frustration

I left Maryland because of my dad's job when I was young. Since I'm pursuing a franchise, though, I might have some flexibility.

[Gormy Cuss]

36. Oh DTBK! You deserve to live near Bullwinkle925.

The hardest part of living in CA for me is that my entire family is on the other coast.
I hope that you can make it happen.

-Gormy Cuss 925

[Why Syzygy]

62. Irving is about

the last place I would want to live. Grew up there for 8 years, moved back for two yrs of hs and graduation, then briefly three years ago. It isn't the same.
Sorry.

[grace0418]

64. I know your pain, sister.

I love Chicago but I hate the Midwest, if that makes any sense. Chicago is a great city, I just wish I could pick it up and move it to the west coast. I hate the weather here, and I hate that it's so hard to get away for a few days. I have friends and siblings in Seattle, San Francisco, and LA. And when the city gets to them, they can be somewhere awesome in a matter of 2 hours. A two hour radius around Chicago puts you in the middle of Lake Michigan, or cornfields, or Milwaukee (not that there's anything wrong with Milwaukee, but it hardly qualifies as "getting away"). I want to go hiking in the mountains, I want to go tide-pooling on the coast, I want to go to wine country, I want to go whale-watching, I want to take a ferry to Orcas Island, I want to eat lunch under a giant redwood. These are all things my friends and family do on typical weekend trips.

But I'm stuck in Chicago because of my husband's job. My only chance of moving would be either to divorce him (not going to do that) or win the lottery. :(

[XemaSab]

3. Pretty happy except for the fact that houses here cost 600K

:P

[Zookeeper]

48. Self-delete. (Wrong spot.) n/t

[Oeditpus Rex]

4. I'd call it a toilet, but

with a four-year moratorium on new sewer hookups because of a levee breach in 2002 that dumped several million gallons of untreated water where it shouldn't be, it ain't even that.

[Arugula Latte]

5. When I think about moving, I dream about Italy or the South of France.

Other than that, I'm very happy in Portland and I don't want to move anywhere else in the U.S. (I have lived in a few other places in the country and have decided I'm a West Coaster at heart). For a long time I sort of longed for the S.F. Bay Area, where I grew up, but you have to be wealthy to live in the area I'd like to live in (the north side of the Berkeley campus). I was in the suburbs east of Berkeley recently, and, although it is beautiful this time of year (Mt. Diablo -- sigh), the MONEY there was starting to get to me. When I grew up in the 70s that area was much more middle class and laid back. Now there's this sort of obscene flaunt-your-wealth thing going on. (It's here in certain parts of Portland, but not to that extent.) I do miss San Francisco, though.

[swag]

8. I'm comfortable here too.

Things may change, but for now it's pretty good here.

[usaftmo]

28. I lived in Italy for 2 years (2004-2006),

and it isn't nearly as wonderful as I hoped. I liked it enough I would gladly go back for vacation, but the Vatican controls Italy.

Italy has no convenience stores, so being back in the States makes me appreciate convenience stores that much more!

After 2 years in Italy I was ready to go.

[otherlander]

6. Eh. Kinda soulless.

Not much happening. Wind up spending most of my spare time wandering through woods/ at library finding poetry. Absolutley nowhere to go after 9. But fortunatley I'll be leaving in a couple years, and then, as long as I don't do anything like get married/ have a kid/ buy a house, I'll pretty much be free to travel wherever.

[Alexander]

51. Where is it, if I may ask?

[otherlander]

65. Pennsylvania.

[Bullwinkle925]

7. I'm in the SF Bay Area - am pretty happy here - but would be much

HAPPIER if my sister would add to the population. Sigh.

[Chan790]

9. I gave greater Hartford a 4.

I want to leave here...but I'm very picky about where I go. It's not that here sucks...I'm a city kid lifelong. I'm DC, NYC, Boston, Philly...here is nowhere.

