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| Tweet Topic Started: Jan 31 2007, 02:01 PM (929 Views) | |
| Kirebz Bashkey | Jan 31 2007, 02:01 PM Post #1 |
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The world is such a big place and eventhough i've been around there are still so many places i still haven't seen. Because i'm a bit of a dreamer i often imagine myself visiting or even living in some of my favorite places somewhere down the line. This made me curious to where you all see yourselves living in the future. So my question to all is: "what would be your ideal place to live in and why?" One of my dreams is to eventualy return to the city i was born; Amsterdam. I imagine myself sitting in the open window of one of the grachtenpanden (canal houses) during the summer. I'm reading a book whilst looking over the busteling canals filled with people enjoying the weather, walking along the canals or traveling on them in countless little boats. Eventhough we moved out of the city when i was very young and grew up in a small rural town, i still feel a strong bond with my beautiful Amsterdam. Most of my family lived and still live there, and i still spend a lot of time there from wich many of my fondest memories originate from. I love the laid back atmosphere, the openminded attitude and diversity of it's people and never felt more at home in any of the other places i have visited during my life. Also, i would realy like to visit New York City at some point in my life. I can even see myself living and working there for a while. I can't wait to experience the neck pain from constantly having to look up at the many skyscrapers. The movies, television and books featuring this city already formed an image of how the city will be like in my head, and it will be odd and interesting to see how this matches and conflicts with reality. Well, those are two of the places on my list, and now i'm interested to read wich are on yours. Maybe some of you already live in your dream location, how is that like? |
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| NB2000 | Jan 31 2007, 06:26 PM Post #2 |
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Ooh great thread Reb! Somewhere in my house there's a list that I wrote (yes I actually wrote it down) of all the places I'd like to visit/live. *actually it turned out it was right next to the compy...weird..* Like Reb I'd love to visit NYC. Having seen so many iamges of it over the years I'd love to go and see what it actually looks like. I would like to live there at least for a little while as well. Actually now that I think about it pretty much all of the US is on my list of places to visit. I've been there before but I'd love to go to London and really spend some time there. The few times I've been there have only been for a couple of days and I've been under instructions not to act like a Tourist ( <_< I wanna be a tourist! I've put up with them in my home town for years now it's my turn to annoy the locals!). I'd love to just wander around Covent Garden and go to different West End shows and all the shops and everything! If I don't get to live the dream of living in a foreign country then I'd love to go live in Cardiff. Pretty much every time I go into Cardiff with my mother I end up not wanting to leave. I love just sitting in the car and looking at all the buildings and walking through the streets with all the old buildings mixed with the newer shop fronts and modern-ish buildings. There's an area in Cardiff Bay with flats around the water and I'd love to live in one of those. |
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| Alia Atreides | Jan 31 2007, 06:58 PM Post #3 |
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I agree--this is a wonderful thread, Reb.
I suppose there are many places I would like to live--if only for a little while. I'd love to go visit where many of my ancestors came from--I'd love to go see Slovakia, especially Kosice--where my father went to visit many times to trace back his family. It's very beautiful I've heard, and I'd love to go see the castles there (what is left of many of them). I'd also like to go visit Bratislava, spend some time there, and perhaps make it over to the Czech Republic as well. I also suppose like a great number of Americans, that I am an Anglophile. I'd love to go to Enlgand, London, whereever else in those isles--it not matter much to me. I suppose we that some of us still do look up to the UK as...our sort of father/mother country. A great number of my ancestors are from all over there--England, Wales, Scotland, Ireland, and going back to do some research on that part of the family in any of those countries would be neat. Not to mention, it provides the opportunity to study how the changing dialects there continue to influence those in America--particularly those in New England, or more eastern New England. I will have the opportunity to live for a while in China *crosses fingers* hopefully. In Beijing, and that will certainly be interesting. I can't say that I'm sure it is a place I would like to live for a good portion of time (I have allergies that act up severly in larger cities)...but...I think in the end that New England and Massachusetts have captured my heart. I'm a native Texan and will always love visiting the state of my birth, but there is just something about everything up here in New England that is special--as beautiful as the bluebonnets are in spring...they cannont compare to Fall here in New England--leaves or red, orange, gold, red-orange...walking through the hilly woods on a hiking trail in the slightly nippy weather of the fall, or dying through the blasted humidity of the summer, the excitement of classes or school canceled and running out to go sledding right after a Nor'easter (no one is ever to old to go sledding, trust me, never too old), walking out during a snow storm, hearing the muffled sounds of the rest of the world, and just the crunch, crunch, crunch of your boots in the snow, even the beautiful spring, and inevitable rainshowers. The climate of New England has so thoroughly captured my heart. And I like the...oftentimes quaint New England ways. We hold onto some strange slang here--"Fall" being an older term for "Autumn," the strange way we use sailing or fishing terminology for a lot of things...missing R's in our speech (it's coming more naturally to me now). Even our politics are entertaining, if often very frustrating. There is this view that we are often as cold or cool to other people as one of our winters, but, that's not really the majority of New Englanders. There's a wonderful history locally and for the whole region as well--not always something to be proud of--like the Salem Witch Trials, but interesting in it's own right. We lay claim to the "shot heard round the world" and have our own local myths and heroes--shared with much of the country, though you these ones here. I just suppose that...given a choice, once I get to travel and live elsewhere, there is nothing in the world that could keep me from coming back here. I love it too much. |
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| xxDittyxx | Jan 31 2007, 07:10 PM Post #4 |
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*Nods* good thread I'm not sure really, I'd like to live in a lot of places. I'd like to live in China - Shanghai - if only for a little while because my dad and siblings live there. I'd also love to live in Amsterdam. It's one of my favourite cities and I have family over there, too. Other than that I'm happy where I am in England I think I'd miss it too much if I moved away forever.
