Question of the Day! Why do you live where you live, and why won't you live anywhere else?

[Writer]

I'll start. I live in Colorado. I live here because my husband's work relocated us from New Jersey several years ago. I now attend graduate school here, as well, so I'm not moving. Besides, I like the mountains.

You?

[hobbit709]

1. I'm in Austin and even if I wanted to leave

There's nowhere I want to go that I can afford.

[Zuni]

2. I live in Maryland

because Maryland rocks!

:fistbump:

[Tommy_Carcetti]

5. True dat.

[Zuni]

16. That is what I am talking about

rock on brother!

fear the turtle!

[1gobluedem]

3. Ann Arbor, MI

I live here because I love it and don't want to live anywhere else for the same reason.

[mcctatas]

4. I live in WI because my parents moved me here when I was

a kid and I won't say that I won't live anywhere else, I just haven't in a while.

[AlCzervik]

California

would i live anywhere else--no.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

6. I live in the woods. I won't live in the ocean because my gills

quit working.

[Critters2]

7. I live here because I was foolish enough to take this job. I hope to live somewhere else

within a year or so. God willing.

[motely36]

8. I live in Pennsylvania

I came here from balmore when I went to college and was offered a job when I graduated so I stayed. I've been here for almost 20 years now. It's not that we don't want to move. We have decided that the next move will be to Rehoboth Beach, DE and we can't afford it right now.

[Bertha Venation]

9. I live in MD because that's where our house was built. I will live in CA . . .

. . . when Mrs. V. retires because that's home, and it'll be her home too.

[charlie and algernon]

10. I currently live in Maryland

Because the Pennsylvania government wouldn't take me and the MD Gov't would. I'm here as long as there's a good job here.

[kentauros]

11. Born and raised in Houston, Texas

I love it here, even though other Texans don't seem to understand why we would ;)

And I absolutely, positively hate and abhor and detest moving! I've moved only three times in 31 years, and would have liked to have moved even less often. Although I would love to live further into the interior of Texas, my job that I love is here. If telecommuting ever takes off (as it should) then I will find a house I can call home for the rest of my life and move there :D

[Tommy_Carcetti]

12. Florida. And loving it.

Moved there because I hate winter, snow and cold and preferred to move to a warmer climate. I love palm trees. I love the lush semi-tropical greenery. I love swimming year round. I love beaches where you can go in the water year round and not freeze your butt off. I love the diverse wildlife like the birds, manatees and alligators. I love one of a kind places like the Everglades, the Ocala forest and especially the natural springs. I love St. Augustine. I love knowing that no matter how cool it may seem during winter, it is probably much colder someplace else. I love the Keys. I love the bright blue skies and how the cumulous clouds puff up in the summer. I love the rustic, rural portions of the state. I love the cities. I even love the warm, humid summers because the moisture and warmth keeps everything green and keeps things from burning up as opposed to other warm climates.

Fact is, I'll put Florida up against any state in the country and I can't say moving there would be any better than living in Florida. Except perhaps Hawaii, because Hawaii just looks too awesome.

Now, I currently live in South Florida, and while I probably would prefer North or Central Florida (less congested), I'm still not complaining too much.

I wouldn't live anywhere else because I moved to Florida with the express purpose of living in Florida and I can't imagine ever moving out of the state. I won't be moving out of South Florida soon, though, because my wife's family lives 2 minutes down the road and offers us free babysitting.

[Reverend_Smitty]

13. I live in New Jersey...

I live here because it's where I grew up and most of my family is here...I don't want to live anywhere else because I've lived in the south and midwest and neither felt like home to me. I love being close to the beach, still having all 4 seasons and am in driving/train distance to many major cities. I really can't see myself being happy anywhere else (with the exception of New England but I think a winter there would cure me of that)

on edit:
I follow all New York sports teams which means if I move anywhere else I would have to spend a lot of extra money on my cable to get those sports packages, and even then I wouldn't be able to see the Mets when they are on Channel 11 (which is every weekend)...so right there is reason enough to never move anywhere else :P

[ceile]

14. Austin

My fiance thinks TX is the end all be all of the world (much less the USA) so I'm stuck.

[YankeyMCC]

15. I've seen much of the country

and lived in the midwest, south and mid-Atlantic. I've enjoyed each place in it's own way but I came back to Massachusetts, near Boston to live. It is a special place - it's history, style and enviornment, and I wanted to raise my son near the rest of my family.

[mnhtnbb]

17. I live in Chapel Hill, NC where we moved 8 years ago from Lincoln, NE.

Hubby and I left Santa Monica in 1988 with our almost 2 yo son for St. Joseph, MO. We didn't want to raise kids in Los Angeles. In 1994 we considered emigrating to New Zealand, but the job hubby wanted
in Christchurch was taken by a South African. At the time, I wanted to come to Chapel Hill (Berkeley of the South), but hubby won and we moved to Lincoln. Finally, after our Lincoln neighbors took us to court
to prevent hubby from having a home office (he's a psychiatrist)on our property (for which the city had given us a permit) I got my way and we moved to Chapel Hill.

I LOVE it here. I was born in NYC (Manhattan baby), grew up in Chatham, NJ and moved to southern CA when I was in high school. Went to UCLA in 1969 and stayed in the L.A. area.

What do I love about Chapel Hill? Small town feel (although it's changing); liberal university town; 1/2 hour from airport which makes it 1 hour to New York; diverse, interesting people; great public schools
for our kids (who have now graduated); 2+ hours to beach and similar distance to mountains. We live within walking distance of the university (and do walk to football games)but it feels like we're living in the woods. It's a 5 minute drive to the grocery store. Housing is affordable; property taxes aren't too bad.

I would never go back to California. I like being on the east coast. And on top of all that, we turned NC BLUE in 08!

[Symarip]

18. I live outside of DC

There are no redeeming qualities to living here. I took a new job which forced me to move here from San Diego.

[applegrove]

19. I live here to be near family & my parents as they age. I also grew up here and

the economy is usually better here than anywhere else in Canada.

[KamaAina]

20. As Louis Armstrong said when asked what swing was, "Man, if you gotta ask, you'll never know!"

Just between you and me and the lamppost, there actually are a few places on the North American continent to which I might one day return: New Orleans, if I could find a way to put my many talents to work rebuilding it, and actually be compensated for this at more than beignet-flipping wages, and our Nation's Capital, where there are (presumably) lots of policy-related positions for me.