Where do you live? [W: 99]

[Superfly]

So where do you live? What do you like about it? Dislike?

Post pictures, too, if you like.

I'll start.

I moved to coastal Georgia about 2 years ago. Came here on vacation, since my husband wanted to show me his first duty station. We fell in love with the area and packed up and moved here. We live about an hour south of Savannah and an hour north of Jacksonville.

Pros?
We live an hour south of Savannah, so we make lots of day trips there, exploring and the like.
We live about 10 minutes from Jekyll Island, and the Atlantic, and in the off season, it's fantastic and desolate.
The best, biggest, fattest shrimp in the world.
Low property taxes, low cost of living.


Cons?
We live an hour north of Jacksonville and sometimes the scum trickles uphill.
We have Jacksonville news stations and I'm about Tim Tebow'ed to death.
Sweltering heat.
Bugs, bugs, bugs.
More bugs.








So where do you live? What do you like, or hate, about where you live?

Thanks, Pinkie, for the idea for this thread. You gave it to me last night when you mentioned the South, and living in Cleveland.

 

[lizzie]

North Central Texas, rural, with the nearest town having around 25,000 population.
pros: nice mild winters, mid-humidity range, alot of wildlife to watch, pretty as far as Texas goes.

Cons: hellish hot summers, too many people in the area for my preference.

I have 12 acres, most of it left alone as natural habitat for wildlife. I have a small peach and plum orchard, and this pic was taken from under one of the peach trees, looking at what I consider my *front yard*, lol. I grow a vegetable garden every year, and I have a perennial flower bed that I plant for bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. My gardens are always under construction, as I like to work in the yard, and I'm always coming up with something new that I want to try.

 

[Serenity]

I come from a land down under, where beer does flow and men chunder.

 

[lpast]

Im on the florida west coast....we like it...my wife would like to see the grandkids and great grandkids more

 

[beerftw]

central texas in nolanville,its wedged between killeen tx and belton tx.a short trip south is austin and a short trip north is waco,and i am surrounded by cows,everywhere cows!!!!!!!!!!1


other than cow and horse farms outside city limits,there is a downtown here so small i can walk one end to the other of downtown nolanville in about a minute!!!!!on the plus side i am close to lake belton lake stillhouse hollow nolan creek shaw creek and lots of wooded areas as well.

 

[Your Star]

I come from a land down under, where beer does flow and men chunder.

There's never a bad Men at Work reference.

 

[Enola]

I want to come live with Lizzie.

 

[lizzie]

I want to come live with Lizzie.

You are more than welcome , however, I fear the heat would astonish you (not in a good way). It's not unusual to have three months of continuous near-100 degree or 100+ temps.

 

[Enola]

These scenes are anywhere from 2 blocks to one mile away from my house.

Pros:
Clean air, no air conditioning needed due to ocean breezes, low crime.

Cons:
Too damn expensive to live here so you need a helluvalot of roomies to help pay rent.

 

[Superfly]

I feel for you, Lizzie. I used to live in North Alabama, and it was so. flipping. hot. Like all the time. Nothing to cool it off, so don't even try.

Here, since we are so close to the coast, we do have nice breezes from time to time, but dang they are few and far between. Most often, during the summer, we hibernate. We stay inside most of the time during the day, unless we have to go out. Just too oppressive. We do our running around at night. :lol:

 

[lizzie]

These scenes are anywhere from 2 blocks to one mile away from my house.

Pros:
Clean air, no air conditioning needed due to ocean breezes, low crime.

Cons:
Too damn expensive to live here so you need a helluvalot of roomies to help pay rent.

Why in the hell would you want to come and live with me? I'm going to come and live with you!

 

[Superfly]

Where are you, Enola? That's beautiful.

 

[Enola]

You are more than welcome , however, I fear the heat would astonish you (not in a good way). It's not unusual to have three months of continuous near-100 degree or 100+ temps.

