Where have you lived....and why have you moved?

[TinysMom]

I think it is so neat to learn more about people......and I was so fascinated by the videos of Ireland that I thought I'd start a slightly different thread...that of where people live or have lived - and why they've moved.

I'll go ahead and start out. Until I went to college - I lived in Connecticut - specifically, Coventry, Ct most of that time. Coventry is known for being the birthplace/growing up place of Nathan Hale - who was hung by the British for being a spy during the Revolutionary war. We lived .... about 2 miles maybe from the house?

I went to college for one year in Barrington, Rhode Island and fell in love w/ Art and moved back to Maine to live with his family for that summer and get married that August. (Mom had kicked me out for dating him against her wishes).

We lived in Presque Isle, Maine for two years - while he went to college one semester and then we both went together three semesters. We then transferred to Southern Maine for a year since he had to transfer to the college down there.

But after a year there....we had to get more money to eat and live...so Art joined the Air Force. During his time in the Air Force...we lived in Chanute, Illinois (for his training), Seymour Johnson AFB in Goldsboro, NC (for almost 6 years) - then he retrained and we went to Altus, AFB in Altus, OK for 8 years, Elmendorf AFB in Anchorage, AK for four years, and Andrews AFB in the DC area for slightly over 2 years.

We didn't have a job lined up when he retired but we knew we could probably afford to live on his retirement and whatever we earned if we went back to Oklahoma...so as the kids went off to college - we went back to Altus, OK (which is a story in itself). We spent two years there...Art updated his training in flight simulators - and got a job down here at Laughlin AFB in Del Rio, Tx.

I used to say that when he retired - I wanted to live where it was around 70. I was thinking of Alaska in the summer. God has a sense of humor - He put us where it is 70 in the winter (and sometimes 110 and up in the summer)!

I may go on photobucket later and see if I can find links to videos of the various places we've lived and share them here.

Each place has been unique and had good things - and bad things - about it. My favorite place? Alaska - hands down. But it can be very expensive to live there and where we live now...there are good points to it.

There was a saying in the Air Force..."The best place is always the base you just left or the one yoiu're going to..." I laugh at that saying 'cause I think if you try hard enough (and sometimes it takes a lot of trying....) - you can probably be happy about anywhere.

Maybe.

 

[Dwarf_Angel04]

Interesting!!

I was born and Army brat born in Stuttgary, Germany where I lived till I was three years old. I don't remember the name of the base. :?Then from three to seven years old my father was stationed at Fort Richardson in Anchorage, Alaska but mybrother was born at Elmendorf AFB. We then traveled (seriously a road trip) to Alaska to Ohio and stayed with family for a few weeks. We then moved on to our last station at Vint Hills Farm Station near Warrenton, Virginia when I was seven until twelve. However, my brother was treated for his cancer at National Naval Medical Center Bethesday, and Walter Reed Army Medical Center. We did go to Andrews AFB once a year for a Christmas party in Daone of their hangerswith the"Parents and Children Fighting Cancer" group.

Dad retired and we now live in a small community inOhio near family whichisjust north west of Dayton.

Favorite place out of those locations? Here in Ohio. I was always a country girl at heart but didn't realize so until I was moved to Ohio.

~ Amanda ~

 

[kherrmann3]

Here is my boring little life...

Birth - 9 months = Milwaukee, WI
9 months - 19 years = Oconomowoc, WI
19 (few months) = Nashotah, WI
19-21(now) = Waukesha, WI

Yeah. I like to keep it within 50 miles lol

 

[mouse_chalk]

Wow, Peg you have lived in a lot of places! I really admire that, because I'm such a homebody, and scared of leaving. I think it takes real courage to be able to just up and leave and build a life someplace new

I was born in Basingstoke, a city/town in the South of England, about maybe an hour outside of London? We moved to Bristol, a city in the South-West of England, when I was about 4. For those of you who aren't in the UK, Bristol is here - the red 'A' on the map. Sadly, too far from Polly's Nethies or Delusional's litter!

When I was 18, I went to University in Bath, a city about 15miles away. During the first year, I did a 2-hour bus commute, but it proved a bit tiring each day, and honestly, I wanted to get away from my horrible boyfriend at the time but didn't know how, so for my second year, I moved there, and lived with a friend of mine from uni and her boyfriend. It turned out to be a big mistake and I was so miserable and homesick that I just went back home most weekends to see my friends (managed to break up with the boyfriend luckily). I ended up dropping out at the end of my second year for various reasons, including medical, and moved back to Bristol. Since then I have lived in the same area as my parents and friends etc, a suburb called Fishponds. I've lived in a shared house with some horrible pig guys that thought the living room floor was a good place to empty an ashtray, then moved to a flat on my own, and then 3 years ago I moved in with Steve. We're in our 3rd rented house, still in the same area

But, for all my homebody-ness, I would SO like to move. We both would. Ever since we went to San Francisco a few weeks ago, we just can't get it out of our heads. We want to live there sooo badly. If you told me tomorrow that we could afford it, we'd be off, bunnies and all. No doubts. It's the only other city I've ever actually wanted to live. We fell in love with it so much, and not just in a 'wow, what a great holiday' sense. I love everything about it- the climate, the people, the fact that it's so liberal, the transport systems, it's so clean and beautiful, etc etc. I don't know what it is but I would give up England happily to live there! There's just something about it that says to me that I want to go there. So that is now our dream. We know it's not possible now at all, but one day we hope to be able to do it Until then, we need to stay away from rental sites in the San Francisco area lol!

