The Say Anything Thread

[Nessa 23]

I moved my entire life too. I'm glad I don't need to do more packing, that this is our home and we don't plan on going anywhere at least until we retire.

[featherB 1]

Does anyone have those days where you just want to pack up all your belongings and move away? I want to move to a different city and experience new things...bigger and better things but most of all just different things. I know it would be hard "starting over" but I also think it would be exhilarating. Leave all the ####### behind and start fresh

I am such an impulsive thinker sometimes

I've moved cities in 1995, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2007. I'd like to find a place to call home.

That's a lot of moving, Dev. And (in answer to the original question) yep, I've had those days! Not since getting here, luckily (although I'd quite like to teleport London here in its entirety right about now).

[no name 1]

Does anyone have those days where you just want to pack up all your belongings and move away? I want to move to a different city and experience new things...bigger and better things but most of all just different things. I know it would be hard "starting over" but I also think it would be exhilarating. Leave all the ####### behind and start fresh

I am such an impulsive thinker sometimes

I've moved cities in 1995, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2007. I'd like to find a place to call home.

That's a lot of moving, Dev. And (in answer to the original question) yep, I've had those days! Not since getting here, luckily (although I'd quite like to teleport London here in its entirety right about now).

I think Americans move more than UKers. At least in my experience. More places to go!

1995 was to LA, after college - had to get out of Cincy.

1998 was to NYC.

2003 was London for college. (and get the heck outta post 9-11 NYC)

2005 my visa expired, had to leave the UK.

2007 back to LA, but as a married lady!

Edited July 25, 2007 by devilette

[featherB 1]

Does anyone have those days where you just want to pack up all your belongings and move away? I want to move to a different city and experience new things...bigger and better things but most of all just different things. I know it would be hard "starting over" but I also think it would be exhilarating. Leave all the ####### behind and start fresh

I am such an impulsive thinker sometimes

I've moved cities in 1995, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2007. I'd like to find a place to call home.

That's a lot of moving, Dev. And (in answer to the original question) yep, I've had those days! Not since getting here, luckily (although I'd quite like to teleport London here in its entirety right about now).

I think Americans move more than UKers. At least in my experience. More places to go!

1995 was after college, had to get out of Cincy.

1998 was to NYC.

2003 was London for college.

2005 my visa expired, had to leave the UK.

2007 back to LA, but as a married lady!

Very true - and moving in the UK pales in comparison to moving across the US! Where were you between Cincy & NYC? (Nosy girl, me!)

[no name 1]

Does anyone have those days where you just want to pack up all your belongings and move away? I want to move to a different city and experience new things...bigger and better things but most of all just different things. I know it would be hard "starting over" but I also think it would be exhilarating. Leave all the ####### behind and start fresh

I am such an impulsive thinker sometimes

I've moved cities in 1995, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2007. I'd like to find a place to call home.

That's a lot of moving, Dev. And (in answer to the original question) yep, I've had those days! Not since getting here, luckily (although I'd quite like to teleport London here in its entirety right about now).

I think Americans move more than UKers. At least in my experience. More places to go!

1995 was after college, had to get out of Cincy.

1998 was to NYC.

2003 was London for college.

2005 my visa expired, had to leave the UK.

2007 back to LA, but as a married lady!

Very true - and moving in the UK pales in comparison to moving across the US! Where were you between Cincy & NYC? (Nosy girl, me!)

The City of Angels!

Edited July 25, 2007 by devilette

[featherB 1]

Does anyone have those days where you just want to pack up all your belongings and move away? I want to move to a different city and experience new things...bigger and better things but most of all just different things. I know it would be hard "starting over" but I also think it would be exhilarating. Leave all the ####### behind and start fresh

I am such an impulsive thinker sometimes

I've moved cities in 1995, 1998, 2003, 2005, 2007. I'd like to find a place to call home.

That's a lot of moving, Dev. And (in answer to the original question) yep, I've had those days! Not since getting here, luckily (although I'd quite like to teleport London here in its entirety right about now).

I think Americans move more than UKers. At least in my experience. More places to go!

1995 was after college, had to get out of Cincy.

1998 was to NYC.

2003 was London for college.

2005 my visa expired, had to leave the UK.

2007 back to LA, but as a married lady!

Very true - and moving in the UK pales in comparison to moving across the US! Where were you between Cincy & NYC? (Nosy girl, me!)

The City of Angels!

Duh! I think I kjnew that... I think Cincy - LA is about as drastic a move as, I dunno, London - Tokyo. (No offence to your hometown or nothin', but I'm feeling a touch... hmm, not homesick exactly, just slightly smallish-town-claustrophobic right now! I'm used to vast-city anonymity, me...)

*edited to get rid of rubbish typo*

Edited July 25, 2007 by featherB

[Bootylicious!! 2]

I've had those days too. I've lived in a small, small town my whole life. Sometimes I think it would be nice to move to a big city. Then I think about raising my kids in a big city and I reconsider. I think everyone wonders what it would be like to just up and move and start over.

[no name 1]

Duh! I think I kjnew that... I think Cincy - LA is about as drastic a move as, I dunno, London - Tokyo. (No offence to your hometown or nothin', but I'm feeling a touch... hmm, not homesick exactly, just slightly smallish-town-claustrophobic right now! I'm used to vast-city anonymity, me...)

