Tell me about your city and why you live there

[Liza]

Of course (snotty Liza speaking here), I live in the finest city of all, San Diego, CA but I would love to hear why you live where you live and what life there is like.

I moved from Europe in 2000. I went to university in Texas (full scholarship, that’s why). It was so neat to live there – well, most of the time, that is. One day, one of the international students (a male) came storming up into my apartment saying his roommate shot a cayote and had it in the fridge. Things like that, we were not used to in good ole Europe. All those deer heads on the walls… nah, not my cup of tea either. I had no idea cowboys really existed and the amount of alcohol consumed by college students truly shocked me. In Europe, we do this type of thing when we are in high school. Anyway, I had a great time there! My husband used to be in the military, so he got moved to Los Angeles where we lived in Marina del Rey, a small town right by the beach. Though we lived directly in the marina, three minutes walking distance from the beach – I was unhappy there. People were so stuck up there (wealthy people), life in general is more dangerous in LA, I didn’t have a work permit yet, I was stuck at home. Then September 11 happened – and that just about did it. We had just gotten married, barely two months, and because of my husband’s rank, we were not allowed in public places. Awful time. After moving back and forth from Europe to the US (for a year or so), we finally settled in San Diego where my husband was actually born. My in-laws, whom I love dearly, live 15 minutes by car down the street from our place.  It is always lovely here! Mild weather all year around, no winter, never too hot or too cold, no mosquitos, no rain but boy, do we pay for sunshine! My husband’s entire paycheck goes into the house! Incredible how expensive life is over here. I actually miss rain now. I would have never believed I could say that. I grew up with constant drizzle for most of the year and freezing cold winters! Here in San Diego, within 2 hours, you can go skiing or relaxing on a sunny beach. We have all possible international stores here, it is GREAT to be a non-animal eater, so many other options! In Texas, I lost a ton of weight (which I didn’t have to begin with) because my main staple was French fries, tortillas, tortilla chips and Dr. Pepper which at some point gave me intestinal issues, but that’s not to be discussed here… haha!

Anyway, where do you live, tell me about your city and why do you enjoy living there?

Cities I would loooove to go visit: Charleston, Providence and Seattle.

[bigsis7]

Wow ok where to start um…….Right now I live in Fairfax County, Virginia and have been here 3 years. So I guess I’ll start at my first house and work up to that:

My mom and dad are from Alberta, Canada (high 5 kk!!) and I was born in Idaho. We lived there 5 years and moved to Montana. Lived there 5-6 years and moved to oklahoma for 6 monthes for my dads military training and came back to Montana for 1 or 2 years. Then for my dads job we moved to Virginia and have been here 3 years. I love it here, but all my moms family and my dad’s mom and brother live in Alberta, Canada! I have been to 28-29 states, Mexico (went there when we were in Oklahoma. We stayed on a little island for Christmas and it was 80+ degrees there!), and Canada. My goal is all 50 states before I die and for bonus all the continents! Hehe!!

Now about here in Virginia I hate summers here, but winters are awesome so if there is a snow storm the shut the schools down. In Montana it could be -19 degrees with 2 feet of snow and we still had to go to school!

[bunnytowne]

