What Do You Like Most About Where You Live?

[nome1486]

Since we have people from so many different locations, I thought it would be fun to find out a little about the specific areas where everyone lives. You could probably list likes and dislikes, but I figured I'd focus on the positive (I'm a Pollyanna at heart)

I live in Kansas City, Missouri, a mid-sized city in the "heartland" of America.
What I like about it:

1. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art--
(how do you post a picture here from your hard drive?)

edit: oh, well; my avatar will do instead

2. The outdoor Shakespeare Festival every June-July (this year was Julius Caesar)

3. The Ethnic Festival (world foods and crafts in Swope Park every August)

4. Good barbecue!

5. Cultural history--Kansas City Monarchs (best team of the Negro Baseball League); jazz (famous 18th and Vine)


What about your area?

[Kiwi Shelf]

Well, I live in Nova Scotia, Canada.

In Nova Scotia, I like all the fishing towns, especially Lunenburg.
I like the lighthouses and the old sailing ships. (for example the Bluenose, which still travels about)
I like that we really don't have majorly big cities, our biggest is Halifax and I think most people would laugh because to them it is a town.
I like being near the water, well mainly.
I don't like the town I am living in right now, though, it is not near the water, there are no lighthouses, etc. It is called in its entirety "The Valley" and since I moved here I developed allergies and a severe dislike of enclosed spaces. We are pretty sheltered by our "mountains", which in my opinion are just large hills.

[simon]

I have my own personal moat, on Vancouver Island.

[evulik]

I live in Slovakia, this should be right in the middle of Europe. I lived in a village where we had only 100 citizen, we were surrounded by hills and nature, no roads and cars... and all was quiet, peaceful and very fresh air. I moved to Cerenany, this is also village with more than thousand people in it, I do not know I am here just few weeks. and no hills, nature and road right in front of my window...
what I love in Slovakia, it is different to europe, it is nice... and I was born here. I do not know what i love here, but everytime I was coming back from abroad... I felt... thousands great feelings on my back, I felt butterflies in my stomach and I guess this is what it is about...

[Koa]

Answering to this question required 30 seconds of thinking...

I like it where I live because it's a very beautiful city: Verona, Italy (for those who don't know yet ;)). It's hard to explain, but the city centre is just an endless piece of artwork, old buildings, from different times in history...I'm really amazed if I stop and stare a bit. I'll miss this, but I hate all the rest... I realised it's a quite posh city, I mean lots of posh people, it has the same traffic as huge cities despite not being one of the biggest... But I actually like it being an important city (both touristically and commercially due to its position: commerce to Germany has to pass from here) without being huge. I like the fact that it's just 2 hours of train away from 3 major cities (Milan, Venice and Bologna), not far from hills and mountains on the north, from lake Garda (the biggest lake in Italy) and from plain (well I'd do without that since it's the cause of such humid heat in summer). Great position indeed.
I also like that in Italy, wherever you travel there's something to see, even the mot insignificant city has some beautiful spots to see, it's another thing I might miss when I'll manage to runaway. I detest the Italian mentality and many other little things of the country, so I'll probably sacrifice the beauty to get to a place where I feel more at home...if it exists...

[nome1486]

It all sounds beautiful...I would love to visit any of these places


I do not know what i love here, but everytime I was coming back from abroad... I felt... thousands great feelings on my back, I felt butterflies in my stomach and I guess this is what it is about...

I know exactly how you feel, that's a wonderful way to put it. I've never been gone far enough away long enough to be overwhelmed with that feeling, but I still feel it sometimes. What's really strange is how often I feel that way about Great Britain, when I've never been there and I only have far distant ancestors who came from there. I think it's because of all the beautiful literature from there. Anyway, sorry to interrupt; I want to hear more of people's thoughts!

[Koa]

I feel like that about England too, despite not having any relations there if not an obscure spiritual link to the place... But yes I feel the coming back thing when I get back here, even if just from a trip to the South... even if where I really feel that coming back feeling is my bedroom...

[verybaddmom]

okay so first off, i am Canadian. currently living in Calgary Alberta, although i still consider my home to be BC, specifically Kelowna. I have only lived in Calgary for a couple of weeks, and i have as of yet formed no concrete opinion of it.

secondly, to post a pic from your computer, at the bottom of the quick reply box there is "go advanced". click on that. type your message, and then scroll down a ways and you will find the manage attachments button. if you click on that you get a little pop up dialogue box which asks you to enter the attachment location. click on browse, and then find the file you wish to attach and then click on upload file. the click on close window and VOILA!!!!

okay dokay?

[nome1486]

Okey dokey...thanks!

All right, for anyone who's interested, here's a larger picture of the museum:

[nome1486]

And just for fun, the Jazz/Negro Leagues museum at 18th and Vine (the couple in the picture are my Aunt Jaki and Uncle Henry, visiting from NYC):

[amuse]

i feel that way about england, as well, despite not having lived there since i was an infant. :D

i like being 2 hours from new york and d.c., and the diversity of people in philly. i like that i can get anywhere within the tri-state area (and then some) within hours, and am minutes away from stunning panoramic displays of autumn lights (trees in the fall along the pennsylvania turnpike). i like that i live near to valley forge, and that the constitution was signed here, and people fought for liberty and women's suffrage here, also that abolitionists were quite active once upon a time. i love that it is my home. i love my friends, and i love the drama when strangers get petty or dangerous for no damn good reason, except that they're alive, or dying to live.
i love that you can't let your guard down here, because you need to survive in the city differently than in say, the california wine country. i love how green it is here, right outside of the city, lush, lush greenery even if the trees are small enough to wrap your arms around.
i love penn's landing, and the delaware river, and the buildings that are almost all shorter than ben franklin on top of city hall. i love that i can walk to everywhere here: past famous admiral's graves, thomas payne's house, poetry readings, and protests, also that we have beautiful art in this town. i love the "philly sound." (reference to our musicians.) i love the historical markers all over the place, and the narrow one-way streets originally used for horse-drawn carriages; i love that philly is a town. it may have 2 million people or so, but it's made up of families, neighbors, communities, and we live and fight like one big family, and it is a beautiful, ugly place to live; i wouldn't trade it for the world.

[Koa]

Ah good words your last ones amuse... I live in a quite squalid side of the city, near the industrial area, not far from the highway... Only blocks of flats/apartments, traffic and supermarkets... But I like its ugliness a lot. I'd die for more than 2 days in a green tranquil conuntryside village... I'm used to having everything at hand, the centre 15 minutes away... Countryside makes me feel like suffocating. I'd still do without the incredible amount of cars, but mainly because they're really too many and drivers are undisciplined.. if they had German ;) behaviour, I wouldnt mind this much, I think.

[atreides]

Koa is from Italy? I thought you were from America. Why is your english so good then? And isnt Verona where Romeo and Juliet is set?

Anyway, I have been living in Christchurch New Zealand for 6 months, but I am originally from Australia. New Zealand has landscape the total opposite of where I come from. The environment here is very beautiful, with its mountain range, glaciers, mountain fed rivers, lush green forests. The only thing lacking is animal life, in Australia there is always something to see in the bush, like kangaroos, sometimes even snakes and bandicoots. Here there are only birds. Tourism is very popular here, too popular in my opinion. I like enjoying nature in quiet, not with some jerk tourists yapping at the top of their lungs.

Christchurch itself is a quarter of the size of my old city (which had close to 2 million people) but its good in a way because it doesnt take as long to drive across town. I also like the weahter here, though cold sometimes, fog, frosts that cover cars in the car park at work, and leaves changing in autumn are all very beautiful.

