what is your ideal place to live?

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Poll Results

OptionVotes
major metropolitan city 46
smaller city 10
suburb or major city 4
your own island 3
off the grid unabomber style 2
forest 2
mountains 2
other (please describe)2
off the grid commune style 1
farm country 0
exurb 0
desert 0
suburb of nowhere special 0
suburb of smaller city 0
utopian community a la celebration, fl 0


bell_labs, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 17:43 (eighteen years ago)

suburb or major city

should be suburb OF major city

bell_labs, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 17:44 (eighteen years ago)

I get allergic smelling hay

Dr Morbius, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 17:46 (eighteen years ago)

Major metro area + on open water. Those are my only criteria.

Laurel, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 17:46 (eighteen years ago)

Mine own island. Definitely. But where that island would be, that is the question. I'm not having any tropical nonsense.

Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 17:48 (eighteen years ago)

oh i forgot "by the sea" or "beach community"!

bell_labs, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 17:48 (eighteen years ago)

own island could be anywhere, but you have to account for the fact that it will be difficult to get supplies there and you will have to plan all of your own plumbing, etc.

bell_labs, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 17:49 (eighteen years ago)

also, storms and hurricanes

bell_labs, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 17:50 (eighteen years ago)

forest!!!!!

ian, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 17:51 (eighteen years ago)

beachfront

J0rdan S., Tuesday, 25 March 2008 17:52 (eighteen years ago)

IN SPACE.

Casuistry, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 17:53 (eighteen years ago)

refrigerator box

Oilyrags, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 17:54 (eighteen years ago)

I love the country and the wilderness but have little desire to live there.

Michael White, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 17:54 (eighteen years ago)

far far away

ledge, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 17:55 (eighteen years ago)

from my creditors

Michael White, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 17:56 (eighteen years ago)

Major met or I would go mad.

chap, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 17:56 (eighteen years ago)

major met def, but w access to some wilder areas

69, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 17:58 (eighteen years ago)

ideal for me right now would be a few miles out from a small but hip and thriving (half industrial/half tourism) coastal city

blueski, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 17:59 (eighteen years ago)

Eh? But I was thinking of an eyeot on the River Thames! Hardly uncivilised or difficult to get supplies to!

Masonic Boom, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 18:00 (eighteen years ago)

these days, this question frustrates me b/c i do not know
probably some kind of seaside+forest commune with my own remote geodesic dome but also an apartment in the city, like here or nyc or hm somewhere, if california were really like this then california somewhere

xpost
also space sometimes

rrrobyn, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 18:01 (eighteen years ago)

ideal for me right now would be a few miles out from a small but hip and thriving (half industrial/half tourism) coastal city

-- blueski, Tuesday, March 25, 2008 5:59 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark Link

this sounds perfect. well minus the "hip" part.

bell_labs, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 18:01 (eighteen years ago)

a totally tricked out zeppelin

latebloomer, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 18:02 (eighteen years ago)

i would like to be in between the mountains and the sea, ideally 1 hr or less drive from each, for snowboarding in winter and beach hols in summer.

or space.

ledge, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 18:03 (eighteen years ago)

If we're talking fantasy shit, then Ewok village.

chap, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 18:04 (eighteen years ago)

this sounds perfect. well minus the "hip" part.

-- bell_labs, Tuesday, March 25, 2008 6:01 PM (18 minutes ago) Bookmark Link

but "hip" just means a good record and book store, and good produce.

69, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 18:21 (eighteen years ago)

i guess i'll stick with small city. i should really try living in a big city, but the thought of putting a set of drums in a cab, expensive rehearsal spaces, and terrible traffic isn't that appealing.

Jordan, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 18:24 (eighteen years ago)

Major metropolitan.

;_;

Rock Hardy, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 18:35 (eighteen years ago)

Either major metro or small-town-adjacent-to-wilderness/forest/etc.

dan m, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 18:37 (eighteen years ago)

I like the fact that on the other side of my wall is outdoors, not another freakin' family.

I'm glad that I can park on my side of the street any time of day, any day of the week.

I do miss public transportation and things to do within walking distance, but I also like pissing in my backyard too.

Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 18:40 (eighteen years ago)

how big is small city? cos some of your American "cities" are hella small.

Thomas, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 18:44 (eighteen years ago)

the one i currently live in is population 225,000.

Jordan, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 18:49 (eighteen years ago)

I say if your hometown has a building that's over 35 stories tall, it's a city.

Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 18:53 (eighteen years ago)

nope.