I live in central florida actually on a barrier island on the east coast.  we get the tradewinds here. I liked it mainland a lot more cause when it rained we actually got rain there. the place here we hardly ever get a decent rain. and I can walk to the beach I used to body board but since back surgery well…. not quite the same. and I have the river west of me a very short walk to it. we fish there a lot. however I am getting tired of florida. it is sooooo hot. humid agh. I lived in fla since 1987 so I have had about enuf. I don’t know where I would want to move to tho. I don’t like mountains if Ihave to ride my bike or walk is hard on my back. don’t care for lots of snow. I used to live in calif. anaheim actually and yes san diego is real nice. weather is great. I moved out there in 1981 and got married in san diego. we split 5 abusive years later. and don’t you hate the fact that abusive men can really misquote the bible. anyway thats how I ended up in fla   to get away from him ahaha. from west coast to east coast yep that did it. I grew up in louisiana not as humid as here and actually has changes of seasons. my Mom wants me to move back there but well I am married and I don’t know louisiana is well I guess uneducated.  I mean like lots of people never been out of the state and experienced international diversity. so they seem stuck in time ahaha. so…. and yes texas ahaa I know what you mean ms. san diego. I wouldn’t mind living in texas due to lots of muslims in dallas good mosque there. anyway.  here in florida the winters are usually mild.  Oh I miss those thunderstorms we would get in louisiana ohhhh I luved them. one day I will go back just not ready yet. hopefully b4 my Mom passes away she still lives there. I find there is a lot of prejudice there tho. that is why I am reluctant to move back there. tho my mom tells me she sees muslims there in her city which is good I know baton rouge had a good mosque there too. south caroline would be nice. virginia too. I just don’t like mountains when it ices up and lots of sliding cars scares me about accidents with my back. I have never been there so perhaps I am miscoloring the place as regards ice and accidents. my husbands relatives live an hour 1/2 from us so for now we are staying put.he likes it here.

[Beka27]

i live 15 minutes west of Cleveland Ohio, in the ‘burbs. currently we rent a house from my grandparents. they own three houses all on the same property, so they are our neighbors. the funny thing is that my parents lived in the house right next door to me when they were first married and i lived there until i was about 6 months old. then we moved five minutes away and i lived there until i got married at 19. talk about never leaving a place! i did live in Cleveland when we first got married for a couple years before we moved back here.

i like Cleveland. it’s kind of isolating tho b/c there is basically nothing but farms to the east, west, and south of us. there’s Lake Erie to the north. to get anywhere else you have to drive quite awhile. we have the Rock and Roll HOF, which is not that big of a deal. some good music venues… shopping. BASEBALL!!! i’d like to visit more places… but i’m not sure i’d want to live anywhere else. our families are all here…

[(dig)x(me)x(now)]

I live in San Diego too (Chula Vista). I was born in Orange, CA, but grew up in Texas, around the Dallas area. I lived in Texas until my last two years of high school, which is when I moved out here with my parents and brother. My parents grew up here and all my family is here in San Diego, so it seemed natural for them to want to come back out here. I’m 21 now and a full-time junior at SDSU, still living at home while I can get away with it!

[Liza]

GET OUT OF HERE!!! You are in Chula Vista??? Are you serious??? I am in Clairemont! My husband works at SDSU!!! HAHA! Neat! We are just a little older than you are though… (I wish!)

NEAT!!!

[(dig)x(me)x(now)]

Haha, well you can love a bunny at any age! And it’s definitely hard to live in SD when you’re young, that’s why I’m still clinging to my parents!

[kimberleyanddarren]

I live in stupid old england and i HATE it. everyone is really ignorant, everyone hate everyone else, its dangerous, there are loads of muggings and stabbings and rapes going on no-one is really a pet lover except the odd few people that you might meet, there are no good pet stores and you have to travel hours to get the most basic things (for you guys anyway such as carefresh). My whole family is from ireland and i love it there, its full of countryside and everyone is friendly, the biggest thing they have to worry about is someone who broke into someone elses house and took a portable tv, now everyone is saying ‘ohh we are going to have to start locking our doors at night’ i said we wouldnt go out here without looking every window every door hiding every key looking the fence putting alarm on everything! The people in ireland are really friendly and strangers just ask you how u are and everything for no reason, just to be nice! i am going there in 2 weeks and i cant wait i LOVE it there. Sometime down the road though i would love to move to somewhere in america, i think montana as i have heard nice things about there. Dont know how i would even go about getting a visa though lol

[JK]

I live in Mill Valley, CA which is about 10 miles north of San Francisco.  I love it here but it is way too expensive!!  Hey you San Diegans – my son goes to UC San Diego! I adore San Diego! I have lived here since 1994.  It’s great because we live 1/2 mile from the town which is very charming and fun to walk to.  I live walking distance from everything.  Mill Valley is home to the famous Sweetwater saloon where famous musicians perform.  We are at the base of Mt Tam, home to the famous Dipsea race which my husband has run for the last 20+ years. Also, Save A Bunny is here in Mill Valley.

