if you could........................... [Archive]

jerseydevil

10-13-2002, 08:55 PM

I like New Jersey. I've lived in San Diego, California, Salem, West Virginia, Seymour, Indiana, Portland, Oregon and Chicago Illinois. I like central New Jersey the best.

When I was in high school I used to want to live in England. After I had gotten a chance to go twice there, I decided it wasn't for me.

I still like to travel around a lot though and experienve new places - just have no desire to live any place else.

Erawyn

10-13-2002, 08:58 PM

New Zealand, or Vermont!

entss89

10-13-2002, 09:11 PM

wow i have only lived in north carolina my whole life! i would love to be you jersey devil!

jerseydevil

10-13-2002, 09:43 PM

Originally posted by entss89
wow i have only lived in north carolina my whole life! i would love to be you jersey devil!

Moving around a lot is hard. But I have a cousin that lives in Asheville NC and my Aunt and Uncle live in Greensboro NC. We almost moved to Birmingham Alabama and Greenville South Carolina also.

galadriel88

10-13-2002, 10:22 PM

Well seeing as I have lived in the same house all my life (in a small town in AL), I haven't had the chance to experience living elsewhere, but of the places I have visited I would love to live in: North Carolina, Chico or San Fransisco CA, Nashville TN, and Chesterfield/Richmond VA. And I'd like to visit and possibly live in New York, England, Ireland (Republic of), New Zealand, Hawaii, or Chicago IL.

Sister Golden Hair

10-13-2002, 10:25 PM

Alaska.

galadriel88

10-13-2002, 10:37 PM

Nuh uh, too cold for me. I couldn't stand year round snow!

Sister Golden Hair

10-13-2002, 10:45 PM

Originally posted by galadriel88
Nuh uh, too cold for me. I couldn't stand year round snow! Well, your so far south that you probably don't get a lot of snow ever, or just here and there. I all ready live in a reasonably cold climate. My weather is greatly effected by systems that move out of Canada and across Lake Erie. Snow and cold are pretty normal here, and I have here like you in Al, lived here all my life.

I hate hot weather.

BeardofPants

10-13-2002, 10:58 PM

Wow. There's lots of places that I'd like to live in. New York, Tuscany, Geneva, San Fran... How could I ever decide on one place? I think once I get everything sorted out on this end, I'll be bunny hopping every where... trying to get a taste of everything. :D

Lizra

10-13-2002, 10:58 PM

I'm with you on Alaska SGH. It's one of the very few places I'd like to visit. Someday, Ill save up for one of those cruises up the coast. A friend did a cruise to the FJords (?) in Norway or Sweden or some scandanavian area, and raved about it. I hate to be hot and sweaty and stuck inside the house cause you drip sweat and get bit by mosquitos. On our farm, winter is the best time to hike along the creek and explore, in the summer everything's grown over with waist high weeds. Yeah, Alaska!

Khamûl

10-13-2002, 11:03 PM

Why would I want to live anywhere but Alabama?:D

We hardly ever get snow. I can only remember about 4 or 5 times that it has snowed. I live in LA (Lower Alabama :p), but I think North Alabama gets snow a little bit more often than we do.

If you hate hot weather SGH, don't come to Alabama. Just a couple of days ago the high temperature was about 90 or so. And during the summer the humidity is oppressive.

osszie

10-13-2002, 11:10 PM

Ah, I love merry old England.........I think my permanent home will always be here:D

There are LOADS of places that I would like to spend extended time in tho', Russia, Prague, Greece, Kenya, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, China...........jeez be here all night listing them...........someone lend me the travel cash and I'll send you all postcards;)

jerseydevil

10-13-2002, 11:19 PM

Khamûl - I love snow. Sledding and ice skating. I love the smell of the street venders roasting chestnuts and roasted peanuts in NYC.

But Spring and Fall are my favorite seasons and without the cold winter and hot summer - you can't really get those.

Osszie - I've always wanted to visit St Petersburg.

Okay so this thread was about where we wanted to live. But as i stated - I like NJ because so much is here. I'm an hour and half from the mountains for skiing, down the street from Princeton University (http://www.princeton.edu), half hour from Great Adventure (http://www.sixflags.com/greatadventure) - the largest amusement park in the country with the largest drive through safari outside of Africa, an hour from the beach and boardwalks and an hour from New York and Phildelphia and about 2 hours from Atlantic City. Not much more I can ask for.

BeardofPants

10-13-2002, 11:21 PM

Originally posted by osszie
Ah, I love merry old England.........

