Favorite Things About Where You Live(d)?

[lgg 2]

Hey there...

Did you live in High Park by any chance? That's the first thing I thought of when I read this.

I live in Little Italy/Little Portugal...

Toronto - I LOVED the little Eastern European village I lived in. I loved the mixture of languages and food and cultures! I miss it

Atlanta - Southern hospitality! No seriously! People here are so nice and generous. I also love the park across the street from my house.

[La Souris 19]

Aargovia (Switzerland): quality of public transit - cars sharing the roads with bicycles - Migros - variety of cheeses and chocolates - Swiss German language (Grüetzi Mitenand!) - curriculum in school - proximity of the Alps/seeing them in the background all the time...

Montreal: Cost and quality of life - good food + number of restaurants at a decent price - National Library (la Grande Bibliothèque) - all the summer festivals - la montagne (the Mont-Royal) - all the little stores and shops in my neighbourhood - low crime rate.

Boston: the Bay, Boston Commons, living close to the T (subway) and the beach, the accent, the home we bought... and, of course, my husband - I'll find more once I move I'm sure

Edited August 6, 2009 by La Souris

[Autumnchik 6]

Where I was born and lived until age 17: CT - loved the Italian food and seafood, hiking at Sleeping Giant State Park, the proximity to NYC, the ocean, my family and friends

Where I went to college: Washington DC - I loved the freedom of being a 17 year old girl on her own in a big city, the Metro, the music scene, a variety of ethnic cuisine, Great Falls for hiking and staring in fascination at the massive whitewater, the museums and monuments

Grad school: Morgantown WV - The amazing outdoors activities - hiking, whitewater rafting, the laidback and open minded people in this college town, access to bigger cities within an easy drive, the mountains, living in an amazing apartment on a golf course

Bakersfield, CA - the vast difference in scenery compared to what I was used to, being an East Coast girl; the amazing Mexican food, the warmth and friendliness of the people (my friends, my coworkers, my clients), being exposed to a different culture and traditions

Rome, GA - my friends (the most amazing group of friends I have ever had), the "Southern Hospitality" and the accents, the local music and arts scene, southern BBQ and southern veggies, the outdoors

Northern New Hampshire - the outdoors, access to amusement parks I went to as a child and now can take my son to, being an hour drive from Canada

Where hubby was living when I met him: Burnaby - the ethnic cuisines. I especially miss the shawarma from this little place by the Metrotown mall. God, I crave that stuff!!! His friends. Public transportation.

Where hubby's family lives: Denman Island, BC - the amazing beauty of the island, ferry rides, fresh seafood, the open minded and hippy nature of the the residents , my in-laws and niece and nephews and SIL and BIL, the ocean

[Sprailenes 47]

Hamilton is like the arm pit of Ontario

[RYCK 0]

will just put the last canadian place there was so many

Hamilton Ontario... The fresh clean air, .. birthplace of Tim Horton's ( for all you timmy freaks )... some other stuff

Florida .... daily afternoon thunderstorms thought i'd hate that but after most of the day in the heat a cool thunderstorm is refreshing

I lived in Hamilton, that must be a joke??????

Why yes ...yes it was a joke hahahaha .... glad someone caught on.

Oh sprailenes be careful .. last time i knocked Hamilton on here people had a whinefest about it but yes your right

[Sprailenes 47]

Some people just can't take honesty

[thetreble 19]

Hamilton isn't a nice city, this is true. But, even with Stelco and Defasco, 50 years ago, it was a nice place to live. It had a lot of class. Thats where my parents met and lived for quite a few years before leaving for Kitchener. It smells but so do a lot of other cities that have massive industrial plants in them...and there are a lot in Ontario.

Ryck, the reason why you get the reactions from people that you do, is because you are just a negative nancy that never has anything but negative things to say. After awhile, no matter what your comment is, people just disregard it's credibility.

[bowflex 0]

Hamilton isn't a nice city, this is true. But, even with Stelco and Defasco, 50 years ago, it was a nice place to live. It had a lot of class. Thats where my parents met and lived for quite a few years before leaving for Kitchener. It smells but so do a lot of other cities that have massive industrial plants in them...and there are a lot in Ontario.

Yeah up until first grade I grew up in Detroit and that was before the city really started going to #######. My grandpa and dad were both Detroit Firefighters so we had to live there until they finally lifted the requirement to work for the city and have to live in city limits. Every once in a while there'd be a little something gross in the air but I fondly remember living there. Now by the time I was in first grade though, I definitely remember wanting to get the ####### out of there and I'm SOOO glad we did

[RYCK 0]

Hamilton isn't a nice city, this is true. But, even with Stelco and Defasco, 50 years ago, it was a nice place to live. It had a lot of class. Thats where my parents met and lived for quite a few years before leaving for Kitchener. It smells but so do a lot of other cities that have massive industrial plants in them...and there are a lot in Ontario.