 

[kherrmann3]

So, Jen, I take it that San Fransisco was FABULOUS! *prances out of the room*

 

[mouse_chalk]

kherrmann3 wrote:

So, Jen, I take it that San Fransisco was FABULOUS! *prances out of the room*

:roflmao:

LOL! Yeah, it really was.....

Honestly? We even miss little things- like waking up in the mornings and watching KTVU morning news LOL.... I LOVE the block system.... It makes English roads seem all messy in comparison lol.... Don't get me wrong, I love England too and would miss it terribly, but I honestly would LOVE to move there.... My aunty already lives in Marin County, just over the Golden Gate Bridge, so I wouldn't be the first from my family to move there lol!

 

[kherrmann3]

Have you looked at the US economy lately? STAY THERE! lol j/k

 

[FallingStar]

Okk, my range of living different places isn't very far.

Birth Place: Centrailia

Then we moved to Rochester and lived ther for about 1-2 years.

Then we moved to Oakville and lived there for about 4-6 years..

And then we moved back to Rochester and I've here since!

Hehe, so the range from all those places is around... oh I'd say about 20-25 miles...



Karlee

 

[TinysMom]

Isn't it amazing how you can be someplace - whether its for a long time - or a visit - and lose your heart to it?

I LOVE LOVE LOVE Anchorage, Alaska and if Art were to come home and tell me he had a job up there - I'd be like, "How quickly can we get there...let's throw bunnies and computers in the van and get on the road..".

Yeah - even with the long cold winters - I loved it that much.

I love the people of Alaska - I loved our church up there (even though I know its changed since we left in 2000). I love the stores up there (Gotta love Fred Meyers where you can go get your groceries, some toys for the kids, clothing - and even pick up a gun to go hunting with (not that we own a gun...it was just the whole idea that you could buy whatever there)).

I love the Northern Lights. I love watching the moose. I love the snow (when you don't have snow falling for several days in a row).

I loved the fact that within 8 miles of my house (if I remember right) - we had two Walmarts, 2 KMarts, Sams, Costco - and most of all - Barnes & Noble. That was so great for mystery shopping - merchandising - and of course - just plain old living.

I made close to $500 or more per month just mystery shopping because we were so close to everything....I was quite literally the "go to" person for many many mystery shopping companies that had shops up there - because I was so dependable - once I even went out in a blizzard (the scheduler told me they could've rescheduled it...).

Anyway - I love Anchorage and have often wondered if I will ever get the chance to move back....

 

[PepnFluff]

Peg you've lived so many places! me however one lol
Nelson, birth to 16 (now) And thats all lol. I'm getting out as soon as possible though, its such a narrow minded, small pokey town!

 

[JadeIcing]

Lol lets see....

Indian Orchard (a district in Sprfingfield, MA) birth-7yrs old (2 different apartments)

The Heights (a district in Sprfingfield, MA) (1 house) about a 1 year

Chicopee, MA (1 apartment building) Couple of months

North End (a district in Sprfingfield, MA) (1 house) 4months

West Springfield, MA (1 house) 3 months

Sabana Hoyos, Arecibo, Puerto Rico (hotel till our house was built) 6mnths

This was when I live with my grandma, my mom and brother stayed for 6mnths more PR.

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East Springfield (a district in Sprfingfield, MA) (1 house) Couple of months

Plainfield (a district in Sprfingfield, MA) (2 rented houses 1 house that my grandma bought) 2 years

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Back with my mom and family

West Springfield, MA (1 apartment) couple of months.

East Springfield (a district in Sprfingfield, MA) (1 house) 2 years

Forest Park (a district in Sprfingfield, MA) (2 houses) 3 or 4 years

East Springfield (a district in Sprfingfield, MA) (1 apartment) 3 or 4 years

Forest Park (a district in Sprfingfield, MA) 3 or 4 years (My parents bought a house)

Rocky Hill, CT(1 apartment 3 years this past October)MARRIED!

As much as I moved I honestly can't tell you any length of time. 17-20 places that I recall. 8 different schools.

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Homer

Indian Orchard

Pottenger

Sabana Hoyos (Cant recall the name. I went there for 4 and 1/2 months)

Pottenger

Glickman

Gerena

Sci-Tech

Springfield High

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I have visited ALOT of other places. :biggrin2:

 

[seniorcats]

We lived in Easton, PAa few yearsand then moved to Ft. Meade, MD (Army brat). From there moved to Nurnberg, Germany for 6 years. Moved back to the states at age 13 to New Jersey, then on to Fayetteville/Ft. Bragg, NC. Then to Greenville, NC for undergrad degrees at ECU in Political Science and French. Then to Duke University in Durham, NC for a Masters in Political Science.

