Where are you moving/living in the USA?

[antda 13]

Hi Everyone,

(Note: I posted this on another similar message thread here in the VJ Canada forum, but the same answers apply in this message thread too)

Lol...Funny, that whenever I'm asked this question, I and Everyone Else usually gets...

Here, let me explain it in the "condensed version" that I usually end up telling:

Age Birth-5 years: Some other foreign country (which I have no ties to and haven't been back ever since)

-Big City (Population millions+, 2 or so different locations)

Age 5- Age 23: "I am Canadian!!!" (And will always be Canadian, Naturalized Canadian Citizen at Age 9)

-Big City Toronto (Population millions+, 11 or so different locations)

Age 23- Present: "I fell in love, got married, moved 3 hours south to New York State, USA....I am American, who loves small-town/rural life!!!"

-Small Town #1, New York State, USA (Population 2000-3000, 2 different locations)

-Small Town #2, New York State, USA (Population 2000-3000, Soon to move in July 2009, My final move!)

I've moved a total of 15 times so far (and I have another move #16 on the way soon, plus a baby on the way...), moving overall between 3 different foreign contries, and in many different living situations. So yeah, I'm used to "living out of suitcases, backpacks, tupperware, and cardboard boxes" for most of my life....I don't mind moving though as I see it as a "new adventure" every time I move....

What I mind though is going through this frustrating immigration process while I move... (I'm sure you all feel the same way going through this whole immigration process as well)

And yes, I do get tired of people asking me "Where I'm From?", having to tell my "complicated life story" over and over again, and then having them being confused at what I just truthfully said to them...

Lol..this reminds me of a time when I was in the hospital, and the nurses asked that exact question (while I was in a lot of pain after coming out of the operating room and still under a lot of medication). So I told them the whole story...and needless to say..all they wanted to know was what town I was from...lol....(though what I told them made for good conversation afterwards in recovery anyways).

Since then, I've always asked others to be "more specific" whenever they ask "Where I'm From"...

Seriously, I should write a book about all of my travels and moves.....Oh what tales to tell, indeed!..

Lol...meanwhile, you here online can say that "I'm from VJ"...as this feels like "where I am from online".....

Ok, now that I've told my "condensed story"...Now it's your turn..."Where are all you VJers from?"

Ant (Needing to "settle down" and stop moving....Where I'm from....who knows anymore.... )

Edited June 11, 2009 by AntandD

[jennleah72 0]

Im from Edmonton, Alberta moving to Spokane, Washington

[July09Bride 1]

I currently live in London, Ontario (though I 'grew up' an hour and a 1/2 away from here), and I will be moving to way-too-expensive-but-absolutely-gorgeous Santa Barbara, California.

And July - You will always be a July09Bride! I figure you can milk that screen name at least until 2010 lol

Thanks!

Hey there... I'll be im your neck of the woods this weekend! My fiance's birthday is today and we have dinner plans for tonight & tomorrow with his family friends (Friday & Saturday). He lives near UWO.

[BH45 0]

I arrived home from a visit "home" and drove through Chicago on I-94 to I-290 during rush hour......

Wow...how long did THAT take?!?!?

I was surprised myself - just over an hour. I must have had someone watching out for me and moving traffic right along......

[coldwatersurf 5]

I moved to Westport, Washington. a lil itty bitty town with 2500 people right by the west coast. I moved here for the surf and of course my husband. But some people are wildly puzzled why i left Vancouver, BC to come to this fishing town with problems. lol. A lot of Canadians and people from Seattle/Tacoma all come here so its not so bad. We'll get a flock of Canadians visit & surf every Canadian holiday,and I feel like home. lol.

[Kathryn41 3,205]

I am from Ottawa and will be moving to a small town in Northern GA....Dahlonega. It is about an hour NE of Atlanta. My fiance is in the army and has just moved there, so I have yet to visit. It sounds quite nice, but I think I will miss some of the creature comforts of living in a larger city, where everything that I need is only a 5min drive away.

Oh Dahlonega is a pretty little town with one of the nicest town squares. There is a great place to eat called 'The Smith House' there - we have gone there a few times for Thanksgiving. The scenery in the North Georgia mountains is quite lovely. Great to have another Canadian moving near by.

[tbaygrrl 2]

Northern Ontario (daughter of a bush pilot) to the fabulous Fort Collins, Colorado. But the plan is to move to Leadville, Colorado (yikes thats over 10, 000ft elevation ) 2 years from the time I enter and have conditions removed.

Soooooooo excited

[Carlawarla 1]

Northern Ontario (daughter of a bush pilot) to the fabulous Fort Collins, Colorado. But the plan is to move to Leadville, Colorado (yikes thats over 10, 000ft elevation ) 2 years from the time I enter and have conditions removed.

Soooooooo excited

I always look at your screen name and think ..." Tampa Bay Girl"!

[warlord 73]

Northern Ontario (daughter of a bush pilot) to the fabulous Fort Collins, Colorado. But the plan is to move to Leadville, Colorado (yikes thats over 10, 000ft elevation ) 2 years from the time I enter and have conditions removed.

Soooooooo excited

Are you into mining? Ha ha...

[Krikit 1,164]

Northern Ontario (daughter of a bush pilot) to the fabulous Fort Collins, Colorado. But the plan is to move to Leadville, Colorado (yikes thats over 10, 000ft elevation ) 2 years from the time I enter and have conditions removed.

Soooooooo excited

I always look at your screen name and think ..." Tampa Bay Girl"!

I always think Thunder Bay Girl.

[Udella&Wiz 325]

Northern Ontario (daughter of a bush pilot) to the fabulous Fort Collins, Colorado. But the plan is to move to Leadville, Colorado (yikes thats over 10, 000ft elevation ) 2 years from the time I enter and have conditions removed.

Soooooooo excited

Shall we send you some special high elevation cooking tip books? JK

[canadianwife 0]

San Diego!!!

[Danu 19]

Born in Germany (my dad was stationed there) Lived all over Canada, but currently in Kingston Ontario, and I will be ending up in Santa Ana, CA. I am going to fry like an egg

[SonoranSongbird 3]

We live in southern Illinois, across the river from St Louis, Missouri.

[ophelia783 0]

From Montreal, Quebec to Huntington, West Virginia - talk about night & day!!!