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| Suluna | Jan 31 2007, 07:32 PM Post #5 |
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I'm going to also say that this is a brilliant thread, Reb. At the moment I'm stuck at the bottom of Africa. :mellow: Don't get me wrong, I sorta like this ...place. It's got a certain feeling that I miss when I've been in another country for a long time. It's very unique here, that's for sure. But my ideal place is most definitely England's North Yorkshire area. I would loooove to live in one of those little villages and maybe run a DVD shop. The peaceful little shops and little walkways stole my heart. Not to mention those beautiful little spots to sit next to a little river with actual ducks surrounding you, waiting for something to eat. York was...*sigh* more beautiful than I can describe. I loved my walks there, the historic city walls and buildings are unbelievably gorgeous. Scotland. O, how I miss Scotland. I would clone myself and live in the Yorkshire and Scotland at the same time. Scotland had the most amazing natural beauty, same as England. I get tears in my eyes when I think of those two beautiful places. I would love to one day see London during Christmas, that would be fantastic. I wouldn't want to live in New York, but I did want to go see it and I did last year. When I first saw it with my own two eyes, all I could say was "Wow." ...for a whole minute. It was surreal to be there, I would truly recommend going there. Especially go up and look at New York from the Empire State Building, that's an awesome experience.
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| Monkey | Jan 31 2007, 08:16 PM Post #6 |
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I don't know if I want to live there, but I would like to at least visit Alaska. I think it would be beautiful. If I could choose a place to live, I wouldn't be too picky about the city. To me, it's more of a climate. I want green, and hills/mountains. Nothing flat, and definitely no more brown. I've lived in Arizona for about 2 1/2 years the constant brown, rocks and cactus are driving me nuts. Now, Northern Arizona isn't bad. In fact, it's very pretty with its red rocks and some green. I wouldn't mind living there. |
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| Admin | Jan 31 2007, 10:09 PM Post #7 |
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Echoing everyone, but: Good thread. ![]() For me it's more about the climate than about the exact place as well. I need sunshine. Badly. It's not remotely sunny here in The Netherlands most of the year, and it depresses me. Not a real, full-blown winter depression like some people have, but still. Sunshine makes me happy, and I'm not getting enough of it here. Sitting outside in the sun reading a book is just about my favourite thing in the world to do, and I'm lucky if it's warm enough to do that two months out of the year here. So, a warm climate is definitely a prerequisite. I've been to India, and I wouldn't mind living there for a while, though I think it would lose some of its charm in the end. Mumbai is the most alive city I've ever been in - an exceptional experience. Not a great place to live, though, if you see what comes out of your nose if you blow it at the end of the day. All icky black stuff due to car exhausts.I think I'd like Sri Lanka even better than India. Some nice place by the sea would be wonderful. (There's just been a tsunami, so the chances of another one occurring anytime soon should be minimal.) Somewhere in the Caribbean wouldn't be bad either, weather-wise; not sure how the rest would suit me, though. South Asia feels more like me. Or maybe... maybe southern Europe. Greece, the more secluded areas of Italy, maybe Portugal (though I've never been there). But yeah, someplace warm, anyway. |
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| Coldmetal | Jan 31 2007, 10:12 PM Post #8 |
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Toronto has and always will be my favorite place to live. It's got the big city feel to it; it has all the attractions of Los Angeles or New York, yet it's safer and cleaner (Although there are alot of crack addicts. Still better then getting shanked, though). Plus, the CN Tower is just dandy. Su, if you like the view from the Empire State Building, the view from the CN Tower is just wow. I've been to Amsterdam many times in my life, and I would like to live there. Mabye it's the police's no-care view on pot, or if it's all the "wonderful" prostitutes, but that town just clicks with me. Sometimes I think it would be fun to live in Tokyo, but then I always remember it's the biggest city in the world. Travelling in a city of 32,000,000 regular residents, and travelers, would be too much of a hassle. Plus, there is always the threat of Godzilla. |
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| Explosive Calm | Feb 1 2007, 12:39 AM Post #9 |
