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| 21 JUL 2005 at 3:04am |
MichalNGrand Inquisitor
Posts : 7058
Joined: 14 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Originally Posted By karimarti (21 JUL 2005 2:46am)
Considering how humid and yucky it is here in the city at the moment, I would be anywhere but here right now.
Gotta love the West Coast - it's hot here, but not humid. And that makes all the difference.
So what would be your perfect place to live?
Anywhere with decent broadband service?
Most of my life I've lived in a big city, several years in a much smaller city, and weeks and months in the country. They all have their advantages and disadvantages, but only big cities have enough traffic for me to hate it. I don't think any of them is clearly 'best'.
I forgot my sig.
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| 21 JUL 2005 at 3:13am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | I can't live inland. I need an 'edge'. The beach is that edge. It's more than just what I've grown up with. I love scenery etc, but I can't cope with a town that simply peters out into countryside and then fields until the next place because it has no 'end'.
Plus, I need shops.
Adelaide is a small but complete city with 32 miles of continuous white sandy beaches. And good weather and no humidity. [smiley=love.gif]
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| 21 JUL 2005 at 3:14am |
AndromusGuild Master
Posts : 5536
Joined: 6 NOV 2002
Status : Offline | As much as I would love the cultural aspects of living in a large city, concerts, museums, libraries, sports, etc, having lived in small towns or the country all my life I don't think I could take the crowds, the noise, the "bigness", you might say.
I suppose I technically live in the country now, but it doesn't feel like it as I see the country side around me become more and more developed I find myself wanting to move to the "real" country (i.e., you can't see your nearest neighbor).
And, like Michal, I say if there's decent broadband there, that's all that counts!
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| 21 JUL 2005 at 8:45am |
Chris.Schattenjger
Posts : 1842
Joined: 8 MAR 2005
Status : Online | I didn't appreciate where I live until I moved to the city...
I live in a decent-sized town with all the shops and amenities within walking distance; I can also walk to the beach, and I just need to go to the end of my street to be in the countryside.
Sheffield is a horrible, grey, depressing place. I've walked all day and still not reached the edge of the city.
...not to be confused with Keira Knightley
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| 21 JUL 2005 at 9:15am |
MorgausePrivate Detective
Posts : 687
Joined: 2 SEP 2004
Status : Online | I'd agree with Chris myself, except I don't live in the same place. My chief complains with where I live are the weather (bloody too hot and dry) and the lack of any beach within 400 kilometers, but I guess those two problems can be solved by moving around the town...
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| 21 JUL 2005 at 10:27am |
Alan ThornSorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 240
Joined: 8 JUN 2005
Status : Online | Ideal? Perhaps. Perhaps not.
That other side of the fence.
Over there where the grass is greener.
Where there're cracks in the pavement.
Cracks in the air. Cracks in the people.
Right there, Right on the edge.
Beyond anything you can see and feel.
Ideal? Perhaps. Perhaps not.
That place, where you end and I begin.
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| 21 JUL 2005 at 11:14am |
colpetSchattenjger
Posts : 1630
Joined: 12 APR 2003
Status : Online | Definitely not the city - it's a nice place to visit but......
The beach is not for me - too busy and noisey with seadoos and sunbathers. A lakeside house (Ontario's full of them) is a consideration, but I know that waterside property has a higher population of gigantic spiders - yuck. The desert is not appealing since I love my temperate garden, and because I enjoy snowy winters, mountains would not be a prudent choice. The country would be my ideal, as long as there was cable . I'm in a suburb right now and the proximity of my neighbors bugs me. I suppose one of those elite suburbs with 1 - 2 acre lots would be good.
Occasionally visiting Uru Live (KI 0063722 .&&
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| 21 JUL 2005 at 12:41pm |
KatewalkerfanSpace Cadet
Posts : 131
Joined: 24 JUL 2003
Status : Online | I voted for the country, and that is where I want to move out to next .
I do find the city I live in grey and depressing place too.
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| 21 JUL 2005 at 1:49pm |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | I'd fancy a nice big plot of land, with big trees and a creek, etc but my little suburban house is handy to absolutely everything and my neighbours are delightful people and we all know each other and chat. That's a nice feeling you know.
I think what would be really ideal, is to own several houses in different places.
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| 21 JUL 2005 at 2:07pm |
KsandraSchattenjger
Posts : 2459
Joined: 2 APR 2003
Status : Online | I've always been a city girl myself, but I find big cities slightly too stressful (though Munich is nice enough). Back in the UK I live on the outskirts of Cambridge: a fairly quiet neighbourhood, but only twenty minutes' walk from the centre of town. Perfect.
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| 21 JUL 2005 at 8:56pm |
MissBSchattenjger
Posts : 2217
Joined: 15 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I always try to go different places on vacation with the hope that I'll love one place so much that I'll just send for my things and stay there forever.....
I've mostly lived in small towns my whole life and it has it's advantages and disadvantages. The short amount of time I spent in a large city was miserable to me because of the traffic and crowds. I hope to find something in-between that's just right for me, preferably in the mountains.
