Where do you wish you could live?

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  • Spiritual_Chaos
    Spiritual_Chaos Posts: 31,653
    PJ_Soul said:
    I think I technically live in the perfect place already, with the Pacific, the mountains, the forests, the city, and the country, all in the same place - the problem is that it is only really my ideal place with a shitload of money, given the insane cost of living here, and I unfortunately do not have a shitload of money. :disappointed: But I still can't think of any other place I'd rather live, even after considering the fact that I'm Vancouver poor. So lucky me, I was born into what I think is the best place to live in the world. There are plenty of places I would be happy to live though... The Maritimes, for example. I think I'd get on really well there. NYC is another, but the same money problem comes into play, plus the USA isn't appealing at the moment. I think Oslo could also be cool. Also expensive, lol. I have very expensive taste in locations. :tongue: I'm a bit limited here, because I hate warm weather. That kind of rules out most of the world for me, lol.
    Oslo is the only place I've ever seen heroin needles lying around. And it's tooooo damn expensive. Avoid that city.
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 50,899
    edited July 2019
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    I think I technically live in the perfect place already, with the Pacific, the mountains, the forests, the city, and the country, all in the same place - the problem is that it is only really my ideal place with a shitload of money, given the insane cost of living here, and I unfortunately do not have a shitload of money. :disappointed: But I still can't think of any other place I'd rather live, even after considering the fact that I'm Vancouver poor. So lucky me, I was born into what I think is the best place to live in the world. There are plenty of places I would be happy to live though... The Maritimes, for example. I think I'd get on really well there. NYC is another, but the same money problem comes into play, plus the USA isn't appealing at the moment. I think Oslo could also be cool. Also expensive, lol. I have very expensive taste in locations. :tongue: I'm a bit limited here, because I hate warm weather. That kind of rules out most of the world for me, lol.
    Oslo is the only place I've ever seen heroin needles lying around. And it's tooooo damn expensive. Avoid that city.
    Er, I guess I'd feel right at home there then, lol. There are heroin needles lying around in Vancouver too - every major west coast city in Canads and the USA have that problem because the mild climate attracts homeless drug addicts. And like I said, Vancouver is toooooo damn expensive as well. More so than Oslo. DESPITE those things, Vancouver is still my perfect place. I'm sure no place exists where you don't have to take some bad with the good, one way or another.
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  • dankind
    dankind Posts: 20,841
    PJ_Soul said:
    Spiritual_Chaos said:
    PJ_Soul said:
    I think I technically live in the perfect place already, with the Pacific, the mountains, the forests, the city, and the country, all in the same place - the problem is that it is only really my ideal place with a shitload of money, given the insane cost of living here, and I unfortunately do not have a shitload of money. :disappointed: But I still can't think of any other place I'd rather live, even after considering the fact that I'm Vancouver poor. So lucky me, I was born into what I think is the best place to live in the world. There are plenty of places I would be happy to live though... The Maritimes, for example. I think I'd get on really well there. NYC is another, but the same money problem comes into play, plus the USA isn't appealing at the moment. I think Oslo could also be cool. Also expensive, lol. I have very expensive taste in locations. :tongue: I'm a bit limited here, because I hate warm weather. That kind of rules out most of the world for me, lol.
    Oslo is the only place I've ever seen heroin needles lying around. And it's tooooo damn expensive. Avoid that city.
    Er, I guess I'd feel right at home there then, lol. There are heroin needles lying around in Vancouver too - every major west coast city in Canads and the USA have that problem because the mild climate attracts homeless drug addicts. And like I said, Vancouver is toooooo damn expensive as well. More so than Oslo. DESPITE those things, Vancouver is still my perfect place. I'm sure no place exists where you don't have to take some bad with the good, one way or another.
    North shore Mass, too. My family was out with the dog for a walk, and we found a needle on the sidewalk in front of our kids’ elementary school. The dog almost stepped on it! I called the cops and waited for them to show up and remove it so that I could warn other pedestrians about the needle if they got too close to it. The cop arrived, ruefully looked at my kids and said “I’m sorry you have to see this” before cleaning up the syringe.
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  • HesCalledDyer
    HesCalledDyer Maryland Posts: 16,500
    Heroin has blown up in my area since the state prisons opened. 
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  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    Seems like heroin is a problem everywhere. Even in my city.
    Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/2014
  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    I would never want to live in a big metropolis...but if I did, it would have to have a few major league sports teams...and Toronto would top my list...but it is expensive in Toronto...but not as expensive as the west coast cities.
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  • Meltdown99
    Meltdown99 None Of Your Business... Posts: 10,739
    Thoughts_Arrive said:
    Seems like heroin is a problem everywhere. Even in my city.
    It is everywhere...and sticking a needle in your vein to pump that shit into you is the dumbest thing a person could...believe it or not there are people ho want legalize heroin...I draw the line at Cannabis and cocaine...
    Give Peas A Chance…
  • vogonpoetbythelake
    vogonpoetbythelake Posts: 2,146
    Oh to live on Sugar Mountain....with the barkers and the coloured balloons...
  • Thoughts_Arrive
    Thoughts_Arrive Melbourne, Australia Posts: 15,165
    vogonpoetbythelake said:
    Oh to live on Sugar Mountain....with the barkers and the coloured balloons...
    What about On The Beach? Or Zuma? 
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  • vogonpoetbythelake
    vogonpoetbythelake Posts: 2,146
    Had to Google it...beautiful but Big Sur is more to my liking if were talking California...
  • FactoryMan93
    FactoryMan93 Posts: 723
    tempo_n_groove said:
    FactoryMan93 said:
    tempo_n_groove said:
    F Me In The Brain said:
    FactoryMan93 said:
    I always loved San Francisco so that would have to be my choice. Delicious fresh food, surfing, not too hot, beautiful scenery. I've also been interested in Alcatraz since I was young, so I would probably just gaze at the island every now and then. 
    Have you been lately?
    City has changed so much.  I used to love it.  Kind of loathe it, now.
    Still beautiful but mega-overcrowded.  Douchelords took it over, as well.
    Tent City...
    Isn't every metropolis?
    Hell no.

