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View Poll Results: What is the MAIN reason you live in the place that you do? | |||
This is where I was born or raised, and I stayed in the area. | 39 | 31.97% | |
I went to college/trade school/military in the area, and stayed. | 5 | 4.10% | |
I had friends or contacts in the area who recruited me here. | 1 | 0.82% | |
I moved here to be close to family. | 8 | 6.56% | |
I took a job or job transfer that happened to be in this area. | 33 | 27.05% | |
I semi-randomly picked the area as a place where I could create/re-create myself. | 3 | 2.46% | |
I targeted living in this area for career or financial reasons. | 7 | 5.74% | |
I targeted living in this area for lifestyle reasons. | 15 | 12.30% | |
I followed a woman/man here and settled down. | 7 | 5.74% | |
My car broke down here. | 0 | 0% | |
This is where the judge sentenced me. | 1 | 0.82% | |
There's some other reason that I will explain below | 3 | 2.46% | |
I don't live anywhere. I'm a vagabond. | 0 | 0% | |
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08-29-2018, 11:31 AM | #61 |
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I was somewhat impressed with what they had to offer. It wasn't for me but my former next door neighbor I grew up next to in NJ as a kid has life there with her husband for something like 25 years and her brother moved there about 15 years ago as well. They live an OPULENT life there in a 7,000 sq ft house a Ferrari and Porsche and Mercedes. I got to hang out there for three days at their house. Living la vida loca
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I find this fascinating. It appears that only about 20 percent of us targeted an area and chose our own place to live. The rest of us (me included) ended up somewhere because of habit or family, or because we randomly got a job there, or because we ended up in an area and decided that it was 'good enough'.
It seems like picking a place to live is a very important thing that can affect our happiness profoundly, but most of us are just feathers floating in the breeze. I suspect there's some conditioning involved - if you grow up going fishing in a rural area, or going to theaters in a big city, or lounging in your big back yard in a suburb, that might affect what you like and want in a location, and would favor where you grew up. But that still doesn't mean that it's the BEST place to do those things.
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I hear that happens a lot to married fellas!
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sorry! I jumped in with my answer before I saw your pole I was born basically in this area...and grew up here....(SF area) . But, my parents were divorced when I was a toddler. My dad was a farmer , basically and my mom is a professor. My dad moved back to kansas, and I spent lots of time back there....and even as an adult after my dad moved , I would visit a lot. He was die hard chiefs fan, and passed that curse to me. I've also traveled a lot, and have seen the world.... I feel lucky to have had the options I have had , because I love eastern Kansas. When I go there , it feels like home. I know I would be happy there too. And the same goes with where I live now, (northern california)..It feels like home and I love it here. Sorry for the long answer, but even though I did grow up here I feel like this place is a conscious choice, and I would choose it again. It was a tough call. A big part of me wanted to get married and raise a family in eastern kansas and even be a farmer. ALso, I did go to college here (CSU), even though I really wish I wouldve gone to K-U or K-state. What happened in my case was when I was 16 , I fell in love with a girl and decided to stay here instead of going to K-U. I had to get a job in college and I could only go part time so by the time I was done with my schooling & graduate degree I was like 25 and had some roots here.... At that time, I had a bad breakup with my high school sweetheart and was at a crossroads...but I decided to stay here, in Northern california because I was just barely starting a side business that I saw some potential in..... anyhow, thats my story and I am sticking to it
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I've lived in Omaha, Des Moines, Chicago, San Diego, Bay area CA, Okinawa Japan, Plano, Texas, and the Kansas City area, both in Johnson county, where I grew up, and now in Liberty, Mo where I've been the past 23 years. Liberty has, by far, been the best place I've ever lived. Yeah, some of the other places had fun shit to do, but I still visit friends in those places. Light traffic, lots of house for the money, great schools, I can live on acreage, and I'm right smack in the middle of the country, where I'm at most, a 3 hour plane flight from anywhere in the continental US.
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Screw HOA's. Never heard of one that anyone liked yet they govern almost 90% of every new development in the US.
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You should try going to somewhere without a port...its lot more rural and country than you might think. I don't care for big cities or crowded tourist areas. I don't even care for southern california much at all... You should check out northern california along the coast if you get a chance..its harder to do..you'll need a car and some time to drive but it is worth it. Sonoma County Coastline<---- https://tinyurl.com/y88w8hq8 also, the farm country here (a little inland) is really, really beautiful Sonoma County <-----https://tinyurl.com/yarfwgcr You cant really make too many broad generalizations about 'coastal' regions, IMO. You're missing out if you think its all crowded beaches with annoying people etc
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I've been there many times. Lived in the Bay Area for a while. Problem there is it's too expensive. It is gorgeous, no doubt. I've still got many friends in the Santa Rosa area, San Mateo too. Most say the same thing. As soon as they can, they are getting out of Cali. Little bitty houses cost an arm and a leg. No chance you can get some acreage to live on unless you are a farmer, and then, like all farming, it's a tough row to hoe. I do miss the weather there from time to time, mainly two months of summer and three months of winter, other than that, I'll just visit. More power to ya though. Glad you are happy there.
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Yeah, it's nice. Now, I'm not saying Liberty, Mo is the best place to live in the US. I'm just saying for my family and I it is. If I were retired, and the kids were off on their own, I could certainly find some other places that I'd be excited to move to
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