Places you have lived?

[Jenny in Atl]

I've only lived in two places, New York City (also Bronx & Westchester Co) & Atlanta, and I always love to hear about where others have lived. Which places were their favorites, and where else they would love to live if given the chance. I've been inching for a move for years now... but I have too many place I would love give a try, Spain, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Thailand. :auto:

OK, your turn.

[Tracey in TX]

Have lived: Illinois, Wisconsin,Oklahoma, Mississippi, North Carolina, Texas and England (Suffolk).

Would like to relocate to Germany, Norway, or Italy.

[Anne/Ankara]

I lived in New Jersey, New York, Indiana, Michigan and Pennsylvania. Would love to relocate to Turkey!

[Closeacademy]

I've lived in Wisconsin--too cold. I don't like snow.
And Indiana--too wet. Sometimes, I feel like with all the grey winter/spring days that I will never see the sun again.

I really want to move to Hawaii which seems just about perfect for us.:)

[Janet in WA]

I've lived all over Florida (big state), Mississippi, Texas, New Mexico and Washington. I'd love to live in Colorado (no desire to go back to the Southeast). I also have no desire to live in a foreign country. Visit, yes -- live no.

[Mekanamom]

Hawaii (Oahu) and California.

DH was born in Australia... most of his family is there. If we move, it's highly probable that we will move to Australia. If we choose to stay in the US, we'll likely relocate to the Pacific Northwest... Oregon or Washington.

[abbeyej]

Memphis, Tn
Tyler, Tx
Roanoke, VA
Ithaca, NY
Los Angeles
Atlanta
(and sublet an apt in Paris for ~3 months; also spent a lot of time in Albuquerque, where dh grew up, but never actually lived there)

[chai]

I've lived in:

Minnesota: love it except for the cold, great people, very educated
Pittsburgh: prettier than I thought it would be
Washington DC: (Virginia) great fun, tons to do, but very transient, hot and humid
Boston: loved the history, not crazy about the lifestyle
Denver: great weather, lots to do

I don't know where else I would want to live, but I would love to visit for a while. I'm trying to talk dh into an overseas work stint.

[Jennifer in MI]

Western MI (Grew up there)
Poughkeepsie, NY (College)
Boston (my first real job!)
Rosemont, PA (outside Philadelphia - after dh and I got married)
CHarleroi, PA (dh's second job)
Grosse Pointe Park, MI and I'm NEVER moving again.

We will be going to Europe for three months (but not living there for any period longer than that) for dh's sabatical in a couple years.

[Michelle T]

My family is all here, as well as some of DH's. I wouldn't ever want to live somewhere that regularly snowed in the winter, but I wouldn't mind living somewhere cooler in the summer!
Michelle T

[Jenny in Atl]

[QUOTE
Grosse Pointe Park, MI and I'm NEVER moving again.[/QUOTE]

I always think of John Cusack when I see Grosse Pointe.
:D

[tess in the burbs]

Since 1997:

Asheville, NC
Houston, TX
Raleigh, NC(apt, then house)
Redmond, WA(lived in 3 different apartments here)
Raleigh, NC(apt, then house)
King, NC (stayed with grandparent inlaws while dh lived in another city job hunting)
Morrisville, NC
Virginia Beach, VA
Suffolk, VA

WHEW!!!

[Caroline]

I grew up in Columbia, MD. I went to school in Blacksburg, VA. Then we moved to the Atlanta area, and have lived here for 15 years.

If I could move... I don't know. I love London. Or I might want to move back to Columbia. When I retire, it will be to the beach in South Carolina.

[Plaid Dad]

NY (Long Island, specifically); Bennington, VT; Charlottesville, VA area; St. Louis, MO (city and county); Bay Area, CA (San Francisco, Oakland); Western MA. Also Ireland (Co. Galway) and Germany (Berlin, Hamburg, and a little town near Freiburg i.B. called Hinterzarten).

[happy2homeschool]

I've lived in Maryland, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Alabama, California and Arizona. I'd love to return to Arizona or San Diego where the weather is so wonderful all year.

[Krista in LA]

IA
OH
PA
TN (my parents moved there while I was in college so I didn't live there much)
IA again
IL
and now I'm stuck in Louisiana

I really enjoyed all of them except for down here in LA - it's far too hot for too long. I loved PA and would go back in a heartbeat. If I were just to choose some place, I would probably pick somewhere in VA - lots of history, nature, mountains, ocean, 4 seasons. All those things we don't have here.

[tmkclscroggins]

I grew up in a small town in Deep East Texas
college in Columbia, Missouri
moved to Dallas
moved to El Dorado, Arkansas
moved back to North Dallas area

trying to convince my husband to try for a job in either Denmark or Switzerland. What educational experiences we would have!


melissa

[Mamagistra]

Besides various places in Texas, Millington, TN, and San Diego, CA. :)

[KidsHappen]

Born in Fresno, Ca
Moved to San Diego, Ca
Moved to Virginia Beach, Va
Back to San Diego, Ca
to Como, Tx (population 200, ye-haw)
to Norfolk, Va
to South Weymouth, Ma (suburb of Boston)
to St. Petersburg, Fl
to Sulpher Springs, Tx
Ogden, Ut
to Norman, Ok
Denver, Co
Mountain Home, Id
Okinawa, Japan
Bitburg, Germany
Jacksonville, Fl
Buffalo, NY
Niagra Falls, NY
Dallas, Tx
Salt Lake City, Ut
Elko, Nv
Clearwater, Fl
Green Bay, Wi
Oklahoma City, Ok
Plano, Tx
Green Bay, Wi
Cape Coral, Fl
Brentwood, Tn
Spring Hill, Tn

I think that's all. Can you tell my dad and my dh were military. My favorite places were Germany and Boston. Unfortunately, I can't afford to live in either. Really like Tn though. :001_smile:

[ereks mom]

...that I will ALWAYS live in GA, but NEVER in Atlanta. Just traveling through Atlanta gives me a panic attack. (Yes, really.)

[mcconnellboys]

I grew up on the Cumberland Plateau, in north-central Tennessee, in a very small town. I lived in Knoxville (east TN) while attending college, and in one other little east TN town for a very short time, before moving to Baton Rouge, LA. I still love our family farm and the many state and national parks in our area. I grew up hiking and camping and jeeping.

My family has owned a house in a small, central Florida town for many, many decades and I grew up going to Florida on a regular basis for vacations. I adore the ocean! The Sanibel/Captiva area is perhaps my most favorite part of FL, as I love shelling!