After Grad school I got a job in Washington, DC, minor security clearance with NASA responsible for hauling around, keeping in lineand translating for various diplomats (I speak Romanian andFrench). Only lived there (Capitol Hill area) for 9 months.

Then I wanted exotic high adventure (LOL!) and got a job in Ferkesee Dougou, Ivory Coastteaching math (actually statistics)and comparative gov't in French. I loved Africa except for the part where I got a very virulent illness from a Peace Corps dug well and had to be air evacuated back to the US.

AfterI got better, Moved to Lorain, OH and worked for a metropolitan planning organization and was liason for the large Spanish speaking communities in Lorain and Cleveland. Lived there 3 years, changed jobs to another gov't agency doing research, assessment and accountabilityand moved to Cleveland, OH. I utterly detested living in the city. Froze my behind off living on the lake, city services were nil, etc.

Moved to Lakewood, a western suburb of Cleveland, much better. We decided to buy a house and moved torural Hinckley, OH - 1 stop light,thousands of acres of nature conservancy, snow belt. My next move is to Beach Cemetery which adjoins our property. I will molder and haunt the next owners of our house.

Next stop and final resting place:

 

[seniorcats]

Peg!!!!!!!!!!! When were you at Seymour Johnson? We may have been neighbors when we were at Ft. Bragg though I doubt it now that I remember you are younger than me.

 

[TinysMom]

We were in Shady J (Seymour) from 1982-1988.....still miss the trees - but not the humidity.

 

[undergunfire]

Johnstown, New York for 9 years.
Edinburg, New York for 1 year.
Johnstown, New York for 3 years.
****finally left my abusive drunken mother****
Then moved in with my dad to Rockwood, New York (20 minutes from J'town).
Now I live in Prescott, Arizona and have for the past 3 years.
I hope to settle back on the East Coast in some years!

 

[BethM]

Age 0-17: Born and raised in Manhattan, Kansas.

The summer after graduation, I lived in Savannah, Georgia. I moved there right after I got out of school to be with a boyfriend (a few years older than me). He had been in the army, then got out while in Manhattan, and moved to Georgia. Stupid me, I followed.

We both came back to Manhattan that fall to go to K-State. (We broke up just a couple years later.) Stayed there until I graduated. (Spent a summer in Wichita, Kansas, doing an internship.)

A few months after graduating college, I moved to Guam. Again, a stupid move following a boyfriend. (We had met during my internship in Wichita, and he moved out there to study endangered bats.)

After a year in Guam, the relationship went bad and I hated being there, so I came back.

Lived in Lawrence, Kansas for a year, then eventually made my way to Lenexa, which is just part of the Kansas City Metro area (on the Kansas side). I'm about a 2-1/2 hour drive from my mom back in Manhattan. (That town sucks, though, I could never live there again!)


Jen, I totally know how you feel about San Francisco. My best friend lives there, and I went to visit her the year before last. I wouldn't even have picked it as a vacation spot if it hadn't been for her, but now I would LOVE to live there. If only I could afford it! She keeps telling me, there's lots of jobs, but the cost of living is pretty high. Since she decided to not have roommates any more, all she can afford is a little studio apartment. She can't afford to have a car, but she can get most anywhere on the bus or her bicycle, so that's ok. I'm all about downsizing, but I HAVE to have room for my bunnies, and my allergies demand I have a bedroom that's not filled with bunny fur or hay dust. Maybe someday.........

Jason is in IT, so maybe someday he will be really good at it and can get a good job out there. (My degree is in Horticulture; I really love doing it, but it doesn't pay enough to live on, so I'm sort of stuck with a degree I don't use, and a job that may or may not have advancement.)

 

[seniorcats]

TinysMom wrote:

We were in Shady J (Seymour) from 1982-1988.....still miss the trees - but not the humidity.

You know I am losing my marbles. I was thinking of Pope AFB and getting it confused with SJ. Been here in Ohio since 01/79.

 

[BEAUKEZRA]

I was born in Worcester Massachusetts and lived there until I was 28 and then I moved to Gainesville Florida on a whim. I stayed there for 8 months and then moved to South Florida and I've been here since.

 

[Flashy]

I was born in Bristol, but my parents moved from there when I was 8 months. They spend 3 months then in rented accom while they looked for a house here (the rented accom was not far away).

At 18 I went to uni to Lincoln living in various student houses but just before I finished me and my 'friend' moved into a proper private rented house. After 9 months though I had to move back home because I was so ill and couldn't afford to pay rent.

So I'm back here, on the sunny Suffolk/Essex border.

 

[Becca]

Birth Place: Northamptonshire
Lives: Northamptonshire

Pretty boring Huh? LOL Same house, same village, same county,

I wanna move