Ryck, the reason why you get the reactions from people that you do, is because you are just a negative nancy that never has anything but negative things to say. After awhile, no matter what your comment is, people just disregard it's credibility.

YOU CAN JUST STOP RESPONDING TO MY POSTS PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOONE HAS SAID ####### BUT YOU !!! NOW GIT

I have no idea what was so negative about the last thing you jumped all over me about you wanna be a troll don't do it to me Ive never responded to anything you ever posted about you don't like what i have to say then DO NOT READ IT ... and yes Tim Hortons is just like McDonalds for grown ups ... how is that negative and how does that affect you one bit? And i lived in Hamilton Long enough to know whats its like .. just because i am not and will not blow sunshine and rainbows up yer behind still doesn't give you any right to talk to me like that THATS ALL I WILL EVER SAY TO YOU

Edited August 6, 2009 by RYCK

[thetreble 19]

YOU CAN JUST STOP RESPONDING TO MY POSTS PLEASE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

NOONE HAS SAID ####### BUT YOU !!! NOW GIT

I have no idea what was so negative about the last thing you jumped all over me about you wanna be a troll don't do it to me Ive never responded to anything you ever posted about you don't like what i have to say then DO NOT READ IT ... and yes Tim Hortons is just like McDonalds for grown ups ... how is that negative and how does that affect you one bit? And i lived in Hamilton Long enough to know whats its like .. just because i am not and will not blow sunshine and rainbows up yer behind still doesn't give you any right to talk to me like that THATS ALL I WILL EVER SAY TO YOU

[Bern. 3]

Dartmouth, NS - It wasn't the richest city, or province in Canada but I loved the weather and waking up to have the Atlantic ocean and Halifax right outside my window. It was always really nice, and the people were nice! The library had an AMAZING selection and public transportation was more than affordable.

Calgary, AB - Too much diversity. I'm all for it, and I don't mean to sound intolerant or racist but in Dartmouth there wasn't much diversity so I found myself completely overwhelmed very quickly. But overall, something is always going on, the parks are decent, the zoo is always great, downtown is completely overpriced...I don't like it here.

Las Vegas, NV - SUPER NICE. Well, if you're in the North Las Vegas area. It's just like any other little town, and the people are nice, but most tend to react funny when you tell them to have a nice day. And it's always hot out. And it rarely snows! Hahahaa

Edited August 6, 2009 by Ber + Ter

[thetreble 19]

Hamilton isn't a nice city, this is true. But, even with Stelco and Defasco, 50 years ago, it was a nice place to live. It had a lot of class. Thats where my parents met and lived for quite a few years before leaving for Kitchener. It smells but so do a lot of other cities that have massive industrial plants in them...and there are a lot in Ontario.

Yeah up until first grade I grew up in Detroit and that was before the city really started going to #######. My grandpa and dad were both Detroit Firefighters so we had to live there until they finally lifted the requirement to work for the city and have to live in city limits. Every once in a while there'd be a little something gross in the air but I fondly remember living there. Now by the time I was in first grade though, I definitely remember wanting to get the ####### out of there and I'm SOOO glad we did

A lot of towns and cities are like that.

The town my father in law lives in now is full of crime, but 30 years ago it was quite the place to live.

Because my grandparents lived in Hamilton from the time they immigrated from Europe until they died, I have really decent memories of what the city was like. At least the area they lived in, that is. I spent every sunday there and many weeks as well.

[Sprailenes 47]

And that's great that you have those memories, but some people don't share good memories about places. To each is really their own in situation like that. It's like how I hate North Bay. A lot of people love it there, I can't stand the place. I have my reasons.

Mike hates Midland, I love it. He has his reasons. I don't think it's really up for debate, it's just how one feels.

I wouldn't take it too personally though. We all feel differently about different things.

[bowflex 0]

I saw a lot of pictures of where my wife grew up in Europe as her dad just took a vacation there for a few weeks and I got to hear some hilarious stories. My favorite was when she was in her toddler/pre-elementary school days and she came running home crying with a goat chasing closely behind her hahaha.

[thetreble 19]

And that's great that you have those memories, but some people don't share good memories about places. To each is really their own in situation like that. It's like how I hate North Bay. A lot of people love it there, I can't stand the place. I have my reasons.

Mike hates Midland, I love it. He has his reasons. I don't think it's really up for debate, it's just how one feels.

I wouldn't take it too personally though. We all feel differently about different things.

Oh absolutely! It's the way you go about saying certain things, though I guess. I'm not particularly fond of negative nancys' either If you hated everything Nev, I don't think we could be friends. haha There has to be some things people speak positively about, no matter what it is. Life isn't that bad.