Despite having been to a crazy amount of countries I just realized that I've only actually lived in two different cities; Stockholm and Vancouver.

Which cities have you lived in (only six months or longer counts as "lived")?
How would you rank them and why?
What made you move away from those you no longer live in?
Which cities have you always wanted to live in but not yet got around to actually moving to?

Just curious...

Edit: added question
[Edited 7/2/05 7:37am]

i lived here

first

shausler said:

This isn't a city, it's a website and a stupid one at that.

Orange, NJ
Sayreville, NJ
Spring Hill, FL


I'll be up for a change in about 12 years
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jerseykrs said:

Why did you move away from the other two? And where do you live now?

Tucson, Arizona
Phoenix, Arizona

I don't like cities... and I had hoped to move to a smaller town. Now, I have an awesome job with dream come true possibilities and it is smack dab in the middle of craziness.

If anything... I will move to the outskirts, buy some land, have a home built..., enough to keep close neighbors away at a fair distance.

In order of preference...

Brooklyn, NYC (born and raised)
Tallahassee, FL
Gainesville, FL
Los Angeles, CA (currently)
Orlando, Fl
Albany, GA
St. Petersburg, FL

tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

retina said:

moved to sayreville to get away from the ghetto, moved to Spring Hill to get Dad away from drugs and I'm still here.

The entire island of long Island

Columbus, Georgia USA
Seoul, South Korea
Columbus, Georgia USA
Indianapolis, Indiana USA
Naha, Okinawa Japan
Columbus, Georgia USA
Mons (SHAPE), Belgium
Huntsville, Alabama USA
Columbus, Georgia USA
Phenix City, Alabama USA

Chicago, Ill
Reston, VA
Gary, IN
Muncie, IN
Redlands, CA
Thousand Oaks, CA
Simi Valley, CA
San Bernardino, CA

Reston was, by far, my favorite place to live...just an amazing place to be a kid.

Reston


...forgot Gary, Indiana Edit...which is understandable.
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In and around lovely Cleveland, Ohio, is the only region I've lived in... but I'm hoping to change that soon.

In my mind, though, I've lived everywhere: San Fran, Boston, Paris and London mostly.

theAudience said:

So your current place of residence only makes it to the fourth spot? Are you thinking of moving back to your old neighbourhood?

CynthiasSocks said:

Wow, that's quite a list. What was Okinawa like? I hear there are just American soldiers running around everywhere trying to pick up young Japanese women.

CynthiasSocks said:

What the hell have you been doing in Mons???

Fargo, North Dakota
New York, New York
Moorhead, Minnesota
St. Paul, Minnesota

Fargo is where I was born and I lived there until I was about 24.

New York was the most exciting and wonderful placed I've lived.

St. Paul is nice but extenuating circumstances make it not so nice, but I'm sure I'd really love it around here if I could take full advantage of all this area has to offer.

Hong Kong
Kuala Lumpur
Copenhagen

That is it. Other than that I am a country boy

mdiver said:

Yeah, you're a real country boy. I mean, couldn't you at least have squeezed in a couple more countries on that list? You hick... Go see the world whydontcha?

Let's see...

Lima and Wapokeneta, OH...

Florence, Walton,Jamestown, Lexington, and Cynthiana KY.

Orlando, FL, briefly.

in chronological order:

Amsterdam (NL)
Mijdrecht (NL)
Breukelen (NL)
Antwerp (B)
Munich (GER)
Haarlem (NL)
Fall River, MA (USA)
Haarlem (NL)
Amsterdam (NL)

retina said:

My father was in the Army. I lived there from 1979-1982, Kindergarten, First, and half of Second grade. I was a child but I remember a lot and I loved it.


Oh- and there are just as many young Japanese women trying to pick up American soldiers too!

CynthiasSocks said:

I believe you. I don't like it though, since it's basically a fantasy that both fall in love with (the handsome, masculine westerner and the swooning, innocent exotic beauty respectively) and not the actual person. There are exceptions of course, but I've seen a lot of what I just described.

MarieLouise said:

Girl I told you once before that I lived in Belgium! My dad was stationed at S.H.A.P.E. from 1985-1988ish.

I loved Mons- I'd go shopping at Benetton, Sauch (sp?), and S.O.S.

CynthiasSocks said:

Sorry.

Actually I've never been to Mons, but it sounds so tiny...

MarieLouise said:

Mons is tiny- it's in the country, about 2 hrs away from Paris.

retina said:

I'm actually pretty happy where I am.
It's the youthful crazy-behavior memories attached to the cities that are in front.
Hopefully, i've matured a great deal since then.

The neighborhoods where I lived in Brooklyn have changed radically.
But I periodically miss the energy and vibe of NYC. Really glad I grew up there.
If I was extremely wealthy, i'd love to have a place in the city.


tA

Tribal Disorder

http://www.soundclick.com...rmusic.htm

abierman said:

Fall River, MA ?
That's like 90 min from me.
How long did you live there?

retina said:

Fleshofmyflesh said:

About one year, 5 years ago.....Fall River's a dump! But it's close to Newport, RI!

Where you at?
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