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re: How important is living where you want to live to your happiness?
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:24 pm to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:24 pm to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
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Sorry, but I wasn't aware until I went there last year. Disgusting. I've been to villages in Africa that didn't stink like that city does. Hell, I've cleaned out my own septic tank before and that wasn't as smelly as NO.
Were you on Bourbon Street on Sunday morning or something? That area is the only part of the city that has any sort of smell.
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Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:24 pm to schwartzy
I think choosing the environment that best suits you is one of the more important choices you make.
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:26 pm to schwartzy
I grew up in south Louisiana where it was flat, hot, and smelled like marsh mud. I still dream of retiring to a place like The Keys, but also realize I can have a pretty damned good life without constantly having to have scenery around me. It's certainly a bonus though.
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:29 pm to HeyHeyHogsAllTheWay
Maybe you should venture off of Bourbon Street
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:31 pm to northshorebamaman
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I think choosing the environment that best suits you is one of the more important choices you make.
Absolutely. It's also overlooked too often
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:31 pm to schwartzy
I've been thinking about this a lot over the past few years. I'm kinda in the opposite boat as you. I live in B'ham, but I'm not really happy here. I have learned to appreciate it more as my family is greatly provided for without the need of a high earner in the household. However, after spending most of my childhood moving to new places, I feel the itch to try something new.
When visiting somewhere out West, I feel this yearning to move out there. My family and I love the outdoors - hiking, canoeing, swimming. I've gotten into long distance running and feel envious of those who get to run trails in the Rocky Mountains. I've also had the chance to spend time with people who live out there, and we seem to click more than I do with people from the South.
So I don't know if it's 50% or whatever, but it certainly can help with happiness.
When visiting somewhere out West, I feel this yearning to move out there. My family and I love the outdoors - hiking, canoeing, swimming. I've gotten into long distance running and feel envious of those who get to run trails in the Rocky Mountains. I've also had the chance to spend time with people who live out there, and we seem to click more than I do with people from the South.
So I don't know if it's 50% or whatever, but it certainly can help with happiness.
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:33 pm to KG6
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but also realize I can have a pretty damned good life without constantly having to have scenery around me.
I can't. Regardless of the money.
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:33 pm to schwartzy
I don't really care much right now. Having my daughter be able to grow up around my parents and a few of her great grandparents has been invaluable to me.
When she's done with school in 6 years or so we plan to revisit where we want to be.
When she's done with school in 6 years or so we plan to revisit where we want to be.
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:35 pm to schwartzy
well, how can you be happy living somewhere that you don't want to be?
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:35 pm to StringedInstruments
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When visiting somewhere out West, I feel this yearning to move out there.
That's how I was, even as a kid. I used to imagine the clouds on the horizon were mountains. It was a very strong pull
When I made the move, things started making more sense and I felt much more at home. This is where I thrive
This post was edited on 8/21/18 at 1:41 pm
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:38 pm to schwartzy
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whenever I visit other places (especially beautiful places with hills and mountains
Nola is not very pretty. It’s a dump.
Maybe Shreveport would be a good option if there’s nothing to do except study?
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:38 pm to RogerTheShrubber
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That's how I was, even as a kid. I used to imagine the clouds on the horon were mountains. It was a very strong pull
When I made the move, things started making more sense and I felt much more at home. This is where I thrive
Yeah I'll never forget the first time I visited. San Francisco except I didn't care too much for the city. I kept looking at the mountains in the distance. Then we went hiking in Big Sur and I felt like that's where I could be forever.
Even less-attractive areas like Phoenix pull me. The surrounding beauty of the desert and the nearby mountains. The fact that I can hop over to Camelback or Squaw Peak and have an afternoon hike. Take a drive to Flagstaff or Sedona. Go kayaking in the Colorado.
I'd take all of that over city life any day.
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:38 pm to schwartzy
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I do not think I would be happy in Shreveport
My wife went to Med school in Shreveport and we lived there for 4 years. Yes, its boring and there's not much to do, but that's actually an advantage bc of the time/effort med school requires. Also, it's much less expensive to live in Shreveport compared to NOLA. Remember, all the $$ you have is from student loans. You don't appreciate it now, but you will when you're in residency, living off of $50k/year and with $150-$200k in student loans (increasing every month).
