Do you love the city/town you live in?

[Deleted]

H and I are giving serious thought to uprooting our family and moving - starting a new adventure. We both work from home so there is flexibility there. And we are really over Florida - the endless summers, the crime, the weirdos, the shit education system, the bugs the size of large birds. But my entire family is here, and we have incredible friends here, and are all so close. I wish everyone would come with us.

Where would you move if you could? We love Boulder, CO but would need a lot more money to live there.

[sake]

We almost moved to Tampa a couple of years ago, then I panicked about leaving my family, and couldn't do it.

I like the town I live in. I live in one of the nicest suburbs, and it borders on the country, so there are farms and open land around us. That is something that is important to me. Where I live is about 40 minutes from downtown, and I don't really like big cities, or down town areas, so we don't go there often, but there is a great children's museum, zoo, baseball stadium, etc. in our downtown.
Also, we have pro sports teams, which is something that is important to H.

[scotty]

There are nice things about it. Fun things, but 'love' it? It doesn't feel like home. So, not really.

[onesweetworld]

So far I have not lived somewhere I LOVE. I hope to find that place one day.

[MWOS]

Yes. I knew 10 years ago when I got here that this was "home". I've never felt that way about anywhere, even the place I grew up.

[walterismydog]

I loooove the neighborhood I live in in Denver, but there's no way on earth I could afford to buy a house with a yard in this 'hood, so if we move, it will likely be to the mountains/foothills (Evergreen, Morrison, etc). I would LOVE to live in Boulder, but again...too pricey. I will NOT live in the suburbs. I can't see myself moving out of Colorado, it's too perfect for my lifestyle, though I have entertained the Pacific Northwest.

[sugarmagnolia77]

We really love where we live and the friends that we have and my family is close. It's a very high cost of living though and if DH were offered an opportunity somewhere with lower living costs I'd seriously consider moving so we didn't have to work so hard just to pay our house bills.

[KKD]

If everyone would come with us, we'd move to SoCal in a heartbeat. Or at least seriously consider it. Visiting Paris also made me wistful for a life abroad.

We do love where we live. It's a great town, close to the city and close enough to the beach, with great schools and all our friends and four seasons (although I'd be perfectly content if winter only lasted the Christmas season). Still, living here is all we've known, and we realize we could find many of the things we love elsewhere (though H would hate not being able to watch our sports teams), but it's really our family that keeps us tied to this place. We'd really have a hard time leaving them, my family especially.

[vaportrail]

DH and i were born and raised in the south, but the heat and hurricanes were ridiculous. we moved across the country to oregon and loooove it, but it does take a certain kind of personality to live here...it's been an adjustment

[EmilieMadison]

I do actually really love my area. I'm in St Paul, MN and there are SO many things about it that make it a great place to live. Restaurants, theatres, great schools (both grade school and higher ed), museums, lots of green space, very pretty, activities (all year round) for adults and families alike, and it's MCOL.

[Tacocat]

May 31, 2012 11:44:59 GMT -5 EmilieMadison said:

I do actually really love my area. I'm in St Paul, MN and there are SO many things about it that make it a great place to live. Restaurants, theatres, great schools (both grade school and higher ed), museums, lots of green space, very pretty, activities (all year round) for adults and families alike, and it's MCOL.

Me too, and I agree with everything you listed. I do miss living in the actual city since H and I moved to the burbs 4 years ago. But now that we are having a baby, I'm glad we live in a more family oriented area. I do detest the winters here, but this time of year until October is why I stay.

[mrs.jacinthe]

I love where we live. After moving all over with H, I'm really hopeful that this is the town we can settle in and that we can live forever here. We're within a 1-2 hour drive of mountains, ocean, and at least a hundred tourist destinations. The summers are warm but not humid, the winters are cool and comfortable but no snow, and the bugs are relatively minimal. The cost of living is high, but the pay is reflective of that, so we're doing all right here. I honestly don't ever want to move from this area.

[lust2hart]

YES. It's not a large town, but it's a university town and also full of artsy fartsy folks so those two populations make a really neat vibe. There is always something to do, between university events and city concerts/art shows/"lifeskills" demonstrations (like cooking, home repair, etc.). One of the university's athletic teams is really good so the whole city rallies around the team during its season, which is a lot of fun. Lots of school pride. Lots of restaurants offering many types of cuisine - I'd eat out 4 nights a week if I could.

It's also not far away from a major city with a couple of pro athletic teams and a major concert venue, plus full of fun museums and shopping areas.

It's a little further north than I would prefer. The winter wind sucks, but we don't get massive amounts of snow or many nights that dip below 0*. I do love having 4 seasons - when we lived in the Southwest, the weather was beautiful but I also missed having any variety. I like having a white Christmas and a rainy April.

[EmilieMadison]

May 31, 2012 11:50:15 GMT -5 Tacocat said:

May 31, 2012 11:44:59 GMT -5 EmilieMadison said:

I do actually really love my area. I'm in St Paul, MN and there are SO many things about it that make it a great place to live. Restaurants, theatres, great schools (both grade school and higher ed), museums, lots of green space, very pretty, activities (all year round) for adults and families alike, and it's MCOL.

Me too, and I agree with everything you listed. I do miss living in the actual city since H and I moved to the burbs 4 years ago. But now that we are having a baby, I'm glad we live in a more family oriented area. I do detest the winters here, but this time of year until October is why I stay.

We live right in the city and I think there's way more family oriented activities here than in the burbs. But there are perks to the burbs as well (right? LOL!).

[lifesapeach]

We have had the same thought lately; for some reason we don't "love" our city even though it hits most of our criteria. We need to move because our school district is bad, so then we considered finding a brand new place and exploring a new part of the country. We have considered St. Louis, MO (my hometown), Raleigh, NC, and the Mid-Atlantic. I'd love somewhere like San Diego or San Jose if COL wasn't a factor.

[rupertpenny]

I am moving today (like I am in the airport right now) and I hope I love my new town. I hated living in DC though, too expensive, too complicated, and I just don't like big city life. I'm moving home to FL an I'm optimistic. I'll be in a college town so I think there are a lot of good things that come with that, plus the COL is so much lower and I can't wait to be close to friends and family. I am also really looking forward to being able to go I the pool year round.

[CloudBee]

We're really only in this area still, because my husband's parent's are older (early 80's) and he's an only child. I expect we will move one day. The Denver area is on our list of places to consider, as is Charlotte, NC.