Boredom Survey: Where you're from/where you live

Pepperally

1) Do you like where you currently live (city/town/region)?  Why/why not?

2) Where would you like to live if you don't really like where you're at now?

3) Do you live where you are originally from/grew up?

 

Here's mine:

1) I tolerate where I live (Pittsburgh, PA) because I want to live near my parents now that they are older (mom had a stroke three years ago).  I lived across the country (Louisiana) in my early 20's and I had a good friend there whose father was dying and I realized I wanted to be able to be there for my parents if something happened to them, so I did move back to my home city, and have been back here for 12 years now.  I hate the winters...I lived in the South for 4.5 years and loved that we never had snow. 

2) I would like to move to North Carolina.  I have some friends who relocated down there and to me there is a better mix of seasons...well, longer warm temps than cold temps, but still have some seasons.  Plus you have mountains and ocean all in one state.  I like the variety.  I didn't like Louisiana...so flat...but living within driving distance to New Orleans was fab.  I hate the winters here in PA, especially this past winter!

3) I did move away from my hometown after undergrad for a relationship - from PA to Louisiana - for 4.5 years.  I moved back to be near family and more job opportunities once I graduated from grad school.  So yes, now I'm back in the city I am from. 

BreMR

I currently live in Minnesota, in a suburb of St. Paul.  I like where I live because I'm close enough to the city that I can get there in a few minutes, and I'm a huge lover of food so there are endless restaurant possibilities.  However, I hate.. and I mean HATE winter.  It has only gotten worse as the winters seem to be endless the past two years.

My dream is to move to North Caroline, like you @pepperally because I know people who live there and say the same thing.  I'm a lover of the ocean, and reasonably temperate weather and not -40 below temperatures and more cancelled school from cold than snow... (GRRR)

I moved away from my hometown which is 2 1/2 hours north in Wisconsin right on the boarder of Minnesota... I loved where I grew up right on Lake Superior, my family still lives there but it is a dead end down with not a lot of opportunity for work.... I would never move back for that reason alone.

IrishDreamer

1)I live in southwest Florida, about 2.5 hrs from Orlando, 2.5 from Tampa, 2.5 from Miami. I love living here. I'm close to the beach, it's still has stuff to do, and I'm close enough to the bigger cities if I want to so other activities.

2) I really like where I live. If I lived elsewhere, it would be somewhere similar- warm weather and beaches/oceans.

3) nope. I grew up outside of Philly, moved here when I was 10, moved to
Michigan for a couple years and moved back here to Florida. If it weren't for the shitty winters, my job, and my bf, I'd consider moving back, but I loathe being cold, so I don't plan on leaving Florida anytime soon.

AuroraRose41

1) I currently live in San Diego, CA.  I love the weather (90 degrees and sunny today!), and I love being so close to the ocean.  I HATE the traffic and the drivers.  I feel like I am going to get into an accident every time I drive somewhere with the way people drive here.

2) I think I would enjoy living in any of the Northern California wine areas (Napa, Sonoma). They are so beautiful, with a lot more trees then San Diego, but no winters!

3) I grew up and went to college in Upstate NY. While all of my family and most of my good friends still live there, I wouldn't want to move back.  I hate the unpredictability of the weather (65 and sunny one day and -10 and snowing the next day), and there are very few job opportunities for me there.  The Adirondacks will always have a place in my heart, though, and I do plan to visit them as often as I can during the summers.

rnsoon

1) I am on the fence. I live right on the Chesapeake Bay in VA. It's gorgeous and quiet. I much prefer it to Oceanfront. I do not, however, like that it is such a "not-so-nice" area in terms of it's...habitants. The main streets are very nice. One street back and it's projects. Thankfully I live in one of the nice areas inhabited by retired folk and families.

2) I honestly don't really care.  Our plan is to go back up to Lancaster, PA, or somewhere to that effect, when SO gets out of the Navy. He is talking about re-enlisting for 3 years shore duty, and PA probably will not happen at that point.

3) I do not. I moved an hour and a half (close) southeast of where I am originally from. So it's really not too bad, lol.

phira

1) I love living in Boston, and Massachusetts in general. I like that it's a liberal state, and that Eastern MA is pretty densely populated. I also love Boston; it's so ridiculously awkward and quirky.