Jordan, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 18:56 (eighteen years ago)

I would have to be major metro or farm/mountain. But I will plump for major metro.

I am laughing at the idea of Celebration FL being utopian and not a ghetto for the paranoid.

Ed, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 18:56 (eighteen years ago)

my ideal would probably be a small city within driving distance to a large city (sort of like santa barbara to l.a.)

omar little, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 18:58 (eighteen years ago)

I am laughing at the idea of Celebration FL being utopian and not a ghetto for the paranoid.

ha, what's the difference between a utopia and a "ghetto for the paranoid"??

Mr. Que, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 19:02 (eighteen years ago)

Jordan, tell me a place with a building over 35 stories that isn't a city.

Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 19:06 (eighteen years ago)

tell me NOW.

Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 19:06 (eighteen years ago)

DC has NO buildings over 35 stories and it is a city. *WOAH*

Mr. Que, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 19:07 (eighteen years ago)

maybe there isn't one, but i do think you can have a city w/out skyscrapers.

xp yeah, or that

Jordan, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 19:07 (eighteen years ago)

but i think PP is right if you go over 35 stories=you just might be a city

Mr. Que, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 19:09 (eighteen years ago)

also, there is some weird law here about no building being taller than the capitol building!

Jordan, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 19:10 (eighteen years ago)

I didn't say anything about a city not being a city without a tall building.

I am saying that if you've got a 35+ story high-rise or skyscraper in your place of residence, then you're living in a city.

Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 19:12 (eighteen years ago)

Arlington, Edina, and North Miami Beach included.

Pleasant Plains, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 19:13 (eighteen years ago)

I didn't say anything about a city not being a city without a tall building.

ok, i probably read it the other way because i was being lol small-city defensive.

Jordan, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 19:18 (eighteen years ago)

major metro - m. white otm

but one day i could maybe live in a small city within driving/transit distance of major metro

gabbneb, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 19:18 (eighteen years ago)

http://arcade.interfazed.net/tron.png

El Tomboto, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 19:27 (eighteen years ago)

oh wait

El Tomboto, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 19:27 (eighteen years ago)

stevem wants to live in brighton but wants all the wankers genocided first.

Upt0eleven, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 19:36 (eighteen years ago)

having said that, i suspect most of ilx does, perhaps without knowing it.

Upt0eleven, Tuesday, 25 March 2008 19:40 (eighteen years ago)

I saw a 1930s silent travel film about St Kilda, I wouldn't live there over the winter for a hundred thousand dollars. Okay, maybe ONE winter. But the money would have to be DAMN good.

Laurel, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 13:31 (eighteen years ago)

Where is "in the gutter" band?

Dingbod Kesterson, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 13:32 (eighteen years ago)

bode miller's house

gbx, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 13:36 (eighteen years ago)

Brighton has been mostly hated on by UK ILX traditionally

brighton is the most ILX place in the world!

DG, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 13:37 (eighteen years ago)

No, we already established that was Crouch End.

Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 13:40 (eighteen years ago)

(You could not pay *me* enough money to spend a winter in Crouch End!)

Masonic Boom, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 13:41 (eighteen years ago)

my ideal would be a mid-small sized city with 10 month a year skiing/snowboarding mountains close by, forest, and closeish to the ocean. preferably the pacific.

sunny successor, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 13:49 (eighteen years ago)

crouch end can eat a dick

DG, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 13:49 (eighteen years ago)

whats up with the ugly names, england?

sunny successor, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 13:53 (eighteen years ago)

oh! hello , Portland! xxpost to myself

sunny successor, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 13:54 (eighteen years ago)

probably a desert by the sea, so Baja maybe?

will, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 14:00 (eighteen years ago)

dubai

sunny successor, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 14:44 (eighteen years ago)

i'd like to live in the caverns under tower bridge

DG, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 14:45 (eighteen years ago)

living in dubai is what i imagine living on the moon will be like someday

bell_labs, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 14:45 (eighteen years ago)

Except with more religion and less pot.

Laurel, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 14:57 (eighteen years ago)

Although if Kim Stanley Robinson is right, we could end up with the religion, too.