    NYC doesn't have them.  Boston doesn't have them.  Philly doesn't have them.
    Fair point. I was making a connection between your comment and the amount of drug use, homelessness, poverty, lack of resources.


  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,187
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    Hawaii
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    New Zealand
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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    mcgruff10 said:
    In the US:
    Montana/Wyoming
    Hawaii
    Islamorada in the Florida Keys

    Global:
    Innsbruck, Austria
    New Zealand
    Iceland
    +1 for Innsbruck!
    Only metropolis (if it even counts as one lol) that I would consider living in!
    Maybe Bolzano too.
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,187
    rgambs said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    In the US:
    Montana/Wyoming
    Hawaii
    Islamorada in the Florida Keys

    Global:
    Innsbruck, Austria
    New Zealand
    Iceland
    +1 for Innsbruck!
    Only metropolis (if it even counts as one lol) that I would consider living in!
    Maybe Bolzano too.
    Bolzano was amazing too!  THe food there was amazing.  I would live in either area in a New York minute. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    mcgruff10 said:
    rgambs said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    In the US:
    Montana/Wyoming
    Hawaii
    Islamorada in the Florida Keys

    Global:
    Innsbruck, Austria
    New Zealand
    Iceland
    +1 for Innsbruck!
    Only metropolis (if it even counts as one lol) that I would consider living in!
    Maybe Bolzano too.
    Bolzano was amazing too!  THe food there was amazing.  I would live in either area in a New York minute. 
    Awwww shit the food.  I had a platter of Speck and hay cheese and mwife had vegetable "dumplings" that constituted the best daytime meal of our lives.
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  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,187
    rgambs said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    rgambs said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    In the US:
    Montana/Wyoming
    Hawaii
    Islamorada in the Florida Keys