2) I'd like to get outside the city a bit, but all of the nice places to raise a family while still living near Boston are pretty expensive. I'd LOVE to live out in Chicago, but J is very BOSTON BOSTON BOSTON so that's a pipe dream.

3) I grew up in the suburbs of Eastern MA. Clearly, I haven't moved very far.

CLoGreenEyes

Pepperally said:

1) Do you like where you currently live (city/town/region)?  Why/why not? I live in a suburb smack between Baltimore and DC. It's OK here - safe, between two pretty awesome cities, enough jobs and activities to keep you busy, and the weather (even though it often SUCKS) is never particularly dangerous. The downside is that it's rather expensive to live here.

2) Where would you like to live if you don't really like where you're at now? I will probably end up sticking around here - maybe move closer to whichever city I get a job in after I graduate. I would like to retire somewhere on a beach, so I can see myself ending up in Florida or Hawaii later in life. And I have always wanted to live somewhere abroad for a year, so we'll see if that happens.

3) Do you live where you are originally from/grew up? Pretty much, yeah.

 

Here's mine:

1) I tolerate where I live (Pittsburgh, PA) because I want to live near my parents now that they are older (mom had a stroke three years ago).  I lived across the country (Louisiana) in my early 20's and I had a good friend there whose father was dying and I realized I wanted to be able to be there for my parents if something happened to them, so I did move back to my home city, and have been back here for 12 years now.  I hate the winters...I lived in the South for 4.5 years and loved that we never had snow. 

2) I would like to move to North Carolina.  I have some friends who relocated down there and to me there is a better mix of seasons...well, longer warm temps than cold temps, but still have some seasons.  Plus you have mountains and ocean all in one state.  I like the variety.  I didn't like Louisiana...so flat...but living within driving distance to New Orleans was fab.  I hate the winters here in PA, especially this past winter!

3) I did move away from my hometown after undergrad for a relationship - from PA to Louisiana - for 4.5 years.  I moved back to be near family and more job opportunities once I graduated from grad school.  So yes, now I'm back in the city I am from. 

bethsmiles

1) Do you like where you currently live (city/town/region)?  Why/why not? I HATE HATE HATE (did I make that clear enough) the town where I currently live. But in a month I'm moving and I'm SO excited. Unfortunately, BF might be moving here in a couple of months. He hates it too but a program at the university here might be really good for him.

2) Where would you like to live if you don't really like where you're at now? I'm moving closer to Denver, which I love. I lived there (technically just outside of) for 2 years and I loved it. I'd also really love to move to Seattle.

3) Do you live where you are originally from/grew up? Nope. I would never move back to where I grew up, too much religious influence. I'm glad to have gotten far away.

Pepperally

@bethsmiles - that would definitely be my second choice if I moved...I love the Denver area.  I grew up going to visit my aunt every summer for a week...absolutely love it there!!!  A little more expensive to live than NC, so it's my second choice.  I also like that it's a drier climate...does wonders for naturally curly hair!  I also love the mountains. BF has never been there and we've even talked about honeymooning out there.

bethsmiles

@Pepperally - Denver really is amazing! I love that I can be near the city and the mountains. I wish I could afford to live in Denver but that's a little out of my price range. Living just outside the city is still really nice though.

Moiramab

1) I love love LOVE the place I am now, a suburb of DFW Texas. I was here as an undergraduate and didn't really "experience" it, but came back for grad school, got my kick ass job on campus, and a second chance to really appreciate it, and it would be hard for me to want to leave any time soon.

2) That said, I have alternatives just in case haha. I really think I'd like Minnesota, and desperately wanted to go to school up there, but after this hellish long winter we're having in North Texas, I'm not so sure I'd survive. BF wants to move to SC in the next year, I don't think I'd hate it, but I'm more Charleston and he's more myrtle beach. I also think he has our retirement planned out in Orlando after our vacation to Disney!

3) Sorta kinda. Up till middle school, we lived on Long Island (my extended family is still up there). We moved when I was 12, and I graduated high school in a different 'burb of the metroplex, about an hour from where I am now, so....yes?