My name is Bethany and I'm the daughter of Gamergal/Michelle.
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| 22 JUL 2005 at 2:02am |
bdeckedSchattenjger
Posts : 1620
Joined: 14 OCT 2011
Status : Online | I put "other" because I love all of those things in one dose or another....
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| 22 JUL 2005 at 2:51am |
SarahJourneyman
Posts : 913
Joined: 13 JUL 2004
Status : Offline | I grew up near the beach. It was lovely! I could hear the waves at night and the smell of the ocean too when the hot breeze blew to my bedroom window at night.
So, if I wanted to go to the beach it would be 2 hours by car and also by airplace back to my hometown.
It was also frightening when Hurricane Greg hit once. That's one risk living so near to the ocean.
I rather live near the city. I can't live in the countryside here because I'd have to go all the way to the city to get everything that I want. I can't live in my hometown because there's so many illegal immigrants from Indonesia and Philliphines. I have had it with things being publicly stolen and other terrible things that had happen publicly >.
Still busy being a mom &&
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| 22 JUL 2005 at 4:05am |
| Deleted User | I am the ONLY person to chose "City"?
Hey, I love some of the other places, but I prefer to visit them here and there. Day to day, I like to be near to lots of the things I like to do.
Eh?
Besides, the fire hydrants are all over the place in the city.
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| 22 JUL 2005 at 5:12am |
AvakaJourneyman
Posts : 1437
Joined: 17 SEP 2003
Status : Online | Well, I chose the next best thing to the city. The Burbs.
I really don't like the great outdoors - I love the great indoors with a little view of ''nature'' out my windows. Too many bugs and dirt outside. I have this thing about/against bugs.
[smiley=hair_pull.gif] [smiley=thumbsdown.gif]
Myst IV - Never finished it. Got frustrated with it.&&Myst V - Did not finish it either. Very disappointing.&&ATTWN - BORING!!! Never finished it. Kept falling asleep.&&Paradise - So far .... not so good&&Voyage - Not on my favorite list
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| 22 JUL 2005 at 6:45am |
alkis21Schattenjger
Posts : 2112
Joined: 23 OCT 2002
Location: GR
Status : Offline | Interesting poll. I only live in a big city because that's where the jobs are. If I could find a good job in my hometown (easily one of the most beautiful places in Europe), I would move there instantly, preferably in a house next to the beach.
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| 22 JUL 2005 at 7:24am |
Lady KestrelGuild Master
Posts : 4036
Joined: 27 SEP 2004
Location: US, NJ
Status : Offline | I've lived near the sea all of my life, but I really love the mountains. I think a cliff house overlooking a lake, river, or the sea would be ideal for me.
"Where is the fountain that throws up these flowers in a ceaseless outbreak of ecstasy?"
-Rabindranath Tagore
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| 22 JUL 2005 at 8:10am |
CarolineJA+ Overseer
Posts : 16540
Joined: 28 JAN 2007
Location: AU
Status : Offline | And who is the anti-social hermit who wants to live on Janus? No broadband access there you know.
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| 22 JUL 2005 at 9:09am |
MorgausePrivate Detective
Posts : 687
Joined: 2 SEP 2004
Status : Online | Someone who would like to be as far away as possible from Evil Tea, of course!
And the sunsets are lovely there, or so I have been told.
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| 22 JUL 2005 at 12:12pm |
Frank BPrivate Detective
Posts : 449
Joined: 10 JAN 2005
Status : Online | Originally Posted By NotASpeck (22 JUL 2005 4:05am)
I am the ONLY person to chose "City"?
No, me too.
I love the city, and I wouldn't live elsewhere. I like having everything "around the corner".
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| 22 JUL 2005 at 7:55pm |
Mike_ASorcerer Apprentice
Posts : 292
Joined: 21 OCT 2002
Status : Online | I picked mountains. They have the best rivers in and near them.
Actually, I'm about to move next month. I will be at the foot of mountains after moving, as opposed to 45 minutes away like I am now. Not bad, but I really like mountains.
Or go fishing. [i]- MI2 [/i]&&Okay. [i]- Me[/i]
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| 23 JUL 2005 at 4:17am |
| Deleted User | Originally Posted By FrankB (22 JUL 2005 12:12pm)
No, me too.
I love the city, and I wouldn't live elsewhere. I like having everything "around the corner".
Frank, my new pal!
See, the thing is, I love the great outdoors, but even if you live in the great outdoors, you still have a lot of driving to do, unless the only great outdoors you do is the one in your backyard. So why not drive from the city when you need the great outdoors?
The Burbs? I don't want to offend anyone--I know this is considered a safe haven for raising a family and whatnot--but they're often lacking in 'soul'. Not all of them, but most I've lived in were pretty lacking in that.
As far as family goes, I don't have children, but if I did, I would want them to be raised immersed in culture. The kids in the burbs hang out in the Taco Bell parking lot--no thanks for any progeny of mine.
Yes, urban life can have it's down sides too. I just prefer it, balancing the pros and cons.
Eh?
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