I like living in _____________, though oddly enough I hate________________.

Can you reveal which state, Fairie? There are sooo many options to that particualr hate…

I love living in Austin, but I hate the “Keep Austin Weird” slogan.
I love living in Austin, but I hate the cost of living in Austin.

In general I find them ugly so it’s a bummer to be surrounded by them. They provide no shade, their damned fronds are always falling all over the place, and they’re just . . . cliche. I know they’re one of the symbols of SoCal, but I don’t remember seeing them Every.Damn. Where (except for maybe Palm Springs). Here, people with no imagination plant them everywhere. We live in a city here, people, not on Gilligan’s Island :mad: :smiley:

I live in St Louis area and I loath Baseball and murder.

I more properly live and work on the Delmar Loop but harbor much disdain for The Trolley project and the antics of Joe Edwards…I also don’t like Blueberry Hill. I find my thrills elsewhere.

I like living in Nevada, but I’m not a fan of the casinos.

Everybody hates the Great Salt Lake. That is one nasty, smelly depression.

I don’t mind the buildings so much as the gambling that goes on and the people they attract. I’m fine with the fact they pick up most of the tax burden for me. :smiley:

I live in the Pacific Northwest, and I love it here.

However, I don’t really care for coffee, I can’t stand hipsters and radical leftists, I hate how sunny and warm it is in the summer, I find Dick’s Drive-In’s burgers to be sub-McDonald’s in quality, and I don’t care one way or the other about the Seahawks.

I’m going more high level - I love living in a single family home on an acre of land but I hate, despise, distain, loath yard work.

If I left a trail of cannoli, a very sweet pastry mentioned in The Godfather as an organized crime favorite, he might follow them south. Think “Pacman”.

Many ex-politicians take consulting positions with large private interest groups in the DC area after they leave office. As bribes go, its a nice “thank you” for voting the “right” way. Think PAC-man.

There is a lot of money that has been made off of their positions and their votes and their public speaking. Its also how certain political dirty tricksters never seem to ever have any need for a job.
As an an example, can any one here tell me what Karl Rove does for a living? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller…?
Class, that was a trick question as it states very clearly on his tax return that he is a Professional Asshole and thus pays no taxes. :stuck_out_tongue:

As for the complex corporate structure of campaign donations > public policy > new state contracts > profits made > hiring contractors after terms are over, I’ll leave that to Woodward and Bernstein.
Suffice it to say network ads are not free, high level campaign staffers don’t volunteer their time, flying hundreds of people to NH and Iowa isn’t free, and neither is flying to Fla, Tx, and Nevada to court the truly deep pocket national donors.
(Thank Goodness he didn’t have any work to do in NJ…)

That and Christie’s food bill and his waist line tailoring are formidable expenses indeed.
(to quote The Who, “…its goes in and out and in and out and in and out and in out…”)

I love living in San Francisco, but I hate being cold (it’s not that it gets extremely cold, it’s just that it’s never really hot).

I love living in San Francisco, but I hate that housing costs have prevented me from moving out of my tiny one-bedroom starter apartment for 27 years.

I live in Indiana but I’m indifferent to the Colts or Indy racing. I detest right wing, conservative politics which puts me in the minority in most of this very red state.

I like living in the Lake George area, and I hate the tourists.

I like living in the Adirondacks, and I hate the cold.

I like living in Lexington, Ky. but I can’t stand either basketball or bourbon.
I like horses though.

Platonically.

I love living in San Francisco, I have become acclimated to the coolness (although it’s been too hot for the past few months). I cordially dislike tourists, though they have my permission to continue to spend money here, if only they could do it in absentia. I thoroughly hate, however, the endemic more-progressive-than-thou attitude, combined now with the “I use less water than you do during the drought” competition.

I like living in NJ but sometimes I get sick of the congestion and traffic.
I love living in my town but I wish our village had something more than 15 Real estate offices, 3 banks and a pharmacy.

I love living in such a big city with all the accouterments, conveniences, offerings, but I hate crowds of people. And professional sports. It’s a big sports town.

I like living in Minnesota though oddly enough I hate fishing. In spite of the state’s 10,000 lakes. In spite of having a lake house on a good fishing lake. In spite of the state’s biggest travel day is the "fishing opener’. I just don’t like handling worms, hooking and unhooking fish, killing fish, cleaning fish, or even eating fish.

I like living in MI but I hate snow.
ETA: Actually no, upon reflection I don’t even like living in MI. Sorry. :frowning:

I live in western Canada and have grown up around and worked in the forests all my life. I don’t really hate the trees and tree covered mountains, but I simply love it when I get into open country.
A couple of years ago I took a solo motorcycle ride from my home down to the Mexican border. The part I loved the most was riding down NV93, south of Twin Falls, ID all the way to Las Vegas.
There was a stretch just south of Wells, Nv that just blew me away. It was a wide, flat valley, with the valley sides that swept up to low mountain tops, completely devoid of trees… The road ahead of stretched for miles and literally disappeared in a straight line. There wasn’t a tree in sight. Just the odd shrub or cow. Not even a car. For awhile it felt like I was in heaven.

This may seem strange, but sometimes I think I’ve seen every tree there is to see.

I live in Canada and I hate snow and cold and winter in general.