Here are some photos from a weekend trip I was on yesterday.

http://www.it-stuff.co.nz/chris/bunjee%20birdge.jpg
http://www.it-stuff.co.nz/chris/snow.jpg
http://www.it-stuff.co.nz/chris/kaikora.jpg

[papayahed]

I live in a suburb of Detroit, Michigan.

Detroit has a pretty bad reputation I guess. But there are nice people around here.

We have 2 brand new stadiums for Baseball and Football in the downtown area.

There is always good live bands playing somewhere around town. And we have a long history of being huge music lovers and contributing so much to music.

I can be in Windsor, Ontario in 15 minutes, which is south of us.

You can't swing a cat without hitting some body of water or a classic car.

There is nothing prettier than driving through northern michigan when the leaves are changing colors.

I like that it has a reputation as a blue collar hardworking town. And that if I meet someone from Detroit in a different part of the country we're instantly pals (at least that has been my experience).

[Koa]

Koa is from Italy? I thought you were from America. Why is your english so good then? And isnt Verona where Romeo and Juliet is set?



Aww thanks... my English is so horribly good cos I spend way too much time in forums like this, and chatting mostly in English... I was good at English at school, I improved it with songs, internet addiction made the rest. Even if I'd rather be mistaken for British... ;) (it's a question of spelling :D)

And yes Verona, is the place of Romeo&Juliet :) Quite cool around here :)

[nome1486]

Thanks so much for the pictures, atreides. I was hoping you would put some up when I started reading your post! Anyone else want to put some up, I'd love to see them... :brow:

[verybaddmom]

i have a few pics that i took at the stampede, which is the one thing that Calgary is virtually world famous for (at least they claim so...) so here they are!

oops, nevermind too big...i'll go post on imageshack or something, and then put in a link....watch for it!

[verybaddmom]

the line up outside the grounds...
http://img61.exs.cx/img61/7093/DSC01351.th.jpg (http://img61.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img61&image=DSC01351.jpg)

default concert....free admission i might add
http://img62.exs.cx/img62/6898/DSC01352.th.jpg (http://img62.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img62&image=DSC01352.jpg)

from the sky ride above the grounds...
http://img66.exs.cx/img66/4218/DSC01373.th.jpg (http://img66.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img66&image=DSC01373.jpg)
http://img62.exs.cx/img62/2374/DSC01371.th.jpg (http://img62.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img62&image=DSC01371.jpg)
http://img62.exs.cx/img62/2703/DSC01364.th.jpg (http://img62.exs.cx/my.php?loc=img62&image=DSC01364.jpg)

those are all thumbnails, so you can click on them for a better view!

[Kiwi Shelf]

VBM, I think you thought I was in Alberta, but I am not. I am still on the East Coast, but I really want to get the chance to go to the Stampede!! Not fair :p

[amuse]

you make your homes sound extremely nice, Koa and papayahed.

[amuse]

omg, that's a huge line, vbm!

[verybaddmom]

1.3 million people visited stampede....
YIKES!!!

[amuse]

??????????no way. too cool

[Isagel]

I live in a small town in Sweden. I like the art noveau houses, and the huge english styled old park, with trees over a hundred years old. They show movies in the park during summer - last year I saw Casablanca, sitting under a umbrella. I also like that you can go fishing in the middle of the town and catch salmon for lunch. I´m also glad that my old town recently changed the old abandoned industrial buildings into a campus, and and art museums.

But my favorite corner is my cottage and wildgrown garden, in a small garden area just outside town. It´s close to the forest and I pick berries and mushrooms.

[Tabac]

I moved to Seattle, Washington in the U.S. by choice as a young adult in 1969.

No, it doesn't rain all the time; in fact we've had several weeks now without any (which is bad in the summer). It is green all year long (unless the grass dries in the summer because of the lack of rain).

We have baseball, basketball (both genders), football, soccer.

We have opera, ballet, symphony and many theatre groups.

We have wonderful restaurants representing all types of cuisine from around the world.

We have mountains for skiing, climbing, looking at. We have water in the form of lakes (including the largest urbanized lake in the country, after the Great Lakes), rivers, and the Puget Sound (off Pacific Ocean).

We have a great diversity in population. The school I retired from had students representing 17 languages from all the continents on the earth (spoken in the home).

We vote on the liberal side for candidates and issues.

We are the coffee capital of the world, home of Starbuck's and Seattle's Best Coffee companies. We have Microsoft, and some of Boeing is still with us.

No, I do not work for the Chamber of Commerce ;)

[verybaddmom]

i object. while seattle sounds wonderful, i vote in favor of the worlds best coffee being from Tim Horton's in Canada. sorry to say, but i pass righ by the starbucks on my way to Timmies to get my grounds.

[Tabac]

i object. while seattle sounds wonderful, i vote in favor of the worlds best coffee being from Tim Horton's in Canada. sorry to say, but i pass righ by the starbucks on my way to Timmies to get my grounds.

I don't like Starbuck's either; I use Tulley's, Peetz or a small local vendor. (Seattle's Best Coffee is another brand, not a reference to Starbuck's. They used to be Stewart Brothers' Coffee, but had to change because when they went back east, there was already a Stewart Brothers', but they kept the logo.)

[Kiwi Shelf]

i object. while seattle sounds wonderful, i vote in favor of the worlds best coffee being from Tim Horton's in Canada. sorry to say, but i pass righ by the starbucks on my way to Timmies to get my grounds.


I have to agree with this observation :)

[verybaddmom]

hear hear.

there are many places that one can go to buy coffee where you walk out with a burgandy cup that says in gold "seattle's best coffee". i still would give up a years supply of that for a month's supply of timmies.

[Kiwi Shelf]

Tims is great, I personally like their ice caps made with chocolate milk
*think I am going to have to go to Tims later*

[verybaddmom]

see ya there!

[Kiwi Shelf]

Yeah, just on opposite sides of the country

[Sancho]

I'm thinking, I'm thinking, and I'm just not coming up with anything.

Wait a minute. We've got good peaches here. Oh yes and watermelons. Mmmm. blackeyed peas and boiled peanuts.

Gooood soul food in Hot-lanta up around Ponce-de-leon."Eats" restaurant for Jaimaca Jerk Chicken. "Fat Matt's Rib Shack" for live blues and BBQ.

"Blind Willie's" for live music. Elton John lives here (Buck Head). Actually bumbed into him at "Whole Foods Market" once. He Said, "éllo" Bumped into Jimmy Carter at Highland hardware (he smiled). Bumped into Evander Holyfield at Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson Airport (he grimaced).

Shucks, this place ain't so bad.

[Taliesin]

Well, I am also happy about where I live in. That is Tartu, Estonia. The reasons I like it, are:

*It is in Estonia. Don't ask. I don't understand it also. I guess, it is just some unlogical patriotism. Probably the answer would include lots babbling about nature and forests and stuff
*It is big enough to have lots of good schools and hospitals and theatres and cinemas etc.
*It is not Tallinn(the capital) The reason is, it is pouring in Tallinn, and very soon it will probably look like this (http://hagar.nomad.ee/pildid/images/5538.jpg)
*The university. The town could be basically considered a campus.

And the place I go when I have free time (weekends, holidays etc.) is a little place in the countryside where my grandmother lives. It is 20 km from Tartu so it is not far at all.
The place is really beautiful. I cannot describe it, but it is so wonderful when you go out for a walk and hear the birds and wind singing and smelling all the smells the place has to offer, or sometimes witness a deer or a fox or a rabbit passing by or just standing and dreaming. I cannot describe it. But it is beautiful.

