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I literally couldn't care less where I lived. Is it really that big of a deal?

by mjfl 8y ago

beatgammit 8y ago
I like sun, forests, and fresh food (love farmers markets), and my wife can't live without Asian groceries (she's Asian) and international travel. We want to be close to family, and neither of us wants to live in an urban area. My family lives in the PNW, and my in-laws live in SoCal. Right now we're in Utah (ticks most of those boxes), but I'm looking around for other options, and right now I'm considering central Oregon or central Washington. So yeah, I think it matters a ton where we live. Sure, we could be reasonably happy anywhere, but we'd really prefer to not have to compromise.
- DoreenMichele 8y ago
  I like sun, forests, and fresh food (love farmers markets) considering central Oregon or central Washington Consider the Tricities -- Pasco, Kennewick, Richland, WA. It's not central. It's Eastern. But my sons quit eating frozen veggies while we lived there and never went back. They got spoiled by fresh stuff. It is considered "the fruit basket" of the US, which I never heard anywhere but there. It's like some well kept secret. I learned to eat fresh pineapple there. Having grown up on the canned stuff, it was news to me that fresh pineapple is awesome. I had a pretty low opinion of it. It's also kind of a retirement destination because it's relatively sunny and temperate for that part of the world.
diminoten 8y ago
I was in the same boat as you, but there are big enough differences that I thought I'd get over but now recognize they're more important to me than I realized. I lived in Alexandria (outside of DC), then Evanston (outside Chicago) and now Rogers, AR, and each move revealed things to me that I didn't realize I enjoyed. In DC I had a big enough friend circle that any given weekend I could find someone to hang out with. In Evanston I could walk to everywhere I wanted, and in Rogers, I've got actual gigabit Internet and pay half the rent I was paying before, for twice the home. Each new place has a different set of advantages and disadvantages. DC was crazy expensive, Evanston had my whole life revolving around Northwestern (my fiancee was a student) and I'm not making tons of friends out here in Rogers yet. What I did realize is that I could get used to anything, and remembering that my happiness is probably going to level out no matter what my situation is helps me cope with any of the bad stuff I don't like. I find it hard to imagine that any one place is perfect, so if it's just a matter of making tradeoffs, I don't think the choice of where to live is one that you can "solve". Just pick a few things you want, and move somewhere that has them.

I literally couldn't care less where I lived. Is it really that big of a deal?

by mjfl 8y ago

I literally couldn't care less where I lived. Is it really that big of a deal?

I like sun, forests, and fresh food (love farmers markets), and my wife can't live without Asian groceries (she's Asian) and international travel. We want to be close to family, and neither of us wants to live in an urban area. My family lives in the PNW, and my in-laws live in SoCal. Right now we're in Utah (ticks most of those boxes), but I'm looking around for other options, and right now I'm considering central Oregon or central Washington. So yeah, I think it matters a ton where we live. Sure, we could be reasonably happy anywhere, but we'd really prefer to not have to compromise.

DoreenMichele 8y ago
I like sun, forests, and fresh food (love farmers markets) considering central Oregon or central Washington Consider the Tricities -- Pasco, Kennewick, Richland, WA. It's not central. It's Eastern. But my sons quit eating frozen veggies while we lived there and never went back. They got spoiled by fresh stuff. It is considered "the fruit basket" of the US, which I never heard anywhere but there. It's like some well kept secret. I learned to eat fresh pineapple there. Having grown up on the canned stuff, it was news to me that fresh pineapple is awesome. I had a pretty low opinion of it. It's also kind of a retirement destination because it's relatively sunny and temperate for that part of the world.

diminoten 8y ago

I was in the same boat as you, but there are big enough differences that I thought I'd get over but now recognize they're more important to me than I realized. I lived in Alexandria (outside of DC), then Evanston (outside Chicago) and now Rogers, AR, and each move revealed things to me that I didn't realize I enjoyed. In DC I had a big enough friend circle that any given weekend I could find someone to hang out with. In Evanston I could walk to everywhere I wanted, and in Rogers, I've got actual gigabit Internet and pay half the rent I was paying before, for twice the home. Each new place has a different set of advantages and disadvantages. DC was crazy expensive, Evanston had my whole life revolving around Northwestern (my fiancee was a student) and I'm not making tons of friends out here in Rogers yet. What I did realize is that I could get used to anything, and remembering that my happiness is probably going to level out no matter what my situation is helps me cope with any of the bad stuff I don't like. I find it hard to imagine that any one place is perfect, so if it's just a matter of making tradeoffs, I don't think the choice of where to live is one that you can "solve". Just pick a few things you want, and move somewhere that has them.