I met my husband in Louisiana, married, and lived in BR for almost 15 years before his change in jobs brought us to Lexington. I adored Louisiana in many, many ways, save for the humidity and mosquitoes, LOL. My work there took me all over the state, so I felt that I really got to know that state even better, perhaps, than my native TN while I lived there. I love the Cajun culture, the FOOD, the Spanish moss, the FOOD, the plantation homes, the FOOD......

Overall, I think Lexington has been a much safer, smaller city in which to raise my children. I enjoy all the little rural roads that run through the farm country and explore these areas whenever I can. I love the many old stone fences. It was here that I discovered homeschooling. Most of all, this central location has made it much more practical for us to explore all the states around the Great Lakes and into Canada while we've lived here. It's been great!

Places I've discovered where I might like to live in future (at least in summer, LOL):

Bayside, Wisconsin or any little town within about 2 hours south of there, in the North Woods area of Wisconsin.

The Georgian Bay area of Lake Huron, in Canada (10,000 Islands area).

Somewhere between Munising and Grand Marais in the UP of Michigan (but I'd want to be on Superior).

Nova Scotia, particularly the Cape Breton area.

Or somewhere in the north of Scotland.

Winter living? How about Maui? I love Hawaii, too......

Regena

[Angela in TN]

Camp LeJune, NC
Quantico, VA
San Pedro, CA
29 Palms, CA
Yucca Valley, CA
Yuma, AZ
Irvine, Palm Springs & Costa Mesa, CA
Huntingtown, MD
Knoxville, TN

I would move just about anywhere. Dad was in the military and I got used to moving around, my mom says I've got gypsie blood because I LOVE to move. Top on my places to move to would be Montana, Wyoming or Florida and I would love to live in England or Ireland. :)

[PariSarah]

Paris for three years.
Other places the rest of my life.

Would like to go back to Paris. Preferably tomorrow.

[Mama Lynx]

Montgomery, AL

Las Vegas, NV

Ft. Walton Beach, FL

Howard AFB, Panama

Wiesbaden, Germany

Oklahoma City, OK

Dallas, TX

Oxford, England

various other places in north Texas

Calgary, Alberta, Canada

Northville, MI

Chicago

now, back in MI

My favorite place was England. Emotionally, for many reasons, it's my "home." :) But I'll move just about anywhere. I enjoy moving.

[Quiver0f10]

MA, NH, ME and AR.

[j.griff]

I've only lived in two places, New York City (also Bronx & Westchester Co) & Atlanta, and I always love to hear about where others have lived. Which places were their favorites, and where else they would love to live if given the chance. I've been inching for a move for years now... but I have too many place I would love give a try, Spain, New Zealand, Costa Rica, Thailand. :auto:

OK, your turn.

I have lived in AL, TN, and CA. We're about to move to FL, and I'd love to live in Australia/New Zealand, Ireland, England, and visit lots of other places. My top choice is Australia though. :D

[Lorna in the boonies]

Texas (Beeville, Azle, Fort Worth, Corpus Christi, Waxahachie, Eldorado, San Angelo)
North Carolina (Havelock, Engelhard)
South Carolina (Beaufort)
Virginia (Quantico)
Rhode Island (Newport)
Hawaii (Kaneohe, Kailua)
California (Monterey)
Turkey (Izmir)
Missouri (Springfield)
Louisiana (Baton Rouge)

Love, love moving and had a bit of an adjustment when I married a civilian (my dad was military). We've lived in the same general area for 14 years and have only lived in 2 states in the 18 years we've been married.

[RoughCollie]

Wiesbaden, Germany
Barksdale A.F. B. (Bossier), LA
Ramstein A.F.B., Germany
Prattville (Montgomery), AL
Maxwell A.F. B. (Montgomery), AL
Shively (Louisville), KY
St. Matthews (Louisville), KY
Decatur, GA
Hollywood, FL
Smyrna, GA
Atlanta, GA
Brookline, MA
Metrowest area of Boston, MA

[LizzyBee]

I grew up in Accident, MD. Well, actually, I grew up on a farm 5 miles from Accident, MD. Accident had a whopping population of 251 back then, but they've grown to about 350 now.

Then I lived a year in downtown Baltimore while going to college.

Next, 3 years in Fort Walton Beach, FL. Florida is just too dang hot and I was happy to leave.

I lived in Okinawa 3 years and loved it. South China Sea on one side and Pacific Ocean on the other.

Then I went back to Baltimore for 11 years. Finished college, got married, started having kids. Baltimore definitely has the best food of any place I've lived - similar to NYC.

I've now lived outside of Raleigh, NC for 9 years. Love the lack of crime, pollution, and traffic jams, but miss Baltimore's great restaurants and sub shops.

[Jennifer in NH]

Ma
Me
Mn
Australia
NH

Not quite in that order....

[Mrs. Readsalot]

I have spent most of my time is various places in Maryland though and 3 years in Hawaii

[sweetTN]

Have lived in, but too young to remember:

Arizona and Texas

And then:

Oregon
Washington
Ohio
Mississippi
Florida
Oklahoma
Iowa
Ohio (again)
Tennessee

[Caroline]

Baltimore definitely has the best food of any place I've lived - similar to NYC.

I've now lived outside of Raleigh, NC for 9 years. Love the lack of crime, pollution, and traffic jams, but miss Baltimore's great restaurants and sub shops.

I miss Baltimore's food, too.

My DH works for a company located in Cary, NC. Every few years they threaten to relocate us to Cary.

[Needleroozer]

I have only lived in WA, OR (birthplace), and NJ.
I would love to live in Idaho (except for the snow and cold winter factor), or someplace in Europe (fairly open to where). I would love Greece or a tiny Hawaiian island, too. Someplace warm, but not desert warm. No snow.

[Little Debbie]

I've always lived in Indiana. We've moved twice, but within the state. DH and I are discussing a possible adventure of moving to Ireland for a couple of years. The company he works for has a manufacturing plant there. Sounds like it could be fun!
Deb

[Cathy in TX]

Texas--various places, and Taipei, Taiwan. I'm pretty content living where I am now.

[Mama Lynx]

When were you in Wiesbaden? Were you one of the ones talking about Camp Lachenwald on the old board?

I lived there from 1980-84.

[Dee22]

I've lived in New York, New Jersey, Louisiana, Ohio, and Virginia. :)

[OnTheBrink]

Florida, Arkansas, Texas, Kentucky, California, Missouri, Illinois. Of those places, KY and IL are my favorites.

[PrairieAir]

I've lived in Texas, New Jersey, New York, New Mexico, Mississippi, Indiana, and Ohio, and Kansas. I've spent most of my adult life in Kansas.

