What do you love about your chosen city of residence?

[Immelman]

Santa Cruz, CA:

Positive: Awesome weather.. seldom hot or cold. The winters are wonderful between storms.. and the winter weather isn't continuous. Last winter the entire month of January was sunny 65-70... this year we got several weeks like that, but a lot of rain, more than usual. Great surf (albeit not as good as the big island where I grew up), awesome mountain + road biking, a very bike friendly area.. many people commute that way, no gas to pay for!..very earth concious place.. very easy to get cheap organic food.. very left on the political scale (well, that would go in the negative column for some I know)..the hills are full of redwoods and wild life, as opposed to tract housing (more on that below)

Negative: Real estate is astronomical -- County median price on a normal house just crossed 700K..The summer is not so nice... while its hot inland it is foggy on the coast, just like San Francisco.... There are lots of bums (I can't blame them, if I had nowhere to go I'd come here), but it gets to be too much.. encouraged by the leftist political mindset...

 

[WizardPilot]

Provo, Utah

Pro's: Lots of hot girls. Like uber hot. But you're about 50/50 if they're mormon or not, like me, or married.....at 18. Mountain flying, it's good training, sometimes bad weather, but mostly good. Lots of mountains to go hiking/hunting/fishing/camping/shooting/shrimping/motorcycling/Running/Jogging etc... Hot girls? yes.

Con's: it's Provo Utah. Filled with zoobies, and about 70% mormon. Good place to grow up though. Hot summers, Cold winters, Cold/hot/wet/dry springs.

 

[NTXPilot]

I use to live in San Antonio...couldn't wait to get outta there. Still a nice place to visit I guess whenever I do get a chance to make it home.

Originally posted by FastCargo
the road layout is crazy (lack of good planning)

San Antonio highways were doable for me. Austin on the other hand, now that's lack of good planning...

USMC and FastCargo, if yall like mexican food check out Panchito's on McCullough. Best mexican food, I miss it. I guess that's a con about Dallas, no decent mexican food.

I like Dallas a lot better, there's always something to do. Lots of cool places to go explore...Addison for night life, bars in lower Greenville, Deep Ellum, West End, Fort Worth Stockyards if you're feeling adventurous. Homes are actually reasonably priced; a home in Plano is pretty affordable. Lots of potential growth and plenty of land. Cons: be prepared to drive everywhere, at least the highways are good.

 

[HMR]

Santa Cruz, CA

Ahhhh... Santa Cruz hospitality. Back around '98-'99 a friend and I were jumped by a local skinhead gang while walking down Pacific Ave in the middle of the day. Unfortunately for them, we had just finished weigh-in for the U.S. Open of Brazilian Jiu Jitsu at the Santa Cruz Civic Center. It took about one minute for our twelve other teammates (who were a block behind us) to catch up and join in the fun. Man, those bald guys can run fast in Doc Martens.

 

[Goose Egg]

Boston, MA area.

There are aspects of living here that I really like, but generally speaking, I can't wait to get out of here. I didn't grow up here and so I know how life is in other places.

Pros: Awesome baseball scene--being a Red Sox fan here is basically like religion. It's very exciting (especially last year). Some decent beaches where surf can be found (although not much of a big wave scene, if that's your trip) All kinds of cultural events to everywhere. And the main one is that I have a really good job here. New England Autumns feature beautiful colors and the only two months of good weather. Lots of history and old stuff.

Cons: COLDER THAN A WITCH'S TEAT!!! Winter seems like it lasts forever, and that's the main thing that makes me want to leave. Winters are sub-zero, and the sun sets at 4:30 pm. Housing is extremely expensive (Florida is cheap in comparison). And the traffic sucks. And everyone is sort of high strung and in a hurry to get places. I'm not like that, I'm very laid back. And sometimes it does really suck to be a Red Sox fan (but not yesterday) --hating the Yankees as much as I do can take a lot out of a person.

After this? Florida, SoCal, or somewhere else with ocean and palms. I'm fed up with seasons (particularly winter) and all that outdoorsy stuff is "been there, done that"--I nearly skied myself into oblivion during high school.

-Goose

 

[TX_DFW]

I agree with NTX, there isnt a better place to be then in the DFW area.

 

[Hugh Jorgan]

I agree with NTX, there isnt a better place to be then in the DFW area.

