Why I love where I live....

too cold

Where is too cold germuno? Victoria? What is too cold temperature wise for your liking?

He is correct in saying that many people live in the place where they born.

It's the rest of his thought that is troublesome, but that is just the old Lucifer being hellish.

I made no comment about people choosing to live in the place where they were born jbinternational. What I said was their opinion would be prejudiced at the least. What's to argue about there? Everyone is prejudiced for or against where they grew up. That's human nature. To say their opinion is not prejudiced makes me think you are naive.

By the way, I have no idea what a PDH is. Did you mean to write PHD?

It's all wrapped up nicely in #9 response.
I realised, that I always think of a place that would resemble my home. Close to the sea and sandy beaches. I also need the presence of history, different architectural styles, an old town I can wonder through, crooked streets. That's where I grew up.
I've been looking at many places on my travels, where there was sunshine, interesting culture and food. It's all very tempting, but I'm yet to be convinced that it would be better than home.

I've lived in many places. Australia is where my family is, so it's also where I love to live and always return.

In Australia I've lived so many places - cities and small towns. My future choice will be in Queenland - Sunshine Coast. Suits me best for all sorts of reasons.

Fortunately, I was able to pick the place I most wanted to live in Canada. And escaped that hell called edmonton.

though san diego has arguably one of the best year round climates but it's too cold for me in the winter

...right now i am in nevada on lake tahoe for a month...it's beautiful summer & winter...califronia fires withstanding...but one winter living here was enough.....skiing is for a week or two at a time

...this coming winter is looking like central america but the following summer is a definite combination san diego/lake tahoe again...

...i like short pants & flip flops weather..

Well, I chose to live in Victoria. I looked for a place which would be warmer than either the prairies or Ontario, have a reasonable cultural life, affordable (and wasn't I lucky to arrive here when it was.....), on the ocean or a large body of water, naturally beautiful with lots of active people to enjoy it with(I just came back from several hours birding with a naturalist group), interesting people (someone telling me that there were more eccentrics here than anywhere else he had lived was the clincher), and I could go on and on. Many times I have this overwhelming feeling of gratitude in living here. Generally, I like to stay in this region in the summer, but from November to end of February, this is the time to travel!! And it is a drag getting out of here.

BTW, there are many people who could live anywhere else and choose to live here. However, the cost of living is becoming a bit of a detriment for many and I think there may be a bit of a drift to a more affluent demographic. (Whatcha think, Canayjun and Zosue??)

And for those who love where they are, isn't it great to have found our places!

Lotus, I agree; I live in what was once a neighbour hood of SRO's and low income housing. These are disappearing and high end townhouses, condos, lofts are replacing them. I couldn't believe the selling prices on some of these units! The rather earthy folks that used to travel up and down my laneway are being replaced by well dressed, trendy folks of all ages. Was a time where you absolutely would not see a middle aged person of a certain earning bracket venture on foot around here, but now...