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Do you live where you want to be?

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Do you live where you want to be?

  • No, I moved away for school, but it's temporary

  • No, I moved somewhere for work but I don't mind

  • No, I moved somewhere for work but I hope to get home ASAP

  • Yes, I live where I want to be

  • Other

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Answered "Other".

I live where I live because I was raised within 10 miles of here, went to college within 5 miles of here, and got a job within 2 miles of here. I bought a house here when the market was extremely low. I've seen many parts of the US that I would much rather live in, but I have a good job with excellent benefits, so it would be hard for me to pick up and move. At the very least, I would wait for the housing market to perk back up so that I can make a profit on my house. In reality, I'll probably work here for the next 35+ years until I retire and then move somewhere else.
 
I got a new job that I moved for. After my training period, there is the probability that I will be made to move to another office or remote office depending on who I'm supporting.
 
No, I would move in a heartbeat if I felt I could find a job paying me the equivalent of what I make now (along with a couple of other factors). Vancouver has no soul and while I like it enough, I feel zero attachment to the place.

KT
 
Where I live used to be nice but excessive development and bad government policy are starting to see it go down hill big time. Right now it's all totally dependent on where I can find work but I would ideally like to live up in Ontario's cottage country.
 
Other.

I never wanted to move to Kahleeforneeya, but the job opportunities at the time were too good to pass up. We're seriously upside-down in our house, so to move, we'd have to just walk away from it...not something we want to do.

If I hit tonight's lotto, would I move? Probably. Where? Now that's another question.

We're torn on that...completely different types of locations.

Cody, Wyoming...nice little town, in the "banana belt" for Wyoming...(rarely gets below -20) 🙄 and Maui...

Both have their upsides and their negatives for us.

We're both from Spokane, and neither of us have any desire to go back. All the immediate family is gone, and we've only maintained contact with a couple of close friends there.

BUT, I'm getting totally fed up with the bullshit here in Kahleeforneeya.
 
BoomerD said:
Other.

I never wanted to move to Kahleeforneeya, but the job opportunities at the time were too good to pass up. We're seriously upside-down in our house, so to move, we'd have to just walk away from it...not something we want to do.

If I hit tonight's lotto, would I move? Probably. Where? Now that's another question.

We're torn on that...completely different types of locations.

Cody, Wyoming...nice little town, in the "banana belt" for Wyoming...(rarely gets below -20) 🙄 and Maui...

Both have their upsides and their negatives for us.

We're both from Spokane, and neither of us have any desire to go back. All the immediate family is gone, and we've only maintained contact with a couple of close friends there.

BUT, I'm getting totally fed up with the bullshit here in Kahleeforneeya.
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Wut part of Kali?

I want to move to Bay area.
 
For the most part.

Took a job in March and moved into a house in May. It was a 250 miles move for my family. Because we didn't want to go crazy on a mortgage, we set a budget for how much we wanted to spend on a house.

We quickly found that, despite the depressed market, we couldn't get as nice of a house as we wanted in the Twin Cities with that number.

So we looked outside the Twin Cities and eventually settled on a great house that was within our budget. It was much better than our previous house -- 50% more square feet, fireplace, master bath, firepit, finished garage with heater, ample storage space, etc.

Unfortunately, the house was also 32 miles from my office and, being a consultant, meant I could easily be looking at a 1.5+ hour commute if I had to work with a client on the opposite side of the Twin Cities from me.

Still, my company is committed to letting us work from home as much as possible, even when working for clients, and I'd rather live in a small town with a great house than in the Twin Cities with a shitty house even if it means daddy has to drive an extra hour every day to work.
 
Well, I live a twenty minute walk from the very centre of Canada's largest city (Toronto). I'm very content with it, but if an opportunity to live/work somewhere else for a couple of years presented itself I wouldn't mind taking it.
 
At a micro level yes, I love the property I'm on. Great lot, house, and wonderful subdivision and school district. My parents and grandparents are also a couple minutes away which is nice since we have one child and another will be in the works shortly. I've only got a 15 minute drive to work, my wife's commute is about 20 minutes, and it's a very low stress, pleasant area.

At a macro level, it's the midwest. Hot, muggy summers. Wet springs. And can have brutally cold winters that last 6 months it seems. No beaches, mountains, major geographical attractions. And you've got a 1-3 hour drive to any major city (Chicago, St. Louis, Indy, ect). I'd much rather be in the Pac NW or some parts of the Southwest where the winters aren't as harsh and the summers aren't some damned humid. Plus there's just a lot more things to enjoy from mother earth in those areas.

So...I'm satisfied...although it's not my ideal situation.
 
MJinZ said:
Don't think I can live farther than 10 miles from a city.
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I guess it depends on your definition of a city. I live in a city of 200K in a county of about 500K.

Personally, I'd HATE to live close to a BIG city...well, except maybe San Diego. I LOVE that city, but it's almost as expensive as SF.
 
BoomerD said:
I guess it depends on your definition of a city. I live in a city of 200K in a county of about 500K.

Personally, I'd HATE to live close to a BIG city...well, except maybe San Diego. I LOVE that city, but it's almost as expensive as SF.
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Well, Boston for example has about 650K people living there technically (with over 1 million during day time).

And Boston is like super super super sparse. I can walk around and not bump into people!

When I lived in Manhattan, that was like grinding every day walking and public transit.

So I don't mind either terribly but Boston population (around 1 million) is comfortable.

City of 200K is like not very cityish to me.
 
Re: City size and "busyness"

I'd say it's really city specific. Vancouver, CA technically has less than 600k people living in city limits but the downtown area of that place was insane.

Phoenix on the other hand had like 1.5 million in city limits and the downtown of that place was a tomb.

It's just where you are, and how pedestrian friendly they are.
 
MJinZ said:
Well, Boston for example has about 650K people living there technically (with over 1 million during day time).

And Boston is like super super super sparse. I can walk around and not bump into people!

When I lived in Manhattan, that was like grinding every day walking and public transit.

So I don't mind either terribly but Boston population (around 1 million) is comfortable.

City of 200K is like not very cityish to me.
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For me, (and I lived in Mass. until I was 10) Boston is a nice place to visit (part of the year) but you couldn't pay me enough to make me live there...Nor NYC or Chicago, or any other BIG city.
 
I want to be wherever I can find a job that pays me the most money

therefore I don't know where I want to be
 
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