Hey, I'm from CT (live in MA now). But I lived in AZ for 2.5 years (way too fucking hot for this New Englander). I had to move back. Plus, I've traveled to 48 of our states. The more I travel the happier I am about living here. Plus, AZ wasn't any cheaper than living here. Some things are cheaper but gas and food cost more. Housing prices were equal to MA prices.
You make some great points. I've traveled a bit as well (but not to all 50 states) and to be honest, I've always been happy to come back to NE as well.
I guess maybe I'm just overwhelmed and tired right now, with work and school and a marriage gone bad. Maybe I'll find some time for a vacation to visit some of the places I'd like to move during the off season to seeif I can take the weather, etc.
I wouldn't mind moving to northern San Antonio. It seems
to have a lot to offer; cheap houses (even compared to all other TX cities),
The River Walk, Sea World, Six Flags, The Alamo
(at least good for aone-time visit), beautiful scenery (hill country w/
hills, lakes, and rivers), unique downtown area, close
to Austin (another great city), two hours from the
ocean, within driving distance to Dallas and Houston,
known to be one of the few huge cities that has a
small town feel; no winters, hurricanes, earthquakes,
wild fires, or tornadoes; year round planting (to
combat the rising cost of food), known for
extraordinary friendliness, great schools (at least in
the north), no state income tax, interesting Mexican
culture and authentic Mexican chow
Hmm, I've never been to San Antonio and it does sound interesting. I'm going to have to check it out.
I am considering moving back to Virginia. it's hard because I love Boston, but I already established myself here once, and with the divorce I dont't know if I can put the rest of my life on hold waiting to get back in the black.
I will always love Boston though. If I do leave, I am hoping to come back asap.
I hear you about the divorce thing. I'll be divorced a year in a couple of months and it took me quite a while both financially and emotionally. It's part of the reason why I'm considering a move now.
However, reading som of the posts here, I've come to realize that I need to think this out a little more closely. I do love Boston though.
Just do it!! It will be an experience you will never regret. I moved from NY to CA 6 years ago. I had $1000 in the bank and off I went. Life is better out here. The journey has been something that has been paid back to me a million times the $1000. There's nothing to lose by moving, only experiences to gain.
I love that you all just took off and left. I kinda did that, but gradually. I'm eternally greatful that I did it now though, I actually like living in Dublin besides the whole ridiculously expensive rent :( I would give anything to have 10k in the bank and a one way flight booked.
I'd love to relocate but unfortuantely, I live and work in the city. Coming from a semi-rural village, I find it hard not being able to just go for long undisturbed walks through the beautiful, British countryside.
When I get older I'd love to move somewhere rural and peaceful like The Lake or Peak District, somewhere I can just escape and embrace the world.
Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
I'd love to relocate but unfortuantely, I live and work in the city. Coming from a semi-rural village, I find it hard not being able to just go for long undisturbed walks through the beautiful, British countryside.
When I get older I'd love to move somewhere rural and peaceful like The Lake or Peak District, somewhere I can just escape and embrace the world.
Thats the total opposite to me. Having grown up in the bogarse of nowhere, I now like the fact that I can walk to a shop and not trek for 2 hours! Ireland is small though, within a half hours drive I can be back in the bogland, or if I'm stuck can walk beside the sea.
Thats the total opposite to me. Having grown up in the bogarse of nowhere, I now like the fact that I can walk to a shop and not trek for 2 hours! Ireland is small though, within a half hours drive I can be back in the bogland, or if I'm stuck can walk beside the sea.
I dunno... after having lived in Dublin for 8 years now :eek: I'm well and truly getting sick of the place... and crave some countryside every now and then. I wouldn't make the big leap of moving straight into the middle of nowhere.. but a small rural town would be nice
The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
I dunno... after having lived in Dublin for 8 years now :eek: I'm well and truly getting sick of the place... and crave some countryside every now and then. I wouldn't make the big leap of moving straight into the middle of nowhere.. but a small rural town would be nice
I agree. So you have the luxury of civilisation and the countryside on your doorstep. That's why the Lake district or Peak district would be perfect for me... plus, good mountain biking country
Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
I agree. So you have the luxury of civilisation and the countryside on your doorstep. That's why the Lake district or Peak district would be perfect for me... plus, good mountain biking country
even though where I live is ALMOST suburban... you don't have to drive for too long to find some countryside... and we've the biggest urban park in europe right beside us... I just love the tranquility when I visit my sister though.
It's time you start travelling though Sian
The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
I agree. So you have the luxury of civilisation and the countryside on your doorstep. That's why the Lake district or Peak district would be perfect for me... plus, good mountain biking country
move to Kendal, Keswick or somwhere!! beautiful towns and everything countrysidey is right on your doorstep isnt it.
plus you'll be closer to where i live and that can only be a good thing.. *bulk buys parma violets and plasters*
audio wants to hurt me now doesnt he?