[Sarita]

I live in Dallas, Texas – it’s hot here in the summer. I’ve lived here all my life, I like it okay – I have friends here and family. Work for a family owned business right now so it would be hard to leave – maybe one day I’d like to move somewhere else when I retire.

I think people here are the same as everywhere. We have the good, the bad, and the ugly. I just stick with those people who think like me and I’m happy.

I’d love to live in the San Francisco area but I don’t think I can afford it.

[Aina067]

Posted By kimberleyanddarren on 06/12/2008 1:50 AM
I live in stupid old england and i HATE it. everyone is really ignorant, everyone hate everyone else, its dangerous, there are loads of muggings and stabbings and rapes going on no-one is really a pet lover except the odd few people that you might meet, there are no good pet stores and you have to travel hours to get the most basic things (for you guys anyway such as carefresh). My whole family is from ireland and i love it there, its full of countryside and everyone is friendly, the biggest thing they have to worry about is someone who broke into someone elses house and took a portable tv, now everyone is saying ‘ohh we are going to have to start locking our doors at night’ i said we wouldnt go out here without looking every window every door hiding every key looking the fence putting alarm on everything! The people in ireland are really friendly and strangers just ask you how u are and everything for no reason, just to be nice! i am going there in 2 weeks and i cant wait i LOVE it there. Sometime down the road though i would love to move to somewhere in america, i think montana as i have heard nice things about there. Dont know how i would even go about getting a visa though lol

hey kimberley!!

if you are SERIOUS about moving to America, the US gives away 500.000 visas/green cards each year!! Its the “green card lottery”, its fairly easy to come into this country e.g. with a student visa, also. you can always easily find a job over here, too

But I don’t know if the US is any better than the UK??? why Montana??? there’s NOTHING there, kimberley…lol

 

[Sarita]

There is a visa lottery, but I looked at this year’s lottery and the UK (except N. Ireland) was not eligible.

[babybunsmum]

i live in waterloo, ontario… less than an hours drive from toronto.  i was born & raised here, went to college here, and have never lived in any other city!  i love living here.  aside from having my mom & sister and some great friends close by, this city has 2 universities and one college and is a prominent area for business & technology so there’s always something interesting going on.  plus, here in southern ontario we get the best of all four seasons of weather… scorching hot summers, brilliant falls, snowy winters and blooming springs. 

beka, i rent from my grandparents too!  i live in the same semi-detached home that my parents owned when i was born.  when i was 5 they moved to a bigger bungalow and my grandparents bought this place & have rented it out ever since.  so in my whole life i have moved 3 times… once from this house to grangewood drive with my family, then to lexington ave with my family, and then back here to the start!  all in the same city.

[Beka27]

that’s so funny! i’ve never lived further than about 15 minutes away!

[Bunstheboss]

Liza, where were you born in Europe?

Ok, here’s my quite different story. I was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, South America. I have always lived in the city. Buenos Aires is a very big city and I was raised there. Actually, I lived there until I got married 15 years ago. Then I moved to the suburbs. Now I live in a rural area, 60 kms. away from the city. I also ‘lived’ in Plano, Dallas for 3 months, because my husband was tranferred there, and I also spent some time in London, because I won a scholarship to study Literature at The Globe Theatre (which was one of the greatest experiences in my life, I am a biiiiiiiigg London fun+I am an English Literature teacher).

I absolutely looooove the place where I live now. It’s called Pilar. Lots of nature, lots of animals, amazing landscapes, the works! I am very sportive and I love being in touch with nature. I love all the seasons, both cool, cold, warm and hot weather. We are in autumn right now and the trees are getting orange, awsome!! Winter is starting soon, and it can get really cold here. Last year it even snowed, which is not that common. There’s nothing like reading by the fire, surrounded by my four legged creatures. The two legged one is fun to be around too LOL!! Here, I get to witness all the changes and the myriad of colours each sesaon offers. I also work here, both as a Dog Trainer and Head of a School nearby.

