Why Do You Live Where You Live?

We have moved from the city to a small township a bit further out, it is a half an acre block, and my hubby built a lovely home on it! Since we moved here 4 years ago this Christmas it has grown quite a bit, but the people are friendly and we only have a little general store. Our dog has room to move and he barks along with all the other dogs but there is still enough distance between us all. Will be hard to move back to town in the near future though!

I live in Masaya, Nicaragua, which is the birthplace of my husband. We met and married in the U.S. After a while we both were longing for a laid-back, slower paced life. We first considered Costa Rica but after visiting there and Nicaragua I felt that Costa Rica was beginning to have the "rush, rush" fever that I came from in the U.S. My husband has family in both countries and I decided that even though there is a little more risk in Nicaragua, I preferred it because it isn't over run with tourists and costs about half as much to live as Costa Rica and it is as beautiful as Costa Rica. This will be my second Christmas here. The children living here are out of school for the whole month of December for the holidays. There are special holidays many different days in December. In fact today is a holiday. It is Purisima. There are scenes set up in many houses today where people, especially children line up for blocks to say a prayer and the host give them a little snack for coming. They will get in line after line to do this over and over again tonight. It is quite interesting to watch.

I think that i am living where i live bcuz may Parents live here. They do n't belong to Faisalabad{ my city] but first of all, my Dad came here for bussiness and after marraige my Mom too came here and then mine elder brothers and me born in Faisalabad. Every basic need of life is available in my city and i cann't leave my city now bcuz the passion of love automatically takes place for that place where we live for long time. Clock Tower of my city resembles Clock Tower of London and the secone biggest university of Asia, Agriculture Universty of Pakistan, Faisalabad is in my city. If i go for school trips on other cities and visit my uncles and aunts in other cities then i like to go back to my own city as soon as possible.

Hi there again ossie good to see you .I live in a small mining town in western N.S.W. My hubby is now in the mining industry but have been here going on 27 yrs, i love the place except the isolation .It has been a great place for the kids to grow up in they have freedom here where if we were in a larger centre it would be considerably restricted . The nearest major shopping centre and better medical services are a good three hrs drive away .But life in the country is great and the kids have thrived .

I am originally from London, I immigrated out here 14 years ago, wow where did that go! I reside in Melbourne, nothing extra special, but its nice and local to everything I need. I love being near the beach, thats special for me. Not sure I could live in a rural area, too use to the bustle of the city. But coming from London I find Melbourne quite small!

I live in a small community in Northern Ontario Canada. Population 1500 Like I said small. Lake Superior is on one side of us and all forest on the other. Our main industry is the railroad (CPR) and pulp and paper mill. She we live in the middle of nowhere. 3 hours to a big city. Can't even buy socks or underwear here LOL The reason I live here is the outdoors. It takes all of 5 minutes to get to water for fishing, swimming (in summer of course) or boating. We camp, snowmobile, hike, hunt and well anything that has to dowith outdoors. Yes I love being outside specially in the summer. The scenery is georgeous with lots of hills, lakes and rivers. Even walking I go from one end of town to the other in 15 minutes. People are super friendly even to strangers. Wendy

i am in USA ..washhington state... i am enjoying here my each and every moment with my husband.

Honestly...Rent is cheap and we can have dogs. Also it is located in the country a bit so its quiet. We only pay $300 for the rent. 3 bedroom! We also have 3 dogs. We cant find any in town where we can have dogs! Espically Saints. We are looking to buy a house though.

We live in the south western part of the United States of America. It is all desert and mountains out here. Except for beastly hot summers, the spring, fall, and winter is beautiful, perfect weather. I like it out here, as it isn't over populated with people yet. We have land, and wild donkeys and coyotees cross our property. It is peaceful and beautiful.

I live where i live only because its where most of my family lives. I live in a small town in ontario and my husband and i only moved back there from Alberta (where i met him) after my daughter was six months old, most of my family lives within about 15 minutes of us and after i had my baby i wanted to be close to my family again so she could get to know all of them. While its certainly nice to be close to them and have all the help from them and get to see them all the time if they didnt all live in the same area i would definetly be living in Alberta again.

i live here because this is where my family is..