[Alexander]

52. It's nice outside the city.

Farmington, where I was born, is awesome. Still has the 18th century charm in some places, is close to Hartford but not too close, and only 2-2.5 hours from a real city.

Sorry you aren't enjoying my home town. :hi:

[Chan790]

55. I am currently outside the city...

Burlington to be precise. It's the same thing...rustic charm and beautiful nature. Nice if you like those things.

I still hate it. Give me the city any day...I'm more the 24-hour dance-party, culture, fancy dining and bohemian flat-living type. Smog is my aphrodisiac.

Worst mistake I ever made was moving back from DC to care for family (dying grandparents) concerns. Not that I didn't love my grands...but they were the only not-shitty family I had...and as soon as they were gone, the rest of my repug family crawled up my ass. (no, literally...they moved into my home. Their house, my home.)

[QMPMom]

10. I like Edmonton, Alberta, I give it an 8. It's not Indiana, and that is

where I really want to be, but I'll be here the rest of my life.

:cry:

[ironflange]

19. Don't forget the best part. . .

You're only three hours from Calgary!

[u4ic]

21. Oooh...yahoos and rednecks and bible thumpers!

:bounce:

[ironflange]

38. Ha! I thought this would flush you out!

And I'll have you know, I'm none of the three. Well, most of the time.

[u4ic]

42. You've got a truck

which means you're at least a redneck. :P

[ironflange]

44. Am not!

It's an Avalanche, so it's only a truck when I want it to be one!

[u4ic]

45. I command it to be a truck all the time!

So there. Redneck. :P

[ironflange]

46. Aw, you're mean

I'm taking my ball and going home.

Actually, I'm off to bed. It was a hellish day.

[u4ic]

69. Are you Johnny from the rodeo song?

:o


... Well here comes Johnny with his pecker in his hand
He's a one ball man and he's off to the rodeo
And it's allemande left and allemande right...






Sorry to hear you had a lousy day. Hope today is much better. :hug:

[ironflange]

73. Well, it's forty below and I don't give a f*ck

Got a heater in my truck
And it's off to the rodeo!

Heh, I have a cassette with that song on it. Somewhere.

[QMPMom]

26. Last time I went to Calgary I DID NOT have a good time.

I really do not like that place. Nope. Calgary Sucks.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

11. My dear mvd!

I'm very happy (a 10) with my town, and my home...

When my husband and I built this house, we decided that it would be our forever house...

We have everything we need here, or nearby....

Here we will live out our lives........

[SarahB]

12. meh!

We are two white breadesque people (that aren't so whitebread in reality) doomed to the burbs. Personally, I think we both ought to pack up all the kids and move to Brooklyn in a few years.

[Shell Beau]

13. I absolutely LOVE my area!

The only downfall is you can't buy liquor in my town or county! But I don't drink liquor so it isn't a problem for me. My town does sell beer, though. My town is a wee bit conservative for me, but there is no crime and it looks lovely. I have to say that I am happy with it! I don't ever want to leave MS because it is my roots and I love it. And this city I live in now is exactly where I want to be!

[qnr]

14. Well, it's all kind of relative. I love the state, but I've been traveling all

my life, and love that even more.

[Redstone]

15. Not very. We love the place, but the fucking New York Yuppies are taking it over. Time for

us to move North.

Redstone

[Karenca]

67. ----

fucking New York Yuppies


:eyes:

[u4ic]

16. I'm tired of it

There are some good things about the city, but it's not a place that I see myself in 5 years, never mind the rest of my life. :scared:

[Tektonik]

17. I'm San Diego atm

and I'd like to live here for the rest of my life, but I wouldn't mind taking long vacations to NYC, Seattle/Vancouver, Western Europe, etc

[SeattleGirl]

18. I love Seattle!!!

I've lived here for almost 30 years, and I never get tired of it. On a sunny day, taking the exit to downtown, with the view of the buildings, the water, and then the mountains in the background, I never get tired of it. Ever.