I guess that’s it! I’ll try to post some pictures soon.

 

[GHbun]

I grew up in central Indiana, where I met my husband in college. He’s an evangelist, so we move around some to work with different congregations. We were in central Michigan (lower peninsula) for ten years, then in southwest Mich for a year. We were in western Oregon for 9 years, now back to Grand Haven, Michigan. With my husband’s speaking schedule, we’ve been all over the US for days/weeks at a time.

The central valleys of western Oregon have weather a lot like Seattle. We had 5 months of really dry weather (couldn’t mow the grass – weeds really – ’cause you’d set your lawn on fire. Seriously.) No clouds, no storms, no humidity, no mosquitoes. Lots of canyon fires. Then the winter was gray and drizzly for the other 7 months. Since we were in a valley, the winters never got cold, and it rarely snowed. We didn’t live in western Oregon, but drove through it a lot. It’s high desert plateau with sage brush and scorpions. Beautiful in a wild and desolate way. We never drove through it without food, water, blankets, and a CB radio.

Central Michigan has long, brutal winters, but here on the lakeshore (look at a map of Lake Michigan, we’re right where the lake is widest), the winters are slightly milder. We’re a mile from the beach in a small tourist town. It’s like living on the main street of Disneyland: sidewalk bistro dining, art galleries, concerts in the park, street fairs, and a 5 mile long boardwalk from downtown to the lighthouse. Michigan has four distinct seasons, which I really missed in Oregon, and I think Grand Haven is one of the prettiest places in the country. I like freshwater beaches better than saltwater – cleaner, better smell. (Although, it was cool to walk the Oregon beaches at low tide for seastars and anemones.) But the beach here has white sand and is clean and very family-friendly.

(I’m currently without rabbits – both my ancient buns died last year and we’re not yet ready to jump in again. But we still have a hamster and guinea pig, and were fostering two hedgehogs for the middle school science teacher for the summer. We think the female is pregnant! Anyone out there have any advice about hedgies?)

Anyway, Michigan has a great climate. We like it here.

[Beka27]

Lion LOp has hedgehogs… i know nothiNg ABout them. must be interesting!

[Hannah]

First East Coaster to post! Mua ha ha!
So, as a college student I technically live in two diferent places during the yea,r but here goes:

I grew up in Kingston, MA (right next door to Plymouth), which was okay except the school systems there were really awful and the teachers really didn’t know what to do with me. Right before middle school started (the summer I was going to turn 11), my mom and I moved to Marshfield, MA, which is only about a 15 minute drive from Kingston. It’s the town my mom grew up in, and we live like four houses down from my grandparents, which is really nice. We actually moved because my mom didn’t want me to go to the Kingston middle school (it was actually regional, I.E., a few towns, and therefore HUGE, and also had an awful, awful reputation– like, 6th graders giving, um, shall we say, certain oral sexual favors on the bus awful), whereas the Marshfield middle school and high school were known for their high academic standards.

Anyway, Marshfield is a pretty small suburb (I.E., we have to drive to either Kingston or Hanover, both about 15 minute drives, for a mall or a pet store, but that’s no big deal), but half of Aerosmith lives here and um, I think the first overseas telegraph was sent from here or something like that. We’re also the hometown of Daniel Webster. We’re right on the coast, so we’re sort of a fishing town, but during the summer the population like, practically doubles because so many people have beach houses here. Lots of Florida plates during the summer! The weather is typical New England– freezing cold, terrible snowy winters that last like more than half the year, barely any spring or fall, and then really, really hot summers where no one has AC because you don’t need it 70% of the year. I really like the hot weather, but I’m sort of tied down to the land, I guess, so I wouldn’t want to move south. I need things a bit more fast paced than that!

