What do you like about the city you live in/are moving to?

[bigboss1984 8]

So I thought I'd create a topic around the U.S cities we either live in now, or will be moving to soon. What is it you like about the city? Anything unique about it?

I'll start! I'm moving to Philadelphia, and one of my favourite things about it is the music scene, it's got a great independent music scene. I also love the historical aspect of it, being that it was the capital of the United States before Washington DC. It's also not too far from New York and DC - which is always a bonus!

[Ana y Leo 9]

I live in Providence, RI originally from Manhattan NY but I moved here when I was 8 to Providence so I am more of a Rhode Islander...I live in the smallest State in the USA whats the best thing is you walk down the street and you can prob bump into someone you know....My family migrated here from the Dominican Republic in the late 70's and I although born here have always kept my Dominican Ties Providence has a huge Dominican population Broad St has a second Name one of the Dominican leaders and founding father Juan Pablo Duarte....I❤️RI the Ocean State....Great Beaches too?

Edited April 18, 2016 by Ana y Leo

[mallafri76 1,012]

We live in Austin, TX, and it's AMAZING. Beautiful city with lots of music, festivals, friendly people. Austin's a very progressive place and very concerned about the environment. They're great at recycling, first place where Walmart removed their horrible plastic bags and replaced them with paper bags for $0.10 or bring your own, lots of bicycle lanes along roads through Austin. Austin really has the best of Europe and the best of America. And the city government here is very efficient, whether it be SSN, DMV or any other place where you have to deal with local officials.

Only downside is that lots of other people have also realized how great Austin is so it's experiencing a very big boom with lots of new residents every year, more than the roads can take so traffic is pretty horrible during peak hours.

[bigboss1984 8]

We live in Austin, TX, and it's AMAZING. Beautiful city with lots of music, festivals, friendly people. Austin's a very progressive place and very concerned about the environment. They're great at recycling, first place where Walmart removed their horrible plastic bags and replaced them with paper bags for $0.10 or bring your own, lots of bicycle lanes along roads through Austin. Austin really has the best of Europe and the best of America. And the city government here is very efficient, whether it be SSN, DMV or any other place where you have to deal with local officials.

Only downside is that lots of other people have also realized how great Austin is so it's experiencing a very big boom with lots of new residents every year, more than the roads can take so traffic is pretty horrible during peak hours.

Ah awesome! I really wanna visit Texas at some point

[lost_at_sea 995]

I'm in San Francisco. I like that the weather is basically constantly "okay" (except like 1 week when it's too hot and 1 week when it's too cold). I also love that it's just a drive away from wine country.

Down side: SF is small. I'd prefer a big city like the one I moved from (London).

[Tracey&Greg 35]

Writing this for my hubby. We live in Birmingham Alabama. We aren't too happy here but it's home for now. Greg being English he said there is nothing that wine can't fix A great thing about living here is we're 2 hours from Nashville, 2 hours from Atlanta and 2 hours from the Gulf of Mexico so we can go to the beach. Being optimistic we hope to move to a new city to call home.

[bigboss1984 8]

Writing this for my hubby. We live in Birmingham Alabama. We aren't too happy here but it's home for now. Greg being English he said there is nothing that wine can't fix A great thing about living here is we're 2 hours from Nashville, 2 hours from Atlanta and 2 hours from the Gulf of Mexico so we can go to the beach. Being optimistic we hope to move to a new city to call home.

Ah I'm sorry to hear you're not too keen on Birmingham - though it does sound like it has some pretty great surrounding areas, which is a plus

Where abouts would you like to move?

[JFH 12,190]

I'm going to Seattle and I love it. I've always lived on the coast and I couldn't bear to live more than an hour away from a coast. My husband is also an ocean person (born in Santa Barbara, CA) and we love to be out on boats and visiting the islands. I also love being so close to mountains. The whole of Washington state is perfect in my eyes - the Evergreen State - Christmas tree forests, lakes, mountains, coast, beautiful national parks. What more could I want?

Oh and close to Canada too! Another bonus!

The only negative is that it is so far from the UK and therefore expensive for my folks to visit. And such a long journey for them and they are not getting any younger. East coast would be better for that but I wouldn't be happy there - west coast for me all the way.

Edited April 19, 2016 by JFH

[yuna628 9,676]

We live in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere, it requires lengthy travel just to get to a store which to be safe is in the next state over.

Things he likes? He says he likes the quiet. Simple peace and quiet. There's plenty of rivers and forests to explore. There's a pub about an hour away that makes authentic Brit-food so he enjoys that, and he also likes most of our restaurants. He likes the attention he receives from his accent.

We'd ideally like to move close to DC, to the countryside in PA, or out west to Seattle. I grew up in a big city, so it was quite an adjustment for me when I moved here... can only imagine how strange it has been for him. So while I laugh when he can't come up with a lot of things he likes about this town, I totally understand at the same time. We don't anticipate living here for long.

Edited April 19, 2016 by yuna628

[bigboss1984 8]

We live in a tiny town in the middle of nowhere, it requires lengthy travel just to get to a store which to be safe is in the next state over.

Things he likes? He says he likes the quiet. Simple peace and quiet. There's plenty of rivers and forests to explore. There's a pub about an hour away that makes authentic Brit-food so he enjoys that, and he also likes most of our restaurants. He likes the attention he receives from his accent.

We'd ideally like to move close to DC, to the countryside in PA, or out west to Seattle. I grew up in a big city, so it was quite an adjustment for me when I moved here... can only imagine how strange it has been for him. So while I laugh when he can't come up with a lot of things he likes about this town, I totally understand at the same time. We don't anticipate living here for long.

I hear you, I'm quite lucky that I'm moving to Philadelphia - I think I'd feel the same, I'd like the peace and quiet but I wouldn't like lengthy travel to get anywhere - being a Brit a two hour drive is hell!

[Tracey&Greg 35]

We were looking to the east coast or more up north. It would be nice to have four Seasons. Sadly hard to find English products here, usually rely on my hubbs family to mail us "survival kits"

[Roy&Chanel 109]

I'm going to Seattle and I love it. I've always lived on the coast and I couldn't bear to live more than an hour away from a coast. My husband is also an ocean person (born in Santa Barbara, CA) and we love to be out on boats and visiting the islands. I also love being so close to mountains. The whole of Washington state is perfect in my eyes - the Evergreen State - Christmas tree forests, lakes, mountains, coast, beautiful national parks. What more could I want?

Oh and close to Canada too! Another bonus!

The only negative is that it is so far from the UK and therefore expensive for my folks to visit. And such a long journey for them and they are not getting any younger. East coast would be better for that but I wouldn't be happy there - west coast for me all the way.

My husband and I are looking forward to moving to Seattle too if there are job opportunities! We are looking forward to getting a job in the IT industry there. Currently Atlanta is HOT LANTA!