Slap a cabin or a small mobile home or a yurt on the back forty and I will take you up on your offer, lol. You can have it all back once I'm dead.:mrgreen:

 

[Enola]

Where are you, Enola? That's beautiful.

California

 

[Enola]

Why in the hell would you want to come and live with me? I'm going to come and live with you!

I just happen to have a room for rent! :mrgreen:
Come on!

 

[lizzie]

I just happen to have a room for rent! :mrgreen:
Come on!

Hehe- we could really drive some people crazy, and raise a few eyebrows. :mrgreen:

 

[Superfly]

Northern Cali?

Hey, Lizzie, I may call on you for gardening tips. I have a black thumb. Seriously, I kill silk plants.

 

[Enola]

I feel for you, Lizzie. I used to live in North Alabama, and it was so. flipping. hot. Like all the time. Nothing to cool it off, so don't even try.

Here, since we are so close to the coast, we do have nice breezes from time to time, but dang they are few and far between. Most often, during the summer, we hibernate. We stay inside most of the time during the day, unless we have to go out. Just too oppressive. We do our running around at night. :lol:

Not one place here has air conditioning. That includes the resorts and motels. Just open a winder and you're good. Close it at night though cuz the fog rolls in and it gets cold. Stay around 60'ish year round here. Sometimes it will get up to 70's and 80's. Last year, one day it hit 113 and the whole damn town thought we were gonna DIE. I had to hose the roof off to cool it down!

 

[Enola]

Hehe- we could really drive some people crazy, and raise a few eyebrows. :mrgreen:

No craziness, thankyouverymuch, lol. I just got rid of a lady that was 64 and she was the biggest pita I ever experienced. Complained about everything. The other two I have...he is 29, she is 24, they are both so mellow and I never see them. Perfect roomies. So I'll pass on the crazy stuff, heh.
Raising eyebrows might be fun though.:mrgreen:

 

[Enola]

Northern Cali?

Hey, Lizzie, I may call on you for gardening tips. I have a black thumb. Seriously, I kill silk plants.

Thereabouts.

 

[Superfly]

I used to live in Syracuse, and it was that way there. So nice during the summer. Maybe 2 weeks out of the year, it'd get in the mid 80s, but most often, it was high 70s. We never needed an air conditioner there.

 

[Mycroft]

I live here:




I want to live here:

 

[sharon]

Is that Huntington Beach?

So where do you live? What do you like about it? Dislike?

Post pictures, too, if you like.

I'll start.

I moved to coastal Georgia about 2 years ago. Came here on vacation, since my husband wanted to show me his first duty station. We fell in love with the area and packed up and moved here. We live about an hour south of Savannah and an hour north of Jacksonville.

Pros?
We live an hour south of Savannah, so we make lots of day trips there, exploring and the like.
We live about 10 minutes from Jekyll Island, and the Atlantic, and in the off season, it's fantastic and desolate.
The best, biggest, fattest shrimp in the world.
Low property taxes, low cost of living.


Cons?
We live an hour north of Jacksonville and sometimes the scum trickles uphill.
We have Jacksonville news stations and I'm about Tim Tebow'ed to death.
Sweltering heat.
Bugs, bugs, bugs.
More bugs.


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So where do you live? What do you like, or hate, about where you live?

Thanks, Pinkie, for the idea for this thread. You gave it to me last night when you mentioned the South, and living in Cleveland.

 

[lizzie]

Northern Cali?

Hey, Lizzie, I may call on you for gardening tips. I have a black thumb. Seriously, I kill silk plants.

Sure- anytime- I'll always try to help. There are two secrets. Good dirt, and plants appropriate for your climate. Oh, and enough water. :lol:

 

[Arbo]

I live over 6K feet above sea level, on the western side of Colorado.

Pros:
More sunshine than anywhere else.
Mountains, outdoors.
None of the regular DPers lives here.

Cons:
None.