I live near a small (and somewhat historic) town in northern Georgia, US. All of my family lives around here, but quite honestly, I don't think I could hate this place more if I had to. The idiot is the dominant species here, with the pervert and addict right below it on the food chain. Intelligence is at the very bottom. This area could definitely profit from a good tornado or two. Harsh, but not unreasonable.
in the middle of nowhere... on Tinian, a tiny island out in the farthest reaches of the pacific... pretty much equidistant [1,200 miles] from japan, papua new guinea, and australia... thousands of miles from hawaii... hot and humid, since it's a tropical island and we're only 15 degrees above the equator!... though now we're happily [for me, but not the locals, who suffer from the 'cold' when the temp is below 85] in the 'cool' season, so it's only a bit above 81 fahrenheit this morning and there's a nice 'coolish' breeze... no prob, since there are no street addresses or street names here ['bloody' or otherwise]
I live in a stink hole little country town in the lower south west of western australia. It is nothing special in my eyes. But what I love is that you can go out at night and see the stars all the time (unless it is a cloudy night of course) and it is green all year round.
Rochester, New York. Thankfully, I live in one of the suburbs, as the actual city itself is a little...messy, shall I say. Stabbings and shootings and whatnot. Various unkind things. But yes, suburbs are nice. Got a nice white house, a pretty girlfriend next door (ok, a few blocks away, but the cliche is still somewhat attributable) and a wide lawn. And no shortage of narrow minds to accompany their cushy wide lawns and lovely six-figure incomes.
Go Pennsylvania! -- it's supppppper cold here. lol 17 degrees here today. Although for some that's normal. lol.
On the buckle of the snow belt... Chardon, Ohio is the buckle of the snow belt. If there is a chance of snow, we get it here. Higher elevation and rolling, tree-filled hills make Chardon a quiet retreat from the business of Cleveland. Cold winters and mild summers make it an ideal place to be a recluse and write, write, write.
Biggish city on the east coast of Japan. It's getting damn cold here, which I'm not used to, seeing as I lived in Africa before. This city has the highest number of modern buildings I've seen in my life. Everything got rebuilt post-WW2. They've also concreted everything over, and blanketed the land in apartment buildings.
In a large modern city around a big bay surrounded by mountains which change colour from silvery gray through to brooding purple depending on the weather and time of day. The 'Velvet Fortress' is on the the mountain heights at the head of the bay. In the evening when I come home on the ferryboat the 'kordon' street lights are glowing--an amber necklace laid along the shore. Sometimes there'll be the huge slab of a cruise liner anchored off the harbour, lit up like an apartment block. It is the friendliest and happiest town in all Turkey and I could never live anywhere else in all the world.
Sligo town, northwestern Ireland. A small town which is usually wet and never far from zero. Hills/mountains, forests, ocean are all within 20 minute's cycle. I'm a 'big-city' guy but absolutely love it here. Clean air and decent people do it for me.
I live in a large suburb of a small capital in the flyover region of the USA --the midwest. (I'm not comfortable putting down my city / state; perhaps with more time I'll reveal.) Like most of the midwest, I see every season imaginable. Rainy, dry, spring, summer, autumn, winter, and the tempertures have gotten record low of -20F and record high of 120F (not factoring in windchill or humidity)... At present, it's 20F, which is definitely the high this month! The people here are tolerable for the most part, but I dislike the collective, uniform personality almost all 80,000 of the population has adopted. This town is where creativity goes to die. It's not all bad, though. Our high school just won it's 100th state championship, and the academics alone are really superb --the school system is one of the town's most alluring qualities. There's not much greenery (unless you live in a neighborhood), but I'm an urbanite anyways. Low crime rate. There are a lot of quality restaurants too. Our downtown / historical 'old town' is expanding nicely, if a bit exorbitant for my taste. ...I'm relocating to the east coast within a year and a half.
Rochester, New York, home of the weirdest most unpredictable weather in all of Upstate New York. Except maybe Buffalo, those people get some crazy lake effect stuff going on over there. EDIT: As has been mentioned before, the city here is a bit...sketchy. Which is why I live on campus of the University which is a very nice, much safer place And I avoid leaving the safe haven of the campus, because the river that is its border is the only thing in between me and the Projects.
Other than the uniform personality thing, if it's got public buses, sounds like the sort of place I would want to live in Mercurial. Well, the Canadian version, anyway.
South Perth, Western Australia, in a small suburb residing by teh seaz it's summer at the moment which is usually a comfortable, 'nice n warm'.. but for some reason it's been disgustingly hot and humid.. I'm hoping that'll settle down, because my brother's getting sick of having to sleep downstairs at night, lol
Geographical, architectural, educational, and in most all aspects, it is fabulous if you like suburbia. I think the only reason I really have negative thoughts about my location is because the people here are kind of a buzzkill. I feel more at home with diverse people who crowd me --think NYC, Boston, and Richmond, Virginia... This town is stereotyped as being full of snob, and I've always believed that it's a stereotype for good reason. No public buses though.
me, too, raven, since other sites out there are much less friendly!... i just left the rather newish 'authornation' after a brief tryout period, because a cadre of complainers wouldn't stop attacking me for using this idiosyncratic writing style for my posts, even after i explained [satisfactorily, to the first poster to wonder about it] why i do... others asked me to stick it out, but why bother, when every post is going to become a dartboard target?... so.............. UP wf.org!!! [the superior quality here is clearly due to daniel, you, and your fellow mods] hugs, m
Severn, Maryland, the US of A! It's between Annapolis and Baltimore. It's a nice place; we get to experience all four seasons.
Originally I'm from Northern Alberta, Canada, but currently residing in central Alberta. And let me tell you It's all going south from here! I love Canada, but I can't take the cold. Especially here in Alberta. Chinooks every other week makes the temperature jump around like crazy. Last week was a lovely -30C, this week a lovely 10C. Other than the weather, it's nice enough. Good view of the mountains and lots of wide open space. Plus they just built a Walmart! Yah for Wally World!
Portland, Oregon. I grew up in Orange County, California, I hated it there, totally a sick place. But I do like Disneyland. Ideally, I would not live in America, but I'm probably stuck here.
Alaska, and generally all over the state. I spend most of my time up in Fairbanks, so I'm quite confident that I can safely say I probably experience the most extreme cold weather of anyone on this board. Still, I'm enjoying it. I'm sure it helps to have pubs in walking distance, but still...