I go to college about 45 minutes away, at Brandeis University in Waltham, MA. (I’m going to be a junior this upcoming year.) Waltham could I guess be reffered to as a “bourough” of Boston (if that’s how we orgnaized our city, that is). It’s technically like 5 miles away, but due to the absolutely terrible roads in MA, it’s actually like a 25-45 minute drive, depending on the traffic. So Waltham is more city-like than Marshfield, and also much bigger, but it’s also not a city-proper, so there’s still lots of like, greenery and wildlife and stuff. I live on campus, but I’m an only child and it’s just my mom and I, so I go home more often than your average college student. (It helps that one of my best friends from high school came to Brandeis as a freshman this past year, and he goes home too– so we can um, party in the ‘burbs when were both home.) Waltham is much more inland than Marshfield, so it tends to be a few degrees warmer and get a bit more snow, but the difference is pretty minimal.

If I were ever to move somewhere else (unlikely, I consider myself sorta stuck here. I like Massachusetts,) it would probably be somewhere in a different country, and probably to a city. Montreal, London, Paris, um, if I could speak enough Japanese maybe Tokyo (but I’d probably die if I went there– No, no, I didn’t ask for poisonous mushrooms! I asked for soup! SOUP!)

[Kokaneeandkahlua]

I was born in Waltham, MA as my parents were there for work. They are both originally from Winnipeg MB but I’ve never lived there. From MA we moved alot (I think 11 times by the time I was five years old) but mostly around Edmonton Ab and Calgary Ab;

When I was five we moved to Sarnia Ontario where I pretty much grew up (well actually a suburb-Bright’s Grove). It was great, hot summers with a great lake two minutes from our house.

When I was sixteen we moved here to Edmonton, Ab. Can’t say I like it at all. When I was that age I was glad to move to a bigger city for more action and people, but I have to say I’m sick of it now. The winters are cold and although it can get quite hot here (Figure-our winters get to forty below and our yearly average temperature is zero -celcius) it’s usually quite cool and rainy and not nice at all. Fall’s and spring are quick transitions to and from the long winter. Not much to do around here either.

I’m likely moving to Saskatoon, Saskatchewan next year for school-pretty much the same climate, add lots of bugs; Not impressed but looks like the only good option.

When I’m finished education and all that I’d like to live somewhere like Australia (although only one province allows rabbits as far as my research has told me) or Texas or some southern state. I absolutely abhor cold weather and I’d like to be done with it for good!! My parents travel the southern states frequently and adore them -the people the weather everything. I can’t wait!!

[Sage Cat]

K&D – people in the US are told the England is very safe because no one has guns there. Interesting to hear you see it as “loads of muggings and stabbings and rapes”.

I have lived all over the USA, but am mostly from Texas. My family lives in San Antonio. I also went to University of Texas – Austin is quite a party town.

Colorado – I love Colorado!
I have been in the Denver area for about 10 years. Denver is small enough that you can be any where in less than 30 minutes, but big enough that I can find everything I might want – food, music, hiking, art, hip shops, etc.
I live in an old house -1920’s – in one of the older neighborhoods in West Denver. I can walk to the grocery & several favorite restaurants & shops. There are also several large parks with lakes with in walking distance – where I run!
The weather is perfect – for me – incredible flowers in the spring, just enough rain to keep it from getting to hot in the summer, lovely golden Aspens in the fall, cold & snowy in the winter!

I love the outdoors – hiking, running, canoing, cross country skiing – there is just something about living in the healthiest Stated in the US that makes you want to get out there!

However, I really want to move to Western Colorado – further into the mountains. Live on a small ranch at the end of a dirt road, have a workshop & loads of animals.
You know, someplace like this:

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[kimberleyanddarren]

sage_cat – england is very much far from safe, i know the press makes it out like its ok to live here and really not many people get shot because guns are illegal full stop here, you cant get permits or whatever except in special cases but stabbings are very common, i dont think the week goes by without at least one or two people being stabbed and although thats less than the US think of how small the UK is in comparison and the difference in population

I dont know why montana i just heard it as a nice place, pictures always seem nice and it seems pretty low key and i prefer that, nice and quite feel i guess cuz i spend so much time in ireland there is nothing there but the odd shop here are there so im used to it and i prefer it than here.

