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Lashra -> RE: Where you live (2/7/2008 6:55:32 PM)

In the city that I live in there are about 600,000+ people. I used to live on the outskirts of DC and I hate living in the city and as soon as I can I am buying some acreage in WV and moving. I want to go where there are not a lot of people, where its quiet and where I can see some trees and have a garden. Plus Im building my own dungeon in my house so no worries about where to go to play.[:D]

~Lashra



sweetnurseBBW -> RE: Where you live (2/7/2008 6:55:48 PM)

I live 15 miles from a grocery store and the town limits of where I live have one stop light that is a flashing one. No I wouldn't like to live anywhere bigger. I like being secluded from society. [:D]



TracyTaken -> RE: Where you live (2/7/2008 7:28:19 PM)

I've lived in smaller towns, and this place was much smaller when we moved here 15 years ago.

It is by no means a metropolis, but I think it will get there.

I like where I am.  mountains, desert, valleys full of orchards and vineyards all within a short drive.  I know it won't last (big city stuff is happening and happening fast), but for now, it works for me.





Gwynvyd -> RE: Where you live (2/7/2008 7:51:19 PM)

I now live in the Tampa-St.Pete-Clearwater FL. area... So I guess that makes it 2.7 million folks scurring about. Drive any where and you realize that quickly. Lots to do.. decent jobs.. nice resturants... tons of shopping.

Centraly located.. and 2 hours to Disney.   Oh.. and it was in the High 70's today...

Can't complain.

Gwyn



fluffyswitch -> RE: Where you live (2/7/2008 7:53:33 PM)

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Reading philosophy's Miles From Nowhere thread got me to thinking: how big is the town/city where you live? Do you wish you lived someplace smaller, or larger? Why?


i went from exceptionally small and rural to relatively small and suburban to relatively large and suburban/urban (buffalo is essentially one big exburb). i liked small and suburban the best. i felt most comfortable there but i think it might have been that it was a college town more than it was its size, buffalo bothers me in that it tends to promote itself as liberal but runs on the conservative side (which just isn't my particular cup of tea).



DesertRat -> RE: Where you live (2/7/2008 8:24:13 PM)

My town has a population of about 30,000. It's just perfect for me. I can get the things I need and, since I live out of town, can see the Milky Way and shooting stars almost every night. It's quiet, too. I wish it was in a different country, though.

Bob



luckydog1 -> RE: Where you live (2/7/2008 8:24:40 PM)

Anchorage is a nice size 275,000 people, and its the largest city in a 2000 mile radius.  I live in the heart of the city, with lots of shops and clubs in walking distance, as well as acess to hundreds ofmiles of ski/bike trials.  We get a lot of the amenities of big city living.  Coming from the East coast it is funny to  hear people upset that they waited for 5 minutes in traffic.  The local Joke is that Anchorage is just 20 minutes away from Alaska, and there is a plethora of out door activites with in an hour drive of my home.  Moose come right into the heart of down town, and wolves have started killing pets on the edges of the city.  Love it here!



Vendaval -> RE: Where you live (2/7/2008 8:57:06 PM)

I live in a small college town in a rural county.  We are surrounded by extinct volcanoes that are now lovely mountains and the Pacific Ocean is a 15-20 minute drive West. 
 
I enjoy driving to the San Francisco Bay Area or the Greater Los Angeles
Metro Area for a weekend of dungeons, munches, parties, shows and shopping.
 
But I like my daily life to be calm and low stress; without traffic jams, smog, and police helicopters buzzing overhead.



MistressHolly71 -> RE: Where you live (2/7/2008 9:08:42 PM)

I'm in a small town in a rural county full of farms & rolling hills on the Chesapeake Bay.



Aileen1968 -> RE: Where you live (2/7/2008 9:17:36 PM)

I live in a small, rural town in NJ.  I get my small town fix along with big city fix since I'm only an hour outside of NYC.  Best of both worlds.



Owner59 -> RE: Where you live (2/7/2008 10:02:56 PM)

Yeah, Jersey rocks. The city plus the woods nearby.I grew up on the Jersey shore.Nothing better.

I think we all can say we`re blessed,here in the US.