We lived in NYC when I was a toddler. I don't have a lot of memories and the memories I do have are more general impressions or memories of very small, specific things--my dad's apartment when my parents were separated, my coat, walking down the street with my dad, the statues in Central Park when we went back for a visit, and China Town from my aunt's shoulders during the Chinese New Year's parade. Mostly I remember too much noise, too many people, and drab buildings too close together. I'd like to visit again someday, but I would never want to live there. I need wide open spaces:)

I was born in Texas and most of my mom's family lives there still. We lived near Houston and Dallas and in Austin and we lived in a small college town about an hour from Dallas. I didn't like Spring (outside Houston) or Richardson (outside Dallas) as much as Austin. There is something about Austin that I really like. It's not so overwhelming for one thing, but there's more to it than that. Commerce was a nice little college town, but I don't know that I'd choose to live there. We lived in San Marcos for a while and there were things that I remember liking about that, but it's kind of a strange little town. If we moved to Texas, I would want to live in the hill country. My grandmother owned a house outside of Wimberley for years and I always enjoyed visiting there even though I did not have a good relationship with my grandmother.

My dad's family is from northwestern New Jersey (Sussex County) and we lived there for a while when I was young. People laugh at me when I tell them about the part of my childhood spent there. My memories are full of mountains and forests and green pastures. I don't think that's the picture most people have of New Jersey. It's a beautiful place, but I know my dad and his parents always struggled with the cost of living there.

I lived in New Mexico when I was pretty young, but I have visited several times as a teen and adult. Parts of New Mexico seem horribly depressed. They are dry, dusty, desolate places. There are areas that are better and some of the towns have lovely historic areas. If we were going to live in New Mexico, I'd prefer to live in the mountains within an hour of a town of a decent size. I'd love to go backpacking in those mountains again.

Mississippi is a pretty, green state with plenty of trees. Like New Mexico, though, there seem to be some areas that are particularly depressed. I suppose you could find those areas in any state. I don't know what else to say about Mississippi except that the three years I spent there were mostly a very happy part of my childhood. If racism was a problem, I was too young to recognize it.

My three favorite states that I've lived are Indiana, Ohio, and Kansas. I lived in Indiana for two years while I was in 8th and 9th grades and in Ohio from 10th-12th and for a year after being married. I've lived in Kansas for the last 17 years. When we first moved to Kansas I missed all the trees and green of Indiana and Ohio. I've come to appreciate Kansas' own special beauty. It helps that we found land on the edge of the Flint Hillls where it is not so flat and we have plenty of trees. I think I prefer the midwest and rural life.

[clerkofkirk]

Iowa - northwest corner, tiny farm town
Glendale, CA
Northern Indiana - college
England (Suffolk)
Wichita, KS
Missouri
San Antonio TX
Washington DC - Maryland side
North Carolina
California - in the desert!
Southwest Virginia - still here for 14 years and happy to stay here

[RoughCollie]

If you are asking me, instead of Mama Lynx, I was born there in 1956 and lived there for 2 years. My mom is German and my dad was in the air force.

When were you in Wiesbaden? Were you one of the ones talking about Camp Lachenwald on the old board?

I lived there from 1980-84.

[RebeccaC]

States;
IL,
OK,
TX,
MS,
CA.

Spent 6 to 8 weeks a few times working on archeology digs in the four corners region mostly UT and CO and on cliff dwellings. Way too old for that kind of stuff now but in my 20s I could back pack- hike 12 hours into remote places carrying my share of the load, and live in a tent for weeks and not think twice about it. Worst dig was garbology with Professor William Rathje of the University of Arizona I know I lost some of my sense of smell the two summers I did that :svengo:

Countries;
Israel Jerusalem
United Arab Emirate Abu dhabi.

Places I have visited;
Saudi,
Spain,
Holland,
Germany,
Belgium,
Canada,
Mexico.

I loved Jerusalem and hated Abu dhabi. Of course I chose to live in Jerusalem and was sent to Abu dhabi by the Air Guard so that probably had a lot to do with it. I would like to see Jerusalem again and visit dh's family there. It would be nice to see the South Pacific and Australia and New Zealand. However the place I would really like to see is Mozambique weird I know :ack2: and then maybe Ethiopia.

Fun thread :)

[Virginia Dawn]

I was born in the Philippines, then lived in Massachusetts, Germany, Pensacola Florida, Maryland, Puerto Rico, Jacksonville Florida, Key West Florida, Sicily, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, then Virginia.

My father was in the Navy and I married a Navy man.

I loved living in Puerto Rico as a child. I would visit Sicily again, but wouldn't want to live there. I liked Pennsylvania and Florida a lot, too. The favorite places I have visited are Spain, the Virgin Islands, and London.

If I could live anywhere it would probably still be on the East coast of the US, but I would like to visit more of the rest of the US, especially Alaska, Hawaii, and some of our country's more spectacular natural phenomena.

I really do not want to live in South Carolina. For some reason, I always get very depressed visiting there.

[Colleen]

...and Connecticut. Oh, and I had to edit to add Vancouver Island, even though it's a bit of a stretch to say I lived there, given that it was only a handful of months. Still, it's near and dear to my heart, so I wanted to mention it!

[Tutor]

Grew up in NJ (lived in three different towns).
Went to college in PA.
Newlywed in Washington, DC.
Had first three children in Maryland (each was born in a different town).
Fourth child born in PA (where we lived up until last summer).
Now we're in MS and love it.

As you can see, we have a bit of wanderlust, and we'd like to continue to nurture it. The best way to get to know an area is to live there for a couple of years. We'd love to live for a time in:

England
Ireland
Singapore
Seattle, Washington
northern Idaho
coastal Maine
Flagstaff, Arizona
Asheville, NC
New York City

[Rhesa]

Grew up in small town Oklahoma

Went to school in Missouri

Moved with husband to Massachusetts (near Boston)

Now living on the Upper East Side of NYC!

Someday going to live in western Europe...:001_smile:

[LizzyBee]

I miss Baltimore's food, too.

My DH works for a company located in Cary, NC. Every few years they threaten to relocate us to Cary.

Have they told you what Cary stands for?

Containment area for relocated Yankees, or

Containment area for relocated yuppies.

Which one depends on who you ask.

[Laurel T.]

Nothing exciting, just a bunch a places in AL: Mobile; Birmingham; Foley (near Gulf Shores). And we were in Houston for about 6 years.

Laurel T.

