Where do you live, and why do you like/dislike it?

Nothing wrong with where I live in Southern Ontario except for the hot, hazy, humid summers,

Shopping is 5 minutes away in any direction yet I am in a country atmosphere, I could steal the farmer's corn if I wanted to.

All the big city stuff with small town charm. Take away the summer weather and I would be a happy camper.
 
In a mostly rural part of the state and I dislike: the weather (December, January, and 100+ degree Summer); the smoke most of the year from wildfires; the lack of walkability to anything other than a gas station convenience store that just about only carries beer, beef jerky and potato chips/crisps; and the lack of anything to do other than walk along dusty, dirty roads to a church or bar. Only thing I like is it's quiet...but too quiet most of the time.
 

Living on the Gulf Coast is to my liking, especially in old age. We have a lot of heat, humidity, and as of late, lots of windy days.

I just don't care for extreme weather events that come along every so often ...
mainly hurricanes.
 
We live in a dense forest in central Missouri. There are about 20 families in this thousand acres, and all seem quite nice. We have a nice small town about 3 miles away, with the essentials, and a medical clinic about 12 miles away for most of our care needs. We've been here for about 20 years, and so long as we can take care of the yard, etc., we will stay here. Health care needs may some day force us to move.

About the only "downside" is the gravel road which makes it hard to keep the vehicles clean.....a Minor concern compared to the problems in the larger towns/cities.
 
I was born here in Sacramento, CA, moved to Roseville, CA, when I was 18 and married, and moved to Susanville, CA, about 4 years later when I divorced. After that, me and my kids moved around a bit - several cities in 4 different states, until they all grew up and moved away. Then, I moved back to CA and settled in Yuba City.

I planned to stay in the literally little old town of Yuba City, but it was a long drive for my kids and their kids to come visit me, so after I retired in 2015, I moved back to Sacramento, where my sons had settled. My daughter settled in Southern CA, but moving here shaved 100 miles off her 600-mile drive.

The family is the only reason I moved here. They visit frequently. My 2 youngest g-kids spent every weekend and part of their summer school-breaks with me. Not so much now that Kirk is 15 and Ariel is 13, and they have close friends and more intense school studies and hobbies that include equipment and noise and their dad's assistance.

I married just a few years ago, and we moved from an apartment in gangsta-infested low-rent South Sac to a house in gangsta-repellant home-owners Lower Midtown Sac.

My wife loves it here. She has a lot of family here, too. We're a stone's throw from a neighborhood supermarket, a shopping center under refurbishment, our bank, a Starbuck's, restaurants, our doctor's office and our pharmacy.

The only thing I don't like about it is, it's a city. A very large one. Capital of California.

There's a lot of duality here - there's homelessness and gang activity everywhere you look, and a wholesome family park everywhere you turn. You can see a public over-dose happening on this street and a beautiful public wedding on the next. A tent-city on your left, a mansion on your right. On the bank of the Sacramento River, tourists can see well-preserved old-west Old Sac, but not the dilapidated abandoned Chinese river towns a few miles upstream, and Westlake, Sacramento's wealthiest neighborhood, is only 8 minutes from Rio Linda, the city's poorest.

Sacramento gives you Fairytale Town, the Sacramento Zoo, and a huge water-park for the kids, the massive, expensive, annual Aftershock (rock concert) for adults, and the totally free Fiddler's Fair for everyone. And the California State Fair happens here. It's massive; occupies so much space they call it Expo Town.

But I'm rambling. There's a lot about Sacramento that's likeable, and a lot of reasons to hate it.
 
I live in a small town at the northern end of the Salt Lake Valley, 50+ miles north of Salt Lake City. We sit on the narrow strip of habitable land squeezed between the Great Salt Lake and the northern end of the Wasatch Mountains. Not far to either, the strip is only about 2 miles wide here.

What I like is my mountain view and easy access to an interesting variety of outdoor activities. I can and have hiked/scrambled to a mountain peak 3,000 feet above my house just leaving from home. Got there and back in less than a day. The Salt Lake is much harder to get to, but no real good reason to try. The Bear River Bird Refuge lies between me and the lake and it is an interesting place to explore. This is a clean, safe, and friendly place to live.

What I don't like mostly comes down to it not being what I grew up with, the Gulf Coast, Louisiana, Florida and Mississippi for a brief time. But all in all I'm ok here, just like to complain. Mostly about winter and snow, also about the lack of the Gulf of Mexico. Guess I also don't like that the Salt Lake urban sprawl is rapidly changing the place.
 
