Ever visited somewhere..........
Aug 7th, 2001, 12:11 AM
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ed-- <BR> <BR>yes!! for me it's also scotland, for exactly the reasons u mentioned. if i cd accomplish this it wd be my third visit-move sequence, after tokyo (3 yrs as a bilingual journalist) and ho chi minh city (4 yrs as a bilingual adoption facilitator). but ironically scotland, where i wdn't need to acquire another language, presents the most insurmountable visa obstacles for an american unaffiliated w/ a major company. guess i'll need to keep visiting every 6 or 7 yrs.
Aug 7th, 2001, 01:13 AM
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I have lived in Leningrad (when it most definately WAS Leningrad) and New York. I wouldn't go back to either. I would however move to Andalucia, which is quite possibly my favourite place on Earth, realxed lifestyle, right sense of priorities regarding material wealth and quality of life, and beautiful to boot. Chiang Mai in Thailand would be another possibilty for much the same reasons. <BR> <BR>And I don't thnk that London is near Scotland, one of those "differences of scale" issues again!
Aug 7th, 2001, 02:44 AM
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Often when I travel, I ask myself...would I want to live here? Below are a few places, in my fantasies, I would like to live in: <BR> <BR>Galway, Ireland - Great small, but lively, city <BR> <BR>Saba - in the Caribbean - for the winter season - ditto for Miami Beach <BR> <BR>San Miguel, Mexico <BR> <BR>
[I grew up in nearby Syracuse] <BR> <BR>So Europe? Paris of course. No contest
Aug 7th, 2001, 04:41 AM
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This is also not a European reference, but the first time I was in British Columbia, as I drove my rental car off the ferry on to Vancouver Island, I looked around and thought "Oh, my goodness. I'm home." The feeling was so strong that I plan to move there in a couple of years. I've been back every year since.
Aug 7th, 2001, 06:06 AM
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The island of Jersey....incredibly beautiful, friendly people, I love it. <BR> <BR>Oh, yes, I agree...Scotland! I would move there in a New York Minute... <BR> <BR>And I think it would be a ball to live in Italy... <BR> <BR>But I gotta admit...these would be second homes.....I could never leave my home..stunning scenery, vibrant cities and escapes to highlands and islands when required, and people with the best attitude in the world....the good old U.S.A!!
Aug 7th, 2001, 06:40 AM
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Time to dispel the "urban legend" .... Chicago is not even in the top 40 windiest places in the US. It was dubbed the "windy city" by NYC newspaper writers because of our -- ahem -- "verbose" politicians. Now, love him or hate him, we have Son of Daley, who has a habit that our local media loves of tripping all over his tongue (whereas, his father fell in for malapropisms... and, not the cute Yogi Berra kind). <BR> <BR>Enough of the Chicago sidebar ... to answer the original question, I feel that way about southern Germany and Salzburg, most of Ireland, and Paris. Oh, and Florence, Piran, and anywhere along Alsace's Wine Route. And, I really fell in love with Durango, Colorado this past winter during my first visit. (I'm overly adaptable.) <BR> <BR>Of course, I do love my hometown, too.
Aug 7th, 2001, 08:07 AM
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SCOTLAND - hands down. (I'd love to live in London but housing is just tooooo pricey) <BR> <BR>My only problems w/ Scotland is deciding exactly where since there is no area I don't like, and the stringent UK emmigration requirements. BUT, you can go for 6 months just on your passport - so six months in Scotland and a few months in Northern California - that would be the good life.
