Where is your dream place...

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Originally Posted by Trek420

I'd rather have a small house and large'ish yard, like to live around quirky progressive people, artsy folk, music and art nearby.

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Trek,
You just described Yellow Springs, Ohio. :D

Lance Armstrong's house. Any one of them. :D :) :p

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Originally Posted by Trek420

noooooo....there's room here? where?

Me, somewhere I can garden, ride of course, don't have to shovel snow, places I've liked have been Santa Cruz, Oregon, Central Coast but I still have not seen the East Coast in a while.

I'd rather have a small house and large'ish yard, like to live around quirky progressive people, artsy folk, music and art nearby.

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That sounds like Mom's house :D

Sonoma's pretty cool, and it's a nice small house with a largish yard. But I'm happy where I am. Four seasons, all with lots of weather to talk about. Just the right size town -- there's theater and symphony and plenty of movies to choose from, but you can walk everywhere and there are woods and lakes and fjord all around. Pretty much perfect, long as I can travel and visit other places too. Still ... wherever you go, there you are.

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Originally Posted by Kimmyt

Basically I'd love to live in a large town/small city that has a distinct main street/neighborhood feel to it. I'd like to be able to ride my bike everywhere in town, to have 'my local coffee shop' and 'my florist' and lots of mys. I'd like to live in a small quirky house with a little porch that has lots of windchimes hanging off of it.

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I always tell myself I will live in a place like this one day. But for me, it needs to be warm, most of the time at least. And I'm not sure where to go about finding such a place. I'm hoping we'll stumble across it in our travels and just know "this is it". :o

Emily

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Originally Posted by Bikingmomof3

Trek,
You just described Yellow Springs, Ohio. :D

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There are quirky, progressive people in Ohio? :D

My in-laws live there, and the parts I've seen/been to (many times) are quite traditional and conservative. They live outside Canton and in Highland Heights (DH's parents and brother, respectively), so admittedly, that's a very small slice of Ohio, but I do always think of it as conservative and traditional as a state... Then again, the county I live in in NC is a blue county in a red state, so I guess there can be pockets of progressive folks just about anywhere!

I've never heard of Yellow Springs -- it sounds neat. Is that where you live, Jennifer?

Emily

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Originally Posted by Kimmyt

Basically I'd love to live in a large town/small city that has a distinct main street/neighborhood feel to it. I'd like to be able to ride my bike everywhere in town, to have 'my local coffee shop' and 'my florist' and lots of mys. I'd like to live in a small quirky house with a little porch that has lots of windchimes hanging off of it.

I don't know if it exists, but I hope someday to find this town/house.... and hopefully find that it exists in Colorado or some other mountainous area!

K.

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Kimmy, you just described our little house and our little town (except for the being in Colorado part). ;)

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Originally Posted by emily_in_nc

There are quirky, progressive people in Ohio? :D

My in-laws live there, and the parts I've seen/been to (many times) are quite traditional and conservative. They live outside Canton and in Highland Heights (DH's parents and brother, respectively), so admittedly, that's a very small slice of Ohio, but I do always think of it as conservative and traditional as a state... Then again, the county I live in in NC is a blue county in a red state, so I guess there can be pockets of progressive folks just about anywhere!

I've never heard of Yellow Springs -- it sounds neat. Is that where you live, Jennifer?

Emily

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Emily,
Yellow Springs is where my not so local bike shop is located. :) It is indeed an artsy, quirky town. :cool: I live about 20 miles south west of Yellow Springs, in a city which is unfortunately very conservative. *sigh*

I'm just hoping to one day get to choose where I live at all!!! I think Augusta, Ga is on the list as well as Middle Texas (Austin, San Antonio, etc). Being married to a career Army Officer, I haven't EVER gotten any choice in where I live. We've only owned our own home one time (and that was only for 3 years). Key for me--NO SNOW!!!

So pretty much, I'd be happy to be able to pick out where I live, and actually buy a house I want to live in, rather than settle for something that will "do for now".

Sigh---when will that happen??

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Originally Posted by ladyfish

I'm just hoping to one day get to choose where I live at all!!! I think Augusta, Ga is on the list as well as Middle Texas (Austin, San Antonio, etc). Being married to a career Army Officer, I haven't EVER gotten any choice in where I live. We've only owned our own home one time (and that was only for 3 years). Key for me--NO SNOW!!!

So pretty much, I'd be happy to be able to pick out where I live, and actually buy a house I want to live in, rather than settle for something that will "do for now".

Sigh---when will that happen??

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Oh my ladyfish I read this and thought that is me. Im married to an Airforce Officer so I know your pain. I just keep telling myself one day I will get to decide and it will be sweeeet.:)

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Originally Posted by Bikingmomof3

A small town, quaint and quiet, in either UP Michigan or Maine.

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The house I grew up in is located 15 miles north of Mackinac Island in the UP. I would like to live on Mackinac year round. In the MIDDLE of the island where the locals live. I could ride in the summer (although I would have to get off the island to do any real riding and snowmobile and cross country ski in the winter.

Jeni

Trekhawk and Ladyfish - I feel for both of you, I grew up military and went to 14 schools before high school (ahh the joys of the military in the 60's). I think the rootlessness from my young life has carried over significantly into my adult life. I wish you both the joy of a home of your choosing.

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Originally Posted by Queen

Trekhawk and Ladyfish - I feel for both of you, I grew up military and went to 14 schools before high school (ahh the joys of the military in the 60's). I think the rootlessness from my young life has carried over significantly into my adult life. I wish you both the joy of a home of your choosing.

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Thanks Queen. Sounds like you know just what its like - thats a lot of schools.:eek:

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Originally Posted by ladyfish

I'm just hoping to one day get to choose where I live at all!!! I think Augusta, Ga is on the list .......Sigh---when will that happen??

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Um...... I was born at the old Eisenhower Hospital on Ft. Gordon - bred in sunny South Augusta - had the privilege of moving to beautiful New England for 6 years and now I am back in this cesspool of ignorance and repugnance called Augusta......

Why oh why would you think this is a primo place to live????

DH and I just fufilled our dream of moving to the Gorge. Kayaking, biking, windsurfing, climbing... you get the idea. I love it here. The lack of sun in the winter leaves something to be desired. When I get tired of it, I'll go visit my SIL in California or Hawaii. Life is good.

This is my view in the AM when I drive to work. It will also be the view from my future living room.

I think that...I'm already there. I love living here. Love the bike-all-year-round weather, the water and mountains everywhere, the ballet close by if I want it...I can think of lots of places I want to visit, but not honestly anyplace where I'd rather live.

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