You mean that place full of pasty white grumpy people? :p

osszie

10-13-2002, 11:29 PM

Originally posted by BeardofPants
You mean that place full of pasty white grumpy people? :p

HEY!!! I resemble that comment :p ............at least I do on a Sunday morning, a curse on all hangovers;)

Rûdhaglarien

10-13-2002, 11:34 PM

Anywhere?? Hmmm... well, since Lothlorien isn't technically real, I would have to say, Martinique. I had to do a project on it in French class two years ago... Beautiful.

osszie

10-13-2002, 11:40 PM

Originally posted by jerseydevil
Okay so this thread was about where we wanted to live. But as i stated - I like NJ because so much is here. I'm an hour and half from the mountains for skiing, down the street from Princeton University (http://www.princeton.edu), half hour from Great Adventure (http://www.sixflags.com/greatadventure) - the largest amusement park in the country with the largest drive through safari outside of Africa, an hour from the beach and boardwalks and an hour from New York and Phildelphia and about 2 hours from Atlantic City. Not much more I can ask for.

Erm............JD when I hit the link for Princeton University I get a piccy of a man with a bald head:confused: ............... which is very nice but we have bald heads aplenty in the UK;)

Oh St Petersburg..........a friend of mine went there a coupla years ago.........their home movies are great, looks gorgeous:)

jerseydevil

10-13-2002, 11:50 PM

Originally posted by osszie
Erm............JD when I hit the link for Princeton University I get a piccy of a man with a bald head:confused: ............... which is very nice but we have bald heads aplenty in the UK;)
Well he did win the Nobel Prize for economic sciences. :)

entss89

10-14-2002, 09:31 AM

neat-o
i hate asheville but hey im still a kid

Elfmaster XK

10-14-2002, 10:13 AM

Originally posted by BeardofPants
You mean that place full of pasty white grumpy people? :p

Why does everyone think we're pasty white (okay, so i am more deathly white) and grumpy?

Irrate would be a better word. :D

Hanza

10-14-2002, 03:09 PM

i'm with you E XK
You lot sound like you dont like england, but it aint all bad.
We hav some good theme parks.......Ok 1 Alton Towers.
We hav countryside........slowly being demolished for yet more houses
We hav mountains.........God I hate walking though
We hav some good schools........how many times did I get bored today?

OK maybe england aint that great but its my home and I lov it anyway.
Wish i lived where sween lives. He's closer to the Lake district and i love the shops there!:p
I love shopping!!:D !!!

sun-star

10-14-2002, 04:11 PM

I love England too - I want to travel, but I suspect I'll always come home eventually :) Hanza, whereabouts do you live?

emplynx

10-14-2002, 04:12 PM

No place is better to live than Southern West Virginia

Hanza

10-14-2002, 04:56 PM

I live about 10mins from Milton Keynes
It's about 1hr 30 from Kent
i have a relative in kent
Went there on saturday actually

Sween

10-14-2002, 05:44 PM

My mate humperwink kepts telling me to emigrate to new zeland so thats tempting. Miss my family though. I moved away from my home and ill tell you one thing ome is where your friend are any place is good as long as you have loads of mates :D

But i wouldnt mind living in spain its warm they have pillela get a nap in the afternoon and the womens are amazing :D

samwise of the shire

10-14-2002, 06:41 PM

Nobody wants to live in Idaho...hmmm small suprise, no trees here in the south...only alfalfa feilds for the COWS. If I wanted to like in a place because the beauty it would HAVE to be Washington...BEAUTIFUL up there. I went to Belleveu and I just LOVED it. All though it rains alot there. I might want to live in orthern California which I here is aboslutely gorgeous...I want to see New Zealand, Ireland,Sctoland and England before I make any decisions if I was gonna live there or not. But I would love to visit all you pasty white grumpy people...I happen to LOVE the English accent(who wouldn't) and I've heard they're crazy...in a good way.
Cheers,
Sam

crickhollow

10-14-2002, 06:56 PM

I honestly can't think of any place more beautiful than than the Northwest. I love being in the middle of a ring of mountains

Erawyn

10-14-2002, 09:52 PM

If i had to live in Canada i would get out of Ontario, and move to BC or Quebec, Montreal is a great city, but BC is gorgeous! mountains and ocean! couldn't be better!

cassiopeia

10-14-2002, 10:00 PM

Actually, I think I would like to live here in Australia. I would love to go to other places, like England, New Zealand, the US and Egypt for a few monthes, but I am happy to live in Australia permanetely.

Shadowfax

10-14-2002, 10:50 PM

I would probably want to live somewhere in Europe, like Belgium, Germany, or France...or actually I really like Canada where I live too (British Columbia:D ).