[BobP]

I've lived on a 35 acre farm in Georgia for four months. I am able to live my dream. There are cows, horses, goats, chickens, ducks, rabbits ( many have given birth since we took over the farm so we have several calves, kids, and chicks.) I look over the two acre pond as I enjoy my morning coffee and watch the sun come up. A great blue heron is usually standing and his image and the trees are reflected in the water. I plan to have youth come here to enjoy "farm" life and the beauty surrounding us. There is a green house, gardens (flowers and vegetable), fruit trees, blueberry bushes and muscadine vines. We need more buildings but everyone is welcome to enjoyhis with us as space permits. "And this green pastoral landscape, were to me more dear,both for themselves and for thy sake!" Wordsworth

[starrwriter]

As you can tell from my avatar, I live in Honolulu, Hawaii. I have also lived on Maui and the Big Island, which are quite different than Honolulu (the only big city in Hawaii.)

I like two things most about Honolulu:

(1)The profusion of palm trees, flowering plants like frangipani (hibiscus) and other tropical ornamentals that make this city look so unique. The first time I saw Honolulu I was on leave from the Air Force and I immediately felt like I had found my new home. Rainforest-covered mountains rising behind the city skyline was a breathtaking sight that still inspires me decades later.

(2)Although this island has some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, I'm not really a lay-on-the-beach person. I like to explore underwater with a snorkel (and diving knife or speargun for protection.) The variety of sea life is amazing as are the multi-colored coral reefs. The water is crystal clear and warm year-round. I can snorkel for hours and never get tired -- in fact, it feels like meditation.

[topomeas]

I live in Phoenix, Arizona, United States more than 3 years. Warm winter is the best thing here ( need to forget the sizzling summer).
I was born and lived in China, my home town is a small city in the centre of this big counrty. Mild froggy weather, ever-green trees, small and big rivers...... A large plateau is surrounded by big mountains, and the west side of the plateau is neighboring with Tibet. The picky animal panda is surviving there. For me, my relatives, friends and hometown food are the attractive things. Every time thinking of my hometown, I feel kind of sadness and often ask myself when I can finish the struggle of surviving and settle down in my lovely hometown?

[Kaltrina]

I live in Mitrovica, Kosova. Often I thought that the best thing that could happen to me was to get out of this country, but as I am growing older I see that I wouldn't be able to live anywhere else except Kosova. I like travelling and living in different places but always remembering that I'd come back to Kosova. my town is a small and beautiful town.
what do I love about this place? hmmmm......hmm...er.. well I love the peopl mostly, here people are very close with each other...we visit each other very often family and friends, but recently the life has become so dinamic and I don't like that because you don't get to see your loved ones so much. then I love the ancient towns we have here in kosova, the tradition, I'm proud with our history... I love the food especially and of course i love the fact that we eat to much.... lol :lol:.... I love the grape, we have a little town where a lot of grapes is grown and wine is made out of that grapes, a lovely wine.... well I can't think of anything else right now. and yeah...there is one thing I hate about our country though, because there are so many small towns, then everyone knows everything about each others lives. I hate that... people actually ask you very personal questions, even if that is the first time you're staying together... silly.. lol
ok that's Kosova... my sweet country.. heheh :D

[papayahed]

Since we have people from so many different locations, I thought it would be fun to find out a little about the specific areas where everyone lives. You could probably list likes and dislikes, but I figured I'd focus on the positive (I'm a Pollyanna at heart)

I live in Kansas City, Missouri, a mid-sized city in the "heartland" of America.
What I like about it:

1. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art--
(how do you post a picture here from your hard drive?)

edit: oh, well; my avatar will do instead

2. The outdoor Shakespeare Festival every June-July (this year was Julius Caesar)

3. The Ethnic Festival (world foods and crafts in Swope Park every August)

4. Good barbecue!

5. Cultural history--Kansas City Monarchs (best team of the Negro Baseball League); jazz (famous 18th and Vine)


What about your area?


I've been her since March. Ya know KC is 250 away from the geographical center of the US. I haven't seen any of the things listed, except I have had some really good BBQ.

[Themis]

The things I like most about Vienna are

- St Stephan's Dome because it's one of the most beautiful churches we have
- St Ruprecht's Church which is the oldest one in Vienna and because it's very romantic. ( http://www.ruprechtskirche.at/turm_s.jpg )
- the Strudelhofstiege ( a staircase Heimito von Doderer wrote about)
- and little things like an evening at a "Heurigen" ( it's similar to an inn but
you can get mostly wine (the innkeeper's own) and snacks)
http://www.aeiou.at/aeiou.photo.data.image.fw32/fw17370h.jpg
The photo shows "Grinzing" which is part of a district where you can find mainly such inns.
And there's the "Schloß Schoenbrunn" which is also one of the most beautiful castles we've got.
- and the "Vienna Woods" :) ( http://www.wien.gv.at/wald/erholung/images/biosphaere.jpg )

Well, about everything really. Not everyone but most of the buildings are just beautiful, except maybe the newer ones.
And Vienna's my home, of course, so that's the thing I like best about it. :)

[smilingtearz]

The thing i most like abt where i live are...well...!...
1) my home & family
2)my college
3)my friends
4)my church
5)my youth group!
6)my computer
that's it....i suppose!

btw i love the busy life here in Delhi that i have...
wish the question was "what do u hate the most abt the place where u live?"...i have a long list ready at hand...

[starrwriter]

I live in Mitrovica, Kosova.
This question may reveal my ignorance, but where is Kosova? Is it a new country that used to be part of the former Yugoslavia?


there is one thing I hate about our country though, because there are so many small towns, then everyone knows everything about each others lives.
Small-town people are nosey everywhere in the world. When I lived near the remote town of Hana in Hawaii, local people knew more about my life than I did. No secrets among those gossips.

[Themis]

This question may reveal my ignorance, but where is Kosova? Is it a new country that used to be part of the former Yugoslavia?


You can find it here:
http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/europe/kosovo_ref01.jpg

[Koa]

- St Ruprecht's Church which is the oldest one in Vienna and because it's very romantic. ( http://www.ruprechtskirche.at/turm_s.jpg )




That was the only thing I really loved when I visited Vienna... Yeah I need to visit there in a better mood and enjoy the rest as well... but that church was great!

Kaltrina, well here even in cities people dont mind their own business... I dont want to imagine how villages are!!! Everything anyone does in my suburb gets immediately known around, at least among people who know each other...

Starr, as far as I know/understand, Kosova is basically part of Serbia from a politcal point of view, I think it's called something like indipendent republic of Kosova but actually not everybody recognises its independance so I have a feeling that for some matters they still have to depend on Serbia... but I'm not sure, surely Kaltrina will correct me and if I'm wrong I apologise for my imaginative ignorance (or ignorant imagination ;)).
So basically anyway your guess is right, it's a nation that was part of Yugoslavia, that much is right.

[mike-eustace]

I'm here in the UK. its freezing at the moment. not literally obviously. it never reaches extremes of anything. its just 'quite cold.' In the same way the summers are 'quite warm.' thats one of the things i love and hate about this country. everything seems to be just a litlle smaller or a little less than the rest of the world (or the small pecentage i've seen anyway). i also love how green it is.

ME

[simon]

I am currently enjoying the past three days straight of fog amazingly thick on my little island, and is shows no sign of clearing. The whole city is smothered and you can barely see a block infront of your face. The buses to campus are a hit and run deal, they just might not see you, and you'll be late to class. Oh darn (sarcasm for the weary).

