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Poll: if you could live somewhere else
This poll was on Upstate NY board. If you could live somewhere else, where would that be? List both realistic and unrealistic choices.
Realistic: southern Rhode Island or Charleston, SC (we are thinking about relocating in a couple years and these are the 2 choices we thought of so far)
Unrealistic: Italy, Colorado, or California (we couldn't be that far from our families)...and Washington DC (we can't afford the area)
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Re: Poll: if you could live somewhere else
I'd head to Upstate NY
H and I considered moving to Canandaigua, which is about 30 min outside Rochester, a couple of years ago - unfortunately, there's no real demand for our skill sets in that area, at least not the way we want to apply them.
We also want to eventually buy a summer home in the Adirondacks.
Part of me would love to head back to Northern Virginia sometimes, which is where I lived for 2.5 years before moving to CT.
But then the part of me that controls my bank account starts beating the crap out of the part that misses VA and says it isn't ready to live in close proximity to Tysons Corner again.
Realistic: near Napa, California. We're considering this, although it wouldn't be for a few years. We love it out there. We're taking a trip out there next summer and we're going to really look around and see what we think.
Unrealistic: Somewhere in Tuscany or Aruba.
Realistic - Vermont. Hopefully we will be there within the next 4 years.
Unrealistic - Oregon. But we can't go that far from the families.
Hmm, interesting with the realistic/unrealistic part. I guess nothing is really realistic for us, seeing as DH can't live out of NY state, and he's not leaving the NPYD, so we're stuck here.
BUT - if he could live out of state, our realistic choice would be somewhere in CT between Greenwich and Norwalk.
Our more unrealistic choice would be the Denver/Boulder area of Colorado. We were thisclose to moving there - we LOVE it. We looked at jobs, flew there and looked at apartments...but we couldn't pull the trigger. We can't be that far from our families.
Realistic: Boston --- DH and I lived there for 3 years before we got married and I'm hoping we move back at some point. I grew up in the country and actually think it might be a good experience to raise kids in a more cosmopolitan environment.
Unrealistic: Santa Barbara, CA; Cayman Islands
Realistic: Boston- we both love it there, and I went to school there for a while. Or Maryland, simply because DH's company's corporate headquarters is there and so is the NIH (where I wouldn't mind working in the future).. but I don't really have a desire to live there.
Unrealistic- California or someplace else sunny and warm
Realistic: Napa, DC or possibly Boston metro area b/c it has opportunities to match our careers.
Unrealistic: Napa b/c we couldn't be that far from our families and DH would hate the politics, Anguilla.
Realistic: Anywhere, really. DH and I are open to moving where there is a career available. Right now, some of the places we are thinking about includes: Colorado (where DH is from), NYC, Charlotte, London
Unrealistic: totally unrealistic place may be Hawaii. We would love to move there but it's wayyyy to far from the main land and civilization.
DH and I would love to relocate to a tropical Carribbean island, but since we are not loaded that is probably unrealistic.
More realistically we would just like to move somewhere warmer- maybe to the Outer Banks in NC. But we probably won't because of family...
Since our families are both here, and DH's industry is heavily NYC-centered, there really isn't another "realistic" place for us to live. ?
Unrealistic: ?California - San Diego or San Fran would be fantastic, but I'd want both of our families there. ?
?Also, the south of France would be a dream. ??
Realistic: Northeastern Vermont. It's where DH grew up and it's just so beautiful. (We can't really do it because there is no work for us there, but it could happen)
Unrealistic: Aruba.
Realistic- I would love to live on a lake in maine somewhere.
Unrealistic- Turks and Caicos, Playa del Carmen Mexico
Realistic: MA we are actually hoping to move there in the future.
Unrealistic: Maine - too far away with too much snow but beautiful in the summer. ?On a tropical island somewhere?
Realistic: NYC or Montreal
Unrealistic: San Francisco, CA (I would lovve to live there - but it's too far from our family and friends), or Sevilla, Spain (LOVE IT THERE).
Realistic: CT shoreline or Glastonbury area, Boston area
Unrealistic: Galway
Hands down.. Charlotte, NC.
Or
On the beach or lake somewhere in NC.
We almost moved to NC. The only thing stopping us are DH's aunts. Which is fine because I love them and they refuse to move with us. Atleast I know if we were ever able to move there and I was still with my current employer, we have offices there. *Dreams* Ahhh NC.
Unrealistic- Italy or Ireland.. Just because I heard so many great things about it.. Never been but..
Realistic: Southern Maine
Unrealistic: Paris (DH wouldn't hear of it), San Francisco (too far from family, too expensive, and DH won't live in a city), Santa Rosa, CA (too far from family, too expensive, not sure about work opportunities_
The reality is I'm actually quite happy where I'm living now. I love my house, I love the town I live in, I love Connecticut. We near both our families. We'll be staying put for a while, God willing. Our dream is to retire to Maine someday though...
Realistic - North Carolina ( Fayetteville or Raliegh area) or Norfolk VA
Daydream ;-) - Sicily
Realistic: Boston, San Francisco, Arizona
Unrealistic: Australia, New Zealand, Spain, the Moon.
And nothing is truly unrealistic if you make it happen. Unless its like...the Moon.
Realistic: NYC, Boston or DC
Unrealistic: London or somewhere tropical
Realistic: Boston, my sister lives there so at least I would still have family close by. I would also love to live in NYC for a short time.
Unrealistic: Hawaii. We LOVE it there but I can't be so far away from my family.
1.) Litchfield, CT
2.) Out west
I most likely would never want to move, but if I had to:
Realistic: North Carolina (we've thrown the idea around but don't want to leave families & friends, DH would have much steadier work down there), Vermont
Unrealistic: Quebec (we love it up there, but it would be hard with DH not speaking French & me only speaking it a little, plus leaving the US would be hard), Colorado (we don't want to be that far from our families & friends), Virgin Islands (would be great, but probably not enough work there)
Realistic: Right where we are, though I'd take a house with 2 full bathrooms and a garage!
Unrealistic: NYC (a brownstone in the West Village) or Paris
Realistic - the new development a few streets away
Unrealistic - a caribbean island, Italy
Seeing that my parents, siblings, cousins, aunts/uncles, grandmother live in the same town I would have a hard time moving more than 20 minutes away. We are that close. So unless I can bring all of my family with me I'm staying in or around this town for life!
Realistic: I'd move back to Boston in a heartbeat, but actually the housing market is the pits. We will eventually by a house on the CT or RI shoreline as well. I don't really think there's anywhere else I need to be, but if DH or I suddenly got a great opportunity somewhere else, I'd go.
Unrealistic: Costa Rica or the Bahamas. I could very easily live in either of those places and completely change my life. Maybe someday...
Realistic - somewhere in this area, but in a gorgeous new development in a house that has everything we want
Unrealistic - a brownstone on Comm Ave in Boston (I don't see us tripping and falling into that kind of money), SoCal (too far from family, but so beautiful), FL (again, too far from family)