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Iced chai, the beach, amazing friends, writers and arts, locally brewed beer, ocean breezes, community gardens, small business, New England falls, mountains, music, and did I mention my friends?

I moved a lot when I was younger; it took me until I was 28 to realize that I might learn something different by staying in one place. I moved back to KC with the committment to stay here for five years (longer than I'd ever been in one place). Fifteen years later I've gained a completely different perspective on community, and I think it's the community that you build that keeps you in one place. Shared experiences with your friends, and a range of acquaintences who you may see every day or once a year. It's the people, one way or another.

fear of change, the unknown, making a mistake, lack of cash, no car, dependence on familly and support network, afraid of missing friends, family and becoming depressed.

If I were a rich girl...

The WEATHER. Though, I curse it when it gets to be 100 degrees. Winter is the time I really enjoy the outdoors. When it hits 79 degrees it's winter here. (Florida)

I always wanted to live in a place that didn't get snow, because I hate the farking snow. I traveled to Hawai'i and Georgia and planned to live below 34°N forever. Now I just want to live within driving distance from my beautiful nephews who currently resdide at 48°N.

Mount Hood,the Oregon Coast, warm dry summers, cool rainy winters, - yep, never thought I'd say it, but I love the rain - Portland, the coolest little city in the US. And McMinnville, my home town in the heart of Oregon's wine country.
Corie, everytime I go to Maine, I think the same thing, and then I remember the WINTER!

I think I would die if I had to endure several months of rain, even if the weather wasn't cold. Sadly, I have a San Diego body thermometer and a NYC mentality. Those don't mix well.

Yes, the WINTER. Last xmas it was -19 at my parents' place in VT. I didn't visit much.

City: Chicago
Why?:
1.My whole family is here.
2.I love Chicago politics.
3.Our Mayor makes me laugh- intentionally or not.

Two weeks ago we were on top of a mountain in the Adirondacks and I asked myself the same question. A few weeks before that we were at Lake Sunapee in N.H... Last weekend I was in Atlanta. It's nice to travel outside the city and enjoy little moments that stick in your mind. If you were living there all the time I'd doubt you would appreciate it as much. When we make it back to Brooklyn I'm reminded of what I love about this city.. culture

Having grown up in the same house all my life and never being the new girl makes change scary. I moved the first two times to get away from family. Moved back to be with them, in Indiana. And then away to perfect Portland to start my own family. I move to push myself. Make myself think outside the box. And to be with my husband. I don't crave the old streets of my childhood. I will move again, soon. To be back closer to my family. I need the kids that I haven't had yet to know my old streets and my old family. Having such a stable childhood made me want to run around the world when I was old enough too. I have.

P.S. Portland actually gets quite a lot less rain then New York annually. And it has THE MOST AMAZING SUMMERS.

My friends.

By choice, i'd live by the sea.

everywhere else sucks. i'm just sure of it.

I have lived in Hoboken, NJ for the past three years and I love it! I am right across the river from my job and I get to work faster than people that actually live in Manhattan. I love my apartment, its balcony, its size, the great restaurants, bars, and shops around me, and it's proximity to NYC without the noice and the pollution.

I also love the fact that my parents live close to me but not too close.

Dunno. I hated it here for at least a year. But I don't hate it anymore, and when I go other places, at least a part of my mind is whispering, it's not New York... And now, I've put going-on four years into a little school and the children we serve. Children and schools are everywhere, true, but they aren't mine. Anyway, I can't move, because as soon as I do, all my friends from SF will move here!

i left (my heart in) san francisco a year ago, for grad school and my job. it's horrible, and we're moving back at the end of the year. i miss EVERYTHING about it, but most of all the people- those i know and those i encounter.

I don't know, but I think I knew I was ready for a change when I returned from my first vist to Austin last year. My plane landed at LaGuardia and I got a cab back to Park Slope. I always loved that section of the BQE when the skyline fills the entire frame of your vision. It was always thrilling. Always. And, suddenly, it wasn't.

Nothing could keep me in my town - whichever town it happened to be - for longer than three years. Initially I had to move because my family moved for one reason or another. But after I had become independent of my parents, I still had difficulty grounding myself in one place too long. There was always a desire for change...a fresh start...a clean slate. Now, after finally moving to NYC - a city that changes everyday - I am hoping to stay put.

I don't think there are any cities that even remotely parallel NYC; this is why I stay. But, I can't pretend that I don't think people stay places out of habit, fear of change, etc. I have family members who didn't want to leave Germany, Alex had family that didn't want to leave Russia, and there are a ton of hold-outs in New Orleans - and these are situations where leaving would absolutely the be the safer plan. Relative to this, leaving a good, comfortable location just for the sake of variety or something new seems inconceivable.

I love the seaside and always ask myself why I don't just live by the sea but I love NYC. There is something about how everything is accessible that fascinates me.

Nothing. I don't want to stay where I am. And the idea of staying here forever scares the crap out of me.

But I do want to settle somewhere. As an adult, I have never lived in one town for more than five years, and my stay in each location averages around two years.

Quite the Portland contingent here, eh?

The trees. The rain. And absolutely, community. How can I leave a two year old god-daughter? Miss all that? No thank you. I just came home from a week away in Seattle and San Francisco and the mountains were so homey as the plane landed. This place has gotten into my blood these past 18 years.

Yes...Portland. I grew up in St. Helens, a very small town about 30 miles from there. The minute I was old enough to move on my own, I hurried to Portland and lived downtown. About 4 years ago, I desperately needed a break from the rain and moved to Arizona. Hot as hell in the summer but the rest of the year is nice, and I'm close to Vegas and Cali so it isn't too bad. There is no urban core in Phoenix, though. If I weren't attending ASU, I would have already left here. I've always been in love with the urban downtown atmosphere...starting with Portland. And I've felt for a long time now that I somehow belong in NY. As soon as I finish my degree in Housing & Urban Development, I'm going to NY...but Portland will always be home.