[Kaltrina]

This question may reveal my ignorance, but where is Kosova? Is it a new country that used to be part of the former Yugoslavia?


Small-town people are nosey everywhere in the world. When I lived near the remote town of Hana in Hawaii, local people knew more about my life than I did. No secrets among those gossips.

don't worry about it starrwriter... people usually don't know where is that because it still isn't an independent country. yes we used to be part of Yugoslavia and we used to be part of Serbia but not anymore... :D Themis put a great map there (thanks Themis ;) ) where you can still see Yugoslavia written on it and also Serbia, because we still don't exist independently on the map. look in the north of Kosova and you'll see one town written as Kosovska Mitrovica, and that's my hometown.. :D

[starrwriter]

I am currently enjoying the past three days straight of fog amazingly thick on my little island, and is shows no sign of clearing. The whole city is smothered and you can barely see a block infront of your face. The buses to campus are a hit and run deal, they just might not see you, and you'll be late to class. Oh darn (sarcasm for the weary).
I love fog. It makes me feel comfy and cozy. It never happens in Honolulu because of the tradewinds. But I remember driving through northern California fog so thick I couldn't see the front part of the hood of my car and hiking through the Florida Everglades when I could barely see my shoes in the soothing fog.

[EAP]

Foggy Winters.

[michela]

I must be lucky 'cause God make me born in the epicentre of the classic cultures...a man called Enea escaped from Troia came here and founded the most beautiful and warming place that human eyes could ever see...the sunny Naples...well known all over the world not because of "Romeo and Juliet"as the posh Venice does,but just because it is...home...sun... just like a warming hug.
So yes i'm defenetely italian and let me say proud to be italian but i must add i'm not really proud about those italians who are ashemed of their country while they should just say "thank God i wasn't born anywhere else"...
I'm in love with England since i was a little girl, i've been there and i've thought it was heaven, i felt as if i was at home for the first time in my life but then my thought went to my warming and sweety home and i understood that Milton was right when he wrote in his "paradise lost" that "It's better to rein in hell then serve in heaven"...so i came back home,but i didn't feel complete yet...so i left again and came back to my dreaming England,i filled my application for the Royal Halloway uni. in Egham which is a lovely place i'd been accepted and...i declined...i'm still asking myself WHY?Sometimes i still miss England and i still think that England is the only place that could make me feel at home...happy anyway but now i've also realised something else..
It doesn't matter where you are the only thing that cares is that real home is where your dears are.Home is a place where,whatever you could do...there still could be someone ready to help you and to kiss you(how pathetic..).
i just know that everybody i really care is at home and that also in England (the best place in the world in my opinion)i could never be happy without them...probably quite realised as a woman but not as a person...i know it's hard to explain but...over there i've always felt such a contradictory feeling...just a lack of myself...
And Koa this is for you:stop being so "snob" and go out,take a look of what is around you and be proud of your fantastic city 'cause it is because of those like you that Italy is going down...in mess! Sorry i don't want to blame you but this is what i think Home is where you were born where your family is 'cause wherever else you will always be an italian abroad...which means that you will never be English dear!

[starrwriter]

so i came back home,but i didn't feel complete yet...so i left again and came back to my dreaming England, i filled my application for the Royal Halloway uni. in Egham which is a lovely place i'd been accepted and...i declined...i'm still asking myself WHY?
You made the right choice IMO. I wouldn't think twice about choosing sunny Italy over the terrible weather and bad food of England.

(I never heard of an Italian who was ashamed of his country, as you mentioned.)

[Virgil]

Oops I hit the wrong button. See next post.

[Virgil]

I must be lucky 'cause God make me born in the epicentre of the classic cultures...a man called Enea escaped from Troia came here and founded the most beautiful and warming place that human eyes could ever see...the sunny Naples...well known all over the world not because of "Romeo and Juliet"as the posh Venice does,but just because it is...home...sun... just like a warming hug.



To celebrate your move back home I'm going to sing you my favorite Neopolitan song, O Sole Mio. Now you have to use your imagination, of course. Here goes:

CHE BELLA COSA È NA IURNATA 'E SOLE
N'ARIA SERENA DOPPO NA TEMPESTA!
PE' LL'ARIA FRESCA PARE GIÀ NA FESTA...
CHE BELLA COSA NA JURNATA 'E SOLE

MA N'ATU SOLE CHIÙ BELLO OI NÈ
O SOLE MIO STA 'NFRONTE A TE!
O SOLE O SOLE MIO
STA 'NFRONTE A TE
STA 'NFRONTE A TE

QUANNO FA NOTTE E 'O SOLE SE NE SCENNE
ME VENE QUASE' NA MALINCUNIA
SOTTO A FENESTA TOIA RESTARRIA
QUANNO FA NOTTE E 'O SOLE SE NE SCENNE

MA N'ATU SOLE CHIÙ BELLO OI NÈ
O SOLE MIO STA 'NFRONTE A TE!
O SOLE O SOLE MIO
STA 'NFRONTE A TE
STA 'NFRONTE A TE

I hope you enjoyed that. Now in my mind, I was singing as good as Pavarotte. I hope you think so. My father would sing that all the time, and he thought he was as good as a professional singer. Of course no one else did. I came to the conclusion that there were two types of Italian men in the world, those that could sing and those that thought they could sing.

[michela]

hey Virgil,
can't believe it you write in neapolitan better than i do...
GOOD SCORE!!!
And now....juat a piece of my favourite song:
FEMMENA TU SI NA MALA FEMMENA
CHIST' UOCCHIE 'E FATT CHIAGNR
LACRME E 'NFAMITA'
FEMMENA SI' DOCE COMM' 'O ZUCCR
PERò STA FACCIA D'ANGELO T SERV PE' 'NGANNA'
FEMMENA TU SI A' CCHIù BELLA FEMMENA
T' VOGLL BBEN E T'ODIO...
NUN T' POZZ SCURDA'!

Trust me it sounds as lyrical as poetry!!

[rachel]

Every body seems to live in an enchanting place. Kiwi Shelf I adore Nova Scotia, so gorgeous and other worldly..to me anyway.
I live in Vernon BC just a thirty minute drive from Verybadmom's old home. And by the way I lived in Calgary for a while and worked at both the Foothill Hospital and as a conference call operator at AGT(like working for the CIA, horrible).
Vernon is in a valley, when you come into the town (we have forty five thousand people) from Kelowna you are high up on the hills and overlook the most stupendous lake-Kalamalka Lake(Indian for lake of many colors).I have friends from Germany that say they think this little city and the surrounding area one of the most beautiful in the world.
We have two other lakes and every direction high hills covered with fir and pine trees.As a matter of fact the condo I live in has tall pine and fir trees only two feet away from the back door and then there is a steep hill. It is called Pine Ridge.It is great and yet the shopping mall is only two blocks away as well as the Multiplex where hockey teams practise, there is an open market in the back and also go carting.
Hockey, horse back riding, biking(many bike paths) are here and people love to pay instruments. We have a new performing art centre where the sound set up is so state of the art it is only one of a few in the entire world. I believe Sydney Austrailia has the same system.
This is the city time forgot for it is very much as it was in the fifties and sixties despite the fact that more shopping centres and spas are being built. We have only about three buildings in the entire city that have elevators(besides apartment buildings of course) and to my knowledge we have NO escalators. the buildings cannot be too high so as not to hide the view.
Just a few minutes away on one of the highest hills or mountains is the entire village of Silver Star Mountain which boasts world class skiing and the condos are unbelievably posh and expensive. You can go horseback and trail riding in the summer as well as use the lifts to sight see and of course cross country and down hill skiing in winter.
Well that is about it I guess. But if the truth be told I would be in Israel or England or Kenya South Africa or Italy instead. Koa you do speak beautifully. Strange what you say about the Italian mentality, my girl friends Vita and Maria Loreno said the same thing and were glad to come back despite the unsurpassed beauty. But then again others have said the opposite.

