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.

overseas: uk or germany

at home: san francisco or new york city

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.

Florida in the winter. Here in the summer.

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.

RodeoSchro said:

EvilAngel said:

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 ...

New Zealand - South Island in the summer.

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

I'm happily in N Y C

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

heartbeatocean said:

Byron Bay, Australia.

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.

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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.

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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).

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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.

NorthC said:

heartbeatocean said:

inland is cooler than the coast?

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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.

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

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

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.

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

The south of France perhaps?

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

Moscow and I did

Summers in Nantucket, winters in Palm Beach.

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

Where it is not 4 below.

kpowers said:

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

Stay in Hawaii.







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

morningsong said:

kpowers said:

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

Stay in Hawaii.







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

How for San Diego??????

kpowers said:

morningsong said:

Stay in Hawaii.







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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

morningsong said:

cloveringold85 said:

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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.

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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.

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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.

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.

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Hello, SanDiegan!

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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.

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.

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Hello, SanDiegan!

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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.