did you settle down in the wrong state?

[ulysses]

As many things as I've learned to like about Georgia in the last 13 years, if I hadn't met and married a Georgia girl I very likely wouldn't still be here. This time of year reminds always reminds that I belong about 1400 miles further west.

[GreenPartyVoter]

1. No, I love living in Maine, but then I was born here and

have no desire to relocate. Unless we lose the coastline to rising sea levels, at which point we would be living underwater.

[ulysses]

8. I think I could do Maine

for a while. I haven't really been in the northeast much, though, and the coast doesn't do as much for me as flat land does. Part of me misses Oklahoma...but only part...

[GreenPartyVoter]

14. I couldn't bear to leave the sea-breeze. Heat and humidity

just kill me, so living inland doesn't do well for me. (Lived for 10 years in the mountains of western Maine. Missed the ocean the whole time.)

Where I grew up: http://www.deerisle.com/

[Political_Junkie]

21. I too was born & raised in Maine.

I'm back again and feel like I'm in the wrong place, but I'm only here for family. I would move again in a heartbeat.

[GreenPartyVoter]

30. Bummer that you feel like you are in the wrong place

Are you going to the Full Circle Fair this summer?

http://fair.weru.org/

[Political_Junkie]

39. Where is that?

Never heard of it.

[Forkboy]

2. I love living in Mass

but I dont really feel tied to anyplace in particular.I'd love to live in a lot of places,as long as it's not humid all the time :)

[ulysses]

4. don't think I ever knew where you lived

The humidity is what's providing me the reminder right now. :(

[Racenut20]

3. I got stuck for 21 years, by marrying the wrong person

[ulysses]

5. that's my consolation

I found the right person, she just grew up in the wrong state. ;-)

[burned]

6. its too thick

the air, the cars, the malls.

I've been leaving GA for the last twenty years.
I want to go somewhere where my sweat evaporates and I dont have to chew the air to get the oxygen out of it.

[ulysses]

9. LOL

and I dont have to chew the air to get the oxygen out of it.

:D Amen!

[GreenPartyVoter]

15. Welcome to DU. I hope you grow gills! *lol*

[terrya]

7. Illinois isn't bad.

Well, I live in Chicago and there are some people (Downstate) who think Chicago isn't necesarily part of Illinois...

Illinois is a decent state. It's getting even more decent as it's tilting farther Democratic.

[ulysses]

10. hi, Terry

I've only been to Chicago once, but loved the visit. Neat town.

[terrya]

13. Hi, Ulysses.

It IS a great town. Culture, plenty to see and do. Some of the best architecture around.

Terry

[ulysses]

20. I was there on a high school trip

and we managed to catch part of the blues festival in Grant (?) Park. First place I had spanikopita, too. :thumbsup:

[lovedems]

11. I hear you there!

As you know, I am downstate :) but I love the small town atmoshpere that I get from Springfield but since we are the capitol, we also get some (not much) cultural activities. It is a nice blend of blue collar/white collar workers, clean parks, lots of trees...I could go on but I am happy in Illinois and it just keeps getting better as you say, the more it tilts to the democrats!

[terrya]

17. I was born and raised in Decatur.

My family is still down there. :-)

I lived in Champaign-Urbana for a few years. I liked it very much...the advantages of having a university influence.

If there is a God, Barak Obama will be our next United States Senator, moving Illinois even FURTHER Democratic. :-)

[lovedems]

23. That is one campaign that I would bet my life savings on.

Ryan doesn't stand a chance.

I believe 100% that he will win. Obama, Durbin...We are turning out some fantastic democrats!

[Alenne]

12. I'm in Delaware

It is a great place to live for someone, just not me. We should have stayed in California but we wanted to be closer to our family.

[ulysses]

18. I know the feeling.

My blood has finally thinned out some, so I'm a little more adapted to the heat, but I don't think I'll ever get over missing the sky.

[Droopy]

16. I've been all over this great country

I've seen everything every place has to offer and I'll probably never be leaving Ohio as my state of residence. There are prettier places than Ohio. There's places with better weather. There are places with more things to do. There are more liberal places. But my family is here and I can't stand to be away from them for long periods of time. Just visiting them once or twice a year would never work out for me. So it's Ohio for me. If I could load everybody up and relocate them to another place where I could still see them all the time I think I'd choose somewhere in the great northwest.