[Virgil]

hey Virgil,
can't believe it you write in neapolitan better than i do...
GOOD SCORE!!!
And now....juat a piece of my favourite song:
FEMMENA TU SI NA MALA FEMMENA
CHIST' UOCCHIE 'E FATT CHIAGNR
LACRME E 'NFAMITA'
FEMMENA SI' DOCE COMM' 'O ZUCCR
PERò STA FACCIA D'ANGELO T SERV PE' 'NGANNA'
FEMMENA TU SI A' CCHIù BELLA FEMMENA
T' VOGLL BBEN E T'ODIO...
NUN T' POZZ SCURDA'!

Trust me it sounds as lyrical as poetry!!


Truth be told, I cut and pasted from an internet search. I don't speak real Italian very well. My parents brought me up on Neopolatan. I love that song too.

[manchmal]

hi everyone

[manchmal]

i live in the most beautiful places in the world
it is a heaven on earth
everything is so lovely an peacefull
life is great
i love my home land

[WhimsySA]

It's fun in the sun in Africa!! We all have the best suntans you know! Blue skies, wide open spaces.

[TBtheG]

My Friends are the number 1 thing I like about where I live, the drug scene isn't bad either.

[Idril]

I live in the US, in the capitol city of the most rural state of the union, North Dakota. Even with it being the capitol city, our population is still only about 60,000 so while in this area, Bismarck is considered, "the big city" it's still, in the grand scheme of things, a small town. There are a lot of things to complain about, the lack of things to do, the lack of a local music scene that doesn't include country bands or cover bands, the lack of any real meaningful artistic community, no plays or art showings or galleries, no good shopping, there are also things I like very much. I love the fact that I can see the horizon in the middle of town, I love that I can see the night sky clearly without having to drive an hour or more from the heart of the city and I love the fact that I don't have to lock the doors when I go out for the day and that in the middle of winter, I can leave my car running while I make a quick trip into a store without having to worry about someone stealing it and I love that I can take a walk in the dark without having to keep an eye over my shoulder.

[RJbibliophil]

I thought Nebraska was pretty rural. How should I know? My youth paster is from North Dakota, and he thinks the best place on earth is Fargo. I live in a semi-rural state, you ought to know what state is the land of 10,000 lakes. I live in the country and we leave our keys in our unlocked cars outside our always unlocked doors. I live on the prairie, so I can see the whole big bowl of a sky that we have.

[genoveva]

Mmm...so many! The Oregon Country Fair is probably my top favorite. You can know more about it here:
http://www.oregoncountryfair.org/index.html

[Idril]

I thought Nebraska was pretty rural. How should I know?

Yeah, but Nebraska at least has a couple good sized towns, North Dakota's largest town is still under 100,000. I found that statistic, that ND is the most rural state on the internet (http://www.infoplease.com/ipa/A0108256.html), actually, someone pointed it out to me but it didn't exactly come as a shock. :lol: Fargo is a nice place, I went to college there, well, technically, I went to School in Moorhead which is just across the river but it's pretty much the same thing, just in a different state, the state of 10,000 lakes. ;)

[blondeatheart]

my friends! and my school is prty good, a bit too much homework tho
and it's usually warm...except now - i hate winter i don't have any nice winter clothes

[Bandini]

I'm really fond of an eighteenth century pub I go in (I mean it dates from then - largely unchanged. I'm not Dr Who). It's well Middle Earth! And the stout is good and cheap. I feel I was a dandy highwayman in another life. Or perhaps I just really internalised that Adam and the Ants video? Who knows?

[IrishCanadian]

Im with bloneatheart, especially with the friends part. Other than that and my family there is nothing that really draws me home ... well i love school but as a uni student I could just apply for a transfer.

[zanna]

Heyo!
New here, but thought I would add on. Oregon, Portland-ish. I love being two hours from the coast, and only a few minutes or hours from lots of family and friends. My church is all over "over here," and we like to get together. I don't mind rain (so much), and I love all the green trees and other nice scenery. Portland also has Powells Books, 3 or 4 stories of literary bliss! My other bookworm friends and I joke about living in Powells, so we can read all the time. :)
I consider myself pretty dang lucky to be here, but I have been bitten by the travel bug, so I want to see all the other cool places out there, eventually. Already have some of France and England down; Germany's this coming summer.
Also, aforementioned bookworm friends and I have made contact with several young adults in northern Iraq as part of a youth cultural exchange, and it is very interesting to learn about culture in "their" part of the world, too. We want to have a face-to-face meeting some day.
Yay for contact around the world like that. Talking to them makes the globe feel a little smaller, more friendly.
Speaking of which, if anyone ever comes to Portland, I hope you enjoy! :)

[chasestalling]

the best thing about buffalo is its proximity to canada so that if i my creditors decided to collect i'd split lickety split.

[Serenata]

The best thing about my town is the people I know. I seem to collect the wierdest people to be my friends. But I love them all. Other than that, there's really not much else I like about my town.

[Shadowsarin]

The only good thing about my city is that it is in the center of the country so it is fairly easy to drive to the more interesting places. Thats it, really. God I hate this crap-hole!

[Shalot]

I live in the ugliest city in the world I think. But the good news is that the mountains aren't far off.

[Shannanigan]

Heyo!
New here, but thought I would add on. Oregon, Portland-ish. I love being two hours from the coast, and only a few minutes or hours from lots of family and friends. My church is all over "over here," and we like to get together. I don't mind rain (so much), and I love all the green trees and other nice scenery. Portland also has Powells Books, 3 or 4 stories of literary bliss! My other bookworm friends and I joke about living in Powells, so we can read all the time. :)


I went to Portland in April and loved it! What a beautiful city...I got lost in Powell's and was never so happy to be lost! lol...

I live on a Caribbean island, which has it's obvious perks like white sandy beaches, turqiouse water, and laid-back island culture along with great music...but many wouldn't believe how quickly it all gets boring...there isn't much to do once you've hit the beach enough times and realized how tiny the "night clubs" are...and generally the people are very traditional and close-minded...and the government, police, and political system are horrible. Because of that, I think the things that keep me here the most are the small things...like living on an island with people who come from so many different places and in a place that really makes you appreciate department stores and malls that we don't have. I also love the amount of inspiration that can be gained by the surroundings, and the small community really allows each individual to be more prominently noticed. That of course has good and bad sides, but the good side is that I feel more useful: in 4 years I've been on the radio twice (guest speaker), TV three times (opinion pieces), and in the local paper more times than I can count. People on the street know my name, encourage me in my academic endeavors, and value my opinion. It makes me feel important, and I think everyone wants a little bit of that...

