What Do You Like About Where You Live?
By suziecat7
@suziecat7 (3350)
Asheville, North Carolina
January 7, 2017 3:35pm CST
I thought it might be interesting to learn a little about where our fellow myLotters live. Do you live in a big town or a city? What's the best thing about where you live? If someone visits, what sights or activities do you show them?
I live just outside of Asheville, North Carolina. I love it here and couldn't imagine living anywhere else. I love the beautiful natural surroundings of the Blue Ridge Mountains. I also like that Asheville is a diverse small city where both hippie and hillbilly manage to get along. There's a lively art and music scene here too though I don't go out much anymore. When anyone visits, we usually visit the Biltmore Estate and scour the antique shops in town.
Would love to hear about your town.
Join Samantha as she tours the beautiful Biltmore Estate in Asheville, NC
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
7 Jan 17
I love where you live on the other side of the world from me. It sounds wonderful.
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@JudyEv (338434)
• Rockingham, Australia
8 Jan 17
@suziecat7 Thanks. I really enjoy reading about where people live too. Many of us have very different lives from each other.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
8 Jan 17
What I like about here is that public transport is right outside my door or rather very near. I love travel on the light rail. I also like the views from here anywhere you are you can see the mountains.
I do like that the main drag is full of very interesting shops too.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
9 Jan 17
You don't mention where you live but it sounds great. I haven't traveled by rail in many years but I used to enjoy it too.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
12 Jan 17
@TiarasOceanView Beautiful country where you live.
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@TiarasOceanView (70022)
• United States
11 Jan 17
@suziecat7 I live near Garrison in CO.
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@rebelann (112728)
• El Paso, Texas
8 Jan 17
WOW, breathtaking.
I wish I had something that grand to say about El Paso TX but all we have left are the Franklin Mountains. Almost all the desert area here has been destroyed to make way for suburbs. I don't know about you but I don't like suburbs.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
9 Jan 17
I'm not a big suburb person myself. But the Franklin Mountains are beautiful (I looked them up).
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@rebelann (112728)
• El Paso, Texas
9 Jan 17
Yes they are, but there's really not much to do except take pictures there, they have a museum which I am not impressed with and then there is a park of sorts but that to is not impressive @suziecat7
Now if you got to New Mexico, not too far from El Paso, there are tons of kool things to see and do.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
7 Jan 17
We live the boonies in a farming Community. very quiet.....too quiet sometimes!
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
7 Jan 17
I'm quite fond of the boonies. I live in the country too but Asheville is only about eight miles away.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
7 Jan 17
@AbbyGreenhill - I remember that. It's tough to find the perfect place sometimes.
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@AbbyGreenhill (45494)
• United States
7 Jan 17
@suziecat7 we were going to go there a few days but could not find the perfect rental.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
8 Jan 17
It sounds beautiful and rural. I think green grass and rolling hills.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
8 Jan 17
@jaboUK - You should - would love to see a photo. I wish they would let us post more than one.
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@jaboUK (64354)
• United Kingdom
8 Jan 17
@suziecat7 I think I might do a post about it
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@1creekgirl (41303)
• United States
9 Jan 17
I live in a very small town in eastern NC. We actually live out in the country and love it. We have some wooded land and a large pond where the grandkids enjoy fishing.
There's not much excitment here, but we are the Herring capital of the world. Although we can't even fish for Herring now and have to get it from SC for our annual Herring Festival!
We're not too far from the Atlantic ocean and all the beach towns. We take visitors to see the Lost Colony on Roanoke Island where a settlement mysteriously disappeared in 1590.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
9 Jan 17
Much of eastern North Carolina is historic so much to show your visitors. Small town living is best, I think. It sounds wonderful.