[COOKIE'N FLUFF MOMMA]

I live in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. The best thing about living here is that its soo cheap. But there isnt alot of things to do here. If you want to be discovered you have to go on american idol i guess.  The land here is really beautiful though and the people are usually friendly, unless they are drunken hilbilies  lol. We have a neat heritage here and lots of indian casinos if you like to gamble. I think the only thing people know about oklahoma city is when the murah building bombing happended. Not as bad as 9/11 but it was close. It’s a good place to raise a family here and have a farm with lots of rescued bunnies! hehe

[(dig)x(me)x(now)]

Bunnycraze – small world. I grew up in Plano.

[ScooterandAnnette]

Annette here:
I grew in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Canada) and lived there until moving to Edmonton in 2005.  Now we’re packing up to move to Winnipeg next week!

Edmonton is… okay.  There are a lot of things I don’t care for about it.  It might be super easy to find a job here now, but the flip side to that is that lots of places are understaffed because they can’t get enough workers so service tends to be slow, or just plain bad.  I don’t understand why they allow parking on both sides of the street when the streets aren’t wide enough to accommodate that and have traffic proceed down the street.  For being a winter city it sure doesn’t seem to understand how to handle snow effectively – the area that we’re in the residential streets never get plowed.  There’s no provincial tax in Alberta, but oddly enough things seem to cost more than in Manitoba.  It’s more expensive to live here, housing and rental costs are high, and the baseball team and ballpark suck, lol.

As I mentioned we’re moving to Winnipeg next week.  The house we bought there would be about twice the price here in Edmonton.  Having lived in Winnipeg most of my life I’m very familiar with it.  Great people, great variety of things to do (really nice symphony orchestra there), the baseball park is fantastic, the humane society there is awesome.  It’s a big enough city to have almost all of the amenities that you’d want, but small enough to still feel cosy.  And it’s got a lot of greenspace.

We’re here in Edmonton because of Scooter’s job, and we’re moving to Winnipeg because of his new job lol.

Here’s a few pictures of Winnipeg:

Downtown Winnipeg

 

More downtown Winnipeg, looking at the legislative building.

[Princess*Smudge]

Another Canadian here! I’m in Calgary, Alberta, Canada right now. Living with at home with my mom and 2 siblings while getting through school. I really don’t like the city anymore. Traffic is terrible, the university is on the opposite side of the city from me and there is no way I can afford to live on my own with the way prices are here unless I had about 5 roomates but only 3 rooms haha.

I was born in a small place outside of Vancouver BC, from there my family moved to Lethbridge, Alberta where my sister was born. This is where the majority of my family still lives so it’s always been like a second home to me. Then we moved to Calgary where little bro was born and after that to a small town called Okotoks about 30 mins away. Then after my parents divorced we moved alot, mostly to different places around Calgary but multiple times, and my dad moved back and forth from calgary to okotoks and then to an acreage. Like the Edmontonians here I can’t stand the winters here, it’s freezing and we get a very short-lived summer.

I want to travel everywhere I have a list of soooo many places. My family is originally from England/Wales/Ireland and my dream place would be to own some land in Ireland’s countryside. But I would also love to live in Australia or somewhere in the US maybe a southern State… or Seattle.. I’m not sure why I just think it looks nice there.

[kimberleyanddarren]

wow scooterandannette that looks beautiful!

[ScooterandAnnette]

Update from Scooter, to what Annette posted.

I was born in Hong Kong SAR.  My family emigrated to Los Angeles when I was 5, lived there until moving back East for school.  Spent 5 years living in Boston.  Enjoyed living in both cities, but way too expensive now.

Spent 5 years living in Minneapolis for graduate school.  Hated every minute of it, but realized after the fact that was because I was a graduate student not making any money.  Go figure!

Worked for 2 years in Athens, GA, which I absolutely loved.  Warm, friendly college town with more downtown bars per unit area than any other town in America.  ;D  Learned to root for UGA (go Dawgs!) and hate the Florida Gators with a passion. 