    Global:
    Innsbruck, Austria
    New Zealand
    Iceland
    +1 for Innsbruck!
    Only metropolis (if it even counts as one lol) that I would consider living in!
    Maybe Bolzano too.
    Bolzano was amazing too!  THe food there was amazing.  I would live in either area in a New York minute. 
    Awwww shit the food.  I had a platter of Speck and hay cheese and mwife had vegetable "dumplings" that constituted the best daytime meal of our lives.
    So my in laws are 100% Italian. My wife and their family make some AMAZING Italian dishes.  However the best Italian meal I ever had was in Bolzano, Italy. And the wine!!!! Holy shit, fantastic. 
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    mcgruff10 said:
    rgambs said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    rgambs said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    In the US:
    Montana/Wyoming
    Hawaii
    Islamorada in the Florida Keys

    Global:
    Innsbruck, Austria
    New Zealand
    Iceland
    +1 for Innsbruck!
    Only metropolis (if it even counts as one lol) that I would consider living in!
    Maybe Bolzano too.
    Bolzano was amazing too!  THe food there was amazing.  I would live in either area in a New York minute. 
    Awwww shit the food.  I had a platter of Speck and hay cheese and mwife had vegetable "dumplings" that constituted the best daytime meal of our lives.
    So my in laws are 100% Italian. My wife and their family make some AMAZING Italian dishes.  However the best Italian meal I ever had was in Bolzano, Italy. And the wine!!!! Holy shit, fantastic. 
    What kind of dish was it?  
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?
  • mcgruff10
    mcgruff10 New Jersey Posts: 29,187
    edited July 2019
    rgambs said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    rgambs said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    rgambs said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    In the US:
    Montana/Wyoming
    Hawaii
    Islamorada in the Florida Keys

    Global:
    Innsbruck, Austria
    New Zealand
    Iceland
    +1 for Innsbruck!
    Only metropolis (if it even counts as one lol) that I would consider living in!
    Maybe Bolzano too.
    Bolzano was amazing too!  THe food there was amazing.  I would live in either area in a New York minute. 
    Awwww shit the food.  I had a platter of Speck and hay cheese and mwife had vegetable "dumplings" that constituted the best daytime meal of our lives.
    So my in laws are 100% Italian. My wife and their family make some AMAZING Italian dishes.  However the best Italian meal I ever had was in Bolzano, Italy. And the wine!!!! Holy shit, fantastic. 
    What kind of dish was it?  
    Gnocchi with some sort of red sauce and crab meat on top of it.  Plus we got local wine that cost us something like $5 American per bottle. Appetizers were sick too.  Lots of seafood from what I remember.  Classic Italian desserts were great too. 
    Post edited by mcgruff10 on
    I'll ride the wave where it takes me......
  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    mcgruff10 said:
    rgambs said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    rgambs said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    rgambs said:
    mcgruff10 said:
    In the US:
    Montana/Wyoming
    Hawaii
    Islamorada in the Florida Keys

    Global:
    Innsbruck, Austria
    New Zealand
    Iceland
    +1 for Innsbruck!
    Only metropolis (if it even counts as one lol) that I would consider living in!
    Maybe Bolzano too.
    Bolzano was amazing too!  THe food there was amazing.  I would live in either area in a New York minute. 
    Awwww shit the food.  I had a platter of Speck and hay cheese and mwife had vegetable "dumplings" that constituted the best daytime meal of our lives.
    So my in laws are 100% Italian. My wife and their family make some AMAZING Italian dishes.  However the best Italian meal I ever had was in Bolzano, Italy. And the wine!!!! Holy shit, fantastic. 
    What kind of dish was it?  
    Gnocchi with some sort of red sauce and crab meat on top of it.  Plus we got local wine that cost us something like $5 American. Appetizers were sick too.  Lots of seafood from what I remember.  
    We got bad Italian in both Milan and Venice so when we got into the Tirol we went to the Austrian dishes and were quite impressed.  The cured meats we had that week were the highlight of my life haha.

    I did also eat a bunch of hotdogs lol
    I think they thought I wanted them because I'm American, it was the only kind of wurst anybody would serve me lol

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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    My wife is telling me now she had a German patient just recently who told her that's just the dominant wurst in the region and we would get a better variety in Germany or further east.
    Monkey Driven, Call this Living?

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