[PaddyBlueEyes]

20. Im cool with NYC

It is what it is....

[Haole Girl]

22. minus 100?

Yeah..that would be about right. But, never a good idea to ask me the day after a tornado. :scared:

[Starbucks Anarchist]

23. 10.

[file83]

24. Bend, Oregon - Land of Fire and Ice

I love it here. I live in a humble little hovel, but my back porch has this view:



Those are the Three Sisters (plus Broken Top). What's not to love?

[ironflange]

40. We visited Bend a couple of years ago

We had a great time. We drove the Cascade Lakes Highway (is that the name?), did the Paulina Peak/Newberry thing, saw the High Desert Museum, drove up Pilot Butte at dusk, even saw the Funny Farm. Boy, what a great place to visit. Deschutes Beer is fabulous! Only downside: we were in a really crappy RV park, just north of town, but I heard it's a Wal-Mart now. Oregon in general is great, one of our favorite places, and we can't wait to get back. We have some Oregon with us here, some big chunks of Mazama pumice, some pieces of obsidian, and some strange colorful cinders we found on our way up the road to the big lava flow with all the tree trunk "outlines" in it.

You have a great place to live.

[njdemocrat106]

25. 3

There isn't much that's far away from me (New York & Philly are equidistant), but I live in quite possibly the reddest county in New Jersey, and the majority of the people who live here are still Bushbots, and therefore, idiots.

[MedleyMisty]

27. Eh

I went with 9.

[RFKHumphreyObama]

29. Hi MVD

I'd give my local area about a 9 or 10. It is a beautiful, quiet and placid part of town away from the suburbs and with lots of wildlife and ideal for taking long walks and observing nature. The people around here are friendly and pleasant to talk to.

Unfortunately it is also a very conservative part of town (although I would emphasize that in my country, conservative does not mean Republican -for example most conservatives in my country hate * and more than a few conservatives here have told me they would've voted for Gore if they lived in the US) and our local media is heavily biased toward the conservatives. But otherwise I enjoy living here

[mvd]

30. Hi, SD1981!

Sounds beautiful.. guess the one problem is Howard can be just as crazy as Bush. :hi:

[poiuytsister]

31. My family has lived in the same neighborhood since the early 1920's

and I can't see living anywhere else. I had to move to southern Ill with my husband, until I decided I rather be a single mom in Wi than living there. I bought a house in the old 'hood, Poiuyt has taken over the family house 1 1/2 blocks away and life is good.

[mentalsolstice]

32. Meh 2

It's not bad (Birmingham, AL), I guess I just itch for one final move in my life...

[NewJeffCT]

33. Mine's ok - nice neighborhood, excellent public schools, but has some snobbish Republic areas

Though, my area of CT (Farmington Valley) has been slowly trending blue I doubt they'll get rid of the snobby Republic types any time soon. Definitely have more convenience than my old town NE of Hartford.

[Blue_In_AK]

34. I love where I live...

You couldn't pry me out of Alaska, and I've put so much of myself into my little house, I'm not even so sure I'd move into another one.

[Beausoir]

35. Northern Minnesota lake country. Clean air. No crime. Beautiful lakes and woods. If we can just

keep out the Type-A ass-hats from Minneapolis, it will remain idyllic. These are the McMansion people. They come up....see 75 feet of lakeshore and immediately slap up a monster-house. Puke.

Schools of excellence. A fairly good health care community.

An excellent community orchestra.

The negatives are:

Virtually ZERO culteral diversity. Coming from Michigan to this community was really sad because I miss the diversity.

[Zookeeper]

47. Yes, I don't get it....

I've been up around the Bemidji, Grand Rapids, Ely and North Shore areas quite a bit, and I just don't understand what people are thinking when they build a huge starter-castle in the north woods on a beautiful lake. It's as if they haven't really noticed the surroundings and think they're in Woodbury or Eden Prairie.