Emigrated to Canada and spent about 3 years in southern Ontario:  2 in Toronto for which I didn’t much care (too expensive and crowded), and one in suburban Hamilton (far enough away from the steel mills and polluted harbor to make it palatable).  Moved in 2002 to Edmonton because of my job.  Annette joined me in 2005 when we got married.  I share her ambivalence about Edmonton, and wouldn’t live here if my job wasn’t here.  Which it won’t be soon enough….

And as she points out, we are moving to Winnipeg in a week because of my new job, which I can talk about openly now that the Canadian federal government has finally gotten around to announcing it earlier this week after waiting over a year.  I’m starting at the University of Winnipeg (Annette’s alma mater) on July 1st with an endowed chair.  I have been charged in part to help build new programs for their new Richardson College for the Environment, which will go into a $37 million state-of-the-art science complex being constructed in part to my specifications!  (Hope I don’t screw up!) More details and a corny mugshot at: http://www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/release-080610-2

 

[LittlePuffyTail]

I’m in New Brunswick, Canada. I’ve lived in this province all my life, in or near the city I’m now in. I love it here and don’t ever plan on leaving. I especially love the area I”m in. I live in one of the biggest cities in the province but I drive 15 minutes and I’m in the country with my horse or 20 minutes and I”m at the beach. I love to travel (sadly I haven’t gone very far) but this will always be my home.

[Hannah]

ScooterandAnette– I love the comment about a winter city being unable to handle snow. n__n Boston is so the same way. It’s like… the more snow the get per year, the lazier they get because they know the residents can handle the bad driving…

[Sage Cat]

Scotter – congrats! That sounds awesome.
I am surprised how many people say they don’t like where they live – so it is great y’all are getting to move back to someplace you really enjoy.

[5cats1bun]

So while i have internet acess!! I live in RI, the wee state. i like the town I am in, very artsy/yoga-ish, which is me! lots of pet people here infact haha I’m, gonna be a cleaning lady soon for a lady with 8 cats (wish me luck..random jobs I’ve recently gotten). I lived in Ri until I was 14 (born in newport), then moved to hawaii for 4 yrs, when i turned 18 my grandma sent my butt back here so I’ve been here for the past 7 yrs. i am looking into a school in Iowa …so if anyone knows anything about there…fairfield IA to be exact! should be fun moving with 3 cats and …well dunno how many buns as I may be taking Wilbur & Mimzy back from my ex….so it could be anywhere from 1-4 buns…long story!

[JamieM]

Well, I was born and raised in the same house, in the same small town in Iowa.  I moved to Traverse City, Michigan the DAY after I graduated high school.  I was in Michigan for about 4.5 years, and left ONLY because I couldn’t complete my education in TC and had to go to a 4 year college.  At the time I really wanted to go to UC Berkley but was not accepted.  My back up school was Mercyhurst College in Erie, PA…where I am now.

I can’t say for sure why I stayed in Erie.  The only reason I can think of is, I put about 70 resumes around the country and the only places that called were actually in Erie.  And after 4 years of college, the last thing I wanted to do was continue working retail.  Now I’m trying to find a school that will accept me for graduate school.  It was the plan to attend grad school all along, but at graduation last year I was dealing with a broken engagement and all that goes along with that so I was in no position. 

I’d really like to find a school near the mountains with a PhD program in Clinical Neuropsychology but we’ll see.  At this point, I’ll go to the best school that accepts me!  

[kimberleyanddarren]

there are some nice places in england, and wales is lovely to go to so its not all doom and gloom but the places i have been are all really bad, i wouldnt mind but its not even cheap to live here anymore like you would imagine a really crappy area would be, if i cant get as far as america in my life time then i want to move to wales, my biggest fear is to grow old in the same place i was born, it scares me hugely! I hope that i will move as soon as i qualify because once you start getting a job and a mortgage and whatever it starts becoming alot of hassle to move, so hopefully i will move soon!