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I so want to get out and see the world, but crowds freak me right the hell out, stupid claustrophobia, so as much as I'd like to see the bigger cities I'm not sure how I'd actually cope with them, but... my more arty side wants to see France and Italy, I'd say Japan and America as well but the crowds... unless I face my fears that won't happen, so for now I'm just happy hanging around a small and rather lame English town, unless I find a nicer small town to move to. :rolleyes: |
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| Barbossa's 1 Luv | Feb 1 2007, 02:13 AM Post #10 |
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San Diego... ha ha will be there someday! |
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| Rogue | Feb 1 2007, 02:19 AM Post #11 |
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I'd really love to live in Vancouver or London... they're my top two. I'd of course love to visit many places but those are the only two that, if I decided to become an expat, I would seriously consider |
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| pirategirl0306 | Feb 1 2007, 03:00 AM Post #12 |
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In the US, I would love to live in southern California. Perfect weather, close to beaches, close to Disneyland, it would be great. Except it costs so much. <_< However, I would love to live in Europe for awhile. Like Alia, I've got lots of ancestors from the UK. Actually, now that I think about it, I've got ancestors from almost every single country in Europe. Western Europe, at least. Anyway, I would love to live near London, or someplace like France or Spain to improve my language speaking abilities. At this point, though, I'd even be happy just to live in my own apartment! |
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| mttomb | Feb 1 2007, 03:32 AM Post #13 |
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Cha, nice thread, Reb.
I need to live in Cali. Seriously. Oh my gosh, I'm practically dying not being there now. Stupid Florida. <_< No, I like Florida, but Cali is my home, my love... I've traveled all over the US (sadly, no other countries as of yet, though I want to), and nowhere else has made me want to live there. But, I've lived in areas as diverse as a farm with practically nobody else around to LA, the second largest city in the country, and any of that is good to me, as long as I am in California. It has the weather, the lack of natural disasters, the Disneyland!
Ooh, the beach! The mountains (Yosemite, y'all!). The ghost towns (Bodie rocks the hizouse!). The missions! The gold rush! Sutter's Fort! Hollywood! Bodega bay!
(Okay, for anyone who liked The Birds, that's cool, lol.) Ooh, Death Valley! Napa Valley! Agriculture! Skyscrapers! Ooh, San Francisco! The largest tree in the entire world (by volume, not the tallest, don't know where that is, lol)! Okay, sorry, but these things are all a part of me and who I am, and I love them all, and I can't imagine living anywhere else, to be honest. Sure, it has problems (seriously, I have no lung capacity, it's pathetic), but I even love those! So, to end this post, I just want to remind everyone that I'm a California Girl. The East Coast girls are hip. I really dig those styles they wear. And the Southern girls with the way they talk, they knock me out when I'm down there. The Midwest farmer's daughter really makes you feel alright. And the Northern girls with the way they kiss, they keep their boyfriends warm at night. I wish they all could be California girls! I wish they all could be California girls!
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| Monkey | Feb 1 2007, 04:14 AM Post #14 |
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I miss those things about Cali too, Tomb. But like PG said, it's so expensive. That's why I had to jump ship a couple years back. I still visit though. I want to go to Venice Beach again. I haven't been there in a long time. |
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| Loonielass | Feb 1 2007, 04:33 AM Post #15 |
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For me, there is no place like home. Sure I want to go see other places but mostly due to there being people there, there isno force on this earth, well nearly, that could get me to move. If I win the lotto I'm staying put. |
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It was surreal to be there, I would truly recommend going there.
All icky black stuff due to car exhausts.


No, I like Florida, but Cali is my home, my love... I've traveled all over the US (sadly, no other countries as of yet, though I want to), and nowhere else has made me want to live there. But, I've lived in areas as diverse as a farm with practically nobody else around to LA, the second largest city in the country, and any of that is good to me, as long as I am in California. It has the weather, the lack of natural disasters, the Disneyland!


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