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
even though where I live is ALMOST suburban... you don't have to drive for too long to find some countryside... and we've the biggest urban park in europe right beside us... I just love the tranquility when I visit my sister though.
It's time you start travelling though Sian
Oh I know! I went to Belfast in January and loved the experience of seeing the city and travelling and i've travelled round England a bit of late, including Lincoln a few weeks ago. I absolutely adored Lincoln, it's simply stunning, the kind of place I was talking about moving to when i'm older.
TBH I need to get my fat ass in gear and get my passport. I wanna see Dublin, Paris and Edinburgh soon... I'ma getting itchy feets!
Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
move to Kendal, Keswick or somwhere!! beautiful towns and everything countrysidey is right on your doorstep isnt it.
plus you'll be closer to where i live and that can only be a good thing.. *bulk buys parma violets and plasters*
audio wants to hurt me now doesnt he?
Oh Dunky! How can I refuse!
you'll need a HUGE stock of plasters baby
on a serious note, I REALLY wanna go to Scotland... maybe we could meet up and you could show me around? I don't mean the dirty kind of show me around... Dave will be in tow
Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
I dunno... after having lived in Dublin for 8 years now :eek: I'm well and truly getting sick of the place... and crave some countryside every now and then. I wouldn't make the big leap of moving straight into the middle of nowhere.. but a small rural town would be nice
i only like visiting big cities... i couldnt live in one... 4 hours to drive to a beach.. fuck that.
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
I would love to move to Montana, it just looks so nice.
Astoria 20/04/06, Leeds 25/08/06, Prague 22/09/06, Wembley 18/06/07,
Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.
Oh I know! I went to Belfast in January and loved the experience of seeing the city and travelling and i've travelled round England a bit of late, including Lincoln a few weeks ago. I absolutely adored Lincoln, it's simply stunning, the kind of place I was talking about moving to when i'm older.
TBH I need to get my fat ass in gear and get my passport. I wanna see Dublin, Paris and Edinburgh soon... I'ma getting itchy feets!
when's your passport coming through?
The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
i only like visiting big cities... i couldnt live in one... 4 hours to drive to a beach.. fuck that.
well like I said, where I live is a short drive to some kinda countryside (less than 10 minutes) or 30 minutes on the train to the beach... where I work, the beach is only around the corner so I go the odd day after work and just sit and read or take photographs of random stuff
The Astoria??? Orgazmic!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
i only like visiting big cities... i couldnt live in one... 4 hours to drive to a beach.. fuck that.
I have that now! I can't remember the last time I saw the sea!
It can be a bitch living in the middle of an island...
Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
on a serious note, I REALLY wanna go to Scotland... maybe we could meet up and you could show me around? I don't mean the dirty kind of show me around... Dave will be in tow
sure thing... that'd be great!!!
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
I would love to move to Montana, it just looks so nice.
it really does look nice
i'd love to move to southern Italy.. Naples or even Sicily.
that'd be awesomeness
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
TBH I need to get my fat ass in gear and get my passport. I wanna see Dublin, Paris and Edinburgh soon... I'ma getting itchy feets!
Let me know when/if you decide to head to Edinburgh ... I go in that general direction semi-regularly ... as Mr Dunkington will I'm sure agree tis a wonderful city.
I'm sure I will relocate at some point ...
So are we strangers now? Like rock and roll and the radio?
Let me know when/if you decide to head to Edinburgh ... I go in that general direction semi-regularly ... as Mr Dunkington will I'm sure agree tis a wonderful city.
I'm sure I will relocate at some point ...
Awesome! I'm sure I can find cheap enough flights at some point this year. I'll drag along Mr Audio, You and Dunky can show us around!
Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
Edinburgh is wonderful!
come to think of it, i think i need to post some more old photos on my facebook, so keep your eyes peeled, and you may see them soon!
Let me know when/if you decide to head to Edinburgh ... I go in that general direction semi-regularly ... as Mr Dunkington will I'm sure agree tis a wonderful city.
I'm sure I will relocate at some point ...
it is indeed my favourite city
im off there with mrs dunk this weekend for a romantic getaway... its our 9th anniversary today
oh scary... 40000 morbidly obese christians wearing fanny packs invading europe is probably the least scariest thing since I watched an edited version of The Care Bears movie in an extremely brightly lit cinema.
Edinburgh is wonderful!
come to think of it, i think i need to post some more old photos on my facebook, so keep your eyes peeled, and you may see them soon!
You do! I love looking through your photos of various places
Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
im off there with mrs dunk this weekend for a romantic getaway... its our 9th anniversary today
Awesome! Congratulations Mr Dunkman!!
(commiserations Mrs Dunkman...)
Been to this many PJ shows: Reading 2006 London 2007 Manchester & London 2009 Dublin, Belfast, London, Nijmegen & Berlin 2010 Manchester 1 & Manchester 2 2012...