There is a newish house on Lake Bemidji; a pseudo French chateau that always makes me laugh (in a disgusted and sardonic way).

Otherwise, you're where I'd like to be...but, I'd keep my home simple and modest.

:hi:

[bridgit]

37. very...

[Lady Effingbroke]

39. it sucks.

x10000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000000.

This shit is 3 miles from my house.
IMG]

I can't afford to move at this time, or I'd be, like, outta here.

[Alexander]

54. I sympathize - this is 1.5 miles from my place:

[Broken_Hero]

41. A 5

average...I was in the negative numbers...but the place, is sorta/kinda growing on me a bit...

[Karenca]

43. 10. nt

[Zookeeper]

49. I voted "9."

I like where I live in Minnesota, but I think of going further north. (Canadian wilderness? :+ )

I've lived in different areas of the U.S. and everything is beginning to feel too crowded and overbuilt to me.

[Critters2]

50. Gave this place a 1

I NEED open space, and peace and quiet. People here, though, are apparently allergic to those things. Soon, this whole area will be just subdivisions and strip malls.

And then, I'll move back to Iowa.

[Alexander]

53. 1.

I'm used to a cozy New England atmosphere.

If we ever colonize the moon, it will be much like Phoenix. A colorless culture of cookie cutter corporatism. There is literally a mega-corporation on every single block. Small wonder the state is so Republican.

[LSK]

56. about a 6

Would be better if there was not winters and if there was some national forests/parks or mountains within 1000 miles of here.

[Phillycat]

57. I love Philly.

I can't imagine the circumstances under which I'd live anywhere else.

[NewWaveChick1981]

58. Meh.

There isn't a lot to do here, and it's pretty damn boring. On the bright side, though, real estate prices are pretty reasonable compared to most of the rest of the country, and traffic could be a whole lot worse. However, I'd rather live in Atlanta. :)

[InvisibleTouch]

59. I have never hated anyplace...

...as much as I hate Columbus Ohio.

[nosillies]

60. I'm pretty happy here in FL -- I do get to go to the beach whenever I want!

I've lived loads of places -- I've seen way better and way worse. Anything looks good after Fort Mohave, AZ.

I couldn't give my current location a 10 because I'm away from my family and closest friends, and because property taxes, insurance, other cost of living stuff is ridiculous. But then again, you do get what you pay for in some instances.

[Iainturpa]

61. CASSADEGA FLORIDA

[Why Syzygy]

63. 10 - love it! n/t

[catmandu57]

66. I'm here because my wife's feet are set in stone

She won't budge and i don't want to be without her, and I don't know that I've got a move left in me. It's pretty red up here now a days, it used to be a nice quiet little Democratic farm town, then we became a suburb, that speaks for itself.
Things are looking up however, nothing stays the same, people now are thinking so maybe there's hope here, I'll just make the most of it.

[GoneOffShore]

68. We live in Philly and I'll give it a 10

The only place I'll consider moving to is Paris, when I'm ready to retire. If we can swing it we'll do three months there, three here.

[pitohui]

70. i live in new orleans so yeah we're talking into the negative numbers

just about anywhere that is not an active war zone in iraq or afghanistan would be a step up from here

[ChoralScholar]

71. I live in the Ozarks -

in a fairly Democratic area. If Harrison were better connected to the rest of the country (no interstates - one freeway-grade highway coming within the year connecting to Branson) I would stay here forever.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

72. We're moving to the country. Can't make it in the rat race.

I'm selling my house in Houston and moving to the country. The taxes are killing us and neither of us can find a job (Overeducated, overqualified, overaged).

However in the country, there is nothing to do, and everybody's social life revolves around church. I'm a Unitarian. I can't stand country music or Christian churches, so I will be an outcast. I know I will truly miss the culture and the art scene in Houston and will have to go down there on weekends.

My hobby will be fixing up the old house. We've spent four years just cleaning out the crapola and throwing it away and finally got the auction guy to come get the furniture.