Why Do You Live Where You Live?

Because it is the best city in the best country in the world of course! I am pretty sure you know most of my story, but I will share it again anyway. I grew up in a town an hour south of Melbourne but in my early 20's decided to uproot myself and move 1800 kilometres north to the sub tropical climate of the Gold Coast in South East Queensland, Australia. We chose this place mostly because of it's ideal climate. Long summers, mild and short winters, amazing beaches everywhere, a small city that has everything you need close at hand, but is also close to wilderness areas so you can escape the city easily. It has magical rainforested mountains hugging the Western borders of the city with huge waterfalls, rare old trees and breathtaking lookouts. It is also a major tourist destination so there is always something to do hear. Major events are held here each year as well as the abundance of attractions that exist year round. Why on earth would I want to live anywhere else? The only down side for us personally is that all of our family are still in Melbourne so we do not have any ready made baby sitters for our children which has made it difficult at times over the last ten or so years.

I don't know, there may be something wrong with me, but I wound up living back where I was born! A lot of circumstances have happened over the years, but somehow I moved my family back to my hometown, and did live in other places for a while, but I always felt the most comfortable in my hometown! I have a lot of friends, relatives, and my parents here! I think God wanted me back here, because now, since I don't have a family anymore, I am the one that takes care of my parents! But my mother did pass away in Oct.'09, and now I just take care of my Dad, and I think I was the one that was destined to take care of him! I have two sisters and a brother that moved away , out of town, but I have two sisters and two brothers that stayed here in our hometown also ! Actually I could just about live anywhere, I have tried the big city life, and it was alright, and I also tried living out where there were hardly any people, and I didn't mind it! Fate just kept bringing me back to where I am now, at Home ! I do regret not staying in San Antonio, Texas, where I loved the food, the music, and the gorgeous girls! I could have made a career playing music, if I had stayed there, but something kept me in my hometown! But yet still, maybe one of these days I still have the urge to go back, and finish the rest of my 'contract' with life there! It just depends on circumstances in the future!

I grew up in the Thames Valley between Reading and Oxford. I moved to London, then Germany, back to London and then down here as part of a company reorganisation in 1992. I have left them since. I already knew this area quite well and love the fact that we live in a small, historic city surrounded by beautiful rolling countryside. We are 40 minutes from the coast and 90 minutes from the centre of London. There are good road and rail links with the rest of country and we even have an airport 40 minutes away. I love history and we have plenty of it here. Castles, battlefields, churches and of course Stonehenge are all on the doorstep. We have a good choice of shops and some wonderful local farm shops. I love to visit other places but there's no place quite like home. Home is here and I don't see us moving any time soon.

I live where I live because I was born and raised here. I wouldn't know any other place I actually would want to exchange for where I live. However, I have been considering for a while moving out of state. Still in the thinking process and it may just be what I have to do to get back to working offline again. If I had to move I am sure I would have a difficult time adapting because I do not know any other place like I do here. But with time I sure I will either get use to it and or maybe come back. lol

I live where I live because I have always lived here. I was born in a different neighborhood, but we moved here when I was 2 years old. I have ben here ever since. I called it home for many years, I had gotten married here, and my marriage ended here. There is tons of history here. Now I am thinking of leaving as there is nothing left here for me. I now am think of leaving the state of New York. I have some regrets, but the best years are behind me now. I wish I had to do all over again, I would sure change everything.

I remember your were somewhere between Blackpool and Carlisle then,you worked there.I live where I live,because it is the place where I was born and bred.I once left my hometown for more than 20 years on account of going to school and working.I came back in 1984 and have lived here ever since for the sake of taking care of my parents who were up in years.

my hubby grew up in the city we live in and i am a transplant. my family moved here when i was in highschool. now we live here because we have aging parents here in the city.