[TEND]

I live in a big city in a fairly rural place. I enjoy the fact that, I can go to any number of small towns without much difficulty. We have some truly beautiful places in our city, such as the Legislature, the Forks, and the Provencher bridge, to name a few examples. We have a very strong arts scene, with unbelievable amounts of local talent as far as visual artists, writers, musicians and filmmakers go. We have a theatre district! Starting in January we are having our annual playwright fest which originated in 2001 with Beckettfest, this year being Stoppardfest, where all local theatres put on a different production (So far, I have tickets for 'The Real Thing,' 'Jumpers,' and 'Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead'). We have more museums than I know about, and we're getting more, we have a wonderful art gallery which is showing a Rodin exhibit right now. We are home to prominent Canadian filmmaker Guy Maddin and there are several independantly ran movie theatres. We have also become the site of many new Hollywood movies (nevermind independants) including, academy award winning 'Capote,' 'The assasination of Jesse James by the coward robert Ford,' and starting in February a new film starring Dennis Quiad and Zhang Ziyi is to be filmed. We have so many wonderful bands, and a magnificent symphony orchestra, a wonderful ballet (which did a great job with my favorite 'Swan Lake,' this past summer). Basically the highlight is, a strong artistic community throughout the city, and some wonderful sights to be seen, there is much to love about my city (though it's difficult to see those things when it's -25 without the windchill 5 months of the year).

[Pendragon]

I live in small-town America, but the World Famous Barter Theater is just 30 miles away in Abingdon, VA, one of VA's most historical towns, so if I want to catch a play, I can. The Appalachian Trail, running from Georgia to Maine passes within a few miles of the house, and I can hike some beautiful back-country and literally run into people from all over the world along that forest path. I can be in at least three other states in a hour's drive, in three more in about five. I can be in Washington DC in about 4 1/2 hours by car if I want. There are all kinds of Parks, Lakes, Parkways, National Forests, etc, for me to explore. My second love, the Ocean, is only a day away. Take it all around, it's not bad. . :)

[Niamh]

I live in Dublin city, Ireland. I dont live far from a place called Howth and from the summit you can see right over Dublin City and the bay and the dublin/wicklow mountains. if you look north on a good day you might be able to see the Cooley mountains which is at the R.o.ireland/ Northern Ireland border.

I love my City for its History and its architecture. We dont have a lot of really old buildings like those you'd see in england, (probably because the english distroyed them all,) but we do have some lovely castles. Not far from me is Malahide castle and howth castle. Theres also some archaeology around dublin, just tucked away i every nook and cranny.

Dublins also great for shopping.:) And Drinking and for having a laugh with your friends!:)

[chasestalling]

The only good thing about my city is that it is in the center of the country so it is fairly easy to drive to the more interesting places. Thats it, really. God I hate this crap-hole!
shadowsarin,

a question. aren't u a subject of queen elisabeth (is it?), and if so why is it still the uk and not the uq?

chasestalling

[farnoosh]

i live in Esfahan ,Iran.

the best thing about here is the old buildings (they belong to 900 years ago)!

[Pensive]

Mangoes. Friends. School. My room. It being neither a very big city nor a small one.

[Mortis Anarchy]

Nothing...except for my friends/family and the cute guy that works at Barnes and Noble.

[Turk]

i live in Esfahan ,Iran.

the best thing about here is the old buildings (they belong to 900 years ago)!

Are there a lot of Turks in Esfahan (Azeri Turks)?

If i want to count you reasons why i like about my city i can't finish. First of all it's a 8000 years old city, Ionians to Lydians were lived here. Also i like beauty of my city and seatowns around it. Don't forget unique and delicious foods too.

[kiobe]

I live in Portland Oregon, USA
I love the 4 seasons,
the cool weather,
great resturants,
downtown,http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w312/kiobe/portland_oregon.jpg
the performing arts,http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w312/kiobe/paramount_portland_1999-l.jpg
the uncrouded coast and beaches,http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w312/kiobe/coast.jpg
the rain, that's when I get all my reading done,http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w312/kiobe/DSC00726.jpg
the japanese gardens,http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w312/kiobe/jgarden400.jpg
the rivers,http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w312/kiobe/metolius.jpg
the family friendly fountains, you can swim in any Portland fountain,http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w312/kiobe/185259707_d366bf1026.jpg
meca of microbrewing,http://i179.photobucket.com/albums/w312/kiobe/hefeweizen1.jpg

[Bakiryu]

What's best about where I live is that almost everybody speaks ENGLISH. I'm tired of Miami with it's rude spanish-speaking drivers. What's also cool is that I can find mates with my same interests and people who actually READ.

I'm younger than 18, so I'm not allowed to actually GO OUT, not even with friends or boyfriends, so I guess THAT'S IT.

I could live well anywhere with a computer, TV and books and some who share my passions. (Like the MARILYN MANSON OBBSESION)

[papayahed]

I've been here about 2 months and so far the best thing is the ducks. There is a pond behind my apt. that is home to a bunch of ducks. I find them fascinating and I could watch them all day. Soooo Far....that's about it.

[Bakiryu]

I move every six or so months to a new house, often in the same county. The one I lived in before had very rare fish on its backyard pond: THEY ONLY ATE SHRIMP!

[kiobe]

I move every six or so months to a new house, often in the same county. The one I lived in before had very rare fish on its backyard pond: THEY ONLY ATE SHRIMP!

Shrimp scampi or scalopini?:lol:

[Bakiryu]

Raw shrimp! and the fish were no bigger than 'em. Tasty thought. Makes me wish I wasn't a vegetarian!

[kiobe]

Raw shrimp! and the fish were no bigger than 'em. Tasty thought. Makes me wish I wasn't a vegetarian!

So you are a strict vegan?

[higley]

http://www.coachtressel.com/images/traditions/Ohio_Stadium.jpg

The 'Shoe! :D

[papayahed]

You call that a stadium? Now this is a stadium:


http://www.savethebighouse.com/images/stadium1.jpg

or should I say a Big House. I don't know what it is higley but you bring out that Michigan/Ohio rivalry in me.

[Bakiryu]

So you are a strict vegan?


Yeah, I try to keep as far away from any kind of meat as possible (fish is a type of meat too). I subsists on ramen and lemon lollipops.

[higley]

or should I say a Big House.

Please--you just rent it out; we own it!

:lol: You know, looking at it from a different angle it's just a big 'O'!

Hey we can agree on a mutual hatred for Notre Dame right?

[Mortis Anarchy]

Nothing...except for my friends/family and the cute guy that works at Barnes and Noble.

I wish I was back in Cali though...I'm a coastal person, so I'm not used to live smackdab in the middle of the US. I was born in Hawaii then lived in Annapolis, then Cali among other places. Hmmm, I miss walking to the beach and the cool weather...


Please--you just rent it out; we own it!

:lol: You know, looking at it from a different angle it's just a big 'O'!

Hey we can agree on a mutual hatred for Notre Dame right?

Notre Dame!!! My ex is going to that school...crush em!!

[kiobe]

I'm thinking, I'm thinking, and I'm just not coming up with anything.

Wait a minute. We've got good peaches here. Oh yes and watermelons. Mmmm. blackeyed peas and boiled peanuts.

Gooood soul food in Hot-lanta up around Ponce-de-leon."Eats" restaurant for Jaimaca Jerk Chicken. "Fat Matt's Rib Shack" for live blues and BBQ.

"Blind Willie's" for live music. Elton John lives here (Buck Head). Actually bumbed into him at "Whole Foods Market" once. He Said, "éllo" Bumped into Jimmy Carter at Highland hardware (he smiled). Bumped into Evander Holyfield at Atlanta Hartsfield Jackson Airport (he grimaced).

Shucks, this place ain't so bad.

Not to mention the NICEST people I have ever met all congragated in one state. Californians think that they have a lock on the most beautiful girls? Go to Georgia!!

