To build off my earlier dream job thread, why do you live where you do? What was your main deciding factor? Closeness to family? Job? Spouse's job? Recreation? Housing costs? Are you happy where you are?
It's where I was born. It is where I've been raised. I love the northern part of Wisconsin. The southern half is meh. I embrace, take pride and enjoy the things that make this state great. I never see myself moving anywhere else but to northern Wisconsin. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Born and raised here. I would love to move, probably North. Knowing everyone is getting old for me. At the same time i'm very close to my family. My mom and my uncle, and they live on our farm.
Born and raised and also have job here. If I had the choice to be born and raised elsewhere where there were more fishing options close by I would be gone in a heartbeat. But all the wants take back seat to having all of my family in close proximity.
Initially, (25+years ago) the South afforded a less expensive lifestyle than living in Northern urban areas. Met the wife in the South (GA), and moved a bit further north (were aiming closer to No VA, but ended up in NC. Southern hospitality is wonderful, NC has good climate, variety (climate, terrain, geography), close to relatives and good employers/work options.
Where I was born and raised. Live 5 miles from where I grew up. This house was halfway between my work and my wifes school. It was a nice neighborhood 20 years ago. It has since gone downhill. I hope to retire in 2 years and move someplace else. Might just head out West and buy me a spread.
School, and school alone. Come May 19, morgantown can burn to the ground for all i care; i hate this place.
I was born and raised in Clarkrange, Tn. I moved 25 miles southeast to Crossville about 12 years ago. I teach school here and my wife and i built a house on 101 acres her grandma gave us. Its a rural area. Don't ever see myself moving. I love the South...although wouldn't mind owning some land up North.
Military made me move to Hawaii, id go back to Oregon if I could. But I cant, atleast not for a few more years or maybe decades.
Born and raised, hoping I never move away from my hometown of Chatham, Ohio. I plan to stay within ten miles of where I was raised. Sure I might be able to find a better paying job down south in my career (Ems) but I'm a homeboy and always will be. Helps that my family farm and my girlfriends (pretty serious at this point) family farm are on the same road three miles apart. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to just grab the lady and start fresh somewhere far away, but I don't feel that's the right path.
I moved here after I got married 17 years ago. If I didn't live here in Milwaukee I would go back to Detroit, I love it there, its where I was born and raised! I really like it here in Wisconsin, well the last couple years have changed for the worse in my opinion but thats another topic. This is a great state for the outdoors man, I have a great job and still close to Michigan!
Born and raised, job and a child. I'm happy here for the most part it's farm an country for the most part. And wouldn't wanna raise a kid anywhere else. Laid back and easy goin minus the few bad apples of course. Its where I'll stay for now
People tend to stick with what's comfortable. I lived in Bowling Green, KY for 20 years. Birth through Under grad...the next step was supposed to be UK in Lexington (sister already lived there, love the school, etc) but after interviewing down here at Samford I felt god had a different path for me. I felt much more comfortable with this school. SO, Here I am 2 years later in Birmingham, AL. I'll be living in Shiprock, New Mexico this summer for an internship. Then I'll hopefully have a residency in 2015 for a year in either Colorado or Alaska. From there, who knows... Currently the plan is a career in Anchorage, Alaska...but if other doors open I won't be opposed. I am not very close with my extended family outside of my parents and sister... Living away from them for 2 years has proven that I am ok not living in the same town as them (2 years ago I was 100% certain I would never end up anywhere BUT my hometown). I think most people stay close to home out of fear of whats out there. I want to try new things and see new places.
I live 2.5 hours from mine and my wife's hometown. I live here because of work and because my wife likes the distance from our family. Not too close, but close enough that we can drive down for a weekend or a long day if needed. We like the city, but if I were a single man, I would not be living here. I would have moved a long time ago. Me and the wife still talk about moving somewhere else at times, as we had some very serious discussions about moving to Seattle this fall. But then our friends that lived up there decided to move back to LA, and that kinda killed that idea for the wife. If we were to move now, we both like Austin, Charleston, or Nashville. All these cities offer the things that we enjoy. With that said, now that our first child is on the way, I imagine it would be quite hard for my wife to move farther away from her parents.
I was born and raised in Maryland and after my Wife & I had our Daughter we wanted her to be able to stay at home w/her. So 9yrs ago we moved to Pa (where housing is better and much cheaper) and I still can travel to and from work in Baltimore (1hr each way). Along the way we had our Son as well who is now 7. We love it here but to be honest if I could find work and make a living we would pack up and move to Iowa, Kansas, Oklahoma, Illinois in a heartbeat. I never went to college and I don't have a trade, I'm just a Control Room Operator for a Manufacturing Co but I'm very thankful for my job!!!! But just don't see where I could find a job like I have now out there. Oh and not only those states I mentioned because of the hunting possibilities but those states seem to be what life is about....thinking of others more then yourselves!!!! And that's what I'm all about Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
My wife and I have followed my job through 6 towns throughout Minnesota and North Dakota. We have lived in 10 different houses in those moves. I am 55 miles from where I was born now but haven't been back there in 35 years. We are 2500 miles from where my wife was raised and where her family is. We have one more move to go. That will be when we retire in 3 or 4 years and move to be close to our daughter and her family. It sounds like it has been pretty screwed up but all in all it has been a pretty good run. We have always enjoyed (except maybe one town) where we lived and have many friends from lots of places. The kids grew up to be wonderful people and were able to fit in everywhere they were.
You had me until Illinois:D It's interesting to see most citing work and family (I suppose it's to be expected). My wife and I are in the same situation as many of you. She's very close with her family as am I. I was born and raised here as was she. All my hunting ground is still here, teachers make out better in PA than in most states, cost of living is low, etc, etc., However, my wife and I can both cite our families as the MAIN reason we're still here. If our families weren't here, we would be moving to Colorado, NC, or SC. There's just not the job market here that we would like to see for our kids someday (which is why enrollment in our local schools is dropping like a rock), I don't really particularly enjoy how long our winters are. It would be tolerable if we actually got substantial or regular snow, but we fluctuate between freezing rain, 40-50 degree freak days, back to mixed slush snow). Once hunting season is over, my desire to get outside and do the things my wife and I love to do (Kayak, Flyfish, Mountain bike, hike, etc.,) gets stronger, and yet I have to wait basically 3.5-4 months. When it's all said and done, though, being close to family is important to both of us, so that makes the decision that much easier, but I do catch myself wondering what it would be like to move somewhere else. It's a long ways away, but my retirement will not be spent here. If I don't move all together, I hope to be able to travel from about Jan-June.