BOUNTYHUNTER -> RE: Where you live (2/7/2008 10:06:04 PM)

I retired back to the mountains the old home place but spent too many years living and working in NYC...



ownedgirlie -> RE: Where you live (2/7/2008 10:22:58 PM)

I grew up in a suburb about 45 min south of San Francisco.  It used to be nothing but orchards around there.  I moved to the Sierra Foothills about 9 years ago.  Loved it up there.  Small, quiet, cold in the winter, hot in the summer, and a small town community.  Now I live closer to Sacramento, and there is nothing impressive to me about Sacramento.  I'll be moving back to the SF Bay Area in the next few months.

I can pretty much live anywhere.  I've been to New York City 3 times in the last 2 years and would love to experience life there for awhile.  I did a road trip last fall of the New England states and the East coast and the South, and found something enjoyable everywhere I went. 

My biggest priority now is being closer to Mr. Wonderful.



Owner59 -> RE: Where you live (2/7/2008 10:36:39 PM)

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I retired back to the mountains the old home place but spent too many years living and working in NYC...


I hear ya.

A few of my customers have flats in NYC and weekend places in the mountains.

Which has got to be great.The high burn of Manhattan and cool summer nights in the Catskills.



SubbieOnWheels -> RE: Where you live (2/7/2008 11:33:22 PM)

I live in "unincorporated" LA County, a no-mans-land between several cities. in this area it's hard to tell where one city ends and another begins. I like the city nearet us - the one on my mailing address; it was founded by Quakers and still has a small-town feel, especially uptown.

This area has much to offer in the way of culture - theaters, museums, and concert venues. And there are numerous medical facilities that specialize in almost every aspect of medicine.



MissMorrigan -> RE: Where you live (2/8/2008 12:36:36 AM)

I live here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brighton 

And just around the corner from where the annual Pride events are held:

http://www.brightonpride.org/ 

Any Brits/Americans coming to this year's?

I am exactly where I want to be, for better, for worse. In the near future Reality and I (Not RealityLicks and I lol) will get a larger property,although this will still be within the same town. Attitudes here are very liberal regarding 'alternative' sexualities/lifestyles. Politically speaking, it's also where conferences are held and the infamous bombing (IRA) of the Conservative party conference that was held at the Grand Hotel occurred.



SubinMaine -> RE: Where you live (2/8/2008 1:29:06 AM)

Our town has 2000 year round residents.  It's great in the off season (spring) but due to the geographic location, summer, fall and winter are considered "tourist" seasons...and the population has been estimated to swell to about 30,000.

We adore it here, but it's hard to make a living...even with the tourist industry, pay scales are very VERY low.  We certainly don't want to move, but financially we've found that we're going to have to move to a more populated area....which I hate the idea of.  I was raised in a TINY town in TN, just east of Memphis and then moved to an enormous suburb of Boston so I was very happy to get back to the "small town" living.



MissMorrigan -> RE: Where you live (2/8/2008 1:40:04 AM)

The outrageous thing about seaside towns is that b/c much of the work is seasonal, wages are therefore far below the national average while the standard of living (property prices, utilities, etc...) isn't, which means that most homes are two-income or people having retired here. The job market, at present, is in a recession. Government-related jobs are down 74% and for each position sought after there are over 100 people also applying, and this IS a city.
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SubinMaine -> RE: Where you live (2/8/2008 1:46:08 AM)

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ORIGINAL: MissMorrigan

The outrageous thing about seaside towns is that b/c much of the work is seasonal, wages are therefore far below the national average while the standard of living (property prices, utilities, etc...) isn't, which means that most homes are two-income or people having retired here. The job market, at present, is in a recession. Government-related jobs are down 74% and for each position sought after there are over 100 people also applying, and this IS a city.



You're 100% correct.

We're in a  "mountain" town but the economy is just the same.  But by moving towards a city, at tleast there's a SHOT at a job.  Even if it's 100 to 1 [;)]  Where we are now, there's no chance at a liveable income.  Take into account that it costs about $150 per week for the gas to GET to the city and work, it effectively brings the city wage "down" to an unliveable *sigh*



MissMorrigan -> RE: Where you live (2/8/2008 1:56:24 AM)

What I find bizarre is that I moved from Sussex (seaside town) fifteen years ago and the average hourly fee for work was between £6.50 and £7.00. Now, fifteen years later, companies are still offering between £6.50 and £7.00 p/h for the same jobs. In London, I was earning 23k per annum, yet in Sussex (with the standard of living HIGHER than in London) the average is between 12k - 17k.



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