[ElsewheresDaughter]

19. i would love to have landed in Bernie Sanders & Dean's state but settled

in the mountains of upstate NY....a beautiful land(a Paradise) inhabited by demons(repukes)... i swear i must be the only liberal in 350 square miles!

[MuseRider]

22. Ok, do not laugh, please!

I have never moved away from Kansas. I have traveled all over the world and seen many wonderful places, places I would love to live but I can't leave. I love it here, it is very beautiful and the people are very kind and nice even if a lot of them are Republicans. I am right where I belong.

[ulysses]

29. I can understand that.

My hometown isn't too far from Coffeyville, and my high school girlfriend was born in Neodesha. At least geographically, Kansas would beat Georgia for me.

[MuseRider]

34. I did not know that

you were from Kansas. What is the name of your hometown?

[ulysses]

35. no, NE Oklahoma

Claremore.

[MuseRider]

37. OH!

Sorry. An Okie, huh?

You would like it up here today. I am actually a bit chilly, it is cloudy and 65 degrees! Unusual for Kansas this time of year. By August it will be 110 so I am trying to enjoy the coolness.

[ulysses]

38. yes I would, and you suck.

;-) We last saw 65 in, what, March?

Where in KS are you?

[MuseRider]

40. NE Kansas

Topeka to be exact, home of the lovely Westboro Baptist Church and the evil minions who conspire within. Otherwise a lovely place to be geographically most of the time.

[ulysses]

41. heh

Hey, you get Phelps, we get Oral Roberts. :)

[Nikia]

24. I wonder

I went to college here in Wisconsin and met a nice Wisconsin man. I stayed. I was born in Ohio. Sometimes I think that this place is even more backwards than Ohio (I live in rural Wisconsin). I also think that it is cold and we have a short spring here. I don't know if I want to completely change my location again though.

[Township75]

25. I haven't settled down, but could be in a few months once I graduate.

I have always focused on finding a job in a place I want to live. I think for many people there are only 2 factors that influence where the live:
1. Do they have family near by
2. Are there nice neighborhoods with affordable housing

I have known for a while what I like and what I don't. WHen I was in undergrad, I interned in FL for 8 months. Before then I would have thought that I was going to love living on the beach and the sun and the fun...well, I absolutely hated it, and I have no desire to live in any gulf coast state.

After getting my undergrad degree, I worked in RI for 2 years. I left to go to grad school partly because I hated that state soo much. Everyone there was unhappy and rude, and almost everyone seemed to make racist comments.

Now living in VA, I realize what I like, because I am happy since the first time I left PA. I like rural environments where there are lots of outdoor activities. I just need a few stores (supermarket, hardware store) and that is it. I don't care about bars or other nightlife crap.

So now I am selectively applying for jobs in northern New England (VT, NH, ME), mid atlantic (PA, WV, VA, NC, TN), and some out west.

If getting out of GA would make you happier, and your wife could deal with it, I hope it works out for you. I know working in RI I had about as good a company to work for as there ever will be, but still I just hated the state so damn much it didn't matter.

[boxster]

26. Yep.

Grew up in South Dakota. Spent my entire childhood plotting my escape to one coast or the other (Florida or California, preferably the latter).

Met my wife when I was a senior in high school, which later derailed the coastal train. A few years, and several long, boring stories later, we ended up together in Omaha, NE.

I didn't make it very far.

I've been trying to move ever since, for most of the past 10 years. It's way too conservative politically and too cold in the winter here, and I need to get out!!

Eventually, we'll move. Now, all I have to do is convince my desperately-afraid-of-change spouse!

[acmavm]

36. I know what you mean about Omaha, having been born here. My advice

is RUN, AS FAST AS YOUR LEGS CAN CARRY YOU.

I've lived in Cheyenne, Wyoming and Anchorage, Alaska. When I was in Alaska I thought I'd died and gone to Heaven. It's beautiful. And yes, it is cold in the winter, but it feels colder here than there. In fact, that's the drawback of Anchorage on us people from the Lower 48. Lots of frost bitten noses and other appendages because of that very problem.

