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Do you love where you live? Why?

I'm giving some serious thought to leaving my home Chicago in the next few years.

pasha-one-nine 7 Oct 2
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I don't have the kind of scratch I'd need to live where I really want to.
So, I'm content with Florgia.
I've lived in much worse places.

Florgia! New one on me. I lived in St. Simon's Island/Brunswick 1997-2000--does that count? 1 hr north of Jax

@stinkeye_a We live close to the Florida/Georgia border, near Tallahassee. The weather is identical. My nephew came up with Florgia.

@KKGator that kid is going places!

@stinkeye_a Thanks, he's pretty awesome, and he and his wife are raising awesome kids. As far as "going places", I think if he had his druthers, he'd go surfing. Or fishing. LOL

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I live in an area call Alamogordo N.M...Which by no standards is considered the cradle of civilization...However it does come with some upsides...Almost no traffic...Beautiful views and cheap housing. I don't love it...But if you're ready for life to slow down...Then this is the place for you.

Sounds perfect.

@patchoullijulie I was really lucky when I first got here because I lived in a cabin up in the mountains....Nothing special but a 900 square foot cottage on the side of a mountain..Surrounded by summer homes so I had a little mountain side retreat all by myself. It snowed often and elk and dear came.by to visit often.

@josh23452 It sounds wonderful. I could easily appreciate the sound of nature over the sounds of leaf blowers, military aircraft, car alarms and loud music (my current area of residence). I have travelled through New Mexico on several occasions over the years and everywhere I went seemed to have a really nice vibe to it.

@patchoullijulie have you ever gone through Cloudcroft? If not I would suggest it.

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Colorado is terrible. Don't come here. Tell your friends!
🙂

I just visited Colorado for the first time weather in July was beautiful, minus the flash flood and hail the first day we were there.

Shhhhh!

I took a hiking trip in Colorado and loved every minute of it. Wait a minute...you're trying to keep the rest of us out!

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I've become quite fond of the Pacific Northwest since I moved here

@sweetcharlotte the public transit to Seattle is great in theory, I've found. Much less so in practice as the bus takes literally two hours and the train has an enormous donut hole in its schedule on weekdays.

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Iowa is mostly corn fields, so it gets a bit boring! I like my college town though! Perfect for relaxing and focusing on studies.
@pashaonenine What's wrong with Chicago? I might move to the suburbs for a job.

Nothing "wrong" with it. Well, apart from corruption and waste and the high cost of living and crime in some areas. I grew up in a small town, and I came here to be involved in the exciting arts scene here, but now I'm getting older and feeling less in love with the city.

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Tampa FL is a city like any other, but hotter. It's got some great beaches and some dreadful traffic, maybe not as much, but a poorly constructed road system creates havoc.

If you appreciate warm weather and beaches it's a great option.

Traffic is absolutely dreadful!

@Alimacbean yeah it is, I'm a transplant from New England where the road system makes sense (mostly outside Boston area) and traffic is at least "understandable" I guess I would say. Down here it's like the wild west on the roads which are not big enough for the volume every single day.

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Hello. I current live in Las Vegas, Nevada. It has it's good and bad points. Very hot in the summer but the winters are nice. No state income tax is a big plus. Always something to do. Right now real estate is way over inflated.

CMan Level 7 Oct 3, 2018
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I’m back home after being gone a good while...love my family, so I’m here. But, alas, I don’t belong here, it’s too red conservative for my liking, ugh. I’m taking frequent trips to “legal” progressive states so I can survive.?

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Here in San Diego we have the best weather in the country, year round! The season for mountain biking, sailing, golf, tennis, or hiking Runs from January through December. My biggest complaint is the air quality. Cars, trucks, and power plants constantly fouling the air with harmful particulates and greenhouse gases. And the climate change that those gases are causing has ushered in a new regime of wildfires: their season is now year-round as well. Every year now worse than the last, with multiple megafires at times burning simultaneously. And the Trump administration is hell bent on deregulating the fossil fuel industry. I am especially proud of Californians who are standing up to the illegitimate regime in Washington in moving forward with our commitment to the Paris Accord and the ultimate goal of zero greenhouse gas emissions!

