# Where do you want to live? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [February 21, 2015, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289 "2015-02-21T21:17:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289/21 "2015-02-22T02:39:55Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > I’m fine with metro Detroit. the bulk of the populace is clustered around southern Macomb county, southeast Oakland county, and northern Wayne county. And there’s a fairly hard cutoff between the metro area and the more rural regions; where I live it’s less than a 30 minute drive between the northern Detroit border and rural northern Macomb county. When I want to be around people in a “dense” downtown area, I can hang about the Woodward Corridor of Ferndale, Royal Oak, and Birmingham. when hunting season starts I can get afield in Richmond or Emmett without having to drive for hours. in the warm months I can walk to the end of my street and fish. > > so you’re ok with not living very long? Why do you want to live in Detroit? You realize that Detroit looks like bombed out Berlin at the end of the second world war. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289/22 "2015-02-22T02:45:14Z")
> [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](#): > > Why do you want to live in Detroit? You realize that Detroit looks like bombed out Berlin at the end of the second world war. No noisy neighbors. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 3:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289/23 "2015-02-22T03:00:40Z")
> [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](#): > > Why do say that? because Mars doesn’t have a whole lot to support human life. > [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](#): > > Why do you want to live in Detroit? You realize that Detroit looks like bombed out Berlin at the end of the second world war. I’m pretty sure you don’t have the faintest fucking clue what Detroit is like, nevermind Berlin after World War II. I’ve lived here my entire life, you’re just some dumb kid on a message board. ---
**Author:** ![CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 3:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289/24 "2015-02-22T03:08:46Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > because Mars doesn’t have a whole lot to support human life. Its called artificial life support. ---
**Author:** ![jz78817](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jz78817/32/1028_2.png) [@jz78817](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jz78817)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289/25 "2015-02-22T03:12:00Z")
> [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](#): > > Its called artificial life support. which need energy. where are you going to find an energy source on Mars? ---
**Author:** ![CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 3:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289/26 "2015-02-22T03:12:41Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > I’m pretty sure you don’t have the faintest fucking clue what Detroit is like, nevermind Berlin after World War II. I’ve lived here my entire life, you’re just some dumb kid on a message board. Yeah because Detroit hasn’t a care in the world lol > [@](#): > > [http://themindunleashed.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/detroit.jpg](http://themindunleashed.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/detroit.jpg) ---
**Author:** ![CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 3:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289/27 "2015-02-22T03:14:48Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > which need energy. where are you going to find an energy source on Mars? Its called you bring supplies with you ---
**Author:** ![CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/49beb7/32.png) [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptainAmerica_1987)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289/28 "2015-02-22T03:16:30Z")
> [@jz78817](#): > > which need energy. where are you going to find an energy source on Mars? Nuclear ---
**Author:** ![GuanoLad](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guanolad/32/42_2.png) [@GuanoLad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GuanoLad)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 4:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289/29 "2015-02-22T04:42:19Z")
Somewhere quiet and far away from everything, but close to the shops and public transport. I’d like a lake and mountain view, and lots of places to walk, but with no steep hills. I want a temperate climate, but with snow in the winter and tropical rain at night. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 5:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289/30 "2015-02-22T05:27:41Z")
The Pyrinees. I like the landscape, I feel at home with the people (that is, I feel at home with a bunch of people outsiders generally find impossible… I never claimed to be normal), and I can breathe. Unimpeded breathing for weeks at a time is a beautiful thing. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 5:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289/31 "2015-02-22T05:50:19Z")
I want to live in places for a while until I get too old to enjoy them. I live in the Bay Area now, and the weather is great but the traffic is bad and its expensive. I want to live in Manhattan for six months or so, which will let us walk to museums and theaters. I want to live in London for six months for the same reason. Maybe Australia. And I wouldn’t mind Princeton - when we lived there we got to walk three blocks to hear Luis Alvarez give an early talk about the dinosaur killing asteroid. Forget beaches, I want to be near good bookstores, good libraries, and culture. ---
**Author:** ![even\_sven](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/dfb087/32.png) [@even\_sven](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/even_sven)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 5:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289/32 "2015-02-22T05:52:42Z")
A slightly safer, more prosperous iteration of Cape Town. ---
**Author:** ![HoneyBadgerDC](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/honeybadgerdc/32/1033_2.png) [@HoneyBadgerDC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HoneyBadgerDC)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 6:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289/33 "2015-02-22T06:42:05Z")
Torrance Ca, perfect weather. Have been here all my life and just can’t bear to leave the weather. ---
**Author:** ![Urbanredneck](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/ea5d25/32.png) [@Urbanredneck](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Urbanredneck)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 6:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289/34 "2015-02-22T06:43:29Z")
I’d like to have a big Rv and the money to just drive and stay wherever I want depending upon my moods. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 6:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289/35 "2015-02-22T06:53:45Z")
Right here where I am now. > [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](#): > > The planet Mars and yes I mean that. But what about your family? Mars ain’t the kind of place to raise your kids. ---
**Author:** ![pullin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c57346/32.png) [@pullin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pullin)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 10:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289/36 "2015-02-22T10:53:51Z")
> [@Urbanredneck](#): > > I’d like to have a big Rv and the money to just drive and stay wherever I want depending upon my moods. We have a friendly disagreement about retirement (3 years, 10 months and 17 days from now, but who’s counting?). She wants to RV around the country; I want to live on a boat. We’ve agreed to compromise by staying based in our (DFW) home, and alternating between boating around the Gulf and traveling in the RV, depending on seasons. We save a lot of money by choosing “smaller than liveaboard” on both vehicles, but large enough to spend 3-4 weeks aboard without knifing one another. Hopefully this will work out. To answer Johnny’s question: I’m not likely to leave Texas, so I’d pick the [South Padre Island](http://islagrand.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/isla-grand-south-padre-island-slide1.jpg) area. ---
**Author:** ![Clothahump](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/51bf81/32.png) [@Clothahump](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Clothahump)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 11:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289/37 "2015-02-22T11:44:21Z")
I live in Houston and I love it. But the true answer is that I would live anywhere, even in a cardboard box, as long as it’s with SWMBO. ---
**Author:** ![tuesdayweld](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@tuesdayweld](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tuesdayweld)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 1:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289/38 "2015-02-22T13:14:26Z")
> [@OneCentStamp](#): > > Then I have just the place for you. Looks perfect. I’ll buy a worthless, old boat when I get there. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289/39 "2015-02-22T13:39:18Z")
I want to move back to the apartment I had in an 1870-built stone mansion on the outskirts of Pottstown, PA. A couple acres of wooded ground with deer and wild turkeys wandering about, and every once in a while you’d hear that lonesome train whistle, not so close or so often that it would get annoying. ---
**Author:** ![kopek](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kopek/32/337_2.png) [@kopek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kopek)\ **Post date:** [February 22, 2015, 3:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289/40 "2015-02-22T15:57:39Z")
> [@CaptainAmerica\_1987](#): > > Its called you bring supplies with you It’s why my towel is always around my neck. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/where-do-you-want-to-live/713289.md?page=3)