[hockeychick8792]

For were I live there are no kid my age around me, but my neighbors rock. And I have a beautiful hill in my back yard, winter wonderland (snowboarding, sleding, and more)

[Scharphedin2]

My favorite thing is that the ocean (or, the "sound" as it were) is right around the corner. And even better, I need to cross it every day on my way to work. The appearance of the the water (separating Copenhagen in Denmark and Malmö in Sweden) is never quite the same, but always an inspiration for the day to come.

[applepie]

I would have to say the view. As much as I miss home, Washington is a beautiful place to be. I'm actually on Whidbey Island, so we are surrounded by water and mountains. We also have bald eagles that come around every year and I can see them every day. I can even go to some parts of the island and catch glipses of the killer whales every now and then too. I guess it isn't so bad, we just hate the rainy winters.

[BibliophileTRJ]

The isolation.

[kiobe]

The isolation.

Come on, be honest, it's the mosquitos.

[papayahed]

Hey we can agree on a mutual hatred for Notre Dame right?

and Penn?

[BibliophileTRJ]

Come on, be honest, it's the mosquitos.

You figured out my secret..... I'm secretly addicted to scratching maniacally.

[Nossa]

I don't have a specific thing that I like about where I live, except for the fact that I have most of my family and friends around...like I don't have to drive for a long distance to get to them or anything.
But these days, I REALLY wish I was living elsewhere, cuz it's SO hot in Cairo these days...probably the hotest June on record.

[symphony]

I love everything about this teensy city in this teensy country I live in (Dhaka, Bangladesh). :D

I love the broken streets, the garbage bins, the rickshaws, the cool friendly people.... everything! (unless u count traffic jams)

U get mugged anytime in this city, a li'l bomb explosion now and then doesnt hurt, the sun here's in a killing mood so that u get charred faces in here! And yet I'd have to say this place has got a warmth that I find wonderful, and a charmth that i cherish. May be I'm just homesick! :lol:

[Pensive]

I love the broken streets, the garbage bins, the rickshaws, the cool friendly people.... everything! (unless u count traffic jams)

Man I love rikshaws! This was another thing I should have also added in what I like about where I live. It's just a perfect ride, like a swing it moves on uneven roads! :D And the decorations? They are fun to see. And sometimes there are really funny things written outside them which I love to read.

[farnoosh]

hi i live in iran and the best of it are the people around you

[F.Emerald]

1. Awful weather (no sarcasm; I am, for some reason, very attracted to gloom and wetness)
3. Tea
2. Shakespeare's Globe :)
3. Route Masters...or now just buses.
4. Beautiful buildings, like the Houses of Parliament
5. Parks
6. Sunday roast and a full English breakfast

...and many more.

[ampoule]

Orange. The falls are sooo orange around here...the pumpkins...the leaves...the rolls of hay...
You know how you hold a dandelion up to your chin and see butter? Well, somedays everything and everyone around here looks like a glass of freshly squeezed orange juice.

[barbara0207]

The isolation.

Just watched a documentary on Alaska (the region near the polar circle). OOOh, what a whole lotta solitude and isolation. And what a beautiful landscape!

But I couldn't live in such a lonely spot. I love my small town (about 70,000 inhabitants). It's (mostly) peaceful, there is a river running through the middle of it, it has parks and a well-known zoo and plenty of opportunities for cycling tours. Of course it cannot offer as many cultural events as a big city, but you can always go to one of those by car. And as I can now order my English books and read English newspapers online, that isn't a problem any more, either. :D

[Shalot]

One of the things I like about living down here in the valley is the crazy weather we have. It can go from 60 degree weather to 20 in just a couple of days. We have had real mild winters the past few years. We have not had a real snow since 2004 and even then we just got one snow. I barely wore my coat last year and the year before even.

Well, today we had ice. It started at about the time people leave for work and the DOT didn't have time to salt the roads and even if they had, I don't know that it would have helped. Anyway, we were caught off guard and a lot of people had accidents. My husband left for work and he came back a few minutes later. He didn't make it out of our neighborhood because there were cars stopped on the main road and emergency vehicles flashing. There were over 300 car accidents and 2 people died.

Luckily, I didn't have to work but I did have a 9 am class. I logged onto the college web site and there was a big red notice that said classes were delayed by 2 hours. Well, that was good. So I turned on the news and they were showing footage of a bridge next to the campus I go to, and there were cars sliding all over it and an SUV went plowing into the wall. The temperature stayed at freezing pretty much all day, but the school did not call of classes despite the fact that authorities asked that people not leave because there were so many accidents. The emergency room was full of people with injuriesf from car accidents and some people were hurt from falling down on the sidewalk.

We are not used to such sudden ice. But the whole point of this long entry is that I missed my classes and we had a quiz today. But i don't care. I would rather take a zero than wreck my truck. I hope no one else went too. I just couldn't believe they didn't cancel classes after the wrecks they had on the bridge that you have to cross to get there. And then you have all these people on the forums talking about how they lived in Chicago and Michigan and they made it into work just fine and we're a bunch of lazy bumpkins with no work ethic. Whatever.

[Bakiryu]

The snow.

It's all so prettyful!

and the trees and......we have seasons! *gasp!*

It's such a change from warm, sunny fl.

[Dori]

My family owns twenty acres of land. I suppose I like the isolation of it all. Also, autumn is very beautiful where I live. :)

[Anza]

Tallahassee is amazing. It buzzes like a metropolis, but maintains a small town feeling. It's mostly temperate. We have FSU. The campus is beautiful, and there's always something wildernessy to do. I love biking and horseback riding. FSU brings Seven Days of Opening Nights, and the Artists Series, which imports some incredible classical musicians, and then we have Floyd's Music Store which brings awesome rock bands. I love autmn here too.

[Tersely]

I live in Baltimore, Maryland.

We have country lands north and mountainous lands to the west. Revolutionary war and civil war battlefields everywhere. Very historical.
Atlantic Ocean and Chesapeake Bay to the East.
Alot of diverse universities.
Small state which makes everything easy access.
Baltimore and Washington D.C. are only 20 minutes away no matter where you are.
People are friendly without the stupid factor. Good shopping.

The Bad (because I dont want it to sound like fantasy island)
Too populated. Guess everyone got the memo. Baltimore is a drug capital of the world (Anyone for The Wire?)
DC and Baltimore are slowly merging which makes any town inbetween UBER expensive.

Hubby's looking to move to Boston. Anyone from there?

[Lily Adams]

Hubby's looking to move to Boston. Anyone from there?

Boston is gorgeous. I'm not from there, but I've been to it in the autumn and I can say it's one of the most pleasant cities in the U.S. that I've visited. Has pretty much everything you mentioned about Baltimore, except


civil war battlefields

Chesapeake Bay

Baltimore and Washington D.C. are only 20 minutes away no matter where you are

that stuff of course.

I think it's a bit colder, too, but it is a wonderful city. I thought it was quite clean. I remember the people were so nice there, too. Us Californians have a reputation for being cold, so it was kind of a change for week. :lol:

[Klingsor]

I like to sit at the river Rhine, watching the riverboats go by, carrying their cargo to the Netherlands or (the other direction), to southern Germany, France or Switzerland.

http://www.klausfassbender.de/Der%20Rhein%20bei%20Kaiserswerth.jpg

Then my thoughts may wander into past times ... 2000 years ago the Romans had a castle here, to watch the Germanic warriors at the opposite bank of the river.
In our town we have also a castle from the middle-ages:

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b6/BurgLinnNacht-2.jpg/300px-BurgLinnNacht-2.jpg

I like to live in a region where you can find monuments of history everywhere. Sure, it's my profession, I'm historian ...
Krefeld is a big town (population 230,000), but I don't live in the centre, so it will take just some minutes by bike and I am in the countryside and see nothing but cows and sheep, old farmhouses, lakes with wild geese and rare birds.
On the other hand we can reach by car or train in 30 minutes the city of Dusseldorf or the urban Ruhr-area, or in 45 minutes Cologne or the Netherlands.
The people here are very nice and open mined (though a bit fickle ...). Of course there are not only Germans living here, I have friends from the Netherlands, Italy, Greece, Croatia and Turkey, too.