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Montana: yes
Billings: yes
My neighborhood/street: 50/50 love/hate: it's pastures, horses, pheasants, trees, and low densiry vesus meth dealers and meth-driven traffic adjacent, federal warrants being served, and a sex offender next door. I'd kind of like to move but I love this street so I'd kind of rather the meth and sex offender just disappear instead.

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I enjoy living in Boise. Public transportation could be better. It is experiencing massive growth right now with the growing pains associated with it. Still nice. Four seasons. Good community. Over-priced housing. That issue seems to exist most places.

Della Level 6 Oct 3, 2018
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I live in Omaha, NE. I don't love it here, very hot summers/cold winters, conservatives in control, rich boy Repub governor, farm state, limited stuff to do. However, Sam and Austin are here, within 20 minutes of my house. Sam and Austin being my grandchildren. All my adult kids are within 30 minutes, and my sister/BFF is about 90 minutes away. I don't love it here, but what I love is here.

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Considering I moved here only because I had nowhere else to go, yes, I love Skagway, Alaska. That being said, there are a lot of things that could change here. The cult of ignorance for one, better education at the public school for another, and they REALLY need to figure something out about a recycling program.

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No, I don't love where I live. I moved here with the intention of it being temporary -- 29 years ago, I planned to stay until my daughter finished high school. But in my profession it's really common to get trapped -- they can hire in people with new degrees and newer skills for less money. Now that I'm retired I'll see where my daughter ends up and then I'll decide whether to follow her or not.

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It's beautiful and peaceful in East Tennessee but I don't love it here. I've been here too long. For someone looking for a change and lots of peace and quiet - it would be a nice place to come to

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Yes I love it here, Coos Bay, Oregon! Iam retired so I don't know the employment picture. I think Oregon in s doing fjne.

I have been there my dad bought a place on North Ten Mile lake was there till he died step mom sold it and bought a small place in town. She had it in too much dedyt when she died so got repossed

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You need to provide more information. Climate preference? Political beliefs? Mountains ocean. City urban rural? etc. Otherwise, throw a dart.

Cultural resources, cost of living, climate, traffic...

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The Sonoran Desert is magical. I love it here.

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I live in Clearwater Florida.
It's beautiful here.

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I used to live in Chicago. And I still miss it. But we can not use the schools, the crime was getting worse, and property taxes were outrageous. So I fell in love with a 1907 victorian shingle style in Sheboygan Wisconsin. There are some great restaurants,A thriving our community,And a turn of the century movie theater which is also a concert venue. I've seen Jeff tweedy, and Leo Kottke. Wrapped up with a beautiful shoreline, and we're the freshwater surfing capital of the world. And if you venture up here we have a wonderful resort was a water park, and I hear the fishing is not bad either. But I still miss a flavor of Chicago, I live there For 53 years. I guess you can take the man on a Chicago that you can't take out as a man.

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I love my land. Galicia in Spain. It is a amazing place in the Atlantic Coast of Europe. Nature is wonderful here. Green landscapes, full of rivers, and also beautiful islands. The weather is nice, because the temperatures aren't cold. This land is green, but sunny.
However, the main problem of Spain is the economy. Too much unemployment. At least, I recommend you look some minutes on line. Search Galicia. Who knows! Maybe you like and decide to move here. See you around

Roi81 Level 4 Oct 3, 2018
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San Diego is the BEST place if you can afford it!

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Well, Dublin weather is crap, it's expensive but always good gigs and fun around. So, not a bad place to live in.

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I like the region, still adapting but really like here!!

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I live in Liverpool England. I love my area it is very friendly, good artistic events, galleries and the architecture is outstanding.

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