Sween

10-15-2002, 10:07 AM

Originally posted by Shadowfax
I would probably want to live somewhere in Europe, like Belgium, Germany, or France...or actually I really like Canada where I live too (British Columbia:D ).

France is the most perfect country in the world it is so beautiful I could easily live there (if it wasnt full of french people)

Finrod Felagund

10-15-2002, 02:17 PM

If not Canada then maybe Scotland

Artanis

10-15-2002, 04:10 PM

Originally posted by Sween
France is the most perfect country in the world it is so beautiful I could easily live there (if it wasnt full of french people) French people are OK, their only fault is they speak French :D

And I prefer to live here in Norway, where there's mountains and rivers, and cold winters with snow.

LuthienTinuviel

10-15-2002, 04:16 PM

me = toronto

entss89

10-15-2002, 05:07 PM

has anyone said italy yet ? i love that place!

BeardofPants

10-15-2002, 05:47 PM

Yes: I said Tuscany.

entss89

10-15-2002, 06:05 PM

ohhh neat i would love to go there i did a book repot on italy last year!it was fun! i got a A- but hey its still a A

Cirdan

10-15-2002, 06:13 PM

The Loire valley would be nice. Also Switzerland, Bar Harbour, Maine, Martha's Vinyard, Seatlle.

entss89

10-15-2002, 06:22 PM

im so with you cirdan all those places that you mentioned sound so relaxing and soft green grass! ummmmmmm grass!

IronParrot

10-15-2002, 08:33 PM

After I'm finished my education, whenever that is (I don't know how many degrees I'm taking in how many different fields before I decide to stop and actually work) I've narrowed it down to Boston, Seattle, or the San Francisco Bay area.

Advantages:
- I'll be by the sea
- Pretty cities (hey, that rhymes... sort of)
- No more thirty-below winters

Disadvantages:
- I can't read Fahrenheit...
- I have a very limited grasp of that weird Imperial system (Not that it'll apply to me)
- I'll need to learn how your whole government system works

I'd move to England, but they get most movies later than North America. For me, that's a major consideration.

webwizard333

10-15-2002, 08:40 PM

As a Massachusetts resident, Iron Parrot, I would not advise living in Boston. There's a citywide construction project that's been going on for year and years (and will continue to go on for years and years) called the Big Dig. It's made transportation very difficult, so much is being torn up, while so many other things are going up that can't be used yet (Lenny P. Zakim Bunker Hill Bridge :rolleyes: ). It's an overbloated, over budget, over schedule project that causes a great deal of frustration and problems for Boston residents.

Treebeard's apprentice

10-15-2002, 11:52 PM

I love to travel, but I'm partial to Wisconsin, USA (mostly because this is where I was born & raised). Of course I'm living in the city right now studying in college, but I love the countryside. If you look you can find just the right balance where you can go out and be with nature, yet there is enough cities and towns nearby that have anything you need. The climate is variable, too, so it's not really hot or really cold all year round.

That is not to say that I wouldn't live somewhere else if the right opportunity arose. The North Pacific and New England areas have always appealed to me as nice places to live. I would settle for anywhere out in the country where life is slowed down and peaceful.

Cirdan

10-16-2002, 05:23 AM

Originally posted by entss89
im so with you cirdan all those places that you mentioned sound so relaxing and soft green grass! ummmmmmm grass!

Oh yeah, I like those gray havens and green grass:) I used to like the tropical scene but it lacks the variation of the change of seasons.

Dunadan

10-16-2002, 06:38 AM

I am jealous of those people (I know a few of them) who can straddle continents, living in, say Edinburgh April-Sept and Sydney Oct-Mar. The UK/Australia combo is ideal coz they drive on the correct side of the road, speak the right language (with some fantastic embellishments like "fair dinkum") and they have drive-through off licences.

However, I know I'd miss the relentless drizzle of a Scottish winter. Like Billy Connolly said "there's no such thing as bad weather, only the wrong clothes".

For the way of life, culture, food and people, though, Italy has it over everyone else. It's taken them 2500 years but they seem to have arrived at just the right approach to life. They take care over their food but aren't up themselves about it. They ignore customers in restaurants to watch the football on the telly, which is right and proper. They have a four-hour lunch break and they sing opera at midnight in the squares

Here in the UK (especially SE England) they still have delusions of grandeur from the empire. This can be quaint at times, but also a bit annoying. You can walk on roads which have been in continuous use for 5,000 years, though, which is cool.

