I’ve been through Switzerland 3-4 times, travelling between Germany and Italy, but never stayed there beyond rest/fuel stops. But it did look absolutely lovely. “Picturesque” doesn’t really cover it.
Almost word for word what I came in here to say, except I was there for about 2 months or so. But yeah, I’d move there in a heartbeat if it was reasonable for me to do so.
I’ve heard really nice things about Vancouver. I’ve never been there, but I’d like to visit someday.
True. I forgot to mention this, but only “lived there” every summer for seven years when I worked at a private school in Lugano, Switzerland (TASIS). It was truly beautiful, and yes I could see moving there and living there. Granted, it is a bit pricey and the Swiss take a bit of getting used to - they are not exactly warm and fuzzy. However, once you are there long enough, they open up to you.
I don’t know if it proves anything, but I had some of my best luck hitchhiking while in Switzerland way back when. And some guy in Basel let me crash on the floor of his tiny apartment one night when it looked like I’d be sleeping in the park.
Minot, ND. Great small town, awesome people. Shame what the flood did to it. . .
Great Falls, MT. Nice ‘bigger town’ of Montana, but the mountains are close enough that one can easily get away in a few hours’ drive.
I’m also moving (eventually) to Charleston, SC, but that doesn’t qualify yet–I’ve never lived there yet.
Tripler
Minot: good times, good times. . .
St. Petersburg, Russia. I’m in the US for the family.
All morning, fine. Going to the cafeteria, fine. Sitting down to eat, fine. Midway through eating, stop the rollercoaster please, I’m not supposed to be in one!
Unlike my stress-related dizziness (which, once it starts, lasts all day), this one would only last about one hour, one hour and a half before fading; getting that intensely dizzy with the stress-related dizziness has other attendant symptoms which weren’t present here, plus getting as dizzy from stress as I got in these cases takes several hours. It was also not positional, as I got it while sitting down and I got it while standing, not when standing up suddenly.
A lot of the foods in the cafeteria were identical to my own family recipes except for the cilantro, this helped narrow things down as it was one of the few “unusual” ingredients I was encountering. The other ones weren’t as ever-present, nor would they be found in almost-like-mine recipes which had never caused me any trouble.
There appeared a clear and consistent correlation between “food which has that thing that looks like parsley but isn’t” and those after-eating dizzy bouts, but I was the first one to think I was probably putting too much credit on those improptu avoidance tests. Most of my coworkers made fun of me over it; the brightest gem was “you’re just imagining that you’re dizzy” - uh? Imagining the relationship, ok, but how do you imagine that the room is swirling? After hearing that cilantro has a local reputation as being “good for your heart” (i.e., for people with high BP - mine is low) I tried avoiding it completely (pretty hard given the menus in the cafeteria… the workers there made fun of me as well, but I said “laugh all you want, just point me to the dishes which do not have cilantro”, they saw I was serious and eventually cut it out - unlike my coworkers) and didn’t get after-eating dizzy bouts again.
I’ve had the same dizziness again three more times IIRC. Twice I was able to check the ingredients post-facto: cilantro was present; in one of them I had noted a strong taste which might have been the cilantro, but the other one had enough curry to hide anything else (at least to my palate, which is not used to curry). The other time I couldn’t check, it was a pre-packaged meal and all it said was “herbs” and “spices”.
Definitely not valid for publication purposes being a sample of one, but I understand my sister in law isn’t the only doctor who uses avoidance tests to check for possible intolerance/allergy triggers before calling for the official test - if avoiding that strong-tasting non-parsley herb can help me avoid swirly rooms, I’ll gladly avoid it.
Um, what could you miss there?! Kidding.
For me: Missoula, MT. Love the snow. Love the mountains. Love the nature, the parks, the dog-loving hippies, the college football atmosphere. I even miss seeing the hobos outside of the grocery store. (OK, maybe not really the last part.)
People who don’t come from Saskatchewan think Corner Gas was a comedy show.
People who come from Saskatchewan know that it was a documentary.
Boston area - maybe Cambridge, but anywhere near the T would do.
Big Island - we have property there and plan to retire to it eventually, so with luck I will get to live there again.
Milwaukee WI. I miss culture and live music and arty movies and old movies shown in the theatre. And the lakefront. Luckily I still have friends there that I can visit couple times a year. Lived there from 1992 to 1999. Moved to help out elderly parents. Go back in a second if I could sell my house.
I quite liked living in Vermont, Oregon, Austin, Hawaii and San Francisco. I could skip Florida and Connecticut. They each had their own special charm.
I’m actually at a point in my life where I’m considering where I want to live but it’s hard to choose.
Right now I’m in a nice little town on Long Island. It’s where I grew up, near family, near a nice campus, and it’s on the water. but it’s a little pricey and far from culture.
Vermont is pretty, rural, has a cool vibe, and I have friends there (Albany has similar benefits) but it gets really cold.
Austin has a cool vibe but is surrounded by the rest of Texas and I don’t know anyone there.
San Fran and Oregon are pretty, with cool vibes and friends/family, and a moderate climate. SF is very expensive though.
Hawaii is gorgeous with lots to do and family, but super expensive.
I’ve never been to England but I’ve had an offer of marriage if I move there, though I’d eventually have to move to Sweden ;D
Since I’ve pretty much only lived in my hometown, I’d have to say my old apartment before I moved in with TheElf. It was a very cool 1920’s building in midtown with an awesome sunporch and in a great neighborhood.
An old co-worker of mine from Canada introduced me to this show. I’m from central Nebraska, and was raised in a store almost exactly like the one in Corner Gas. We would argue about which one of us had a greater cultural claim on the program.
ETA: Back on topic, there’s no way I could live there again. I could probably do Urbana, IL, though I burned a lot of bridges back there.
San Francisco. I lived in the Bay Area for about three years when I was married. Moved back east when I got divorced, but damn did I love living there. I met some of the finest people I’ve ever met out there, had a great time with the B.A.D.s and the city itself is just the fucking coolest place to be. Living in Portland, ME now is like going from Oz back to Kansas.
I have a dream that I’ve moved back that recurs about once a month for me.
I’d really like to move back there some day. Maybe soon.
Knee-jerk is to say Edwardsville PA but not so much so these days. Up to about 10 years ago it was like every other town 40 years earlier. The 50s there were a lot like post WW I America and the 70s a lot like the Roaring Thirties. Now its more like the late 80s/90s but still too damn modern. Still go back in an instant but ------- maybe stop for a few things on the way there.
There isn’t any place on Earth, I think, that I’d move to without hesitation; I love the District of Columbia beyond words, and would hate to leave. But if I absolutely had to live somewhere else, San Francisco would be my very top choice. Lived there for a summer in law school - just an amazing place. Plus, cable cars!