independent and unofficial
Prince fan community
Welcome! Sign up or enter username and password to remember me
Forum jump
Forums > General Discussion > If you could live anywhere in the world...
« Previous topic  Next topic »
Page 2 of 3 <123>
  New topic   Printable     (Log in to 'subscribe' to this topic)
Reply #30 posted 11/09/17 4:02pm

morningsong

heartbeatocean said:

Here's what I like:

Active arts community/subculture.

International mix of people, a crossroads.

Ancient history.

Visually compelling, beauty to the eye.

Nonconformity.

Decent standard of living.

Spooky atmosphere.

Dramatic weather.

No guns.

Anyone know of such a place?




Not my city. But the rest is spot on I'd say.


For me, I liked some of Spain's coastal area, but I don't speak the language, I keep coming back to NZ as the ideal place for me if I should decide to permanently leave my city.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #31 posted 11/11/17 2:38pm

khill95

overseas: uk or germany

at home: san francisco or new york city

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #32 posted 11/15/17 10:59am

EvilAngel

2045RadicalMattZ said:

214 said:

Keep dreamin.

Well...if she keeps spitting out children... she's gonna have to start checkin it in at the baggage claim.

Hold onto your dreams.

falloff

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #33 posted 11/15/17 11:52am

2freaky4church
1

avatar

Florida in the winter. Here in the summer.

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #34 posted 11/15/17 1:09pm

sexton

avatar

I like my city, New York. The music, film and cuisine options are incredible. The seasons aren't extreme--no bitter cold winters like Boston, Chicago or any Canadian city east of Vancouver. And crime is relatively low for a large city despite what some chicken littles who don't live here may say.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #35 posted 11/21/17 3:39am

heartbeatocean

avatar

RodeoSchro said:



heartbeatocean said:


Here's what I like:



Active arts community/subculture.


International mix of people, a crossroads.


Ancient history.


Visually compelling, beauty to the eye.


Nonconformity.


Decent standard of living.


Spooky atmosphere.


Dramatic weather.


No guns.



Anyone know of such a place?





London?

The biggest developer in Houston, and one of the biggest in the world, is a guy named Gerald Hines. I heard him speak about urban planning one time and he said the greatest city in the world is London. I've never been there but I'm sure Hines knows what he's talking about.



Good call. I was there last month, maybe that's why I listed all those qualities... But I think many places in Europe would fit, and Brexit is a problem. Also, it doesn't have to be a big city. Oh, and weather in London is quite moderste.
[Edited 11/21/17 3:42am]
[Edited 11/21/17 3:43am]
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #36 posted 11/24/17 10:03am

RJOrion

EvilAngel said:

7 inches deep in Scarlett Johansson's pussy.




thats a toxic ecosystem...you wouldnt live long ... human life cant survive while submerged in a bubbling pool of yeast mixed with Derek Jeter's herpes ...
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #37 posted 11/24/17 11:09am

EvilAngel

RJOrion said:

EvilAngel said:

7 inches deep in Scarlett Johansson's pussy.

thats a toxic ecosystem...you wouldnt live long ... human life cant survive while submerged in a bubbling pool of yeast mixed with Derek Jeter's herpes ...

falloff

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #38 posted 11/30/17 12:13am

Adorecream

New Zealand - South Island in the summer.

Australia - Cairns in the winter as its warmer and the dry season.

Got some kind of love for you, and I don't even know your name
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #39 posted 11/30/17 5:19am

OldFriends4Sal
e

I'm happily in N Y C

but France Italy and Hawaii would be my fantasies (temporarily)

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #40 posted 11/30/17 7:27am

NorthC

heartbeatocean said:



214 said:


Somewhere far from the coast, i hate hot temperatures.




inland is cooler than the coast?

[Edited 11/7/17 20:35pm]


I've been to Veracruz and yeah, it's pretty hot and humid there. The climate in the valley of Mexico is pretty nice, not too hot, not too cold. Not a bad place to live and not surprising that great civilizations started there.
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #41 posted 11/30/17 12:05pm

maplenpg

Byron Bay, Australia.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #42 posted 11/30/17 1:20pm

Adorecream

heartbeatocean said:

Here's what I like:

Active arts community/subculture. - Fringe fEstival, city of trainspotting, scottish hippies

International mix of people, a crossroads. - Mostly scots, but some ethnics

Ancient history. - Skara Brae and many medieval castles

Visually compelling, beauty to the eye. - Been to Arthurs seat lately

Nonconformity. - Most left wing part of Scotland

Decent standard of living. - Much more well off than Glasgow

Spooky atmosphere. - Edinburgh is full of ghosts and has a creepy underground city wth ghosts of 17th and 18th century prostitutes and rogues.

Dramatic weather. - Mostly cool, but not a snowy wasteland and cloudy most of the time

No guns.- Well the whole developed world has that except the USA.

Anyone know of such a place?

Scotland and I would say Edinburgh, it has history, art, charm and the Fringe festival has more hippies and hippy drifters, pinkos and socialist free floaters than you can shake a stick at.

.

I would avoid Glasgow as its large and full or rough and very working class "Hey Jimmy" types. Just watch a few episodes of Taggart to get the picture. Plus Scotland has a very cloudy climate (1300 hours of sun a year and virtually none in the winter), it gets dark at 4pm in winter and even in summer the temperature will not get above 65 - 70.

.

A good second place for that list is of course New Zealand - which has all of it, except the Ancient history as the Maoris left very little physical evidence of their occupation (Well they did only arrive in 1300 and were a stone age level group). As for haunted, the closest we get is a 1880s house with pointed arch windows that some old widow died in, or a rundown 1910s bungalow with a lovelorn ghost in it. Our history only goes back to the 1840s and there is few buildings that predate about 1860 (When the population took off with the gold rush here).

.

Plus Dunedin has the authentic Scotland feel, down to all the hippies, dreary weather and 19th century imitative Scottish gothic buildings. Plus thanks to our National government wanting cheap slave labour, our country is very diverse, full of Asians, Islanders and Muslims along with a few Whites and Maoris left over. We hate guns and encourage greenies and left wing pinkos here so you will probably love it, plus in the north it never gets above 80 in the summer.

Got some kind of love for you, and I don't even know your name
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #43 posted 11/30/17 6:21pm

214

NorthC said:

heartbeatocean said:

inland is cooler than the coast?

[Edited 11/7/17 20:35pm]

I've been to Veracruz and yeah, it's pretty hot and humid there. The climate in the valley of Mexico is pretty nice, not too hot, not too cold. Not a bad place to live and not surprising that great civilizations started there.

It's horrible, i mean the weather.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #44 posted 11/30/17 6:28pm

morningsong




One of my longtime fantasy places, too bad the economy went kaput.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #45 posted 12/01/17 1:33am

Lianachan

avatar

The Scottish Highlands, but in a bigger house than the one I already have in the Scottish Highlands.

"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge"" ~ Isaac Asimov
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #46 posted 12/01/17 1:37am

Lianachan

avatar

heartbeatocean said:

Here's what I like:

Active arts community/subculture.

International mix of people, a crossroads.

Ancient history.

Visually compelling, beauty to the eye.

Nonconformity.

Decent standard of living.

Spooky atmosphere.

Dramatic weather.

No guns.

Anyone know of such a place?


We have all of that up here.

"Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that "my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge"" ~ Isaac Asimov
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #47 posted 12/21/17 11:18am

PurpleJedi

avatar

Somewhere with great weather, great beaches, and great food.

The south of France perhaps?

By St. Boogar and all the saints at the backside door of Purgatory!
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #48 posted 12/25/17 1:58pm

FullLipsDotNos
e

avatar

I like where I live now, but if I could choose another place:

- California

- NYC

- Brazilian coast

- Ireland

- Germany

- Austria

- Slovenia

- Bosnia and Herzegovina

- Albania

- Romania

- South Africa

- Australia

- New Zealand

full lips, freckles, and upturned nose
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #49 posted 12/26/17 1:25am

Flo6

avatar

Moscow heart and I did smile

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #50 posted 01/01/18 12:30pm

cloveringold85

avatar

Summers in Nantucket, winters in Palm Beach. lol

"With love, honor, and respect for every living thing in the universe, separation ceases, and we all become one being, singing one song." - Prince Roger Nelson (1958-2016)
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #51 posted 01/02/18 8:37am

kpowers

avatar

I live in Hawaii. But I could see myself living in San Diego/Seattle/ or Portland

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #52 posted 01/02/18 8:56am

2freaky4church
1

avatar

Where it is not 4 below.