I live where i live because the rent is cheap,you can survive on a lomited income,and the people are nicer.i am originally from the city and the rent is overpriced,people are rude and you could not make it on a set income.thats why i moved to the country 1800 miles away the only thing is i miss is my family.

I live in Sweden 20km from Stockholm our capital. Me and my wife live in a 59 square meter apt. We are looking at houses right now and will move by spring or summer. We would like to live at the countryside on a small farm with stabbles and at least 2000 square meters of land. Thats our dream.

Im in Southern Illinois, 6,448 people, 2 stop lights, railways, mostly locally owned shops other than Kroger, Wal-Mart, McDonalds and things like that. We live here because my husbands job is here, he trains race horses and we are home of the World Trotting Derby. Its pretty much everyone knows everyone here, all the cops went to highschool together, and empty parking lots are the hangouts for the kids during the summer time. Im more used to the city but now that I have been here for 2yrs, its nice. Its quiet, there is not a lot of violence or law breaking. Most of the residence either work for the city or have been working at local plants or mines all thier lives. Overall I like it, I would like anywhere I can live my life with my husband, he makes it all worth while.

i live with my mum she is getting old and need a little help if that wasnt the case i wouldnt be here id be out in a contry town

I live in Portugal in a small Vila (equivalent to a town) just 20km from its capital city Lisbon. I first came here working for a firm with its hqs in Paris. I represented Spain and Portugal. I was prepared to live in Madrid because I spoke fluent Spanish and very little Portuguese. But when I saw the Costa do Sol I changed my mine. The job didn't work out and I had to go back to the States. When I left here a Portuguese family that I had become very close to tried to get me to stay but I said I had to go back and look for work as my pension wasn't all that great. However, back in the boonies of Maine I got so bored I called to see if the invitation was still open. Shortly thereafter I pulled up roots and returned and have never looked back. From my veranda I can see the "Little Golden Gate Bridge" spannint the Tagus River in Lisbon and the Cristo Rei (small copy of the one in Rio de Janeiro) as well as the southern bank of the river. Directly in front is the Bujio Lighthouse which stands guard at the entrance of the Tagus Statuary and its guides ships coming in from the Atlantic. Can't find any pics that I have taken but will post them if I ever find them. The area where I live is considered a dormitory area. It is halfway between Lisbon and Cabo de Roca, the westernmost point of Europe about 30kms to the northwest. I stay here because of the climate, the people, the culture and the fantastic food. I guess everybody in the area knows who I am although they don't know me personally. I do have lots of friends young and old.....mostly young to keep my brain functioning properly. I share an apt I bought about 8 years after I returned. She's portuguese and very refined while I am a typical American crazy woman. She goes her way and I go mine but we do get together on occasions.....hehehehe.

We live where we live because this is where my partner was born and has lived most of her life .... all of it in this district ... but not all in the town. When we met she had a house already .... I was in the process of getting divorced and didn't want to live in my old town .... so we stayed here and then bought a small farmlet. Small town .... population of 1000 .... good doctor all the time ... small hospital ... old people's home ... senior citizens centre .... library ... visiting Dentist once a fortnight ... couple of Clubs ... couple of pubs ... 2 supermarkets, newsagent, butcher, bakery, fish & chip shop, pizza place, and heaps of stuff. We can walk to town from where our farmlet is .... it has most things and may be some stuff is a bit dearer but that is the price for living in a small town.

I live in india because its my birthplace and my whole family lives here.this place is really cool and i dont think you would get some of the food you get here in any other part of the world.plus because of globalisation i get to taste food from everywhere else too.basically i live where i live because of the food that i get here which i wont enjoy in other countries.

without being disrespectful to my country`If i had a choice I would love to live in the usa or australia, as i had the oppoutunity to visit both the places.You get the best food for so little,and real money for the hours u putin,in India money is an illusion,it just vanishes before u can buy the bare necessities.long hours at work without overtime being paid.The malls just loot u under the guise of discounts,Credit cards and telephones are overbilled,the list is endless, Asfor support,fineas long as u have the money u'll get support.

I may want to live somewhere else, not much chances to relocate though, sometimes you are stuck where you are but it's not really bad .