The one thing I miss is wood, real wood. I grew up in the wooden hills of Westphalia, where I used to roam all day. The land here is flat, and what the people call "wood" do I call just a collection of trees ...

And I hate the carnival when everybody goes crazy. Then I have to hide myself in my room and shout "Leave me alone! I'm a serious man! I'm a Westphalien!" ;)

[B-Mental]

I like the way that the entire United States is worried about the New Orleans Area, and all the money that was sent is not getting used, because there are so many greedy barely kind people here.....thats the bad, the good, is that if I have to rebuild NEW ORLEANS by myself, I will, AND I will kick the corrupt out of the state....

This great and beautiful state is going to have to do it by itself, and if they do, they will Show the Whole World....What LOVE< LAUGHTER<KINSMANSHIP<MUSIC<<<ANS HAPPINESS IS!

I love the fact that the place was owned by the Spanish, the French, The US of A, and that it just voted in the very first Governor of Indian descent...this place is so sexy I have to run around with my shirt off!!! Working hard...too cool!
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n45/dieseltrok/Oil%20Field/CHKfire1.jpg
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n45/dieseltrok/Oil%20Field/HPIM0475.jpg
http://i109.photobucket.com/albums/n45/dieseltrok/Oil%20Field/oil_rig-1.jpg
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[Granny5]

What do I love about where I live? Gosh, too much to list here, but I'll try.
We live in the Ozark Mountains in Arkansas. Within 30 minutes of my house there are 5 lakes and countless trout streams. Driving 30 minutes south is the first National River, the Buffalo National River renowned for its fishing and floating and the beautiful scenery one sees when floating or walking the hiking trails. A drive in any direction will give us some of the most beautiful scenery I’ve ever seen. There is a pull off on National Scenic Highway 7 that gives one a view of The Little Grand Canyon where one can see for miles and miles. A 30 minute drive north brings one to Branson, Mo where almost any type of live music can be enjoyed. 1 hour north is Springfield, Mo where one can enjoy semi-pro baseball games and live plays. West of us is Fayetteville, Ar where there is all types of plays, music, and dining. In the small town where we live (approx. 25,000) we have a very low crime rate. I don’t even have a key to the door of my house. We keep it unlocked all the time in case someone needs to come in. We have 2 acres and a 2000 square foot, 3 bedroom, 2 ½ bath that costs us about a tenth of what it would cost in New England or California or Chicago. We have 4 distinct seasons and enjoy the beauty of all four. Our kids play outside without constant supervision and we wave at anyone who passes. If someone is broken down on the side of the road, someone will stop to help. All my kids and grandkids live nearby. There are people from all walks of life who live. People aren’t judged by how much they make or what they own. The little farmer is as respected as the large cattle rancher if they are good folks. Our little town is growing but it keeps the small town flavor that we love.

[papayahed]

Hey! This is the third time I'm replying in this thread. There is nothing good about where I live. I'm in Northern Louisiana, the forgotten part of the state. We're not New Orleans and we're not Acadians. On the history channel there was a show called "The States" which showcased each state. No mention of anything north of Baton Rouge.

The town I live in is about 350,000 people. Not big enough to support a lot of cultural outlets but not not small enough to give it that small town feel. If I want to do any real shopping or see an artsy film or go to a muesum Dallas is about 3 hours away. There's only one bike trail in the area. The bugs are ginormous.

Ok, it's really not that bad. People are nice. The winters are mild, it's only gone below freezing once or twice this winter. And if one is into hunting and fishing there are a lot of outlets (I don't do either).

[B-Mental]

Look for some cool wood workers around there, I bet there are many that find or work with the loggers Papaya...call me this afternoon please sugar pie/honey bunch! bB

PS ~ Hey, Is this your first Mardi Gras?

Edit: I'm originally from the great lakes area of the US, and so is the queen of the papayas...lol...anyways...we are going to meet this week, or is it today papaya?

[Domer121]

The Mississippi River....
Where I live it is easy to walk by the Mississippi and see all of its beauty..:)

[Dori]

This is what I like most about where I live:

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z252/pmiller_rhodes/GEDC0328.jpg

http://i195.photobucket.com/albums/z252/pmiller_rhodes/GEDC0333.jpg

'nuff said. ;)

[papayahed]

PS ~ Hey, Is this your first Mardi Gras?



Yeppers. I'm quite confused, there's so many questions.. what's so special about a king cake? And why are there barricades up near my apartment? And what is a "krewe"?

[ajsa]

currently i live in bosnia and herzegovina and i like most its harmony of religions and cultures and being a hospitable that makes it unique..l love BIH...

[BlueSkyGB]

I love forest.....
I live in 10 acres of woods....surrounded by nature...
isolated country....cell phones do not work here, I told a friend of mine, if pizza delivery ever shows up, it will be time to move further back in the woods.

[Niamh]

I live in Dublin city, Ireland. I dont live far from a place called Howth and from the summit you can see right over Dublin City and the bay and the dublin/wicklow mountains. if you look north on a good day you might be able to see the Cooley mountains which is at the R.o.ireland/ Northern Ireland border.

I love my City for its History and its architecture. We dont have a lot of really old buildings like those you'd see in england, (probably because the english distroyed them all,) but we do have some lovely castles. Not far from me is Malahide castle and howth castle. Theres also some archaeology around dublin, just tucked away i every nook and cranny.

Dublins also great for shopping.:) And Drinking and for having a laugh with your friends!:)

This is the view from howth as mentioned above
http://i138.photobucket.com/albums/q268/niamhking/dublin/scenic002.jpg

[Scheherazade]

The fact that I live there...

[aabbcc]

My country is the temple of art - around 40&#37; of the world art is situated here (according to a UNESCO study), which is a fact no other country in the world can boast with.
My country has got the beautiful, melodic language which sounds like fluent poetry.
My city is the City.
And even though it is 24/7 filled with tourists, somehow I tend to like the best the little obscure restaurants and places they do not know about.

[dramasnot6]

I love living in the D.C. suburbs. There is amazing cultural diversity, and so much HISTORY! All the museums, the countless sightseeing oppurtunities, as a history lover, it's a lot of fun!

[thegreenthing]

I live in Sweden and what I like here is the beautiful nature, the relative freedom and the great schools

[ajsa]

i really LOVE Istanbul...wonderful city in Turkey......

[Annamariah]

I like the university I study in, but that's like the only good thing about Kouvola... I miss Helsinki very much.

[aeroport]

We dont have a lot of really old buildings like those you'd see in england, (probably because the english distroyed them all,) but we do have some lovely castles. Not far from me is Malahide castle and howth castle.
But you do have those um…those lovely Martello Towers, do you not? :D
(That was supposed to sound sarcastic.)

Well, here in the midwest, things are alright; we don't have awful forest fires, or volcanoes, or hurricanes, or earthquakes. Supposedly tornadoes show up around here once every so many years, but I've lived here my entire life and have yet to see one. At the moment what I love about it is that it is very foggy outside, and not outrageously cold - so I can step out and have a look...
I sometimes would like to get away from what was, not too long ago, the meth capital of the world (I think), but it's alright for the time.