*edited to get rid of rubbish typo*

I can't do small town. I hated that year in Cincy except for ebing close to my Mom & brother. And Cincy isn't even that small!

That said, I'm all about Bristol when we move back to the UK.

Edited July 25, 2007 by devilette

[featherB 1]

Duh! I think I kjnew that... I think Cincy - LA is about as drastic a move as, I dunno, London - Tokyo. (No offence to your hometown or nothin', but I'm feeling a touch... hmm, not homesick exactly, just slightly smallish-town-claustrophobic right now! I'm used to vast-city anonymity, me...)

*edited to get rid of rubbish typo*

I can't do small town. I hated that year in Cincy except for ebing close to my Mom & brother. And Cincy isn't even that small!

That said, I'm all about Bristol when we move back to the UK.

Haha, I know it's not really small at all, but living downtown, it feels like it - weird! That's what living in London most of your life does, makes normal cities seem 'small'. Have to say, I love Bristol too... and I don't really have anything against smaller cities/towns as such... just being grumpy right now!

[Nessa 23]

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[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

I know the feeling! I have moved many, many times. I always loved that last episode of Six Feet Under and the Bruce song Thunder Road - which is all about getting the hell out of Dodge.

Cities I have lived in/moves I have made:

Detroit

Glasgow

Detroit again

Ann Arbor, MI (college)

London (college)

East Lansing, MI (was gonna do more college, but then decided to enter the world of work!)

Chicago

Boston

Birmingham, England

Nottingham, England

London (again)

Hong Kong (on work assigment)

London (back again!)

Los Angeles

I, too, would like a place to call home. It's not going to be LA I don't think.

[Yaads 0]

I've had those days too. I've lived in a small, small town my whole life. Sometimes I think it would be nice to move to a big city. Then I think about raising my kids in a big city and I reconsider. I think everyone wonders what it would be like to just up and move and start over.

Grew up in a small town as well and though I have moved between small towns I have always lived in the same county and lived out in the rural "country" towns. Lots of farms, cows, country music and line dancing Totally NOT my thing.

I don't think I could ever move to a big city - like Seattle, LA or NYC but I definitely would like to try a different small town in a different county. Don't know if I could ever move out of the state either. Too many differences between the states and their laws...I just now am figuring this one out...don't want to start over.

I don't know...just one of those days where I am feeling claustrophobic and trapped...I wanna be free

[no name 1]

I know the feeling! I have moved many, many times. I always loved that last episode of Six Feet Under and the Bruce song Thunder Road - which is all about getting the hell out of Dodge.

Cities I have lived in/moves I have made:

Detroit

Glasgow

Detroit again

Ann Arbor, MI (college)

London (college)

East Lansing, MI (was gonna do more college, but then decided to enter the world of work!)

Chicago

Boston

Birmingham, England

Nottingham, England

London (again)

Hong Kong (on work assigment)

London (back again!)

Los Angeles

I, too, would like a place to call home. It's not going to be LA I don't think.

Damn girl, that's more than me! No wonder we get along so well tho, big city living/travelling & all.

LA will never be home. 1 mil+ for a tiny house?!?!

[Trompe le Monde 1,107]

Damn girl, that's more than me! No wonder we get along so well tho, big city living/travelling & all.

LA will never be home. 1 mil+ for a tiny house?!?!

Don't get me started on the crazy-a$$ housing market here, I will never stop

Me and hubs were talking about how great LA can be last night (in spite of popular perception), that is the one thing that totally lets it down.

[Mags 112]

or maybe they used to clean someone's butt

Brings the saying "being sh!t on by USCIS" to a whhhooollle new level!

Nessa, I just spotted your 'member title', or whatever it's called...

I spotted that too, hubby and I went "eeerrrgghh!" at the same time!

I don't mind getting them cleaned. I just hate having cavities and getting those darn numbing shots. I hate those things. Most of the time I get my teeth filled without numbing. That's what I did the last time but he said this one will have to be numbed. I asked him if he could just knock me out. He said no. I have to say also, my dentist is my cousin. He knows how bad I hate getting numbed so he tries to take care of me when I go down there. I wish there were some other way to get your teeth fixed.

Uggghhhh, those mouth injections are the WORST... poor you!

I used to be a dental nurse; I've had to prepare the actual injections...huge great big things they are. Used to have a special way of handing them to the dentist i.e. behind the patients' backs; they'd freak out if they saw them. Had one woman who was so nervous her saliva glands would pump out streams of spit from her open mouth. Used to have to stand well back for her!

not homesick exactly, just slightly smallish-town-claustrophobic right now! I'm used to vast-city anonymity, me...)

Try living here in Greencastle - 10,000 only. I love the fact that there are so many trees, it is lovely and quiet with a nice little atmosphere. But I'd just love to be able to get on a tube train and get to central London, grab a pastry, a drink and sit in Hyde Park. Or visit the Natural History Museum, or go to Covent Garden and look at the stalls and pootle around the shops there. I always used to come back with a bag of Lush goodies too.

I just miss having everything so close by.

Saying that, my quality of life here is so much better and there is no pollution, no crime and everyone is really friendly. *shrugs*