Pepperally

@bethsmiles - I wouldn't want to live in the city itself anyway, just be able to get there within an hour or so.  I loved the Colorado Springs area and Boulder.  My aunt lives in Aurora area, so does a cousin on my dad's side, then a friend from high school just moved to Highlands Ranch.  I have another cousin who lives near Boulder.  I have not been out there in about 15 years, sadly.  I used to fly for free so I went every year.

bethsmiles

@Pepperally - Boulder is beautiful and a fun quirky town. I definitely can't afford to live there though! I also love Golden. I haven't spent a ton of time in Colorado Springs but BF and I used to camp down there a lot, before the fires now a lot of it is just burned.

BreMR

@moiramab please see my post about Minnesota  Really though, it's lovely here in the spring (when we get it) and the summer and fall (when we get it and it doesn't immediately go from summer to winter).

Moiramab

@breMR those are all the reasons why I loved it! Haha I was visiting schools in the fall and just completely adored the cities and sceneries (and the food! The fries!). I know now it wasn't the whole experience, and weather has definitely changed in the past...er....almost ten years, crazy as it is.

BreMR

@Moiramab I'm a total fall junkie when it comes... I'm the epitome of all of those girl jokes about fall, the pumpkin spice lattes, the cute boots, sweaters, scarves, the days at the pumpkin patch and the apple orchard... fall is definitely done right around here... I just wish the winters weren't 180 days long.

Pepperally

@BreMR - ditto!  If I could find a place that does fall right like where I'm at now and heck, maybe lasts even longer, because, fall is my favorite, but then maybe a month of actual winter, then right to spring, I would be in heaven.  Not sure that place exists, though?

BreMR

@pepperally if you find it let me know.. I just need snow for Christmas.. then I'm set

KeptInStitches

1) Do you like where you currently live (city/town/region)?  Why/why not? I really like where I currently live (Northern Plains). It's quiet and relatively rural.

2) Where would you like to live if you don't really like where you're at now? I guess if I had to live somewhere else I'd live in the Pacific Northwest.

3) Do you live where you are originally from/grew up? Yes.

FoxandBunny

1) Do you like where you currently live (city/town/region)?  Why/why not?

I live in Alabama. I actually really like it here. I live in a suburb of a large city though, which is quite different from living in rural Alabama. Many people seem ignorant to how cultured and modern the south actually is and deem it to be some wasteland of racism or whatnot. The weather is awesome (though unpredictable) and the rolling hills are beautiful. It's a wonderful place to live and I'd suggest it to everyone.

2) Where would you like to live if you don't really like where you're at now?

I'm not sure about this one. I want to live lots of places. BF wants to relocate west, so that probably means northern California, but I would prefer to stay on the east coast or the south. Texas or the Carolinas would be cool, but I would be fine with staying in Alabama. I would love to visit the western states (Colorado, Utah, Washington, ect.) and I may like those better, but currently I really love the south as it's what I'm comfortable with, especially since I don't like cold winters.

3) Do you live where you are originally from/grew up?

I spent about half my childhood in New Orleans and then moved to my current area of Alabama in my late elementary school years. I haven't been back to New Orleans since and would love to go. I'm really glad my family moved when it did though and that I grew up in Alabama.

kel1087

1) Do you like where you currently live (city/town/region)?  Why/why not?

I love where I live. The nearest town is two miles east of here and even then it's not really a town. I think there's maybe 30 people that live there tops. We rarely get bothered out here. Have to love BFE, IL!

2) Where would you like to live if you don't really like where you're at now?

If I had to move and money were not an option, I'd go back to southwest TN.

3) Do you live where you are originally from/grew up?

Not really, no. I grew up about 20 miles west of here. Well, for 14 years I was there, the other 4, I was 13 miles north of here.

Dignity100

1) Do you like where you currently live (city/town/region)?  Why/why not?

I live in Cleveland, Ohio (not downtown, I live somewhat close to the airport for those that have flown into CLE).  I am not a big fan.  There are things that I like about it (park system, close to a lot of things <playhouse square, sports stuff, etc>) but I'd rather have a little land and not feel like I'm on top of my neighbors.   

2) Where would you like to live if you don't really like where you're at now?

I'd like to move more in a country area.  FI and I are starting to look.  Dream would be to get a house on around 2 acres between his family, mine and also between our jobs.

3) Do you live where you are originally from/grew up?

I live probably 45 minutes from where I grew up.  I grew up on around 5 acres with plenty of room to run around.

