OT: Do you love where you live?

[kimluvswdw]

I've lived in Orlando for four years now and wouldn't move back to Virginia for all the money in the world. I like being close to WDW and Universal...not crazy about the traffic...but you have to take the good with the bad.

I agree with you. Right now we still live in Virginia Beach and someday we are moving to Orlando.

 

[DSNY4ever]

I live in Folsom, California (just outside Sacramento). I am not a huge fan of Sacramento, but I love Folsom. It is a super family friendly town with a lot of activities for everyone. There is nearby biking, lakes, rivers, shopping (a little too much shopping if you ask me). Lake Tahoe is just over an hour away and San Francisco is only 2 hours away.

The summers get HOT , but if you miss the snow in winter, you can just hop over the hill to Tahoe and see one of the most beautiful snowy spots ever! Road trips to Yosemite, Monterey or even Disneyland are within reasonable driving distance!

California is expensive, but compared to where I grew up in the northern bay area- Folsom is cheap! Just be aware that not all of the Sacramento "outskirt" cities are created equal ...sorry, I have to be honest!

Good Luck!


You should check out this thread:
http://disboards.com/showthread.php?t=1801458

People are taking us through their hometowns and showing us all the fun things to do- you might find some inspiration!

 

[Dolphan]

I figured the responses would be spread across the US. I am happy to hear good things about NC, as that is one place DH and I have discussed. There are some places that I never even thought about that after reading, I definately want to research further.

Please keep your responses coming, I really appreciate it.

Thank you!

 

[pwdebbie]

We moved from Maryland to southcentral PA in 1989. We love our location. We are 25 minutes from Gettysburg, 2 hours from Baltimore and DC, and surrounded by a state forest with 3 state parks within ten minutes of our house. When I went to the PO today to get my mail (we have a box), I had to wait for a deer to get out of the road. And yesterday when we went into town, we had to wait on a gaggle of geese to cross the road. The very first time we found our "village" (we were house hunting and the realtor reluctantly brought us "up the mountain"), we saw a turkey and her babies cross the road, one of the things that sold us on the area.

Many people come to this area to vacation and we are blessed to live here year round. We do get snow, but not an overwhelming amount, except in 1993, that was the year that people still had piles of snow in their driveway in June! But we like it here and really dread the trip to Baltimore to visit family.