[Doran]

Pretty much an east coast girl, eh? Well, except for that Kansas bit. :D

Doran

[momo4]

Southern CA:auto: too much concrete and traffic
Arizona:mad: HOT
Northern CA (Monterey Bay):party:
Colorado:banghead: Cold, long winters, LOTS of driving. Everything is spread out here.

I hope someday I can be back in CA! Catalina Island might be nice too.:willy_nilly:

[Karin]

Far too many villages, towns & cities to mention, so I'll stick to countries/provinces which is a far shorter list.

Canada:
BC, SK, ON

Germany

USA:
CA
KS
OH
MA
and, if six weeks qualifies as living somewhere (I was staying with relatives), Alaska.

And, of course, travelling adds provinces, states & countries, but I'm not a globe trotter, just UK, various European countries (the latter when I lived there), Mexico.

If I could just up and live somewhere else, I'd live in either Iceland or Australia. Yeah, lots in common there, eh? (for those who don't know eh is pronounced like a long a. Do you know that while I grew up saying it, as a kid I never realized it was spelled eh.)

[CalicoKat]

Let's see I've lived:

Wisconsin
Pulley, Switzerland (near Lausanne)
Congo, Africa
Iowa, and
Illinois

I'd love to move to Wisconsin. Find me a farm that's at the end of a dead end road and I'd be very happy.

[Antonia]

I've lived in NY, FL, and now CT. I would love to live in Italy someday.

[Susie in CA]

In order:

Austria
Boston, Ma
San Diego
Manchester, NH
San Diego

Here to stay. We love California - well, most of the time. :D

Susie

[Soph the vet]

In this order I've lived:
Maine
Virginia
Texas
Connecticut (grew up there)
Minnesota
Athens, Georgia
Mongolia (for a month:001_smile:)
Minnesota

Want to live somewhere warmer and still play broomball.

[Jenny in Atl]

Did you go to UGA's Vet school?

[Hoggirl]

Florida
Arkansas
England (Leeds)

[Pam "SFSOM" in TN]

Cumberland Plateau here, too, different little town down the road from Regena.

I moved to Greenville, SC then to

Honolulu, HI then to

Pittsburgh, PA then to

Fayetteville, NC then to

Alexandria, VA then to

Columbia, SC then to

Heidelberg, Germany then back to

Greenville, SC then to

Fort Dix, NJ then to

Charlottesville, VA then to

Bel Air, MD then to

Johnson City, TN.

And as the 4 y/o dd would say, "And here I am!"

I'd love to live in Charlottesville or Greenville again. Probably will end up back up the mountain on the Plateau, though.

[Rachel]

South Lake Tahoe, California
Huntington Beach, California
Paradise, California
Stockton, California
Rio Vista, California
Costa Mesa, California

Anchorage, Alaska
Palmer, Alaska
Eagle River, Alaska

Memphis, Tennessee

Duluth, Georgia (Atlanta)

Huntsville, Alabama

Belton, Missouri (Kansas City)

[MtnMom]

I've lived in

Concordia, MO (town about an hour east of KC)
Lincoln, NE (great little city!)
Dallas, TX
Waco, TX
Duncanville, TX (suburb of Dallas)

DH and I would like to live in Northern Colorado someday, or even back somewhere in the midwest. Although I've lived here almost 25 years, I'm really not much of a fan of Texas.

[Colleen]

Actually, she's my "aunt-in-law", if that's an actual term. Love visiting her wonderful home overlooking Lac Lemann. When did you live there?

[Novafan]

Brooklyn, NY
Bethlehem, PA
Pittsburgh, PA
Ft. Eustis, VA (near Newport News)
Ft. Bragg, NC (near Fayetteville)
Heidelberg, Germany
Magstadt, Germany (near Stuttgart)
Monterey, CA
Westbrook, CT
Will move to Vienna, Austria in May 2009

[Jean in Newcastle]

born and lived most of my childhood in Sendai, Japan
spent one year living on Ventnor Ave. in Atlantic City, NJ (took a walk on the Boardwalk. . .)
spent two separate years living in Plainwell, Michigan
lived all my teen years in a dorm in Tokyo, Japan
lived in Seattle, Washington for college and after
went to seminary in Portland, OR (and my first couple years of married life)
moved back to the Seattle Area

[Jenny in Atl]

I love this! I feel like I have traveled all over the globe w/o leaving my chair. That you all for sharing!! :lurk5:

[Dayle in Guatemala]

I have lived in:

San Diego, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Okinawa Japan
Guam
Crosby, MN
Minneapolis, MN
Baton Rouge, LA
NYC
Antigua, Guatemala

[mcconnellboys]

No! Will you go back home full time? I'm hoping we get to keep our farm so we can be there some, but I don't think I can do it year round, LOL.....

Regena

[chai]

Colorado:banghead: Cold, long winters, LOTS of driving. Everything is spread out here.

Colorado winters seem short and warm compared to MN.

:iagree: about everything being spread out here!
I drive all the time! :auto:

[Mrs Mungo]

I grew up in Moore, Oklahoma (just between Norman and OKC) and lived there until I married. Since DH went active duty we have lived in:

Barstow, CA
Ft Irwin, CA (I know they are practically the same but more people know about Barstow)
Chester, VA
Bad Kreuznach, Germany
Dexheim, Germany
Fayetteville, NC
and now Oahu.

[Jennifer in MI]

[QUOTE
Grosse Pointe Park, MI and I'm NEVER moving again.

I always think of John Cusack when I see Grosse Pointe.
:D[/QUOTE]

LOL! Most people do! Some of the outdoor scenes were filmed here in Grosse Pointe!

[JFS in IL]

Born in Redlands, CA, then...
College Green, Maryland (IBM moved Dad there) then...
Orange, in Orange Co, S. Ca. for 11 years then...
Villa Park CA for about 10 more years then...
San Francisco (briefly) then...
Westwood (UCLA) followed by
Venice Beach...
Evanston, IL....then married and ...
Rogers Park (north bit of Chicago) followed by...
Elgin, IL for the last almost 20 years!!!

I'd love to live in Santa Monica, CA...if most of the other people in my home state would kindly LEAVE!!!! Or Big Sur. Or....Italy. Or New Zealand if I could pretend to be a hobbit.

[fishnoises]

Montgomery, AL

My favorite place was England. Emotionally, for many reasons, it's my "home." :) But I'll move just about anywhere. I enjoy moving.