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@1creekgirl (41303)
• United States
9 Jan 17
@suziecat7 Thanks, I loved traveling through Asheville over the years when we were going to Arkansas to see in-laws. Most of the time we didn't have time to stop, but one year we toured the Biltmore...it is fabulous. I'd love to go back.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
7 Jan 17
I live in Garden "Grove
Southerb California where it never snows amd never g ets below freezing as I
came here many years back from cold snowy South Dakota Im in a retirement
center an d phtysically handicapped so I could not show anyone around but I
wouild make lot of suggestions to people.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
7 Jan 17
I'll bet you were glad to leave South Dakota behind - too cold.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
17 Jan 17
Hello there! New follower here. I found you via @jaboUK and her story about where she lives. I also live in NC. I am from Lillington, smack dab between Fayetteville and Raleigh. Better known as the Sandhills. One main attraction near my home is Raven Rock state park. I love living in central NC because I can get to the beach or to the mountains within a few hours. I am near larger cities, such as Raleigh and Fayetteville but I don't have to live right on top of them. I love coming to the mountains and seeing the sites.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
18 Jan 17
It sounds like you have the best of both worlds - small town living but easy access to the city if you want. I'm pretty much in the same situation only much further from the coast.
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@Shellyann36 (11384)
• United States
23 Jan 17
@suziecat7 Yes, we do have the best of both worlds. We are very fortunate. Of course, the area grows by leaps and bounds year after year. I love Asheville. The Blue Ridge Parkway is heavenly to me. I have yet to go to the Biltmore Estate. When I have the time I don't have the money and when I have the money, I don't have the time. Hubby has gone before and we are saving up to make that one of our vacation destinations in the future.
@darksinistar (42)
• United States
9 Jan 17
I am on the opposite end of NC in Greenville but would rather be in Asheville LOL. Greenville is my hometown and has grown a lot, mostly due to the hospital and the university. That would be Vidant Medical Center and East Carolina University of course. I used to love that there was always something going on in the area but these days I could go for a smaller town and some mountains. Or a beach LOL. Anything other than pavement.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
9 Jan 17
It's good living in a university town though. There's usually a vibrant culture in town because of it. I do like the natural beauty here though it has grown quite a bit in the last 20 years.
@PatZAnthony (14749)
• Charlotte, North Carolina
7 Jan 17
We enjoy the mountains (hate the snow) and the woody area we live in.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
7 Jan 17
North Carolina is a great state, if I may say so myself :))
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
8 Jan 17
New Englanders are a hardy bunch for sure. I can do without the city noise too. It's why I live in the country like you do. New Hampshire is a beautiful state though it's been many years since I was there. I went to college in Vermont. It was cold :))
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@Tampa_girl7 (50076)
• United States
16 Jan 17
We live in a very rural area . I was a city girl who just happened to end up in the country. We do have a home in West Virginia too that is in the city, so I enjoy my peace and quiet here in Mississippi and then get my dose of city life when we head up to our other home. Other then the peace and quiet here in Mississippi.....the lack of traffic and mostly empty roads is a big plus.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
16 Jan 17
Quiet is important to me too.
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@rina110383 (24492)
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8 Jan 17
It's very accessible and near stores and hospitals.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
9 Jan 17
It's good to be near what you need.
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@sweetshy714 (90)
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8 Jan 17
I live in the Philippines. Although natural and manmade calamities always happen, i am used to living here.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
8 Jan 17
Natural and man made calamities happen everywhere, I think. The Philippines are beautiful.
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
9 Jan 17
Right now I am living in Ocala Florida and I love the fact that we can enjoy so much outdoor time in the winter.
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@suziecat7 (3350)
• Asheville, North Carolina
10 Jan 17
Yeah - right now that sounds real good to me :))
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@BelleStarr (61102)
• United States
10 Jan 17
@suziecat7 It was still light and bright at 5:30 tonight, that alone makes me happy!!!
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@Marilynda1225 (82529)
• United States
16 Jan 17
I moved from city living to country living a few years ago. I like the slower pace here and the quiet compared to the hectic pace and loud traffic.
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