Laurel, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 14:58 (eighteen years ago)

a friend of mine has been living in dubai for a while. she does NOT recommend it.

lauren, Wednesday, 26 March 2008 15:04 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

ILX System, Thursday, 27 March 2008 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

a classmate of mine is from the emirates and knows dubai very well -- she says it's completely nuts and surreal there right now (e.g. dubai has its own disneyland) and they're so growth-crazy that all these international companies who come in are exempt from paying taxes, can pollute all they want, etc.

get bent, Thursday, 27 March 2008 00:50 (eighteen years ago)

yeah guys portland is the answer here

gbx, Thursday, 27 March 2008 00:58 (eighteen years ago)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubailand

get bent, Thursday, 27 March 2008 01:00 (eighteen years ago)

Portland is really great, and were I not addicted to hotter summers and less dark winter nights I'd consider it. It's a marvellous place to live.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 27 March 2008 01:00 (eighteen years ago)

i kind of agree but im thinking of portland mainnnnne

bell_labs, Thursday, 27 March 2008 01:01 (eighteen years ago)

i have never been to portland oregon, but it seems like everyone wants to move there

bell_labs, Thursday, 27 March 2008 01:03 (eighteen years ago)

i forgot about those, ive never been to either but the portlands both sound pretty perfect to me in terms of climate at the very least. well maybe not portland maine in the winter.

theres a pretty great george saunders piece on dubai thats worth checking out, that place is nuts

deeznuts, Thursday, 27 March 2008 01:54 (eighteen years ago)

off the grid commune style / major metropolitan style

remy bean, Thursday, 27 March 2008 01:55 (eighteen years ago)

off the grid major metropolitan seems like it would be awesome but then you realize what that actually means and NO SIRREE

El Tomboto, Thursday, 27 March 2008 02:00 (eighteen years ago)

Portland, Oregon is the Brighton of the United States.

Masonic Boom, Thursday, 27 March 2008 13:09 (eighteen years ago)

brighton looks more like santa monica deserted on a rainy day.

sunny successor, Thursday, 27 March 2008 13:52 (eighteen years ago)

i have never been to santa monica but that sounds like a diss to me.

Upt0eleven, Thursday, 27 March 2008 14:02 (eighteen years ago)

I just went to Portland, Oregon, for the first time. It's a lovely place and I had a great time but I couldn't live there. It's a tad too small. The layout is too suburban. The winters are too dark. The culture is a bit too homogeonous.

Michael White, Thursday, 27 March 2008 14:08 (eighteen years ago)

yeah guys portland is the answer here

Certain chance of rain and drum circles. Cannot deal.

Laurel, Thursday, 27 March 2008 14:15 (eighteen years ago)

I'm going to Portland again today and it will probably reconfirm my desire to live there someday.

joygoat, Thursday, 27 March 2008 14:23 (eighteen years ago)

that is xactly what i expect of portland, xxp

gabbneb, Thursday, 27 March 2008 14:42 (eighteen years ago)

and heroin addicts and unemployment and fancy coffee shops

bell_labs, Thursday, 27 March 2008 14:45 (eighteen years ago)

so, lots of lines

gabbneb, Thursday, 27 March 2008 14:47 (eighteen years ago)

gabbneb just made me lol with his lol.

Pleasant Plains, Thursday, 27 March 2008 15:00 (eighteen years ago)

there are... patterns in nature

gabbneb, Thursday, 27 March 2008 15:01 (eighteen years ago)

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

ILX System, Friday, 28 March 2008 00:01 (eighteen years ago)

what's the opposite of shock?

The Cursed Return of the Dastardly Thermo Thinwall, Friday, 28 March 2008 00:09 (eighteen years ago)

balls

El Tomboto, Friday, 28 March 2008 00:13 (eighteen years ago)

i am the 1

remy bean, Friday, 28 March 2008 00:24 (eighteen years ago)

get a job stinky

El Tomboto, Friday, 28 March 2008 00:26 (eighteen years ago)

poor farm country/desert

gabbneb, Friday, 28 March 2008 00:41 (eighteen years ago)

dessert

wanko ergo sum, Friday, 28 March 2008 00:50 (eighteen years ago)

i don't remember how i voted -- i love the "off the grid commune style" option but i have fantasies of being a desert/mountain girl and spending my days trying to sell shitty kokopelli art to uninterested coffee shops.

get bent, Friday, 28 March 2008 01:18 (eighteen years ago)

maybe i want to move to a remote canadian prairie and be buffy sainte-marie

get bent, Friday, 28 March 2008 01:20 (eighteen years ago)

http://i66.photobucket.com/albums/h271/stckhlmcnd/quiet-places-13.jpg

get bent, Friday, 28 March 2008 01:24 (eighteen years ago)

So "mountains" was gbx and who else?

jaymc, Friday, 28 March 2008 01:36 (eighteen years ago)


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