Favorite places you've lived in?

[Skyhilist]

Alright so I'm about to move to Gainesville, Florida for college and am pretty excited. I think that I'll like it much better than Connecticut, because there are much more reptiles and amphibians. I've also lived in Cincinnati, OH, Franklin, NC (in the Smoky Mountains), and Apex, NC (just outside Chapel Hill). My favorite place has definitely been the Chapel Hill "research triangle" area because I love the Tar Heels and also think it's just a nice region in general, although I'm also really excited for Gainesville. The Smoky Mountains were awesome nature-wise, but the political landscape was so fucked, to the point where my dad received death threats for trying to improve the recycling program, and we had annoying Christians knocking on our door like 24/7. What about you all, what's your favorite place or places that you've lived in, and why?

[Rosa Partizan]

my birth town (http://www.tomkimber.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/bosnia_mostar_bridge003.jpg) in former Yugoslavia, 870, Linksradikal etc will recognize it instantly...the others have to read the url :D some unique childhood memories, especially about my grandparents, are linked to this town, and I wouldn't trade these for a world.

[Zoroaster]

My birth town of Marblehead, Massachusetts. Beautifully town, nice people, good food, and almost every person owns a boat (the town's right on the water, and the prices for boats are pretty cheap). I plan on moving back there when I get enough money and if I can find a steady job there.

Here's a picture of the downtown: http://lovecraftismissing.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Marblehead-MA-photo-best-2011-1.jpg

[Skyhilist]

my birth town (http://www.tomkimber.eu/wp-content/uploads/2010/09/bosnia_mostar_bridge003.jpg) in former Yugoslavia, 870, Linksradikal etc will recognize it instantly...the others have to read the url :D some unique childhood memories, especially about my grandparents, are linked to this town, and I wouldn't trade these for a world.

Woah that's extremely picturesque, very nice.

The picture of Marblehead, MA is nice too, I like the moon in that photo.

This is probably the most scenic photo that's right near where I live right now (in CT, not Gainesville, FL). Not as scenic as the other two photos but it's alright.

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/bb/Farmington_River_Railroad_Bridge,_Windsor_CT.jpg

[motion denied]

I was born in a somehow small town (that shall remain unnamed) in the State of São Paulo. Moved to Campinas (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Campinas) because of Uni. I've lived in the capital of São Paulo State, that is... São Paulo (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%C3%A3o_Paulo) (city).

The latter would be my favorite, but that's not saying much.

Also, screw you and your beautiful landscapes. Though my favourite spot in the city (http://www.espacoturismo.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Avenida-Paulista-Um-Pouco-de-Todo-o-Mundo-em-Apenas-um-Lugar.jpg) is pretty awesome.

[Ele'ill]

Near Shenandoah, VA

[M-L-C-F]

In my honest opinion, I'd rather live in Connecticut than Florida. At least Connecticut is within driving distance of New York City. Florida is flat, hot, and dumb. As Daniel Tosh said in one of his comedy bits. Miami is a cesspool (Little Havana should be sunk into the ocean). Yet it's still the best part of that state. I've been to Florida before, and I'll never go there ever again.

But all that matters is that you'll be happy though. So good on you, the wildlife is one of the few redeeming factors about Florida.

I've only ever lived in Michigan. So I don't have that much to go on. I love the city of Detroit, but I wouldn't care to live outside the Detroit area in Michigan. They're only places to visit, not live, to me. I'd like to move to California. Preferably the Bay Area, but Los Angeles wouldn't be that bad really. It just takes money to move, which is something that I don't have right now. :(

[Trap Queen Voxxy]

Seattle, WA + Paris + Munich

[A Revolutionary Tool]

I used to live in this town called Virgina City which was on a mountain right in between Carson City and Reno in Nevada. I lived pretty much on the highest street in the city so my backyard was a mountain which was awesome. It used to be the largest city on the West Coast during the gold/silver rushes until a fire destroyed most of it and the mines dried up so there were lots of abandoned burned down shacks you could explore and find stuff in and you could easily find snakes and lizards and such to catch. During the summer it was hot and dry like a desert is supposed to be but during the winter you could get four feet of snow over the night. It was a hillbilly type of town. We had porta potty races and camel races, chili cook offs, biker week, staged standoffs, a boardwalk, the best candy and ice cream shops. The town was deeply conservative, in a very hypocritical way though. Like the school lunches were paid for by the local sex workers(and when their boss got arrested for tax evasion we didn't get school lunches anymore). Wouldn't want to move back though, it's too small of a town, it's nice to go back and visit every once in a while though for some food and alcohol and whatever crazy thing they're doing next to ensure they don't kill themselves from boredom.

[QueerVanguard]

The Castro in San Fran back in the day.

[Ele'ill]

I used to live in this town called Virgina City which was on a mountain right in between Carson City and Reno in Nevada. I lived pretty much on the highest street in the city so my backyard was a mountain which was awesome. It used to be the largest city on the West Coast during the gold/silver rushes until a fire destroyed most of it and the mines dried up so there were lots of abandoned burned down shacks you could explore and find stuff in and you could easily find snakes and lizards and such to catch. During the summer it was hot and dry like a desert is supposed to be but during the winter you could get four feet of snow over the night. It was a hillbilly type of town. We had porta potty races and camel races, chili cook offs, biker week, staged standoffs, a boardwalk, the best candy and ice cream shops. The town was deeply conservative, in a very hypocritical way though. Like the school lunches were paid for by the local sex workers(and when their boss got arrested for tax evasion we didn't get school lunches anymore). Wouldn't want to move back though, it's too small of a town, it's nice to go back and visit every once in a while though for some food and alcohol and whatever crazy thing they're doing next to ensure they don't kill themselves from boredom.


thank you for this post, an area in PA that I grew up brings back similar memories of atmosphere, thick woods in the spring and early summer, thunderstorms, almost tropical, then the summer gets hot and it feels like a desert (although its usually humid), in the fall everything turns colors and then the rain comes. The trees shed their leaves eventually and then you have these barren spooky witching woods on crisp autumn nights. Then there is the winter that is barren and expansive and when it snows it is closed in and quiet in the woods and the open stretches of country are barren and expansive again. Winter sunsets sitting on frozen lakes with no sounds after its snowed and then having to cross back through heavy woods, a meadow, a few corn fields, a woods, back home. I miss that part of my child hood.

[TC]

Bloomsbury in London...

[Slavic]

My parents house. It was full of cats and food. I don't know why I ever left.