Sween

10-16-2002, 06:41 AM

England would the perfect country if we could just detach scotland and move it to the middle of the meditarian and we didnt work so much :D

Millane

10-16-2002, 08:04 AM

Actually, I think I would like to live here in Australia
Damn Straight Cassiopia... Australia is perfect... footy (the proper AFL kind) pies, Victoria, beutiful weather... evrything.
if i couldnt live in Aust. i would probly live in England or NZ.
there are a few downsides to australia rugby, seafood and a little insignificant state called South Australia ;)

Sween

10-16-2002, 08:27 AM

australias also got rex hunt :D

sun-star

10-16-2002, 09:38 AM

Italy is beautiful - I went to Lake Garda in the spring (has anyone been to Venice?:))

As I said, I want to live in England, and Oxfordshire is my English county of choice.

Radagast The Brown

10-16-2002, 04:18 PM

I would like to stay on Israel, just in another place here... maybe Eilat? though my town is quiet, and I like the place, generally. I would like, too, to live in England (London) or USA. I don't care where exactly (in the US) - I wasn't there yet.

Treebeard's apprentice

10-16-2002, 10:03 PM

Dunadan, would you mind explaining the phrase 'fair dinkum' please?

BeardofPants

10-16-2002, 10:23 PM

Dinkum means "okay/fine/etc". So by saying fair dinkum, you're basically saying "she's alright, mate." I think. :p

Millane

10-17-2002, 06:20 AM

nah fair dimkums like 'you serious???' now we have another way of saying 'shes allright mate' and its 'YOU LITTLE RIPPER!!!':)
hehehe i love teaching foreigners the australian dialect

BeardofPants

10-17-2002, 06:23 AM

Hey Millaine the aussie slang dictionary must be wrong then. :p

Dunadan

10-17-2002, 06:50 AM

Originally posted by Treebeard's apprentice
Dunadan, would you mind explaining the phrase 'fair dinkum' please?
All those are right. I have heard it used as a kind of adjective for things, to say that they're for real, genuine.

Ripper is a more recent phrase, used, I believe, by the younger generation.

Misty Mountain Goat

10-17-2002, 07:29 AM

i cant believe someone owns that dictionary. I cant even believe that dictionary exists.

Misty Mountain Goat

10-17-2002, 07:33 AM

Just on the location topic, are me and millane the only ones who know each other face to face by the way.

Hanza

10-17-2002, 03:36 PM

No. I know 2 people by face but I am not sure they know who i am! I haven't told them i go on Entmoot yet so they may hav know idea or they may hav known for months. i havn't a clue!!!:D

Misty Mountain Goat

10-17-2002, 10:45 PM

is this some type of secret or u just havnt got around to telling them yet.

Fred Baggins

10-17-2002, 10:47 PM

I would live in the Shire! O what you mean a really real place. Ho hum, the real earth is so boring, I suppose I should like to live in Washington, USA

cassiopeia

10-17-2002, 11:15 PM

Originally posted by Sween
australias also got rex hunt :D

Ha, ha, you know Rex Hunt. I love listening to him calling the footy and I got his autograph once!

Originally posted by Millane
Damn Straight Cassiopia... Australia is perfect... footy (the proper AFL kind) pies, Victoria, beutiful weather... evrything.
if i couldnt live in Aust. i would probly live in England or NZ.
there are a few downsides to australia rugby, seafood and a little insignificant state called South Australia

Millane, I agree with you. :D I don't understand Rugby, I hate seafood and I think South Australians are....wierd.:D
Speaking of Aussie (and some other countries) slang, have people worked out what 'tossing' is? :D

BeardofPants

10-17-2002, 11:22 PM

Okay, I have to know....... what is wrong with south australians?

Cirdan

10-17-2002, 11:30 PM

never mind that... I want to know what tossing is..

cassiopeia

10-18-2002, 12:10 AM

Originally posted by BeardofPants
Okay, I have to know....... what is wrong with south australians?

There is a kind of rivalry between South Australia and Victoria(where I live). Sometimes it seems like we come from different planets. :D

Ok, I'm going to be very careful how I say this: tossing is what boys do.........geddit :)

Cirdan

10-18-2002, 12:19 AM

at last... one syllable...:D

Lief Erikson

10-18-2002, 01:31 AM

I don't know where on Earth I want to live, and that's probably an advantage, because in the end I'm not likely to get extremely much choice ;). But wherever it is, I'd like it if there was a garden and occasional quiet.

Millane

10-18-2002, 04:18 AM

There is a kind of rivalry between South Australia and Victoria(where I live).
yes there is a rivalry and yes they are DEFINATELY weird... im a victorian also and my dislike of South Australia stems from one main reason FOOTY!!! it is just part of being a collingwood supporter (GO PIES!!!!)
btw who do you go for Cassiopeia??? if you go for carlton dont bother answering...