[charlie82]

Posted By kimberleyanddarren on 06/15/2008 5:20 AM
there are some nice places in england, and wales is lovely to go to so its not all doom and gloom but the places i have been are all really bad, i wouldnt mind but its not even cheap to live here anymore like you would imagine a really crappy area would be, if i cant get as far as america in my life time then i want to move to wales, my biggest fear is to grow old in the same place i was born, it scares me hugely! I hope that i will move as soon as i qualify because once you start getting a job and a mortgage and whatever it starts becoming alot of hassle to move, so hopefully i will move soon!

 

In comparison to the gun/knife/murder crime rates in most part of America, England isn’t that bad…. even if you compare it ratio wise. Birmingham is a big city and like most big city’s i.e London, Manchester etc you will experience a higher crime rate. I live in Northern England and it is relatively nice. You may here about the odd stabbing/rape etc but they are very very few and far between. If you think about how many BIG crime stories you here about i.e child abductions/murders ect they are few and far between. It is a  whole lot safer to walk the streets here than it is some parts of the States…. and we don’t have things like school shootings!!! I don’t want to live in England forever but I do think generally it is a nice/beautiful place to live and definitely feel far safer here than in America.

 

[Liza]

To answer Bunnycraze’s question days ago… (sorry, I haven’t been on much, work is crazy!), I was born and raised in Germany (one hour South of Hamburg, two hours West of Berlin). My parents are Italians and so am I. My sister and I were raised the Italian way. We are bilingual (German and Italian), we learnt how to speak, read and write both languages. We were not allowed to speak German in the house, only Italian, but once we were outside, we had to speak German. Our food is 99% Italian, I have no idea how to cook a German meal. I have never felt at home in Germany. Italy is the country that I feel home at but then, we were always the foreigners. In Germany, we were the Italian, the foreigners, with the strange names. In Italy, we were the “rich” Germans coming on vacation (which is complete cowpoop since all my extended family lives in Italy, we own property there and we are completely Italian).
Once I came to the US, that’s what really felt like home. Everybody thinks my name is so nice (in Italy, my name is really boring), it’s ‘cool’ to be Italian, they never believe I am 100% Sicilian (I don’t look like a Sicilian), and nobody really cares whether you are German, Italian or whatever else. Needless to say, I got naturalized last year and am proud to say that I am now American, too. It’s sad to go to an Italian restaurant because oh my, that surely is not Italian food, so we have a little issue there, but hey, there could be worse …

It is so nice to see where everyone else lives! Super interesting! Thank you guys for posting!!! I haven’t posted pictures of San Diego because then you all want to move here and this well-kept secret of the Finest City of America would be revealed…

[kittsbuns]

Hi I live in a town outside of Charleston WV. I have worked at Racetrack/Casino there for 23 yrs. I live in the house that my parents built they have since passed. So now I live with my three bunnies Ziggy,Zelda,Zachery

[Scarlet_Rose]

Ooo fun! Like Sage_Cat I live in Colorado. I am a native born and raised here, live in the burbs to the Northwest of Denver and work Downtown, probably real close to where Sage_Cat is (I think that is funny). Anyway, I spent a stint in Boston, MA for College and went overseas to Sweden for a bit and then ended up back here in good old Colorado. Contrary to popular belief, not everyone in Colorado goes skiing. Hard to believe I know. My favorite local vacation spot is Glenwood Springs located in the mountains and that is pretty much it in a nutshell!

[CaitlinS]

I currently reside in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for school. I find the state to be tolerable, but will NOT be sad when I go back home in a little under a year. I’m in the heartland of Evangelical country, which is the exact opposite of what I’m used to. And while I have to admit that Colorado can be pretty in the summer, especially when I’m right at the foot of Pikes Peak, nothing can compare to the sparkling Pacific Ocean and the laid back attitude of my hometown, Santa Cruz, CA. My mom just bought a house right down by the ocean (within walking distance!), and apparantly you can hear the sea lions from her backyard. Kale and I will greatly enjoy it when we move back.

[Bunstheboss]

It definitely is a small world Rachel!!! To think that I am so far away from there now…!

Liza, how funny! There are so many coincidences! I am also from Italian descent, and I attended a German school. I studied German for 7 years, but that was a long time ago and I’ve lost it all now, unfortunately.

 

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