I live in the same town where I was born, and I live here for a variety of reasons including health and financial but also because my parents still live in the town. I’ve not always lived here and amongst my varied homes I lived up in Sheffield for a few months which was a very eye opening experience something I wouldn’t chose to do again. To be honest I doubt I will move from the town I live or at least not that far unless I win that mega money and then it is island life for me or maybe Canada.

I moved my family half way around the world in search for better future of my kids. My son had asthma when he was very young. And when I had the opportunity to move, I did! Even if it meant leaving a good career, and familiar surroundings with lots of friends and family. It was a struggle for the first few years (even now sometimes), but I always have my eyes on the goal. Soon, I would realize all these, and I would be able to say that I made a wise decision.

I live in Latvia, but last 2 years I lived in Norge.But live in other country without your friends, family are very very hard, so I come back to LAtvia. I hate my government, because they think yust for rich people, this is reoson why very much family and young people leave this country. But I live in one city all my child, now I meet my boyfriend who live in other city and now we live together. I live 50km from my child city and my family.. But love change my city... And money change my country in my life...

Hello Jenny, I live in DELHI(INDIA) in the same house where i was born.There are lots of memories of this house in my heart.We have tried to shift to somewhere else in DELHI but could not moved because we all have an attachment with this house.My father bought it in 1970 and after that we have re constructed it in 2008 but because of commercialisation of this area now we have made a final decision to move to some other place in a year hope soon we will at some other place but thats for sure in DELHI because of my job and all my brother's jobs and kids schooling.

I live in india and i am still in my college ages so i live with my parents...and factors like love and kids don't effect me, and i was born at the place where i live now and soon after i year i will be shifting to london to carryout my further studies...so schooling is a major factor for me to live where i live....happy mylotting

Well, I was born in Australia and have been living in the same place for most of my life, I probably moved to where I live now ever since at the age of 1. So, I've been going to the nearby primary schools and I now go to a high school just 15 minutes from where I live. It's a great place and my parents never want to move but house price are rising and our house rent is taking a big toll on our household income. So eventually, we have to move, probably after my major high school exams are over. I really don't want to leave this place. I've been here for almost 17 years and I have so many high school friends who live where I live. My neighbors are lovely and I know all the short cuts in my suburb. But sometimes, things never last.

We moved 3 years and a half ago to my husband s home country. We met in my country , We married and have our kids there ,but, the situation of my country is not very safe now, too much robery on streets, can not go for walks , or go to the parks without being afraid to be asalted, since then, we took the desition to move here and now We live in a clean , safe, and beautiful place , my kids now speak mandarin very well and they are studying , I have no regrets at all of moving here, dought , I miss my family , one of these days We will go for visit. WE are happy in here .

I knew that I wanted my family to live in a small town that was within driving distance of their grandparents. It took me several job moves but I ended up in the location that fit our needs.

I am living here because of my job. It is far far away from my birth place. I am a career-minded person, and so I gave priority to the type of job I preferred. I am quite happy here, very lucky to have this job. I do of course visit my hometown once in a while, enjoy the places of my childhood and high school years.

i live where i live now because of work. originally, i came from outside the big city. now, i live within the big city because of work and professional growth. after my retirement, probably i will move back to the countryside where life is easy and slow. i do not like the buzzing and hustling of the big city. anyway, the opportunities are here so while im young, i'll take those.

I have lived where I live for 25 years. I came to live in the city I do because I was in love. I moved in with my first love. We had plans to get engaged and get married. Never happened! Six Months later I was told to move out! We were over! I had plans to move back to my home town in 5 years which is 2 hours from where I do live. It never happened and I am happy it never happened that way! I have never regretted moving to were I live!

I live here because of my husband but fortunately for me, it is very near to my in-laws house and my parents too. We both was raised in this town and I am happy in my community. It is very peaceful, convenient and accessible too.

Generally speaking,i just arrived in this city two months ago.And i think the reason why i come here is that i want my dream come true,and this is the place where it would be happen.But also,the pressure is big,which makes me feel exhausted,but i would still hold on for several years and give me some time to realize that.Good luck to all of us and thanks for sharing this.