If you could move anywhere in your country?

Armistead · 08-21-13, 10:50 AM

Where would you prefer to live if you could just up and leave without any issues or are you totally happy with where you are?

Sailor Steve · 08-21-13, 10:54 AM

I like the mountains and the climate where I am, but I really miss the ocean. I grew up in Redondo Beach, California, and most of my summers were spent swimming and surfing. When a breeze blows off the Great Salt Lake, even in mid-winter, it's like I'm back at King Harbor on a beautiful salty day.

My sister says the beaches are too crowded these days. I suspect that what I really miss is my teen years. The fact is there are a bunch of places I've seen and read about that I wouldn't mind living at. Salt Lake City is just one of them.

Herr-Berbunch · 08-21-13, 10:58 AM

In my country? The Lake District. Traffic is slow, weather isn't usually the best, but the views are stunning and there's lots more outdoorsy type stuff to do than here.

One day . . .

Edit: If we can expand to any country, New Zealand - as long as there is a decent t'interweb connection.

Ducimus · 08-21-13, 11:07 AM

I couldn't be much happier then where I am right now. I think the only way it could improve is if we went to an area that was more rural where we could keep large animals. Horses, goats, maybe a cow, etc. I wouldn't mind being more self sufficient, my wife loves large animals, and we both love living in a small town where everybody knows everybody. That said, If we could keep a goat or a horse where we're living now, it couldn't get much better.

Skybird · 08-21-13, 11:10 AM

Either far in the North, in Lübeck, and living within some good amount of the Hanseatic atmosphere.

Or far in the south in a natural, isolated place in the Bavarian forests or alms, away from bigger cities, with forest and mountains close by when looking out of the window.

The middle of Germany in between these two poles practically does not exist for me.

Jimbuna · 08-21-13, 11:17 AM

Lake District for me as well but if another country it would be Australia because I have more family there than I have in the UK these days and the added bonus would be the ability to go and torment my mate TarJak

AVGWarhawk · 08-21-13, 11:22 AM

I like where I live. I do not like the state of MD though. Put me anywhere there is nothing but lonely country roads, deciduous woodlands, rolling hills and mountainsides. Sleepy little town. WV, KY, etc.

em2nought · 08-21-13, 08:13 PM

Keep seeing really beautiful photos from where that chick on horseback charged the grizzly to save a kid. http://www.swanmountainoutfitters.com/ I'd like to live there for awhile at least. Too fracking hot in FL. whew

The bi-level in PA looks nice, but I think PA is mostly socialists now? Isn't Harrisburg bankrupt?

WernherVonTrapp · 08-21-13, 09:13 PM

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The bi-level in PA looks nice, but I think PA is mostly socialists now? Isn't Harrisburg bankrupt?

It's a Raised Ranch, though I suppose it does look a little like a Bi-Level in some respects. You'd have to ask Wolferz about any type of PA history, bankruptcies, etc.. I just got here but Wolferz is a PA veteran.

Platapus · 08-22-13, 06:39 PM

Like Odysseus, I want to start walking inland from Washington DC with a Powerpoint presentation in my hand. When I meet someone who asks me, "what's that", I will buy a house.

August · 08-22-13, 07:18 PM

Alaska

BrucePartington · 08-22-13, 07:42 PM

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Alaska

Indeed one of my choices if I lived in North America. My kind of place.
Very nice, despite freezing my behind off in winter.

Jimbuna · 08-23-13, 04:52 AM

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Alaska

Yes, I could certainly give that place a try

Platapus · 08-24-13, 03:43 PM

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Alaska

My one and only vacation as an adult was an Alaskan Cruise. It was literally indescribably beautiful. We simply ran out of words to describe how beautiful some parts of Alaska are.

08-21-13, 10:50 AM	#1
Armistead Rear Admiral Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: on the Dan Posts: 10,880 Downloads: 364 Uploads: 0	If you could move anywhere in your country? Where would you prefer to live if you could just up and leave without any issues or are you totally happy with where you are? __________________ You see my dog don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him. Now if you apologize like I know you're going to, I might convince him that you really didn't mean it.

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Sailor Steve Eternal Patrol Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: High in the mountains of Utah Posts: 50,369 Downloads: 745 Uploads: 249	I like the mountains and the climate where I am, but I really miss the ocean. I grew up in Redondo Beach, California, and most of my summers were spent swimming and surfing. When a breeze blows off the Great Salt Lake, even in mid-winter, it's like I'm back at King Harbor on a beautiful salty day. My sister says the beaches are too crowded these days. I suspect that what I really miss is my teen years. The fact is there are a bunch of places I've seen and read about that I wouldn't mind living at. Salt Lake City is just one of them. __________________ “Never do anything you can't take back.” —Rocky Russo

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Herr-Berbunch Kaiser Bill's batman Join Date: May 2010 Location: AN72 Posts: 13,203 Downloads: 76 Uploads: 0	In my country? The Lake District. Traffic is slow, weather isn't usually the best, but the views are stunning and there's lots more outdoorsy type stuff to do than here. One day . . . Edit: If we can expand to any country, New Zealand - as long as there is a decent t'interweb connection. __________________

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Skybird Soaring Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: the mental asylum named Germany Posts: 42,685 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	Either far in the North, in Lübeck, and living within some good amount of the Hanseatic atmosphere. Or far in the south in a natural, isolated place in the Bavarian forests or alms, away from bigger cities, with forest and mountains close by when looking out of the window. The middle of Germany in between these two poles practically does not exist for me. __________________ If you feel nuts, consult an expert.

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Jimbuna Chief of the Boat Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: 250 metres below the surface Posts: 190,770 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 13	Lake District for me as well but if another country it would be Australia because I have more family there than I have in the UK these days and the added bonus would be the ability to go and torment my mate TarJak __________________ Wise men speak because they have something to say; Fools because they have to say something. Oh my God, not again!!

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Ducimus Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2005 Posts: 12,987 Downloads: 67 Uploads: 2	I couldn't be much happier then where I am right now. I think the only way it could improve is if we went to an area that was more rural where we could keep large animals. Horses, goats, maybe a cow, etc. I wouldn't mind being more self sufficient, my wife loves large animals, and we both love living in a small town where everybody knows everybody. That said, If we could keep a goat or a horse where we're living now, it couldn't get much better.

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AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 28,282 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I like where I live. I do not like the state of MD though. Put me anywhere there is nothing but lonely country roads, deciduous woodlands, rolling hills and mountainsides. Sleepy little town. WV, KY, etc. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road

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em2nought Ocean Warrior Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 3,485 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Keep seeing really beautiful photos from where that chick on horseback charged the grizzly to save a kid. http://www.swanmountainoutfitters.com/ I'd like to live there for awhile at least. Too fracking hot in FL. whew The bi-level in PA looks nice, but I think PA is mostly socialists now? Isn't Harrisburg bankrupt? __________________ em2nought is ecstatic garbage!

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,384 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Like Odysseus, I want to start walking inland from Washington DC with a Powerpoint presentation in my hand. When I meet someone who asks me, "what's that", I will buy a house. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

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August Wayfaring Stranger Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Massachusetts Posts: 23,217 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Alaska __________________ Flanked by life and the funeral pyre. Putting on a show for you to see. Last edited by August; 08-23-13 at 07:27 AM.