Here it is, my whole life:
Born in Lansdale PA 1968
Tucson AZ 1970
California 1971
Quakertown PA 1972-1977
Brentwood, Essex, England 1977-1980
Dearborn MI 1980-1986
London, England 1986-1988
Sao Paulo, Brazil 1988
Dearborn, MI 1988-1993
Westland MI 1993-2002
Grand Blanc MI 2002-now

There is no place I'd rather be than in England (other than where I am now 'cause I love it here) (Except maybe Buenos Aires where my parents are from and where I'd love to spend more time....)
Caroline

[Shelly in IL]

dh was a USMC. Now we don't move at all..sigh...
We've lived:
Ohio
several places in Florida
Beaufort, SC, twice
Meridian, MS, twice
2 different places in IL
9 different places used to be more impressive in the 11 years we did it at first. We've been here 7 years, so 9 moves in 18 years doesn't sound as impressive!

[Amira]

I grew up in Utah and never lived anywhere else till I was 18. Since then I've lived in Jerusalem and Kyrgyzstan, all over Idaho, New Jersey, and soon will be moving to Washington.

I would like to live by the ocean someday, and in China and Tajikistan. I'd love to live in Cairo too.

[Jenny in Atl]

There have only been a few places I felt that "at home" feel. Cape Cod, The four corners area of NM,CO,UT, and AZ, and England. I would like the chance to see if there are more out there though! :auto:

[Pam "SFSOM" in TN]

No! Will you go back home full time? I'm hoping we get to keep our farm so we can be there some, but I don't think I can do it year round, LOL.....

Regena

I'm not looking forward to it. But pressures being what they are...

I'm not sure I can take it year-round, either! Ahhhhhh...

:eek:

[King Alfred Academy]

Since moving out of my parent's house at 18 my dad has over 30 different addresses in his rolodex for me! Granted, I moved to lots of different places within the same town many times. But, in the last 18 years, I haven't stayed at the same address from more than 18 months! AND...we are moving again this fall...hopefully to No. CA.

Here is my list...Iowa, Michigan, Tennessee, Kansas, and Washington State.

My favorite place by far has been WA. Love the NW.

My dream is to live in Paris or on the coast of England on a sheep farm!

[lynn]

Methuen, Mass - loved
West Palm beach, FL - Hated, hated, hated did I mention hated
Huntsville Alabama - not to bad
Hamden, CT - loved
Cape Canaveral, Fl - same as other fl places
West Palm BEach, FL - ditto
Duluth, GA - not to bad
Tucson, AZ loved, loved, loved!!!!

Would love to live in NewEngland or Tucson again probably prefer Tucson because the weather, no humidity, no mosquito's, hot days but perfectly cool BUG LESS evenings. I love NE change of seasons, but love Tucson everything.

[Beth in Central TX]

I've lived in:

Ft. Thomas, Ky
Ft. Hood, TX
Nurnberg, Germany
Ft. Sam Houston, TX
Frankfurt, Germany
Wiesbaden, Germany (1985-1986; we just missed each other Stephanie!)
Ft. Sam Houston, TX
Austin, TX
Currently in Central TX

I'm an Army brat, can you tell?

[tammi]

Chicago, IL born
Paris, France 1-3 years of age
San Antonio, TX 4 years old
Independece, MO 5 years old
Kitzigen, Germany 1-3rd grade
St. Petersburg, FL 4th grade
Titusville, FL 5th grade
Hinesville, GA 6-8th grade
Wahiawa, HI 9-12 grade
St. Petersburg, FL 2 years before college
Dayton, TN college 4 years
Nashville, TN husband's PA school 1 year
Lebanon, TN working while husband doing rotation 1 year
Sparta, TN husband's 1st job 1 year
Glennallen, AK Husband's next job 7 years all 3 kids born in Anchorage
Chattanooga, TN 6 months
Hollis Center, ME 5 years
Dayton, TN 5 years
Evensville, TN 4 days (just moved)

We would have stayed in AK but son was slowing dying and had to go to a place where he could thrive. ME was the place.

[Mom2boys]

Have lived in:

Columbus, Coshocton, Oxford, Cincinnati, Middletown, Trenton, Lexington, and Newark, Ohio
Raleigh, NC
Albuquerque, NM
Brazil

Would love to move to Seattle or the Netherlands.

[Laura Corin]

Have lived, in this order, in: Bristol (UK)18 years, Hull (UK) two years, Perigueux (France) one year, back to Hull one year, Beijing (China) one year, Paris (France) one year, Taipei (Taiwan) five years, Santa Clara (California) two years, London (UK) three years, Hong Kong seven years, Kunming (China) three and a half years.

We have our sights set on Scotland, but that's a pipe dream at present.

Laura

[gardenschooler]

Let's see...

I was born in NYC
Then we lived in Woodbury, CT
Then Springfield, NJ
and back to NYC

Moved to Memphis
then GA (high school years)
then I took off for FL (college years)

and finally came 'home' to Memphis

I was determined my kids would not have a lot of moving around or switching schools!
*there were a few more back and forth moves between NYC and CT, but I can't remember them all!

[Happy2bhome]

Born and raised in WA
Time in Ca and TX
Returned to WA after dh retired from military
Currently on tdy in HI



http://kauahifamilyinhawaii.blogspot.com/

[StacyWithFourRugrats]

Born in Alabama then...
moved to Lousiana when I was a few years old...
moved to Houston, Texas when I was 5 years old...
moved to Fort Worth, Texas when I was 10 years old...
went to university at Louisiana State University...
graduated and spent a summer up in Manchester-by-the-sea near Boston...
moved down south with a boyfriend to Tampa, Florida...
moved after a year back to Fort Worth, Texas...
married British hubby and moved to San Antonio, Texas...
after 3 years, moved to North Carolina where we are now...
and *hopefully* will move to the Czech Republic this year....*cross fingers*

Seems like a lot when ya put it down, but not too much to me compared to some of ya'll! :auto:

[CalicoKat]

Actually, she's my "aunt-in-law", if that's an actual term. Love visiting her wonderful home overlooking Lac Lemann. When did you live there?
We were there in 1979. We lived in an apartment on Route De VeyVey right by the park on Lac Lemann at the end of the bus line. I was 9 yrs old. There used to be an elementary school right there that I went too.

I love Switzerland and I hope to go back with my family someday. I have great memories of exploring the city via the bus system. :)

[elegantlion]

I have loved reading all of these.

I grew up in
Kansas City, MO
Lived all around Kansas City, MO & Overland Park, KS
Northwest Missouri
now Southwest Louisiana (finally escaped the cold winters)

We are planning on moving this year, but that's a whole other story.

