What do you love?

I LOVE living in an appartment. I live just across the border from NYC/Bronx. So I have all the thrills of NYC. But because I don't live in NYC, I have a car. I can travel to all sorts of great things. I have a reservoir pass (had to get it from the Homland Security -- need a clearance) so I can take my family to fishing and hiking where it is still pristine!


Yonkers is a basket-case city, but it is surrounded by great stuff and things to do just a few minutes away, and it is a lot less money to live in.

Well i love the fact that pretty much all my neighbors have kids my kids age. THat we all hangout in the front yards watching the kids play and having a few drinks talking and having a good time. I dont love my yard, it is way to small but when you have great people living next to you and they have kids its like one big yard.. I love that my city is close to cleveland so we can take the kids to a ball game(go tribe). I love that were we live is still countryish, but not for long.


I love that i work only 10 minutes away from home so im home to get my son of the bus, and have all day to spend with me 3 kids.:D

not about were i live~ but i just got back from the doctors with my middle child and she got four shots. and I LOVE LOVE LOVE the fact that she was a total trooper and didnt even cry when she got them, my wife always goes for those appt. but she had surguries today so she couldnt. I told her not to look, hug on me and talk to me and it worked. I felt like superdad:D ..hahaha. So I love that..sorry that was off topic but i had to say it.

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Originally Posted by JLC

Hehehe...DFW is definitely great for all those reasons! (They have baseball too, even. :P ) The only pro-sports guy I ever ran into though was Don Meridith and he was long-since retired from football at the time. Was a regular customer for a short time at a 7-11 I managed back in the day. My sister worked there too and he used to try and give her dating advice. (I had a steady boyfriend so I didn't need any I guess.) Dandy-Don....really nice guy!

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Oh gosh, I forgot about baseball, hahaha. I run into a lot of the athletes going to clubs, and I used to in my old previous of work as well.
San Antonio is definitely a great place! I haven't gotten to see and do all I want to there, yet, so I'm hoping to visit again soon.

Fishmommy, that is a great view!

Oh and Utah....I think Salt Lake City got me started on my shopping addiction. I lived in the southwest corner of Wyoming for a while when I was a teen, and the thing to do there was head down to SLC and hit the ZCMI. Good times!

I am loving reading everyone's stories and descriptions. I haven't traveled a lot, so this is a great way to get to know what other areas are like to live in.

I love my little farming town (Village) of 300 people. I originally came from a city with the population of 60,000 but would not move from this area for anything.
If I want to go fishing, hunting, camping all I have to do is walk about 70 yards out of my front door and I got all three. The Embarras river, (pronounced Ambraw), flows about 70 yards from my house. Plus pond after pond every where you look. White tail deer walk through my yard every evening and so do skunks, raccoons, possums, ground hogs...you get my drift...lol If this aint country, I don't know what is.
There is really nothing to do here. This town has 2 bars, 1 bank, 1 gas station, 2 Churches and 2 business, one that makes dog igloo's and the other a meat processing store. That is it. If I want to go out to eat (except for pizzas and microwave sandwiches at the bar) I have to travel at least 15 minutes, same for the grocery store. But, if I want to go see the big city life I just have to travel 2 1/2 hrs to St. Louis or 2 hours to Indianapolis. I like to visit them, but wouldn't want to live there. I hate congestion.
There is basically no crime around here except for a few people with sticky fingers. Only one murder in the history of this town.
Fresh air...Kinda like Green Acres. A great place to raise the young'ns. Simple, easy quiet life.. Now the kids would disagree..."Theres nothing to do around here...I'm bored" that's all I ever hear....
Still I wouldn't trade it.

I love that I live in a very dog friendly and tolerant neighborhood. It's set back apart from the main road so there isn't a big danger of them getting hit unless they wandered very far away. Everyone lets their dogs go free and play together, they are all fixed so there's no chance of unwanted puppies. It is hilarous to watch a pack of dogs running through the neighborhood with none other than my own husky Roxie in the lead.

I love that my best friend lives across the street from me!!! ;)

I love that my family still live near me.

I also love....well not much else.

What do I love about my town... Some things I both love and hate, depending on my mood.

-- 2,000 year round residents means a small community of close-knit people and everyone knows you. They also know all about you--everything that is gossip worthy (and some things that aren't).

-- A huge resevoir, a handfull of lakes and several ponds in addition to the trees and small-town atmosphere make my hometown the quintessential "small New England" town...and it's just as charming for me as it is for the out-of-towners who come to visit The Berkshires.

-- We're in the middle of everywhere--meaning that we're a 30-45 minute drive from grocery stores, malls, high schools and a selection of gas stations. The bad side? We're a 30-45 minute drive from grocery stores, malls, high schools and a selection of gas stations.

-- Our first gas station was built in town two years ago--now there's something to love! Isn't driving 30 minutes to get gas a little silly? Then again, you get charged .10 more per gallon in-town than anywhere else...

-- My parents' restaurant. It's a convenient way to make cash during my vacations from college and a way to spend more time with my family. On the other hand, it's an obligation, too--and I can't always pick and choose when I get to work (like on my vacations...when my sister goes to Virginia and I get to work the entire week...).

I guess it was supposed to be only the things I love, but I do have to express both sides of the coin ;) I have a very love/hate relationship with Otis.

Ironhead, that sounds so much like where I grew up. My town was a lot bigger though, with 2000 people, but we lived on a farm so that hardly mattered.

Meme, you are so lucky! I'd give anything to have Kristin that close to me!

Kim, I'm coming to visit you. I've never even been to New England (not that counted anyway), so pull out the couchbed!

Everyone: I am really enjoying reading about your neighborhoods and towns. They all seem so different from mine...especially with the dogs running loose! We even have cat leash laws here, I'd be amazed if I saw a dog running the streets!

a bull moose walked by the house earlier today...he had those tiny little early spring antlers that look so silly on such a huge animal.

I love the country :D

I love that I can walk my son to school, and that our neighbors are always there if you need anything. We've got great music and BBQ on Beale Street. Unfortunately, we are far from our family.

Also, the wildest animal we spot is the occassional chipmunk and oodles of squirrels. I do end up with the occassional dog that gets out of the back yard though. :rolleyes: