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Location
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Chicago, there is nowhere else in this country I would want to live (and I've been quite a few places!). We have great food, museums, zoos, parks galore, a team for any sport you like, amazing history but always making progress towards the future. I love that we get to experience all four seasons each year and that travel from here is really easy either by plane, train or automobile depending on where you're going. I don't know what else I can say but that I love it here, despite it's flaws, and wouldn't want to live anywhere else.
Livin' in the Chi. Home of beef sandwiches and combos (Italian sausage and beef), Oprah and....me!
I love it here, and I don't plan on ever leaving, but who knows. Only thing is the winters, I can so do without them.
We live in the suburbs of NY about an hr by car from NYC, or 90 mins by train. Our house is about 1 mile from the Hudson River. We are close enough to the city that we can jump on a train and head in whenever we want ( H works in the city) but far enough away to be living in what is considered the country.
We live in a quiet town that has lots of cute shops and restaurants. Its nice being close to the river bc we can go down to the park and walk around. We also have a huge walking bridge close by that you can walk from one side of the Hudson to the other. In the summer there is flea markets and block parties, in the fall we have apple and pumpkin picking right up the street and in the winter we have plenty of skiiing within an hr of our house. To us it is a great location to raise our family.
Here are a few pics of the area:
Walkway over the Hudson
Downtown
Hudson River near our house
I just took this picture yesterday afternoon with my hipstimatic camera app!
I live on the Outer Banks of North Carolina. It's only about 1-3 miles wide and there's water on both sides. You've got the ocean tothe east and the shallow Sound on the west. Most of our shops and restaurants are family owned and operated (we do have fast food and Starbucks and an outlet mall). The summer months, May to August are covered in tourists (aka customers) and the rest of the time the beach is only home to a small community. There are two main roads and one rides right along the beach (we all call it the beach road clever enough). We love to drive it to get everywhere with the windows down and the saltwater blowing over. It's really simple here so it's nice to drive up to a place with a mall or an olive garden, but it's the beach so I can't complain!
ETA: oh yeah, and it snows maybe once a year... The rest ofthe time it's just wind and rain!
Worcester. You don't really want to live here.
Some parts are pretty:
this park is a short walk from our house
Tuckerman Hall, a beautiful auditorium-type place
The art museum (WAM, actually- Worcester Art Museum) this is the interior courtyard, it's beautiful
Some parts are messed up
the infamous Kelly Sq- a series of intersections that make you want to cry and accidentally drive the wrong way down a one-way road.
We get a lot of snow- which is fine, except the city can't deal. This photo is from the Dec 2008 ice storm, which caused huge amounts of damage. Luckily that was 3 months before I moved here
We're infested with this uglyass beetle so they have to cut down a lot of trees, very sad. The beetle's too ugly to post, so here's the hole it makes. The holes kill the trees and beetles spread to other nearby tree, etc.
Some parts are just downright weird.
Turtle Boy statue. Why yes, it does seem like the boy is violating that turtle.
Also, people are very clueless and ignorant here. We have a lot of massholes but the traffic isn't as bad as Boston. There are a lot of fun things going on, but this is a typical city where there's little parking available and our public transportation system isn't very good. The school systems aren't very good, and it's expensive to live and buy things here.
But our little neighborhood is quiet and pleasant, there are good restaurants nearby, and we're within easy driving distance of a number of good places to visit. Like our favorite winery, 20 minutes away
All in all, I'd probably have a different opinion if we lived outside of Worcester, I think we'd be happier in a quieter town instead of the city.
I'm in Southwest, PA (town is too small to actually post the name...you weirdos will come and find me, I KNOW IT!
) about an hour south of Pittsburgh and 20mins from Morgantown, WV. Nothing really spectacular here. It's pretty much the middle of nowhere. We live in a town now with a current population of 3,116 (as of the 2000 census, but I'm sure ten years later we're probably pretty much the same)...and Danny calls it the "city." According to Danny if it has more than one main road it's a "city." When I took him to NYC he about peed himself.
But I can offer some pictures of nearby things (all within a 40 min drive):
Friendship Hill National Historic Site; Home of Albert Gallatin, longest serving secretary of the Treasury
Ohiopyle State Park, Cucumber Falls (PA):
Cooper's Rock State Park (WV):
And of course, good ole WVU:
I live in a lakeside community near Green Bay, WI. It's SMALL - only about 2200 people - so everyone knows everyone elses business.
We're a big fishing town, so we see a ton of tourism in the warmer months.
In summer and fall we're "The Door to Door County". If you want to head up to Door County (which is a super popular tourist spot) you have to go through us first!
We don't have a single chain restaurant, all mom & pop places. I'm ok with this, I think it makes the town more unique. The largest store we have is a ShopKo Hometown store, which is a scaled down version of the real ShopKo, and we only have one grocery store. Also only one Grade School/High School + one Catholic school.
Bars outnumber other businesses and churches about 4 to 1. Sad but true.
We're about 40 minutes east of Green Bay which has the legendary Lambeau Field and tons of other sports and entertainment. That's where I have to go if I want to shop. And also where I need to drive everyday for work.
It's basically a really close-knit community. I honestly don't think I would feel safe in a larger city so I'm happy where I'm at.
The nicest part about Central PA, isn't Central PA. It's that you are so close to everything. We are within 1.5 hours of the following Baltimore, Philadelphia, Hershey, Lancaster, Gettysburg, DC
and within 3 hours of the following: New York, Jersey and Maryland Beaches, Pittsburgh, Virginia
Harrisburg is the capital (Where I live)
And I'm about 10 miles from Hershey (the sweetest place on Earth)
And About 40 minutes from Gettysburg
Ohh...And about 5 miles from Stees
I don't have time to PIP, but the google images options for Dayton, OH were kind of slim pickings anyway, LOL.
Dayton, OH is about an hour from Columbus and Cincinnati, which is probably the coolest thing about Dayton. Dayton itself boasts the National Museum of the United States Air Force, which is gigantanormous. They are also currently competing to receive one of the retired space shuttles (announced April 12th), which would be awesome. Dayton has several nice parks, a historic bar/restaurant district. The area is full of food festivals in the spring-fall, which are usually fun to attend. There is also some nice history in the area, seeing as how the Wright Brothers lived in Dayton and performed their first flight about 2 miles from my house (before they took their plane to the Carolinas).
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I'm in the Hudson Valley, like Sara. We're known for the Hudson River:
We have a TON of resevoirs (NYC gets their water from us!) and beautiful foliage in the fall:
We're a suburb of NYC (i'm about 40 min train ride):
I love my town - it's beautiful and lots of nice shops to peruse:
We also have a lot of historic/colonial buildings and houses:
And since we're in NYC's backyard, we have lots of famous/wealthy people in the area and therefore loads of mansions like this:
and this
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Well I don't think people will be jumping up and down to live where I do, unless it was for the insanely cheap rent and home prices. I live in a smallernorth of Worcester MA, so I can copy a lot of what wamo said (I work next to kelly square and drive through that intersection kamiaze-style every day!)
What I do like about our area is the fall: hiking, foliage, and apple picking. It is also where I went to college and met DH and many good friends, so I have good memories here.
We have some great craft beers out here. We are only about an hour from Boston. I'll let some of the Boston ladies post those pics.
Cleveland Rocks!!
.... but I doubt any of you would want to live here, b/c apparently forbes magazine still thinks it's the most miserable place in the country
whatever, I love it! Besides, we have Michael Symon restaurants here, who could be miserable eating his food?!
The suburbs of CLE are divided into 2 very distinct area: west of the Cuyahoga River (which, FYI, is the one that caught on fire in the 80's), and east of the Cuyahoga. People here are very particular which side they like better and treat it as if you live in one of 2 different countries. I don't know how to explain it to people not from here, but the rest of us get it. I'm a diehard westsider. The suburb we live in is beautiful. My house is about 1.5 miles from the lake and looks teeny tiny to the giant lakeside mansions
We have an amazing outdoor shopping center, a huge and newly built rec center, and are centralized to 4 different shopping centers outside of our city. People here have money and apparently nothing else to do with it besides build their giant houses and shop.
Here are a few pics of CLE:
Skyline
Rock Hall
My favorite place in CLE, the Westside Market. A yr round farmers market that also sells fresh meats, seafood, cheeses, pasta, spices, etc. AMAZING
This made me laugh SO hard. Right before I started at Assumption, my parents & I were driving around Worcester after lunch one day and saw the statue and I can still remember my dad being totally shocked. "What!! What is that guy DOING TO THAT TURTLE!!!"
I seriously don't know who thought that was a good idea.
And Kelly Square, oh my gosh. You just kind of close your eyes and hope for the best..
Your post made me want to go visit Worcester
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Quincy, MA. I love living here and take great pride in my city.
It's located on the South Shore, a 10 minute train ride into Boston, beautiful view of Boston:
We're the Home of John Adams and John Quincy Adams (well, technically, Braintree, MA is - since Quincy didn't exist when they were alive). We still have their birth houses as National Landmarks as well and the church where the presidents and their wives are buried:
We are the home of the first Dunkin Donuts. The area where this DD is is much different however, the actual property hasn't changed much at all.
Oh and Fun Fact: Kevin James, Henry Winkler and Selma Hayak are currently filming a movie in my former high school.
Since there are other DC girls who actually live much closer to the city, I'll post my little suburb. It's famous enough.
I live in Manassas, VA, which is a big spot for Civil War buffs. There are two big battlefields here, owned by the National Park Service. If you go to this site you can see lots of pictures and read about it. It's pretty neat.
It's really pretty here. Lots of trees and old buildings and stonework. We have a little old town area here which is cute, too, but nothing compared to where Mary lives / we work / I used to live.
We moved here because it is cheaper than living really close to the city but still commutable, is closer to our families (it cuts about an hour off of our trips home) and offers more space for April to run around. I love DC, but this was a better balance for us.
We live in a town right outside of Boston, on the Charles River. It's a big town, population in the thousands (too lazy to go look it up), but not overwhelming. We have a diverse ethnic makeup, which I like. Its proximity to Boston tho makes the real estate prices sky high. It used to be much cheaper, but like everything else, the prices have gone up exponentially. The median price for a single-family home, according to Boston Magazine, is now $435K. Gulp.
It's a two-minute walk from our apartment to the running paths along the river, which I utilize quite a bit.
We love the location, because we are a 5-minute drive into downtown Boston. (Actually, it feels like we are 5 minutes from everything.) The Boston Public Garden is gorgeous in the spring (if we ever get spring, that is) and summer and we definitely hit that a few times.
Depending on the foliage, we can sometimes see the Boston skyline (and its most famous buildings, the Prudential and Hancock) from our 4th-floor apartment window. 'tis true.
We're also right by the Mount Auburn Cemetery. You don't typically think of cemeteries as nice places to go, but Mt Auburn is not you typical cemetery. It's actually a national landmark, full of miles of gorgeous trees and flowers (lots of birdwatchers flock here) and waterways, and really old and interesting headstones and statues. You can literally walk around the cemetery all day and not see the same tree twice.
Mary Baker Eddy is also buried there.
We are also 5 minutes away from Harvard Square, where we love to go for people watching or having the best mexican food in the world (Border Cafe!).
We love the area we live in. We are a 2-minute walk to a ton of restaurants (italian, indian, thai, chinese, brazilian, vegetarian, greek), the town square (post office, library), public transportation into Boston (which means we only need one car), and we live across from this little park:
In the summer, they have concerts during the week and we pack a picnic dinner and some wine and go watch the little kids twirling to the sometimes awful music.
We wouldn't want to live anywhere else. Being out in the 'burbs would bore us to tears, but being in the heart of the city would make me go crazy. Too many people. We are lucky, because we truly have the best of both worlds. We have the nature aspects with the river and the parks within walking distance, and then Boston proper is just right there in our line of sight and very acccessible.
I live in a northern suburb of Boston. The town is right on the ocean ( has a few beaches) and is only a 20-30 minute drive into the city. I'm not really sure what it's "known" for but it's a nice town. I live 2 blocks from the water and it makes for a nice walk anytime of the year except for the winter. They have a walkway all along the beach and a grassy section where people picnic. I love taking a walk in the summer and getting an ice cream sundae and just sitting on a bench while watching the ocean & people/dogs walk by.
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Braintree, MA -- I don't think there would be anywhere else I would want to live, especially since I grew up here, moved away because I thought I never wanted to see it again, and then couldn't wait to move back once I had fallen in love and married someone from the exact same town.
Braintree is a suburb of Boston, and when I say "suburb," I mean you can drive into the city in 15-20 minutes on a good day sans traffic. Plus we are the end-stop of the T's redline, our subway system, so if you don't want to drive into the city, $2 will get you where you want to go!
It's a decent-sized town of about 38,000 people at this point, and pretty self-contained. We have just about every restaurant within the town limits, plus we have our own shopping mall, to boot -- the South Shore Plaza.
But we're not all about the commercial here in Braintree, either! We do have some pretty nice outdoor recreational facilities, such as Sunset Lake and Pond Meadow Park.
We even have our dark side -- let's not forget about Sacco and Vinzetti! Two Italian immigrants were accused and put to death for murder, and then were later pardoned for their unfair and prejudiced trial.
And we can't forget that it's technically the birthplace of John Adams AND John Quincy Adams, even though their house currently resided in what is now Quincy..... Yay History!
And of course, there's the snow. We can't forget about that.
So yeah... go Braintree!
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I live in Cincinnati- we have LOTS of very neat places that make it special
The skyline (the bridge was built before the Brooklyn Bridge as a model for it)
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The Reds and the Bengals
Interesting Architecture such as these buildings:
Lots of museums and theaters:
I live in Waltham, MA. I guess the city is best known for it's old watch industry (nicknaming us Watch City) and now for having a lot of biotech companies and higher education facilities. We're home to Bentley and Brandeis Universities.
Waltham is a pretty decent place to live. I love our farmer's market, our city square and the Moody Street area. There's a lot of great neighborhoods, restaurants and family owned businesses. We have concerts on the common, a great indie-movie theater as well as a couple of theatre troupes. We have great parks and a Riverwalk that runs along the Charles River.
I also like that Waltham is so close to Boston. We can be into the city in less than 20 minutes which is awesome. I like that we have the ability to enjoy the city without having to live there.
We live in Fairfax, VA. My favorite thing about it is that it's so close to any kind of food or shopping you could want!
About 3 miles from our house is Fairfax Corner, which is full of stores, restaurants, a movie theatre and even a few condo's. It's a great place to walk around in the summer, or eat outside at one of the restaurants.
Most of the homes in Fairfax are newer construction so the neighborhoods are always nice to look at.
And right now, we have a lot of these blooming!
About 15 minutes away is the best shopping ever in Tysons Corner. There are 2 malls across the street from each other. One is full of extremely expensive stores (think Ferragamo, Gucci, David Yurman...there's even a Ritz Carlton inside the mall). The other, much larger mall is huge and fantastic and has pretty much every store imaginable.
We're about 20 minutes away from DC which as you know, is full of historical monuments, great restaurants and entertainment.
We're also close to Mt. Vernon....George Washington's home:) You can take a tour of the house and beautiful gardens.
The only downside to Fairfax is the traffic!!!
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I live in Alexandria, VA- only like 4 mi outside of DC. K works downtown. I work ridiculously close to where I live.
Here's DC (because no one knows what that is or where it is
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and right now we have cherry blossoms, which is awesome
Where I actually live is called "Old Town", and it is right between DC and the Potomac River.
Overhead view of the main drag, King St.
our big monument is the George Washington National Masonic Memorial Temple (if you read The Lost Symbol, this is featured prominently)
There are lots of cute shops and bakeries and restaurants here, which is nice. There are a few chains, but it is mostly small independent stuff
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Minneapolis - also hailed as the Mini Apple, as in the miniature version of NYC
We have the most theater seats per capita second only to NYC
Art - Walker Art Museum. Along the same lines as MoMa
Claes Oldenburg - Spoonbridge and the Cherry
City of Lakes
Guthrie Theater
Twins
More importantly - the birth place of Target
Also from here you cereal fans:
General Mills
and Pillsbury
We have also close by:
I love living here. It is great, the people are nice, and cities in this area are often on the top ten lists for positive things.
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I'm gonna post lots of pics and make everyone wanna move down here!
I live in the Northwest Arkansas Metro area. Since no one knows what I'm talking about when I say that, here's a map:
This area is home to about 500,000 people, which is a lot considering there are only 2 million people in the entire state. It's the most urban area in Arkansas, and the fastest growing area. Fayetteville, one of the cities in our metro area, was on Forbes list of the best places in the US to recover from the recession.
There are four major cities in the NWA area. They are Fayetteville, Springdale, Rogers, and Bentonville. You can kind of think of them as being like the 5 burroughs in NYC. The population is pretty well spread out between these four cities and some smaller ones that are sprinkled in between, but we all love each other and we all claim each other as home. There's no hate.
I live in Bentonville, which is sort of the upper-crust area, because it is the headquarters for the nation's largest retailer:
This is the original Walmart (originally called Walton's 5&10), which is on the town square and is now a museum:
Just up the road is the University of Arkansas, home to the Arkansas Razorbacks. Woo Pig Sooie!
ETA because I hit post before I was done!
The area is also famous for it's many parks, great hunting and fishing, hiking and trails:
And we have gorgeous architecture and great shopping!
It's a great place to live, work and raise a family. Not to mention, the cost of living here is ridiculously low. All of you should move here immediately!
I live in Westminster, Colorado. Its a northern suburb of Denver, pretty much a typical cookie cutter example of suburbia. I'm not so much a fan of Westminster as I am of Colorado. I love that we get 4 seasons, that when it snows, its an opportunity to do something, not hybernate. I love that I can drive 30 min west and be in the mountains or 30 min east and have good shopping. I love the views.
Salem is a 25 min train ride from Boston and is a tightknit community with a growing population of young professionals and artists.
Taken from the City's website:
Salem MA has a rich history that includes a key role in the spice trade with the East Indies, being the birthplace of the National Guard and the home of the infamous Salem Witchcraft Trials of 1692. Today, Salem is a vibrant urban community with a bustling downtown full of an eclectic mix of shops and restaurants. Our waterfront is no longer a hub of the spice trade but is still very active with both recreational and commercial uses.Milton Bradley originated in Salem:
It is also the home of a world class museum (Peabody Essex Museum)
Huntsville AL- We're not all a bunch of toothless, barefoot rednecks in trailer parks.
Huntsville is most famous for the Space and Rocket Center.
You can see the rocket from pretty much anywhere in the city.
Because of the space and aviation industry, we're actually one of the most educated cities in the nation. The population is about 200K, and because the cost of living is very reasonable (we bought our house for 140K) we're often ranked in those "best place to live in the country" articles. It's a nice mix of tech-savy and southern charm.
We have some really nice parks and museums.
Downtown is full of lovely historic homes
We're in the foothills of the mountains, so you can go hiking and find views like this.
We have trees that look like this. :-)
And we grow the best damn tomatoes you've ever tasted.
Everyone is required to choose one. Rooting for both is strictly forbidden by law.
I wouldn't want to live anywhere else. I love the mild winters and the ridiculously hot summers. I love that people say "fixin to," "bless your heart," and "mama n nem's," and I'm a firm believer in Southern hospitality.
Milwaukee is actually a pretty fun city to live in or near. I have only lived in the city since I was 22, and plan on buying a house outside of Milwaukee this year. I grew up in a small town and am not much of a city girl
Plus the schools aren't too great.
The following pretty much describes Milwaukee:
We like our beer. Alot. Well I guess any alcohol lol.
To me it is a big city, but to others probably not. It is located right on Lake Michigan.
Miller Park is the home of the Brewers. The seats are always full(even week days) and the lot is always full of tailgaters.
Summerfest is awesome. It is the world's largest music festival. I recommend, if you live anywhere near WI, to experience it once. It is pretty much an excuse to just eat, drink and listen to music.
The Milwaukee Art Museum is such an awesome looking building! It was used in the recent taping of the next 'Transformers' movie.
Also, the show 'Happy Days' was set in Milwaukee and The Fonz recently got his own Bronze statue.