[Begonia]

U.K.: London, Buckinghamshire, and Kent

SPAIN: Asturias (along the Atlantic coast), Menorca (Balearic Islands), Madrid

U.S.: Summit, NJ, and Washington, DC environs

I'd like to retire in Spain-- good food, nice weather, great people. :thumbup:

[Daisy]

Alabama
Florida
New Jersey
Kentucky
Washington
California

I'm not including the various towns/cities within those states but I've moved a total of 8 times in my life (so far). I hope to move right out of SoCal, one day.

[Kristen in NC]

I have lived in
Knoxville, TN (4 years)
Asheville, NC (14 years)
Raleigh, NC (4 years)
Kingsport, TN (7 years)
Lexington, NC (5 years)
Winston-Salem, NC (2 years and counting)

Not much variety:D

[nukeswife]

I was born and raised near Milwaukee WI,
Then I met a Sailor and we were married in Newport RI, then we went to Bremerton WA, then off to Virginia Beach VA, then to Mayport FL. Then back to Newport RI, then he went off to Bremerton WA and I moved with the kids to Muskego WI (he was going to be on deployment and the ship was not returning to WA) then we went back to Virginia Beach VA, then to Mayport FL, and now we're in Chesapeake VA. This has all happened since we married in 1997. We should be getting new orders again in mid 2009, we're hoping he'll just transfer to a new command here in VA but who knows what the Navy will have up their sleeve for us.

In 7 years he'll retire and we're planning to buy a ranch in Oklahoma or Texas.

[Sandy in Indy]

I was born in Kokomo, IN. (Mom still lives in the same house. Not much wandering in our family, I guess!)
Went to school for one year in Nashville, TN.
Moved back to Kokomo.
Moved to Indianapolis, IN to finish school and stayed to teach for five years. Got married in Indy.
Moved to Sanford, FL with dh (16 years).
Moved back to Indy 4+ years ago. I like it here!

[Elm in NJ]

Freetown, Sierra leone
London, England
Glasgow, Scotland
New Jersey

Now, I am planning on moving to North Carolina.

I would like to live in England :)mostly because most of my family and friends are there. Not London though, too dirty and congested, maybe somewhere in Kent which close enough to London for me.

Elmeryl

[Just Me]

I have always lived in central NC, always within a 20 mile radius.

I would love to try living in Phoenix, or in the NC mountains!

[muffinmom]

Detroit, MI--don't remember
Bowling Green, KY--nice place
Childersburg, AL--very.small.
Texas City, TX--flat
Nashville, TN--(lived here 3 diff. times)
Greenville, SC--loved it; everybody's yard was like a park
Fort Worth, TX--good friends
Knoxville, TN--love nest with my dh
Czech Republic--interesting

I love Nashville; would live in Greenville or Bowling Green; but now that I've visited a few more places, I could totally see myself living in England or Portland, OR. I'm fond of clouds and rain! I almost forgot: could totally settle down in San Diego. What weather!

[nancypants]

Bay Area of California, Langley BC, DFW Texas, College Station, TX, Bay Area of CA again and then Alberta, Canada

[j.griff]

I have lived in Alabama, Millington, TN, and San Diego, CA. Now we're headed to Pensacola, FL.
I would LOVE to live in Washington State for a while (I LOVE the rain). I'd also really like to retire to Australia or New Zealand. But I'd like to travel too, KWIM? There are so many interesting places to see. But I dont' want to do "touristy" things, I just want to "experience" other "cultures" for periods of time.

[Lynn in WI]

In chronological order:

Wisconsin
Kenya
Wisconsin
Hong Kong
Wisconsin
California
Florida
California
Wisconsin

Time to move back to California to keep my pattern even?

[Jackie in AR]

Arkansas and Texas

[Remudamom]

New Orleans (born and bred)
Dugway, Utah
Tuscaloosa, Alabama
Our ranch, Kansas

[Lorna in the boonies]

In chronological order (I didn't count moves within the same state):

Texas
South Carolina
Texas
North Carolina
Virginia
South Carolina
Texas
Rhode Island
Hawaii
California
Izmir, Turkey
Texas
Missouri
North Carolina
Louisiana
Texas

I've been in Texas for the past 15 years and don't plan on leaving any time soon.

[Tammyla]

My list is a kind of long. My favorite places were the southwest, California, and overseas. However, I've enjoyed each and every place I've called home.

California
Germany
Japan
Italy
Tennessee
Kentucky
Oklahoma
Colorado
Iowa
Ohio
Washington DC
Illinois
Georgia
Arizona
Hawaii
Guam


I'm sure I missed somewhere, but we moved around when I was a kid too.:auto:

[Alenee]

I've lived all over CA, both northern and southern at one point or another. Settled in the Bay Area for the better part of my life. Moved to WA 8 years ago. Would love to live where the sun shines a little more but you can't beat getting all four seasons and the beauty each one brings through plant life and snow.:)

[Mom2legomaniacs]

Detroit, MI--don't remember
Bowling Green, KY--nice place
Childersburg, AL--very.small.
Texas City, TX--flat
Nashville, TN--(lived here 3 diff. times)
Greenville, SC--loved it; everybody's yard was like a park
Fort Worth, TX--good friends
Knoxville, TN--love nest with my dh
Czech Republic--interesting

I love Nashville; would live in Greenville or Bowling Green; but now that I've visited a few more places, I could totally see myself living in England or Portland, OR. I'm fond of clouds and rain! I almost forgot: could totally settle down in San Diego. What weather!


Dh is from BG and we both went to WKU! And we currently live in the Knox. area!

[Mom2legomaniacs]

Several places in KY (Owensboro, Bowling Green, Danville)
Rochester, NY
Edwardsville, IL
Oak Ridge, TN

[Laura W.]

During my first 7 years of life, I lived in Texas, Tennessee, and Virginia.

Between the ages of 7 and 17, I lived in 3 different cities in Brazil (Campinas, Fortaleza, and Manaus) and in Florida.

Most of the time since then I lived in Alabama.

Last year we moved to West Africa. We've lived in Mali and Senegal so far.

Blessings,

Laura

[HS in NZ]

California
New Zealand
Back to US in several months!

It was a good experience living in NZ. I see how spoiled I was in the U.S. and how I took some common things for granted. I missed my extended family more than I expected as well. I am returning with a deeper appreciation for the way of life in the U.S. and being with family! God has really taught me a lot. I can't wait to get back. I don't mind visiting foreign countries, as long as I can call the U.S. "home"!

[My2sons]

Since being married we've lived in:

Kansas
Tennessee
Ohio
Texas (3 times - 2 cities)
Washington
and soon to be moving again this summer

I loved the NW and would love to summer there and perhaps find some nice sunny spot for winters!

