Why live, where you live?

[Stichill_imp]

Even though I was raised in the east, a farm in Kentucky has been in my family since the mid-1800s. I spent a lot of time visiting here as a kid. Since my father moved us a lot, "The Farm" became the place I felt was my true home. When I got the opportunity to move into my grandparents' farmhouse and start a family 25 years ago, I took it. I put career second to ensuring my family "stability of place" and enjoying a rural lifestyle. Despite that I've declined faster advancement and more salary by refusing to move or job hop, I make a good enough living for our needs, enjoy five weeks of vacation a year, and have traveled the world on work assignments. And I enjoy my work.

We've been very content and happy with who and where we are. We don't keep up with the Joneses. My home is humble and I wouldn't change it. It's pretty safe here...we often forget to lock doors or leave home with the garage door wide open. The climate is agreeable much of the time. Like Blockhead, I prefer four seasons and ours are pretty equally distributed. I love watching nature and observing daily changes in the clouds, sky, and landscape. Life is slower here and one can appreciate the simple pleasures in life and savor the passing of the seasons from one to the next.

Becoming a rider has given me a whole new reason to appreciate where I live. Little traffic and lots of curvy roads in any direction from my driveway. This is the view I have of my property when I pull my bike out of the garage.

[rotor]

roots?

[CA200_imp]

I just read this whole thread , I really enjoyed it. I will put in my two cents in a
couple of days.

[rickcb]

We live in semi-rural central Ohio, about 20 miles east of Columbus. We originally moved here 25 years ago from Chicago to better split the difference between my family in St. Paul, Minnesota and my wife's family in southern New Hampshire. It's now 800 miles (13 hours) each way. I'd love to live another hour away from the city, but I'm a software developer still 10-ish years away from retirement (I think), and need to be able to commute to where the high tech jobs are. If we turn out of our driveway any direction but west (toward Columbus), we are on decent 55 mph roads with no traffic lights and within about 20 miles we have fun curvy loads. Scenic Amish country is 50 miles to the northeast; the southern Ohio Appalacchian foothills are 50 miles to the southeast. Lots of opportunities to deer hunt in Licking County. And there are tons of great churches around. The cost of living is reasonable, especially compared to the Twin Cities and New Hampshire areas our families live. The local public schools aren't great, but Wifeums home-schooled both boys all the way through, so that didn't really matter to us. Given my essential daily commute to Columbus, I can't imagine a better place for us to live.

[dsan1964_imp]

If I had to explain it to you. You would not understand. Well let me try anyway. The SF Bay Area is perfect climate. Beach ocean is 15 minutes away. Redwoods are 15 minutes away. Mountains are 3 hours away. Best food . Awesome riding. Highly paid in most any industry. Best hospitals .


Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk