Where oh where to settle.

Daniellemf1228 · September 2012

Do you ever wonder where you should settle down for life? I am sure most of you have but DH and I are newly weds and we go back and forth if where we are is right for us. We live in eastern PA and he has always lived in the city while I have lived in the suburbs/country. We both like the idea of a house with a bit of land, not tons but we want our own chickens (weird fantasy right?) ...

We don't know if we should go a little further into PA, or go down south a bit more ....

Hm...

EmmieB1025 · September 2012

I know for a fact that I HATE living in the city. DH and I hope to be able to move back home, or at least to the country in a few years.

JFH2010 · September 2012

DH and I don't like the idea of settling somewhere. We both like living in new places on a semi regular basis. Having said that, we really love the community we're in now, so we'll probably stay here for a bit.

BabyMakes6 · September 2012

All. The. Time. We are a military family so we have been moving for the last 19 years. DH retires in a year and I think we are going to be in western NY where his family is at. We want some land, too. And yes, I plan on having chickens!

Daniellemf1228 · September 2012

If family were not a concern I think we would move to North or South Carolina in an instant, but all of our family is in NJ/Philadelphia area. We are both hesitant to leave them...

I've said before that we went to Charleston in the spring and we fell in love with the Carolinas...

DH always talks about moving there.

erniebufflo · September 2012

We're currently facing that choice with my hubby interviewing for his first post-training gig. It will either be here (small Southern city) near my family, in Denver where his whole family is, in Portland, where we have some friends, or maybe someplace completely new like Nashville. Either way, we both hate suburbia, so we'll be in the city for sure.

lindy27 · September 2012

We haven't settled yet in life. I don't think where we are at now is where we want to stay, we just can't really decide where to want to go long-term.

We did both decide we like cities and don't like large lawns, mowing and yardwork is a PITA!

Luv2eatcherries · September 2012

We have runaway cows that takes a few dumps in our lawn. I call that living in the country. I wish we could live where I came from (Ottawa, Canada) but DH would never agree to.

Daniellemf1228 · September 2012

Luv2eatcherries:
We have runaway cows that takes a few dumps in our lawn. I call that living in the country. I wish we could live where I came from (Ottawa, Canada) but DH would never agree to.

Seriously, cow poop in my lawn is my dream of dreams...

katieh1017 · September 2012

I am sure we will remain in the Orlando area forever. Both our families are here and neither of us have a desire to leave. I had always loved big cities and wanted to live in one (never have to drive a car again) but somewhere along the line I changed and love living in our quiet neighborhood with lots of trees.

Patella1129 · September 2012

It's never really been a huge question for us. Unless DH loses his job and can only find a new one in some other part of the country, we will always live in the Chicago suburbs. We are close to both of our families and have no desire to be far away from them. Right now its only a matter of being able to sell our condo and buy a single family home. I am DESPERATE to settle into our "forever home."

TotallyLoCo · September 2012

We just went through this. DH grew up in the middle of Manhattan, and I'm a suburbs girl. He was hesitant to move to the suburbs, but then when my company relocated me an hour's drive from the city, plus we had a baby, plus we saw what daycare costs are in urban vs. suburban... yeah, we closed on our house in the suburbs three weeks ago. And, so far DH loves it!

laurack · September 2012

We live 20 miles north of boston and I doubt we'll move unless there is some compelling reason (like the economy and weather in ireland become magically better than here lol).

i like it here.

Criteria for a place where I'd want to live forever:

-close to the ocean (the idea of being landlocked makes me anxious)
-close to mountains for possible hiking and snowboarding (NH is close enough for me)
-close to the city (for work)
-decent weather, with discernible seasons
-walking distance to some kind of downtown area, convenience store etc. walking distance to public transport. so I don't have to drive everywhere
-nice area where I'm not scared to be outside at night
-close to a major airport where I can get a direct flight to shannon

Living in the boston 'burbs checks all the boxes for me so I'll probably stay.

Daniellemf1228 · September 2012

I agree laurack that 4 seasons are very important for me. I doubt we will venture far away but we are starting to casually browse houses and it seems what we would want is not here

Ruby412 · September 2012

Central PA is very farmy. Have you ever heard the joke about PA? Pittsburgh... cow.... cow.... cow...chicken... 40,000 drunk college students.... cow... cow... chicken... Philly. lol

Ladybug32110 · September 2012

I've always wanted to live in Colorado! Or I think I would like the country a lot too. But we have lived in Orange County, CA our whole lives and both of our entire families are here so I don't think we're going anywhere...

kkfeb04 · September 2012

Most of my neighbors have small animals: goats, chickens, etc. We didn't buy a house because the nearest gas station and grocery store were over 10 miles away.

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