GTKY: Where is home for you?

codik86 · November 2013

sammy.k said:
Columbus, OH will always be my forever home, but 'home' will be in Minneapolis, MN in a few short months (

I'm about 45 min from you! How cool!

mirdamae03 · November 2013

Oklahoma City, but originally from Houston (Tomball).

blibby0713 · November 2013

Home was Springvale, ME. Hubby and I left 3+ yrs ago to move to AZ. I miss ME beauty, but not the weather.

sammy.k · November 2013

codineer86 said:

sammy.k said:
Columbus, OH will always be my forever home, but 'home' will be in Minneapolis, MN in a few short months (
I'm about 45 min from you! How cool!

Where are you @codineer86? We're in Upper Arlington. Born and raised! That's why I'm having such a hard time about moving... I love UA.

ebox322 · November 2013

@Erbear1010 I'm about 30 mins outside of bmore too! *go tigers

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giggler25 · November 2013

Born/raised in Long Island, NY. I currently work in Manhattan and live in Hoboken, NJ (right outside NYC).

Nikkidoll15 · November 2013

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yvanehtnioj said:
From the Bay Area (East Bay :x) and I will kind of always think of that as "home." Now I'm in a small town in the Sierra Nevada foothills, about 30 miles east of Sacramento. It's OK I guess. Very cheap, fresh air, tons of trees, beautiful, and it doesn't have any cookie-cutter developments: almost all the houses are custom built so pretty much every neighborhood is nice. (Although honestly I wouldn't mind living in a cookie-cutter development now...I mean, they have SIDEWALKS and PARKS!) The downside is I need to drive to another city if I want to do anything more involved than grocery shopping.

I used to live in downtown Sacramento and I think that's like the perfect blend of what I want: city living, walkability, stuff to do, but reliable public transit, cheap housing, and no freaking school lotteries (I'm looking at you, San Francisco!). Unfortunately my husband wasn't into the idea of city living. When it's time to sell our house I'm really going to push to get back downtown or at least into one of the adjacent neighborhoods...I feel like we've given the far suburbs a chance and I see it as a failed experiment. I just do not feel at home out there.

I live very near there in Oakdale Ca! So awesome to know I have a fellow bumpie so close

TeamKrueger · November 2013

Scotty138 said:

I am originally from Wisconsin, but live in the upper peninsula of Michigan now. We've had snow for a couple weeks, but today it was pretty nice and a lot of it is melting!

I'm so jealous that you lived in the UP! DH and I moved to Cheboygan this summer. The job my DH moved there for turned out terribly so we didn't stay, but I looooved living in Northern MI. We could see the bridge and the UP from the beach... So nice! We live in Southern MI now. I HATE the city we live in, but DH is a pilot so we're sort of limited. We've had a little snow so far too.

Shell+Bell · November 2013

My home will always be in a small town on the west coast of Newfoundland. But I now lived most of my life just outside Vancouver. Vancouver is nice, but it will never be home for me.

Mikki62 · November 2013

I live in a small town in Colorado. I've always lived in Colorado. The minus is that the only grocery store in town is really expensive so we have to go to the towns nearby to grocery shop. The plus is that it is quiet town, great for raising kids and I wouldn't live anywhere else.

jaclynnn · November 2013

I'm from Jacksonville, Florida and lives there 21 years, lived in Charleston, SC for a year and have lived in Beverly, Ma for a little over a year. As much as I miss home, I love living in different places.

KatieP71312 · November 2013

hfooter said:

As a military brat this has always been one of the toughest questions to answer. We moved around every 3 years till I was 12. Starting in England and ended up in the NW. The longest I have lived in one state is now Oregon. Before that it was Florida. Oh how I miss Florida!

Where in Oregon are you?! I'm in Portland!

MeredithElese · November 2013

CamrynnsMommy said:

mrspopsicle said:
I live in Omaha, NE. Not the most exciting place to live, but it's a great size and consistently rated one of the best cities to live/get a job/raise a family/drink. So I can't complain. I've lived here most my life.
@mrspopsicle

Hey, fellow Nebraskan. I'm in Lincoln.

@mrspopsicle & @CamrynnsMommy
Hi girls! We're in Omaha as well! Well, south of official Omaha. DH and I are from Texas and we spent some time in DC and Central Virginia.

ecinereb · November 2013

Vancouver, BC

ETA:

cons: HCOL, like really high, it rains a lot, traffic sucks

pros: great skiing, it's beautiful, close enough to the border for easy cross border trips

Kkoester20 · November 2013

A little town about 20 mins from Syracuse, NY called Chittenango! We had snow the other day but was in the 50s today. The weather changes here more than you change your underwear!

kendy20 · November 2013

Born and raised in Northern California, Humboldt County :-) Currently living in Florida, Eglin AFB. Moved here about a year and a half ago, hubby is in the Air Force and this is his first duty station. We can't wait to get back to Cali though, such a beautiful place!

Helmink0804 · November 2013

Berea, OH- about 20 mins from downtown Cleveland.

hfooter · November 2013

KatieP71312 said:

hfooter said:

As a military brat this has always been one of the toughest questions to answer. We moved around every 3 years till I was 12. Starting in England and ended up in the NW. The longest I have lived in one state is now Oregon. Before that it was Florida. Oh how I miss Florida!

Where in Oregon are you?! I'm in Portland!

I'm Portland too

what hospital do you plan on giving birth at?