Unless of course, you like the ocean or mountains.

 

[psysicx]

I live in SLC and hate it.I moved here from San Diego and can't wait to get back.There is some good here.If your into mountains you can ski and hike.We have the stupidest freeway system ever.Whoever thought of two freeways for one city should be shot.The winters stuck and your always shoveling snow then summer hits are are baking to death.Another good point is an easy 10 hour drive to San Diego to go surf.

 

[hungover]

Hamhung - love it, beutiful mix of moutains and ocean

 

[pilotyip]

YIP is the only place for me, get to see all kinds of weather, you have to be a good instrument pilot to survive. You really understand the concept of the "Clean Airplane". In addition, I get to fly W.W.II airplanes on the airshow circuit.

 

[flx757]

What DJS said about Seattle and the Puget Sound/Olympic Mtns/Cascade Mts area.

While many people think of this area as very rainy...we get most of this rain in mid-winter...so you adapt for these few months and have wet gear. And while it is raining down at sea level, the mountains are getting huge amounts of snow (except this year...when we got no rain, and the mountains got no snow, but this is a very rare situation). The other seasons...especially summer...are absolutely fantastic. The scenery is spectacular; there is an abundance of outdoor activity available, in just about every category, a short distance from my house; and this is one of the best areas I have ever lived with regards to my main passion...music. Seattle's music scene is just awesome and varied (no, it is not all grunge...).

Besides this area, my original home in Colorado and my other home, Alaska...would be my other areas of choice. For many of those same reasons, minus the music scene. Though Denver/Boulder is home to my adopted band. I can't see any circumstances that would cause me to live anywhere East of C-470 in Denver. That's where the world ends as far as my chosen areas to live would be.

And whoever said you don't choose where you live, aviation chooses it for you, has their priorities all wrong. Aviation takes a back seat to the more important things in life, and it is these things which dictate my city of residence. However it DOES help tremendously that my company of choice has it's home here in Seattle.

 

[NTXPilot]

Originally posted by Hugh Jorgan
Unless of course, you like the ocean or mountains.

That's the beautiful thing about Texas. You can make it to great places to stay on the gulf in 5 hours, and the mountains are a little farther--about 9 hours.

 

[prodigal]

What do you love about the place you live?

Charlotte . . . because it's not Cincinnati.

Someone else was dissing New Mexico. I lived there for 5 years and actually liked it a lot. Hard to imagine a better climate, or better food. In fact I'm leaving tomorrow to take my 8 year old son there for a week; our first father-son trip. I'll be sipping margaritas at Sadies about this time tomorrow!
Liked Texas, too.

 

[Wang Chung]

What DJS said about Seattle and the Puget Sound/Olympic Mtns/Cascade Mts area....And whoever said you don't choose where you live, aviation chooses it for you, has their priorities all wrong. Aviation takes a back seat to the more important things in life, and it is these things which dictate my city of residence. However it DOES help tremendously that my company of choice has it's home here in Seattle.

Yeah, what you guys said about Seattle. I miss it all - mountains, water, outdoor activities galore, constantly seeing seaplanes overhead, drive-thru coffee stands every 2 blocks, drizzle and low overcast, even miss Taco Time and Dick's Drive-Ins. As much as I crave home, seems that the job market, some good opportunities and random circumstances have taken me to the opposite coast for the time being. There's a lot of truth in what they say - if you want to get the jobs you gotta be willing to move, at least for lower-time guys or tight job markets.

No worries, I'll be back.

Where I live now, and the past few years....not really worth mentioning in comparison.

 

[Vector4fun]

Well, I live Outside Austin, because as others said, I would go freaking nuts having to cope with the traffic. In fact, I don't live in any city.

But I like living near a small Texas town where I can still angle park on the main drag, still get a real malt at a real soda fountain in a real old drug store, walk to the County Courthouse and be out with my vehicle tags in 5 minutes, then stop by the Post Office on my way back to the truck and get lunch, all within about 3 blocks. Winters are mild enough to play golf year round, dozens of courses nearby, including a new Hyatt resort course going in about 2 miles down the road.

And compared to real estate prices in some other areas, I can have a nice house here, on two acres, with a nice 30X40' steel toy box, AND a plane, so as to travel to to the mountains or coast if I choose.