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
If you enjoy being outdoors doing recreational things, and don't mind the sun, Austin is the coolest place out there. I've lived all over the country and haven't found anyplace better than this.
~I want to realize brotherhood or identity not merely with the beings called human, but I want to realize identity with all life, even with such things as crawl upon earth.~
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
I really like living in Boston but I'm just feeling like I'm never going to get ahead here - everything is so expensive. I'm thinking of moving South (NC or SC) or West (Nevada, AZ).
Is anyone in a similar position? Or has anyone decided to pick up and move elsewhere? I'd appreciate your thoughts and/or advice?
If you move from boston to north carolina, south carolina, or arizona, you will save on rent, but you'll make up for it in gas- no public transportation and very far distances between stuff.
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You make some great points. I've traveled a bit as well (but not to all 50 states) and to be honest, I've always been happy to come back to NE as well.
I guess maybe I'm just overwhelmed and tired right now, with work and school and a marriage gone bad. Maybe I'll find some time for a vacation to visit some of the places I'd like to move during the off season to seeif I can take the weather, etc.
Thanks for the input.
Hmm, I've never been to San Antonio and it does sound interesting. I'm going to have to check it out.
I hear you about the divorce thing. I'll be divorced a year in a couple of months and it took me quite a while both financially and emotionally. It's part of the reason why I'm considering a move now.
However, reading som of the posts here, I've come to realize that I need to think this out a little more closely. I do love Boston though.
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When I get older I'd love to move somewhere rural and peaceful like The Lake or Peak District, somewhere I can just escape and embrace the world.
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
Thats the total opposite to me. Having grown up in the bogarse of nowhere, I now like the fact that I can walk to a shop and not trek for 2 hours! Ireland is small though, within a half hours drive I can be back in the bogland, or if I'm stuck can walk beside the sea.
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SMELL YER MA!
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
It's time you start travelling though Sian
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
move to Kendal, Keswick or somwhere!! beautiful towns and everything countrysidey is right on your doorstep isnt it.
plus you'll be closer to where i live and that can only be a good thing..
audio wants to hurt me now doesnt he?
Oh I know! I went to Belfast in January and loved the experience of seeing the city and travelling and i've travelled round England a bit of late, including Lincoln a few weeks ago. I absolutely adored Lincoln, it's simply stunning, the kind of place I was talking about moving to when i'm older.
TBH I need to get my fat ass in gear and get my passport. I wanna see Dublin, Paris and Edinburgh soon... I'ma getting itchy feets!
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
Oh Dunky! How can I refuse!
you'll need a HUGE stock of plasters baby
on a serious note, I REALLY wanna go to Scotland... maybe we could meet up and you could show me around? I don't mean the dirty kind of show me around... Dave will be in tow
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
i only like visiting big cities... i couldnt live in one... 4 hours to drive to a beach.. fuck that.
Dusseldorf 21/06/07, Manchester 17/08/09, London 18/08/09, LA 06/10/09, LA 07/10/09.
Ain't gonna be any middle anymore.
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
Verona??? it's all surmountable
Dublin 23.08.06 "The beauty of Ireland, right there!"
Wembley? We all believe!
Copenhagen?? your light made us stars
Chicago 07? And love
What a different life
Had I not found this love with you
I have that now! I can't remember the last time I saw the sea!
It can be a bitch living in the middle of an island...
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
sure thing... that'd be great!!!
it really does look nice
i'd love to move to southern Italy.. Naples or even Sicily.
that'd be awesomeness
Let me know when/if you decide to head to Edinburgh ... I go in that general direction semi-regularly
I'm sure I will relocate at some point ...
Awesome! I'm sure I can find cheap enough flights at some point this year. I'll drag along Mr Audio, You and Dunky can show us around!
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
come to think of it, i think i need to post some more old photos on my facebook, so keep your eyes peeled, and you may see them soon!
I wave to all my Friends... Yeah!
it is indeed my favourite city
im off there with mrs dunk this weekend for a romantic getaway... its our 9th anniversary today
You do! I love looking through your photos of various places
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
Awesome! Congratulations Mr Dunkman!!
(commiserations Mrs Dunkman...
... and I still think Drive-By Truckers are better.
I don't wanna think, I wanna feel
Dublin 23/08/06 Lisbon I 04/09/06 Lisbon II 05/09/06 Paris 11/09/06 Verona 16/09/06
London 18/06/07 Dusseldorf 21/06/07 Copenhagen 26/06/07 Nijmegen 28/06/07
Mohandas K. Gandhi
~I once had a sparrow alight upon my shoulder for a moment, while I was hoeing in a village garden, and I felt that I was more distinguished by that circumstance than I should have been by any epaulette I could have worn.~
Henry David Thoreau
If you move from boston to north carolina, south carolina, or arizona, you will save on rent, but you'll make up for it in gas- no public transportation and very far distances between stuff.