[missplacedalaskan]

I am an Air Force Brat married to an Air Force Guy!
Growing up we lived in:
Los Angeles, Ca
Phoenix, AZ
Biloxi, MS
Oklahoma City, OK
Hessich Oldendorf, Germany
Landstuhl, Germany
Ramstein, Germany
Kaiserslautern, Germany
MCAAP, McCalister, OK
Alamagordo, NM
Prum Air Station, Germany...graduated from Bitburg High School
Rome, NY

Then I married Dh:
Las Vegas, NV
Rome, NY...Dh was remote to Korea for a year
Tacoma, WA
Panama City, FL
Del Rio, TX
Eagle River, AK
Biloxi, MS

Where I would love to live:
Anywhere outside the United States! We would love to tour Europe with the Dc!

[hsmom]

My mom moved a lot when I was younger. We lived in tons of cities within all of these states. It seemed like we moved every 6 months give or take. Now after all the moving I live back in the state I was born. Go figure.

Wyoming
California
Oregon
Washington
Texas
Arkansas
Utah
North Dakota
South Dakota
Montana
Nevada

[Bells]

Ohio
Florida
And Paradise for the past 28 years (that would be Swan Quarter, NC)

[Ida]

Born in Durham, NC
Boarding school in Wallingford, CT
Senior year of high school in Rennes, France
1 semester of college in Northampton, MA
Back to Durham NC
hated living in Jacksonville, FL for 4 years
Back to Durham, NC
In the process of buying a house in Fargo, ND

[AndyJoy]

My dad was in the Air Force until I was 14, so we lived lots of places! Not that I've "settled down" since marriage, either.

Childhood:

Tacoma, Washington (birth-2)
Rantoul, Illinois (2-3)
Las Vegas, Nevada (3-5)
Kadena, Okinawa Japan (5-7)
North Highlands, CA (7-10)
Mountain Home, ID (Dad retired here (10-18)

Adulthood:

Santa Clarita, CA (college)
Valencia, CA (1st year of marriage)
Moscow, ID (2nd-3rd years of marriage)
Ridgecrest, CA (4th year-present)

[Kathleen in VA]

It is so cool to see all the military "brats" here. My dad was in the Navy so here is my list.

Jacksonville, FL
Oxon Hill, MD
Kanitra, Morocco
Jacksonville, FL
Norfolk, VA
Omaha, NE
Honolulu, HI (We actually lived on Ford Island in the middle of Pearl Harbor)
Falls Church, VA
Harrisonburg, VA (went to JMU)
Arlington, VA
Woodbridge, VA
Stafford, VA

[Stacia]

VA (multiple times), NC (multiple times), SC, GA, CT, HI, Guam (very briefly when I was very young).

Places I would like to live: Seattle area; Charleston, SC area; Northern Italy (Val Gardena in the Dolomites) -- feasible only if I win millions of $$; Brugge, Belgium; or somewhere in Scandanavia. Of course, a Pacific island would be another great option. ;)

[Kay in Cal]

Have lived: Limestone, Maine (born there); Grand Forks, North Dakota; Minneapolis, Minnesota; Omaha, Nebraska; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Oslo, Norway (actually lived in a small town called Vollen south of Drammen); Steinalben, Germany (small village near Pirmasens); Aurora, Colorado (graduated from high school here); Baltimore, Maryland (college); and Upland, Pomona, Ontario, Tustin and Chatsworth in California (seminary and beyond). We've been in this house for 6 years--longer than anywhere I have ever lived!

Would like to live: Norway (again!), England, Ireland, Vermont, or coastal New England

[Mamasteff]

Small town Southern California most of my life- from hospital to high school and everything in between 1 square mile (but we did travel lots!).

Went to University in Los Angeles, and Brighton, United Kingdom.

LA and environs (Torrance and Glendale).

Morocco - big city and tiny mountain village.

Back to the same small town, but beyond the 1 sq. mile (stretching myself a bit since I've been back!)

[Apiphobic]

As a military brat:

Born in Okinawa, Japan
Washington DC
Ruston, Louisiana
Dayton, Ohio (loved catching fireflies as a kid)
Las Vegas, Nevada (loved it here as a kid and always thought I'd go back)
Great Falls, Montana (df retired here)
Missoula, Montana (college)
Larchmont, New York

As a military wife:

San Vito, Italy (dd born in Naples, Italy)
Spokane, Washington (twins born here)
Misawa, Japan (dd born here)
Bury St. Edmunds, UK
Lakenheath, UK


Absolutely loved living overseas and would go back to Italy, Japan or England in a heartbeat.

This reminds me I need to get busy and update my blog. I try to write about the places we've visited so we'll be able to look back on it. I keep meaning to write about the places we've lived, but time keeps slipping away. I'm kinda nervous, because I've never shared my blog here.

Isn't It Midnight (http://isntitmidnight.blogspot.com/)

[Jlynn]

Let's see...Born in Southern California, then off to Washington, Hawaii, Alabama, Hanau Germany, Washington, Ca., Alabama, Wiesbaden Germany, Alabama, San Antonio Texas, Monterey California, Mississippi, North Carolina, Misawa Japan, San Angelo Texas, Dayton Ohio, Melbourne Florida, near Tokyo Japan and moving next week to Fairfield California!! Can you tell I'm married to a military guy?!? This does not include countries/states we've visited.

Favorite place was Melbourne Florida...wonderful people, inexpensive living, and loved having the beach just short drive away.

I'm not to interested in many other places...kinda tired of travelling. I've already visited enough places in both Europe and Asia to have my fill of travelling. Hope to settle in Florida.

[TN Mama]

This has been a fun thread to read!

For me:

Born in SE Missouri (I pronounce it Missoura)
Briefly lived in Nashville, TN
then to Coastal CT
Southern ME
MD (brief stint)
N. Dallas/Plano, TX
back to Nashville
Knoxville

Maybe adding Tulsa, OK to our list next.

I've loved all of the places I've lived for different reasons. I wouldn't want to be back in the town I grew up in MO, especially not with my children but we sure love to visit.

There are various places we'd love to live, but I'm really happy where we are now. Love being close to family, have fabulous friends, wonderful family friendly city, great church... Trying to think of a move as an adventure! :)

[chiguirre]

I've lived in:

Pittsburgh
Philadelphia
Paris for a summer
Boston
Buenos Aires
Caracas
Houston

I don't think we'll move anymore until the kids are grown, then we'll try to spend at least half the year in Caracas.

