STYLETHREAD -- LET'S TALK SHOP!

bumblebee · Coach

RE: Are You Living Where You Want to Live?

halleybird · Hermes

There are things I like about Phoenix -- the economy is good, housing is cheap, it's well-planned, my family is here, and I grew up here, which makes everything very familiar and comfortable. But I would really love to live somewhere that's a little more cosmopolitan and a little more liberal. I really hate the rampant conservatism and all the pushy religious groups who find their way here. Our legislature is awful, esp. with education funding, there is terrible urban sprawl and I despise the constant dry weather.

But I will probably never move. I can't imagine being away from my sisters and my parents, since they're such a huge part of my life. My husband would never move away from his family, and he loves it here (he's from CO originally).

luckylily · Gucci

I love Seattle, I think it is a really great city. However, I can't imagine living the same place for the rest of my life. I'd like to live in a bigger city too.

The issue for me is that I am a total wimp when it comes to cold weather. My DH would like to move back to Canada, and we used to think that we would move to Toronto or Montreal, but I would be so miserable in the cold. My DH hates hot weather. It is very possible that we will stay in Seattle or maybe move to Vancouver.

small fry · Chanel

If I were to move it would be either to Corpus Christi or the Hill country but since I have to stay here for now

pros of living in my little speck of a town Point Comfort Tx.

very small and very quiet

Great for rasing kids and all the adults watch out for the childern

the school is really small and the kids gets alot of one on one(100 students)

Close to my Grandparents only 5-6 blocks away

Close to My Mom and Dad- only about 5-7 miles away

Have some what of a beach

Cons -Point Comfort/Port Lavaca

nothing to do and the next town(port lavaca) is only 5 miles away and its no better. No big shopping stores,good restaurants and no entertainment

not alot of housing (for buying or renting)

Real good paying jobs are on the low side(alot of the people work for Alcoa or Formosa Plant)

I live right by Formosa and we had a fire back in Oct and it was scary- had shelter in place in our homes and in the school

relrel · Marc Jacobs

Elle wrote:

We are going to be moving back to Oregon, probably in 5 years or so.

im in philadelphia now, have spent time in pittsburgh and i grew up in a small town (sorta) in pennsylvania. i am done completely with the east coast. i love the diversity in cities, but i can't stand the dirtiness and disrespectfulness of a lot of the residents of *some* east coast cities.

elle...the five year plan for the bf and me is oregon as well. wanna be neighbors?

i wanna live somewhere where city planning involves green spaces and sustainability. i also want to live in a place that has a much deeper attachment to "mother nature" and the people, generallys peaking, understand the idea of small-scale farms, co-ops, and farmers markets.

based on the bf's visits to the pacific northwest, talking to friends from there, and other sorts of highly scientific research...this is where i feel i can spend a significant portion of my adulthood.

kenzie · Chanel

I've lived all over PA--Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Central PA. I hate every bit of it. Right now, I'm in Central PA, looking to move to an apartment near Harrisburg. It's the closest thing to a city in these parts. Ick. I hate PA. Hate it. I liked Philly the best out of all of the places I've lived in PA.

I want to live in California. Northern or Southern, I don't really care, as long as I'm in Cali. But I'm too broke right now to move there. I'm saving money like a madwoman so that I might actually move there eventually. I would also settle for living in Vegas, Seattle, some southern cities and probably parts of Texas.

exsupahero · Kate Spade

I'm a California girl. Always been, always will. I live up north right now but would rather live down south since the sun and water is my best friend.

I've been pretty much everywhere and California will always have my heart. I wasn't even born in this state either!

California... California... Here we coooooome....!

California is such an ugly word.

Hedvig · Coach

I live in NYC and this is where I want to live! I love pretty much everything about it - the shopping, the museums, going to the movies and to the theater, eating out, and just walking around the city.

Living here is expensive and I don't always love the weather but I really wouldn't want to live anywhere else.

However, my hubby and I are both from Finland and I do think it's more than likely that we'll eventually go back - that just seems a practical thing to do.

lilyann · Dooney & Bourke

Im living in Sacramento, Ca. and I wouldnt say I hate it- but, it is not where I want to be.If I hade my choice I would live in Mendocino. It is a quaint little town off the Northern coast.

lynnie · Chanel

i like in nyc (well, williamsburg brooklyn) and lived in the baltimore annapolis dc area until then. I like them both and they will ALWAYS have my heart. But i'm fiending to go somewhere different. Like relrel said- somewhere with more attachment to nature. I love how green it looks in the northwest, and i love the oceans with cliffs/mountains in California. I love countries like Switzerland and Germany, and I adore anything southwestern- like Santa Fe. I also really like mountains, so I'm excited to visit Colorado, though I don't think i'd live there because its so far from the ocean. I also would love to live somewhere french speaking so I could become fluent, my french skills are wasting away!! Somewhere like Australia would also be cool. Or BC where I could go whale watching. But there are problems:

1) i'd miss my family soo much. I don't want to move somewhere far away until its financially feasible to fly home a few times a year. I feel like I missed out on my brother growing up while I was in college- He was 8 when I left living in the house, and now he's 13 and huge. I am so sad about it because I can never have those years back.