KatieP71312 · November 2013

hfooter said:

hfooter said:

As a military brat this has always been one of the toughest questions to answer. We moved around every 3 years till I was 12. Starting in England and ended up in the NW. The longest I have lived in one state is now Oregon. Before that it was Florida. Oh how I miss Florida!

Where in Oregon are you?! I'm in Portland!
I'm Portland too what hospital do you plan on giving birth at?

I had my first at good Sam (loved it), second at home and planning on another home birth! Have you decided?

arrowmama · November 2013

I'm born and raised a So Cal girl! Just north of Los Angeles !!!

Pros: amazing beautiful weather most if the time. And being so close to fun and attractions

Cons: traffic :-/ Santa Ana winds :-/

bbangel084 · November 2013

Originally DH and I are from just outside NYC but we moved to Seattle just under 2 years ago. But New York will always feel like home.

alphalyrae · November 2013

Born and raised Suffolk County, Long Island, NY. DH was also born and raised here. We live about 10 minutes from DH's child hood home and about 40 minutes from mine.

getitdone · November 2013

Born and raised in Cincinnati.

coyadlik · November 2013

Denver now but originally from Arlington, Texas.

staticgirl77 · November 2013

Born and raised in Charleston, SC. We go to a lot of concerts, so it's not too bad to go to Atlanta or Charlotte to see a show. Pretty awesome weather, although sometimes the humidity in the summer can be unbearable. Great place to raise children!

chknma · November 2013

ebox322 said:
@Erbear1010 I'm about 30 mins outside of bmore too! *go tigers *

Another MD girl here.... Originally from Bmore... DH from outside DC.....we're in Frederick Co. and love it out here!!

aweathers13 · November 2013

Born and raised in a small farming town south of Fresno, CA (Central CA)...lived in Vegas for all of my 20's (that was fun

) Now I live about 45 minutes south of Manchester, England...I married a Brit.

I'm still trying to acclimate to the cold weather, although it was nice not to have a summer where the constant temp is 112. The only thing I hate about living here is the food! It is gross!!

stina76 · November 2013

I grew up in Southern Illinois, but have been living in the Chicagoland area for the last 13 years. Jealous of all of you in warm weather climates!!

crystalmir91385 · November 2013

Central IL

Pinkinboca · November 2013

South Florida girl!!! Born & raised in Boca Raton which is extremely rare because almost everyone else here has most likely migrated south from New York!!! Living in Delray Beach now which I LOVE. Smaller Bach type town, voted most fun small town in America & a main avenue that's packed with great shopping & lots of delicious restaurants! If I have it my way I'm never moving!!! It's also still in the 70's here & I wish it would cool down just a little

RedInLove · November 2013

Born just outside of Boston and lived in that area for 11 years. Then we moved to northeast MA. I moves to Ft. Bragg, NC with DH for 4 years while he was stationed there. Then we moved home when he got out to southeast NH.

GRC6713 · November 2013

sws684 said:
Knoxville, TN! I just miss my family back in west TN.

TN also!!

I was waiting to see some TN mommies on here!

blazinangel1702 · November 2013

Detroit MI! Since marrying my love, we have made a home in Northern VA right outside DC, and now we are in Colorado Springs CO, both dying to go back home as soon as we can. We miss our families.

Jillzy86 · November 2013

I think I'm the first one to post, I'm living in Saint Louis, MO!
I was raised in the w suburbs of Chicago, can't wait to get back home over Thanksgiving!

hfooter · November 2013

KatieP71312 said:

hfooter said:

KatieP71312 said:

hfooter said:

As a military brat this has always been one of the toughest questions to answer. We moved around every 3 years till I was 12. Starting in England and ended up in the NW. The longest I have lived in one state is now Oregon. Before that it was Florida. Oh how I miss Florida!

Where in Oregon are you?! I'm in Portland!

I'm Portland too what hospital do you plan on giving birth at?

I had my first at good Sam (loved it), second at home and planning on another home birth! Have you decided?

Fun! I'm going to Meridian. It's the closest to us since we live in SW right by Tigard and Lake Oswego. It was that or Providence in NE (since those were the two my CNM has privileges at) and Providence would be like a 20 min drive. So I said no thank you!

jsaffer01 · November 2013

I live 20mins north of Boston

CaliVal · November 2013

East Bay Area of California.

Whitney0708 · November 2013

I'm from the upstate of South Carolina, but I've lived in the suburbs of Atlanta for about 8 years. It's fun here, but my goal is to move home before my oldest is in school.

springbeduk2 · November 2013

Arinias said:

Born and raised in MA about 45 mins south of Boston. We currently live in Sioux Falls, SD. We have been here for a year and a half now and I do like the city. It is big enough to have all the conveniences but feels more like a large town then a big city. But winters suck, I hate being cold, and I work outside a lot so I do not really enjoy the days that get well into the negatives. I miss MA, both our families and a lot of friends are out there and it is hard to be away from them. Although I am not sure I want to live in MA, I do want to live closer. I really love New England, and I miss the beaches. We would also consider FL as well but I am not sure how I would handle summers out there. I spent some time living in southern OR too, I loved the temperatures there just not all the rain.

@Arinias - Sounds like you should live in southern Maine! (anywhere from the Portland area south, or maybe even up to 30 minutes north of Portland) It's kindof a more laid back version of the very extended Boston 'burbs, not too bad of a drive to/from anywhere in eastern MA, and the beaches are still sandy. Plus from there it's not too far to the lakes region and even over to the mountains.

eta: tag

KatieP71312 · November 2013

I'm a huge fan of the Legacy system - I did my birth classes at Meridian Park.

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