All you others say Hell Yea!! woot!
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #53 posted 01/02/18 11:28am

morningsong

kpowers said:

I live in Hawaii. But I could see myself living in San Diego/Seattle/ or Portland



Stay in Hawaii.



lol



Well, I can't speak for Seattle or Portland, but it's changed here. A lot.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #54 posted 01/02/18 12:17pm

kpowers

avatar

morningsong said:

kpowers said:

I live in Hawaii. But I could see myself living in San Diego/Seattle/ or Portland



Stay in Hawaii.



lol



Well, I can't speak for Seattle or Portland, but it's changed here. A lot.

How for San Diego??????

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #55 posted 01/02/18 12:40pm

morningsong

kpowers said:

morningsong said:



Stay in Hawaii.



lol



Well, I can't speak for Seattle or Portland, but it's changed here. A lot.

How for San Diego??????



Every. Thing. I mean, the weather is the draw for the most part, that hasn't changed much but everything else has. But you already live where the climate doesn't drastically change. Maybe the cost of living is lower here by comparison but it's still pretty high. It's lost that small town feel in most places even though it still has that look in others, the feel has changed drastically.


I would like to take a trip to NO, but I'm afraid it'll look exactly like our GasLamp district blocks and blocks of temporary restruants and souvnier shops. Every city is starting to look exactly alike.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #56 posted 01/02/18 12:50pm

cloveringold85

avatar

morningsong said:

kpowers said:

How for San Diego??????



Every. Thing. I mean, the weather is the draw for the most part, that hasn't changed much but everything else has. But you already live where the climate doesn't drastically change. Maybe the cost of living is lower here by comparison but it's still pretty high. It's lost that small town feel in most places even though it still has that look in others, the feel has changed drastically.


I would like to take a trip to NO, but I'm afraid it'll look exactly like our GasLamp district blocks and blocks of temporary restruants and souvnier shops. Every city is starting to look exactly alike.

.

I live in San Diego. It's a big city. If you don't like big cities, you won't enjoy living here. There are a lot of nice suburbs though, but it's expensive here. Hawaii even more so, and you are surrounded by water. lol

.

I've lived in the Northeast, the Southeast and currently west coast (SoCal). Compared to the weather in most of the U.S., San Diego is considered to be very mild year-round. I could never live in the southwest desert; too dry for me.

.

I do miss the warm weather in South Florida, I won't lie. I don't mind the humidity and the rainy summer month's. If you don't like humid tropical climates, you won't like Florida either, or most of the south, for that matter, LOL. lol

"With love, honor, and respect for every living thing in the universe, separation ceases, and we all become one being, singing one song." - Prince Roger Nelson (1958-2016)
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #57 posted 01/02/18 1:16pm

morningsong

cloveringold85 said:

morningsong said:



Every. Thing. I mean, the weather is the draw for the most part, that hasn't changed much but everything else has. But you already live where the climate doesn't drastically change. Maybe the cost of living is lower here by comparison but it's still pretty high. It's lost that small town feel in most places even though it still has that look in others, the feel has changed drastically.


I would like to take a trip to NO, but I'm afraid it'll look exactly like our GasLamp district blocks and blocks of temporary restruants and souvnier shops. Every city is starting to look exactly alike.

.

I live in San Diego. It's a big city. If you don't like big cities, you won't enjoy living here. There are a lot of nice suburbs though, but it's expensive here. Hawaii even more so, and you are surrounded by water. lol

.

I've lived in the Northeast, the Southeast and currently west coast (SoCal). Compared to the weather in most of the U.S., San Diego is considered to be very mild year-round. I could never live in the southwest desert; too dry for me.

.

I do miss the warm weather in South Florida, I won't lie. I don't mind the humidity and the rainy summer month's. If you don't like humid tropical climates, you won't like Florida either, or most of the south, for that matter, LOL. lol



Born and raised here in SD, for a long time it maintained an interesting balance of being a big city with a small town feel. Lots of beauty here for sure. Not many places I'd trade SD for. But it does seem to have lost it's uniqueness. Very rarely do I hear new residence say anything further than the weather. It's every tourist city USA, with moderate year round weather at this point.


It's that change issue I guess.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #58 posted 01/02/18 2:38pm

cloveringold85

avatar

morningsong said:

cloveringold85 said:

.

I live in San Diego. It's a big city. If you don't like big cities, you won't enjoy living here. There are a lot of nice suburbs though, but it's expensive here. Hawaii even more so, and you are surrounded by water. lol

.

I've lived in the Northeast, the Southeast and currently west coast (SoCal). Compared to the weather in most of the U.S., San Diego is considered to be very mild year-round. I could never live in the southwest desert; too dry for me.

.

I do miss the warm weather in South Florida, I won't lie. I don't mind the humidity and the rainy summer month's. If you don't like humid tropical climates, you won't like Florida either, or most of the south, for that matter, LOL. lol



Born and raised here in SD, for a long time it maintained an interesting balance of being a big city with a small town feel. Lots of beauty here for sure. Not many places I'd trade SD for. But it does seem to have lost it's uniqueness. Very rarely do I hear new residence say anything further than the weather. It's every tourist city USA, with moderate year round weather at this point.


It's that change issue I guess.

.

Hello, SanDiegan! wave

.

I like SD for the most part. Sometimes it's a bit too dry for me. I'm from the east coast, so I am used to more humid/rainy weather. There is a lot to do here, that is for sure. Some area's are a bit too touristy for me, so I stay away. It's hard for me to get used to the beaches here; the water is cold and the beaches get so crowded in the summertime and it's hard to find a parking spot, which deters me from going to the beach, except to go for a walk and watch the sunset. The terrain and coastline is very picturesque for sure.

"With love, honor, and respect for every living thing in the universe, separation ceases, and we all become one being, singing one song." - Prince Roger Nelson (1958-2016)
  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Reply #59 posted 01/02/18 3:00pm

morningsong

cloveringold85 said:

morningsong said:



Born and raised here in SD, for a long time it maintained an interesting balance of being a big city with a small town feel. Lots of beauty here for sure. Not many places I'd trade SD for. But it does seem to have lost it's uniqueness. Very rarely do I hear new residence say anything further than the weather. It's every tourist city USA, with moderate year round weather at this point.


It's that change issue I guess.

.

Hello, SanDiegan! wave

.

I like SD for the most part. Sometimes it's a bit too dry for me. I'm from the east coast, so I am used to more humid/rainy weather. There is a lot to do here, that is for sure. Some area's are a bit too touristy for me, so I stay away. It's hard for me to get used to the beaches here; the water is cold and the beaches get so crowded in the summertime and it's hard to find a parking spot, which deters me from going to the beach, except to go for a walk and watch the sunset. The terrain and coastline is very picturesque for sure.


Hiya.
Yeah you kind of had me confused, I thought you used to live in SD. Yeah, the places that are now all touristy were old stomping/play grounds so not liking that at all. But the fact I can see the ocean without being close to it is what I love the most and can't tear myself away from. I've always grown up looking at the ocean, not sure how many places you can do that, without actually living near the ocean.
At this point in my life I know that snow and learning how to deal with it isn't for me, heat and humitity I'm not crazy about but I know how to deal with it.

On YouTube you can see how the city has changed over the decades. Even from the 90s there are big differences.

  - E-mail - orgNote - Report post to moderator
Page 2 of 3 <123>
  New topic   Printable     (Log in to 'subscribe' to this topic)
« Previous topic  Next topic »
Forums > General Discussion > If you could live anywhere in the world...