Moiramab

@FoxandBunny I like what you say about Alabama and the Gulf states. Rural areas are different, but when I was growing up, my family would drive everywhere for vacations, and my parents loved taking I10 to see all of the houses that were still there 100+ years later

buddysmom80

1) Do you like where you currently live (city/town/region)?  Why/why not? I do like where I live. It was one of the top three towns I wanted to buy a house in. The taxes are good, the school system is great, and the politics aren't crazy.

2) Where would you like to live if you don't really like where you're at now? Probably my hometown, I miss being a walk away from the beach.

3) Do you live where you are originally from/grew up? About 15-20 minutes away

[Deleted User]

1) Do you like where you currently live (city/town/region)?  Why/why not?

Yes! I love where we live because it's basically in the country and it is beautiful! I love living in the middle of no where but I can still get to any store I want within 30 minutes. 

2) Where would you like to live if you don't really like where you're at now?

If I didn't like where we lived I would want to move to SC, H has family there and a farm. It's not too different from GA and I love Charleston and Hilton Head.

3) Do you live where you are originally from/grew up?

Nope! I grew up in a military family so I was born in Heidelberg, Germany and moved all around the U.S. until 1998 (I think) was when we moved to Augusta, GA then a could years after that Atlanta.

ShallowSeas

1) Do you like where you currently live (city/town/region)?  Why/why not?
I'm not crazy about Indiana but I love living in Indianapolis. Its a great city with so much to do.

2) Where would you like to live if you don't really like where you're at now?
I would love to live on the East coast. FI wants to, also, so we may end up moving that way eventually.

3) Do you live where you are originally from/grew up?
I live about an hour south west of where I grew up. I grew up way in the middle of nowhere surrounded by cornfields and country roads, so Indy was a huge change and adjustment for me.

Hummingbird125

1) Do you like where you currently live (city/town/region)?  Why/why not?

I love the neighborhood I currently live in. People are friendly and there are always street fairs and community events going on. 

2) Where would you like to live if you don't really like where you're at now?

Someplace a little warmer - VA maybe?

3) Do you live where you are originally from/grew up?

Nope, grew up on Long Island, now I live just north of the city.

Blue & White

@houndpuppy1 I lived on the peninsula until we moved to Florida and the crime (and school systems) was something that made our decision to move so much easier. We currently live in the "not great" part of our county and I swear there's less crime than the "great" parts of HR. Oh and the jellyfish! They killed us while windsurfing lol

Swazzle

1) Do you like where you currently live (city/town/region)?  Why/why not?

I live in Jersey City and I love it. It's really convenient for pretty much everything. My commute to work is a 3 block walk and a 7 minute train ride. I can be in NYC in 10 minutes. It takes us 20 minutes to drive to Devils games. We're around the corner from the entrance to the turnpike. And for long-distance traveling, we're 15 minutes from a major airport as well as a cruise port. 

2) Where would you like to live if you don't really like where you're at now?

I think we're going to be staying here but if we decide to move, it would be about 30 minutes south of here where we would be able to get a single-family home with a big yard, driveway, and garage. Most likely we wouldn't be able to find all of that in a house here. 

3) Do you live where you are originally from/grew up?

Nope. I lived in Philly until I was 10, Delaware until I was 18, NYC for college, and I've lived in Jersey City since I graduated in 2007. 

[Deleted User]

1) Do you like where you currently live (city/town/region)?  Why/why not?
I do like where I live (central OK).  I don't like the weather (we are the tornado center of the world!  we have blizzards, crippling ice storms, droughts, 110+ degree weather, flooding, even tropical storms).  however, the people and the lifestyle sell it for me.  H loves it, too.  there really is no place like where I'm from.

2) Where would you like to live if you don't really like where you're at now?
I don't think we ever plan to move from the area we're at now.  we might move out a little further away from the city, but that's many years down the road.  

3) Do you live where you are originally from/grew up?
I live about 30 minutes from my first childhood home, and about 7 minutes from my second (longer) childhood home.

Blue & White

Oh yea...

I grew up in Bergen county,NJ. Moved to Florida after 7th grade. I loved NJ and wasn't keen on FL.

Went away for school and a job. Now we are on the east coast of FL and I think I like it here. My jersey roots run deep though