It's nice to visit but I could never live here again

[gracer]

Romania.
I love visiting and I go once a year. But for me it’s too…uhm, ‘sad’ I think is the word. Don’t want to be mean about the place because it does have a special place in my heart and it is a beautiful, beautiful country. Actually, thinking about it, it’s really hard to say exactly why I couldn’t go back :S

[Chronos]

I’m actually planning on moving back to the vicinity of where I grew up, just to be closer to family. I’m sure I’ll miss the mountains, but I miss the people more.

And I absolutely understand not being able to live somewhere without winter. I could maybe use a little less of it than we get here, but there has to be at least some snow.

[OpalCat]

@congodwarf

I’m the same way. I like being cold because I can bundle up and snuggle without getting all hot and sweaty and gross. I like turning the heat on and building a fire. I hate AC. I don’t like bright sun and hot days. Thunderstorms and snowstorms make me feel warm and fuzzy inside.

Exactly! Except I don’t have an opinion on A/C. I don’t like paying for it but other than that I don’t “dislike” it for any reason. In my ideal world it would never get over 85 degrees in summer, never go below 20 degrees in winter (but definitely get–and stay–below freezing so that there can be snow on the ground), rain at least once a week, preferably with thunder accompaniment. I would want to live somewhere with a lot of variety in trees with lots of different autumn foliage colors (when I lived in Florida I didn’t like it that almost all of the trees were pine trees. Boring.)

[Mr.Excellent]

@fachverwirrt

Grew up in New Hampshire, currently live in St. Louis.

I would move back in a heartbeat. Miss the mountains, miss the oceans, and yes, I miss the winters.

Heh. I grew up in New Hampshire, currently live in DC. I am never, ever, ever moving back. It was an acceptable place to grow up, I suppose - but my God, it was boring. And to do anything even remotely interesting, you had to drive there.

Now? I’m a fifteen-minute walk from the National Mall, with some of the finest museums on Earth (and free admission). My favorite bookstores, bars and restaurants are a walk or short Metro ride away, and my best friends live in my apartment building, one floor down from my own studio (which boasts a view of the Capitol dome, among other things). New Hampshire just can’t compete.

I do miss proper winters, though. And the raspberries that grew in my backyard in the summertime.

[Mr.Excellent]

@Lamar_Mundane

I finished high school in Northern Virginia. My brother and sister both live there, and I worked for a company based there. I loved going back so I could see family, and I really loved my company being in Dupont Circle. There is so much going on there, and the neighborhood is very cool.

I could never live there. Summers are ridiculously hot and humid, and on the rare occasions they get snow, the city shuts down. I can’t believe how people have to plan their days around traffic, and accept the fact that it will take an hour to go ten miles on a highway during a good portion of the day, weekends included.

Much as I love DC, you’ve got some points. The summers can be hard, though most of the time the temperature becomes reasonable after nightfall. And the city handles snowfall poorly - but as you said, that’s rare.

I agree absolutely that driving in or around DC is folly. Living in a non-Metro-accessible suburb is not something I’d recommend to anyone. If you live near a Metro station, though, you never need to worry about traffic.