2) while I love open spaces, green-ness, nature, liberal people, basically, I'm a tree hugger at heart and really could exist with less possessions, less consumerism, less fashion...I'd be scared all my clothes would go to waste and i'd start wearing flannels and hiking boots. Not that there's anything wrong with it, but considering how i love being in nyc to see how people style themselves, i'd eventually miss it. Its like there are too parts of me- the part that loves fashion and big cities, and the part that wants to reject it entirely and just live in nature.

3) the grass is always greener. I've visited some beautiful places- France, Jamaica, London- and while i loved being there- they will never be home. Maybe it felt weird because I wasn't trying to set up a life there, so I felt like an outsider? Like Elle said, Idon't think anywhere will have my heart like where I grew up. Just because I'm a nostalgic person. That said, I wish I was born on the west coast- i secretly think i'm a grungy Seattle girl or a laid back Malibu surf girl.

Elle · Hermes

relrel wrote:

elle...the five year plan for the bf and me is oregon as well. wanna be neighbors?

Abso-freakin-lutely! I think you are totally on the right track - you'd fit in soooo well there! You could probably even pass for a 'native' !

And then you and I will become business partners and climb to the top of the Fortune 500 list of female-owned companies. Mmmkay?

Seriously though, let me know if you want/need to know anything about the area .

Starstuff · Kenneth Cole

I'm absolutely exactly where I want to be. I live in NYC, and DH and I live in a safe (albeit noisy) part of town. We're right near an express stop for the subway, and the public schools near us are good (thinking far down the road).

Yes, it's expensive, but I can't imagine being happy living anywhere else.

In a perfect world we'd have a car so we could get out of the city on summer weekends, and maybe a house near the beach, but for now Coney will do just fine. We'd also like to buy a place, but that won't happen for a while either. I'm fine renting for now.

zeitgeist4 · Gucci

I love living in the Bay Area, but I don't think I'll be able to once I'm out of my parent's house.

Housing is so expensive. I'd definitely have to have a roommate (or two). And a decent house (3 bed 2 bath, remodeled) in this area costs $1 million or more, so I don't see that happening anytime soon, unless I find some rich guy.

I don't know where else I would want to live though. If it weren't for the fact that ALL of my family is in Northern California I could probably handle moving to another urban area. But I can't live far away from my family.

janey831 · Kate Spade

you could move to sac!! haha Juuuuust Kidding!

KaffeeKlatsch · Marc Jacobs

Absolutely not! I have never like Ohio since I first moved here and now I feel trapped. I would LOVE LOVE LOVE to move back to Germany to raise my son. Though I would also love to move back to NYC...but I wouldn't want to raise my son there.

gingembre1 · Kate Spade

Sort of...I live in the Bay Area (around San Francisco), and I love California in general. I grew up in this area, but didn't think this is where I would end up. I wanted to stay down in San Diego, but the lack of jobs down there made it impossible. So here I am, back where I grew up. I would love to move back to Europe and live there for a few years, but settle permanently in California at some point. Or not have a house at all and be able to travel for a few years. I think then I MIGHT have had enough of travelling and be able to settle down and be content in one place for a while. Or I could also see myself meeting a wonderful French man and making France my permanent home.

Maddie · Coach

I'm living in Lewiston, ME right now and it pretty much blows. I would never in my wildest dreams ever live here again. It would be an imagineable possibility to live in Portland, ME or summer in Bar Harbor or something, but both are unlikely.

I'm from Seattle and I love it there. I don't see myself moving back right after college just because I want to try some other stuff out, but I would defintely be open to living there at some point down the road. It's just the best.

I kind of picture myself living in New York after graduation. I think it would be a cool experience and I love the city and everything it has to offer.

I also can defintely see myself living outside the US for an extended period of time in either South Asia, the Middle East, or Europe.

sephorablue · Marc Jacobs

I love NY, but I go through periods of restlessness. I'm in one right now, actually--lately I've been pining for LA. I've never lived there but have been a couple times to visit friends and I love it. I definitely want to be in a big, cosmopolitan city no matter what, but I miss having actual houses and driving actual cars. Although a recent episode on realtor.com revealed that I could probably never afford an actual house in LA, either, so there goes that. But I like looking at other people's.

And also NY makes me claustrophobic at least once a day... I think I will get tired of that eventually. I only wish I had enough money for a car, so I could get out of the city... or better yet, a car and a vacation home!

honey · Gucci

yes. i *love* living in jersey, and am still really close to the city. i'm actually sad right now b/c when i go to school i will most likely have to give up my apt. and move into manhattan. which translates into more money, less space, and most likely a roommate.

Ally S · Kate Spade

I also love NJ, like Nuniz, Drew and Honey. I live in Princeton and this place has great food, its cosmopolitan while small, progressive thinkers, good shopping and not more then an hour to Phila. or NYC.

BUT... we recently bought a huge home with my mom and my brother in the Catania region of Sicily. My mom is there and so is my brother and I want to be there too. This is where I grew up and I would definitely keep my dual citizenship.

Its just gorgeous there, the sun, the hills, the smells, food is fresh and it is a totally different life.