I've always wanted to go back, but I understand that it's changed a lot. And not for the better. But I am certain it's better than here. Hell, Cheyenne was better than here and that's the state that gave us Dickl Cheney.

[boxster]

43. Hehe.

Yeah, I've been trying. The funny thing is that my wife doesn't like it here either, but it hasn't been enough (so far) to convince her to step out of her comfort zone.

One of these days. I'm probably stuck here at least another two years because of business. Not sure I can take two more years, but then I never expected to be here for 15 years in the first place!

[Spider Jerusalem]

27. Wrong state?

I frequently get the feeling that I'm in the wrong country. Or maybe on the wrong planet.

And Georgia is hideous in the summer...I can't imagine metro Atlanta would be so populous were there no such thing as air conditioning. And the air quality frequently makes me think someone needs to open up oxygen booths, like they have in Mexico City. Smog advisories for at least a third of the summer...probably responsible for quite a few people's so-called "allergies", I should think.

[ulysses]

31. without a/c

Georgia would be populated by all of 100 people and all five billion pony-sized mosquitoes.

[Spider Jerusalem]

32. Yeah...

no wonder the British made it a penal colony. Hard to imagine anyone living here by choice, back then.

[SOteric]

28. Nope.

Not at this point, anyway. I love it here.

[ulysses]

33. I would too.

At least my backyard isn't as overgrown as it was when you and I first met. Of course, that's only because we're inching back towards drought conditions...

[Sentath]

42. Who Says I've Settled Down? I'll Kick

... this thread if nothing else ( ;

Originally from SEK (south east kansas, montgomery county, 3rd little square from the right along the bottom edge)

College in Wichita

(boomeranged briefly)

Worked/ojt in OKC (oklahoma city) briefly

Transferred to 'permanent' position in Stillwater OK (go {away} pokes)

Gave 2wks notice last Monday.

Headed to Tempe or so in the very near future... hope to be there and a little settled in for my 35th Bday.

---

So far, I've liked Wichita the best (I think college had a lot to do with that)' and OKC is a Very Close second.

MuseRider is right about Kansans being nice 'pubs for the most part. But, the home area has too much corrupt old boy-ism. And Wict. isn't a city, its a medium to small town that has been fractally expanded on a roughly 25 block grid.

Wonder how I'll feel about AZ in 3-5 yrs ? ( :

{rlg}

oops, had a couple things in square brackets that should have been visible, darn shift key ( ;

[ulysses]

45. ah, Stillwater

The aforementioned high school girlfriend wound up graduating amongst the Cowboys.

If you like AZ half as much as I miss NM, you'll be fine.

[Sentath]

47. I have high hopes for my future state

Little Bro lives there already and has a mixed opinion of it, his wife is a native and would like to try something else.

Me? I think its foolish to put a major population center in the desert, but what do I know? I know that the economics of the situation dictate me going there and adding to the mess for a few years at least. ( :

P.S.: I hope my edits to my original reply don't change your opinion of me for the worse.

{rlg}

[ulysses]

48. not sure I get

the "rlg", but I'm an OU fan myself. :)

[Sentath]

49. not "rlg", but {rlg}

They're my realworld initials.

I'm not a sports fan of any stripe and I just get tired of it looking like Halloween all the time, (for those who don't know, the school colors are orange & black) and the radio interruptions and the hotel overbookings and ...

As for AZ, Well I like urban a lot more than my brother does (even if I'm not used to it after living here for 5 yrs) and I've been @ his place when it was 113 in the shade and it didn't feel any hotter that it does here when its 93 (and a mere 60+% rh).

{rlg}

[EstimatedProphet]

44. Yes, in south Georgia

where it's HOT
and CONSERVATIVE
At least half the billboards in this town are religious ads. Not kidding.

[ulysses]

46. oh yes.

I did a little Ocilla-Valdosta-Waycross one-day tour a couple of years ago for the AJC in a non-air-conditioned 1984 Corolla. Hell on wheels.