[musicmommy]

Deer River, MN
Winnebago, MN
Chugiak, AK
Federal Way, WA
Holtwick, Germany
Chicago, IL
Carol Stream, IL
Portland, OR
Dundee, OR

I would absolutely love to go back to Alaska. It's where I spent the largest chunk of my growing up years. Otherwise, I have a very, very romantic view of what living on the northeast seaboard is like.

[Wundermom]

Born in Illinois, moved to FL, back to IL, back to FL, to VA for a short while, back to FL.

[lauranav]

Started out in NC
Spent a year in Sevilla, Spain during college - that was great but a strange combination of first time in a big city and first time in a foreign city.
Denton, TX for a year of grad school at UNT
Brooklyn, NY - here's where I figured out that part of my experience in Sevilla had been big city. And I met dh here.
Back to NC, near Charlotte this time - we're happy here

But, if we were to move, I'd love to go back to Spain, or try Italy or Scotland.

[sleepy]

Not many places... born in Baton Rouge, grew up in Atlanta, moved up to Gainesville for a few years, now living near Athens (Georgia, not Greece :tongue_smilie:).

[Lizzie in Ma]

Amherst was the farthest I ever lived from my family. Was raised on the Cape, went to school in Amherst, lived right over the bridge in Cedarville and am now back on the Cape. :)
What can I say, my family is here and it is home.

[nutmeg]

I've spent all my 40 years in Oregon's beautiful Willamette Valley, with the exception of my college years in Klamath Falls.

[clerkofkirk]

Iowa, California, Indiana, Texas, England, Kansas, Missouri, Washington DC, North Carolina,Virginia. I have been in VA(southwest VA in the mountains) for 14 years now, the longest I have ever been anywhere. I am happy here and don't want to go anywhere else. Travel, yes. Live, no.

Susie in SWVA

[JudoMom]

Memphis, TN & a suburb of Memphis.

Colorado. If we moved, I'd want to go back to TN--but to the mountains, not Memphis (I really love the area, but a little too close to family).

[*anj*]

Amherst was the farthest I ever lived from my family. Was raised on the Cape, went to school in Amherst, lived right over the bridge in Cedarville and am now back on the Cape. :)
What can I say, my family is here and it is home.

Did you go to ZooMass, or one of the other 6(?) colleges in Amherst?
Does it bug you when people pronounce the "h"?
Did you ever hang out in Northampton? We used to. ;)

[langfam]

Singapore
London, England
Xi'an, China
Mancos,CO
Albuquerque, NM
Augusta, GA

[kribby]

27 different states, with dh job

[Tarheel Heather]

Born in New Hampshire
Hawaii
Louisianna
4 cities in NC
2 places in upstate NY
Suffolk, VA
now in SC

[jonesloonybin]

Born in Frankfurt, Germany
Budingen, Germany
Berlin, Germany
El Paso, TX
Stockton, CA
Olympia, WA
Sacramento, CA
Campbell, CA
El Paso, TX
Campbell, CA
Silver Lake, WA
Santa Clara, CA
Lebanon, OR (can we say culture shock! :eek:)
Bend, OR
Brookings, OR
Albany, OR
Lebanon, OR
Salem, OR (met DH who was born and raised in Dallas, OR)
Bath, ME
Clayton, NC

We will stay here for a few years but we are thinking Idaho next. I would love to live overseas or in Vermont with money no object of course. :001_smile:

I too was an Army brat but we did not move as much because my Dad went and my Mother and us kids stayed.

Another habit I got from my parents (both were Army brats too) is that if we don't move then every 6 months or so all the furniture and stuff gets moved around. :lol:

[LisaK in VA]

Pomeroy Ave (San Jose, CA)
Army Base near Atlanta, GA
Pomeroy Ave (San Jose, CA)
Pumpherston Ave (San Jose, CA)
Septembersong Ct. (San Jose, CA)
Meadow Ct. (Morgan Hill, CA)
Manfre Rd. (Morgan Hill, CA)
7 Trees (San Jose, CA)
A temprary home I can't remember in San Jose, CA
Whispering Forest Ct. Lilburn, GA
Sunset Strip in Sunrise, FL (Ft. Lauderdale)
Lynchburg, VA (dorms)
East Capitol Street, Washington, DC
Reston, VA
Vienna, VA
Fredericksburg, VA
Ft. Smith, AR
Fredericksburg, VA
Mechanicsville, VA
Fredericksburg, VA... where I am now.

20 "moves" in 40 years... not lots of different cities, just different houses and areas.

[shalom22]

I was born in Oklahoma, moved one time and lived in the same place until I got married at 19. Since then, we have moved 15 time and will move once again next month. Mostly have lived in Texas (Is there anyplace else to live?) in the Houston area. Hot as blazes in the summer, but I don't like cold weather so I have learned to deal with it. I have told my husband we can living anywhere in Texas he wants. Oh, Texas!

[Tammy in Germany]

Grew up in Franklin County, VA
Buies Creek, NC
Fort Bragg, NC
Seoul, South Korea
Fort Irwin, CA
Fort Meade, MD
Fort Bliss, TX
Wurzburg, Germany and now Heidelberg, Germany

[laughing lioness]

I grew up all around Ohio. I loved Columbus but the other small towns seemed small townish:) As a married couple we lived there for 15 mths as part of a military stint and I loved living by family. I cried when we left.
Indiana- Q: If it's 5:30 p.m. in Ohio, what time is it in Indiana? A: 1950
Connecticut- LOVE the east coast. Very quaint and loaded with history
Los Angeles- smoggy and espensive. LOTS to do- ocean, mountains. I sure miss Leo Carrillo beach! Actually I miss CA but becasue we aren't millionaries I'm glad I'm not raising a fam there.
New Mexico (not the Rio Grande valley) lots of nature to exlore, not many people. Truly the wild west. Great place to visit. Couldn't wait to move.
South Dakota- um. We love our acerage.

I would love to move back to either coast- northern CA, OR or WA. Or Colorado Springs. Or Ohio :) I would love to live in Israel (but not forever).

[Kim in Appalachia]

After I got married, we lived in Baltimore. We then moved to Bristol, TN. After that it was Williamson, WV. Now we are back in TN, about an hr north of Knoxville.

I loved living in Bristol. I wasn't fond of living in Baltimore, but I did enjoy the food.

I enjoy living in the South, but I miss the food from the North. I grew up in Jersey and I miss real pretzels, hoagies (with hard rolls!), cheese steaks, good sausage, bagels, seafood, and the variety of "international" food that you can get up North.

I like the slower pace of the South. It is much less crowded, and the people seem more friendly. But it is harder to "fit in" around here. We are in a very small town, and if you haven't lived here forever you don't really belong.