1) Yes, I'm staying because I like it here.
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2) No, if I could I'd pack up my home, my family, my friends and find another place as soon as possible.
I saw this posted on our NextDoor page. The split of responses was about 50/50. For the record, my answer is #1.
yes, i am generally very content where i am.
the only real complaint i have are the brutally hot summers. if i'm ever going to move, it would be to somewhere with more temperate seasons, perhaps coastal, but that's very unlikely to happen. i'm happily settled here, & i'm not keen to fix something that's generally not broken.
Nice to hear. No place is perfect. It there was such a place, everyone would be living there. I don't like our brutal winters, but heading south? Nope. Can't take extreme heat, either. I'll deal with winter and enjoy the other three seasons.
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shareI love where I live, but I love to travel. I love so many things about my city and am very happy here, but I've loved other cities as well. For me it's a mix of both. Home is where I have people who care about me, so it could be anywhere.
shareHome is where I have people who care about me, so it could be anywhere.
I have a hard time imagining a more mellow and more temperate place than where I live. Yet it's still rife with problems. Liberals run the state - which I prefer - but it engenders a LOT of resentment from the folks in the rural districts. My town is accused of being a magnet for homeless because we are actually compassionate toward them. We celebrate diversity while being very homogeneous. Downtown has the twin problems of aimless groups of kids and homeless hanging out while having no free parking. There are virtually NO "anchor" stores in Downtown where people can buy staple items. It's all bars and restaurants and some boutique businesses thrown in. And no free parking.
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shareYes it is a house when I got it used because nobody wanted it. But it didn't flood in Harvey and I get the sell me your house mail almost every day.
shareYes, although it does not mean that I do not like to visit other countries.
Reading some posts below I am happy that nobody must be armed here. I live in a small town (not in the States), sometimes can be a little bit boring but some big cities are not far from here (for the case I need some "action").
It would be nice to live near to the coast (about 3 hours car ride) but it is also nice and safe here… It is not possible to have everything… (or yes?)
Small towns can be boring to some people, but if you live close to a big city you have access to what you want or need from there. I live in a small-to-medium size city (who knows how to define it) but I'm less than an hour's drive away from the major metro area where I used to live. But by choosing to live here, I'm free of the traffic nightmares and every place seemingly always being crowded. I imagine some people feel they have everything, which is great. We all have different tastes, needs and desires.
shareI am now in a small town but in the past I have also lived (in relative terms) in big cities and for me it is clear that I prefer to be in the small one, the air is cleaner, it is not noisy and you have your peace.
As commented above when I need more action at the weekend it is easy to get the car/ train in order to spend one or two days somewhere...
I agree. Seems like a perfect choice to me.
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