Having gone through it I'd suggest attend whatever med school you can get into, and look to go somewhere "greener" for residency & fellowship when you're making a little $$ and can enjoy it more. We moved to NC for residency and don't regret it one bit.
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:38 pm to schwartzy
LSU nola has hotter women
more partying , better food, and sport
more partying , better food, and sport
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:44 pm to KG6
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I can have a pretty damned good life without constantly having to have scenery around me. It's certainly a bonus though.
I'm glad it works for you and I'm not trying to change your mind but it's not just a bonus to me. I really can't put a price on being surrounded by natural beauty.
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:46 pm to schwartzy
pretty important. i'm picky tho. we found this out when trying to buy our first home.
i don't want to live in the city (lived within 610 in Houston for 8 years; frick traffic, frick bums, frick hoods, and the shittiness and crime that go along with it)
i also don't want to live deep in the sticks (i like my high-speed internet too much and don't want to commute 3hrs a day)
i don't want to live in suburbia (i hate cookie cutter gated neighborhoods, you can keep that pretentious horseshite)
i don't want a huge piece of land (no time for upkeep with a 9-5, hobbies, and social life right now)
i don't want a garden home or small yard (my outside dog loves trees and being able to run, want kids to have a big yard)
i don't want a brand new home (most builders nowadays suck, only in it to get rich quick, and carpentry is cheap shite nowadays)
i don't want an old home (don't really have time for a fixer upper, even tho i do like some projects)
i want to live in the South (Yankees suck, liberals suck, and our food is just better, plain and simple)
i don't want to live too close to Home (Baton Rouge SUCKS: will be Jackson, MS or Detroit in less than 10 years)
i don't want to live too far from Home (within 4-5 hour drive for holidays, football games, and to see friends/family regularly)
i cannot live too far away from a major city (because my occupation is IT and I don't know of any IT companies out in the sticks)
i don't want to live in the city (lived within 610 in Houston for 8 years; frick traffic, frick bums, frick hoods, and the shittiness and crime that go along with it)
i also don't want to live deep in the sticks (i like my high-speed internet too much and don't want to commute 3hrs a day)
i don't want to live in suburbia (i hate cookie cutter gated neighborhoods, you can keep that pretentious horseshite)
i don't want a huge piece of land (no time for upkeep with a 9-5, hobbies, and social life right now)
i don't want a garden home or small yard (my outside dog loves trees and being able to run, want kids to have a big yard)
i don't want a brand new home (most builders nowadays suck, only in it to get rich quick, and carpentry is cheap shite nowadays)
i don't want an old home (don't really have time for a fixer upper, even tho i do like some projects)
i want to live in the South (Yankees suck, liberals suck, and our food is just better, plain and simple)
i don't want to live too close to Home (Baton Rouge SUCKS: will be Jackson, MS or Detroit in less than 10 years)
i don't want to live too far from Home (within 4-5 hour drive for holidays, football games, and to see friends/family regularly)
i cannot live too far away from a major city (because my occupation is IT and I don't know of any IT companies out in the sticks)
This post was edited on 8/21/18 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:46 pm to schwartzy
I'd say it's pretty important to me. It would take a whole lot for me to move to a city that I didn't want to live in.
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:50 pm to Klark Kent
you just about eliminated most of the US 
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:51 pm to StringedInstruments
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Even less-attractive areas like Phoenix pull me.
I love AZ. I remember looking out the window as I was landing there for the first time and thinking I made a huge mistake. But something about the vastness and the huge sky grew on me very quickly. It's almost a constant ego check. Ended up living there for four years.
If I ever leave the PNW it's one of the few places I would move to along with Utah.
Posted on 8/21/18 at 1:52 pm to fallguy_1978
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you just about eliminated most of the US
No kidding.
"I don't want to be in a big city, but I don't want to be in the country. I want to be near the city but not in the suburbs."
Seriously, what does that leave?
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