Western NY State....all my life. I like the fall colors. Winter matters less to me now that I am retired and do not HAVE to travel every day.
I am now back in my home town, after an almost 40 year stint in a nearby city. I liked the city, but do not mind being home now.

I have never had an urge to live in a different climate. I have life long connections here.
 
I'm enjoying the Maryland gated retirement community I've moved to 4 months ago for lots of reasons, but especially because it feels so safe to walk here (except I don't go thru the little woods at night because I feel too old to risk tripping in the dark). It is so wonderful to be able to walk around at any hour and not have to worry about mountain lions, bears, human predators, rats, idiot-hunters shooting guns at anything that moves, ticks, loose questionable dogs, etc. There was one time tho that a briefly scary dark object was beside the path at night, but it was just one of the rather tame deer that roam here.
 
Just east of Toronto and a great place to live with all the amenities:
a small Town Centre with clothing, shoes, drugstore, etc and I can walk in bad weather
Lake Ontario with beach and walking
the county just a 15 min. drive away
4 seasons which I can't do without (yes, even snow)
most neighbours are really great.
Hard to think of anything I dislike except so many people have followed me out here that it can be busy on the weekends but of course, I don't have to go out on the weekend if I don't want to.
 
I was born& raised here in Buffalo,NY spent almost all my adult life here except when I went away to boarding schools and college I stayed here because of my job as pharm tech at a local hospital for 27 yrs.I didn't think the job would last that long, I would of moved yrs ago to be closer to where my brother lived, he&family lived in Rye, NY for 23 yrs now live in Greenwich,CT. Their 4 kids live in NYC My sister lives in England
I've lived in my co op apt since 1988, in the same neighborhood where I grew up,my childhood home is 2 blocks away I feel comfortable living here with all the changes the city has gone through over the years. I tolerate the winters but last yrs Xmas blizzard was terrifying for couple of days. I couldn't walk over to my close friends Marcia&Dave's house,{they live 2 blocks away} because the snow drifts were halfway up the telephone poles,some sidewalks weren't shoveled Their side street wasn't plowed for 2 days
I can walk to local co op store{member} local grocery store, Price Right. if I need to go to a box store e.g Target, can take local bus transportation
 
I LOVE where I live because it's quiet, healthy and visually beautiful. Winters can be tough but lucky we had a good one this year with almost no snow. I'm not going anywhere. I love being between woods, rural areas and the city. I love my suburb. Everything I need or want is fairly close and I really do delight in my environment. :)
 
I can't walk to stores or supermarkets or doctors or hospitals, unless I want a very long walk... but I live in one of the most beautiful areas of the East of England.... and comparatively little crime... compared to most other places..

here's my walk today...
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I look out the window and see either palm trees or huge oaks draped with Spanish moss.

Everything is a short drive away, supermarket is .8 miles away. I have not driven in snow for the last 50 years.

A good airport is 30 minutes away, so family can come and visit.
 
We live in a suburb of Dallas.

Things I like:
Our neighborhood and neighbors. It is a small neighborhood where very few houses ever go on the market. It is a forested area but is 10 minutes from downtown. I love it when the leaves turn in the fall.

We live within walking distance of a lake that has almost 20 miles of trails. The neighborhood was sleepy when we moved here but is now "gentrified" so everything we need is close. I can be at the gym, the grocery store, a Broadway touring play or a concert at American Airlines arena within 20 minutes. On off hours, we can be at DFW in 30 minutes. Our vet is 5 minutes away.

I also like that 9 months of the year the weather is decent enough to be outside. With a few exceptions, the hotter months have fairly low humidity.

Things I dislike:
An adjacent neighborhood is full of expensive older homes, previously owned by older residents, that have been bought up and remodeled by Millennials with kids, and the moms take the kids to restaurants and just ignore them while they run wild. Traffic in the area has also become an issue. I guess that's the price of gentrification.

The 3 months that the weather is either too cold our too hot to be outside. Generally February, July and August.

Here is a pic of the lake. I walk there every time I get the chance.

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Missouri, large rural town so everything is close by, and far from the crime of St Louis. Easy trip to deep woods for when I have some funds and time.
 
I live in northeastern N.J. I like where I live because the accessibility is great. Walk score here is 98 out of 100. I'm also close to public transportation that will take me or connect me to my doctors, several malls, the Hoboken waterfront park I love to visit, New York City, Atlantic City and even Newark International airport (not that I plan to fly). If my son is not available, I usually take Ubers or Lyfts to and from my doctors. Both services are readily available here and come within a couple of minutes. I don't like the crime rate.
 

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