Where do you live? And why?

jim in Anchorage · July 27, 2012, 11:43 PM

I am curious over the location of THR members and if it shows a trend. I will start. My parents moved to upstate NY when I was 6, ended up in Buffalo in 1972 where I graduated HS 1974. I hung around, always wanting to go West till 1995 when I put my tools in the back of my trunk [I'm a mechanic] and left alone for Alaska. Did not know anyone here, no real idea if I would be able to find a job. And here I still am.

Why Alaska? Well I think anyone on this forum will understand.

MrValentine · July 27, 2012, 11:47 PM

I live in northern California because my parents moved here when I was a child. One day, I will leave.

OARNGESI · July 27, 2012, 11:50 PM

az been here all my life

TennJed · July 27, 2012, 11:53 PM

Born and raised in central Mississippi. Now live in the outskirts of Memphis, TN in north Mississippi.

Why, cause there ain't no place i'd rather be.

The best food, the best music, the best football, the prettiest women, the best authors, and the gun laws ain't bad.

It is rather hot down here, this time of year though

jim in Anchorage · July 27, 2012, 11:54 PM

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I live in northern California because my parents moved here when I was a child. One day, I will leave.

Don't say one day. Just go. I kept making excuses and wasted years in a place I didn't want to live in.

Skribs · July 28, 2012, 12:09 AM

I live within 3.5 miles of the 2 houses I grew up in. I don't plan on moving much farther from home.

hemiram · July 28, 2012, 12:10 AM

I was born here in NW Ohio, moved out West to Las Vegas for 7 years. It was fun in a lot of ways, but I got tired of the tan everything, the heat, and the bad air, so I came back. Toledo and this area has a lot of problems, but there are a lot of great things in this area. I can get to anywhere I would want to go in 20 minutes, the weather is better than most of the rest of this region, and I have no reason to go anywhere else for more than a visit. If only I could get Chinese food at 3 or 4 AM like Vegas, I would be totally satisfied.

Hossfly68 · July 28, 2012, 12:24 AM

Born in Memphis. Lived in N.E. Ms, Charlotte NC, Nashville and now L.A.--- that's Lower Alabama, not Lost Angeles. Lived in Nashville for 11 years before the alternative weirdness and a useless boss got to me. Loaded up a U-Haul and headed south. I found a wife here so I stayed, but there are days when I wish I'd followed my plan and moved to Vanuatu...

25cschaefer · July 28, 2012, 12:31 AM

I've lived in AR, MI, WY, KS, SC, GA, South Korea, NC, Iraq, MT, and now CO. I am in Colorado now for school but will, hopefully, be moving back to MT because; there are vast tracts of public land, low population density, property is relatively cheap, the weather is nice all year (in the western part of the state), and no sales tax.

Eric M · July 28, 2012, 12:32 AM

NJ, born here, waiting to get the hell out.

gbran · July 28, 2012, 12:34 AM

Born in KS, moved to CA. Everybody said we were crazy to move to earthquake country, but I sure didn't mind leaving the tornados behind. Have been in central CA (Kern County) since 1975. I love it here about 9 months out of the year.

Kern county is conservative and nearly "shall issue" for ccw permits. Lots of hunting nearby. Not too far from the ocean, mountains closer.

shiftyer1 · July 28, 2012, 12:34 AM

I grew up in Minnesota.....was in the middle of a crazy divorce....an oppertunity appeared to run and i've been in central Texas since the end of 1999. Was always going to move to the mountains of wyoming or colorado.......haven't made it out there to live......yet. I still want the mountains but with a warmer winter.

NorthBorder · July 28, 2012, 01:22 AM

25Cschaefer I hear ya. Born in Texas, lived around the country and ended up in Colorado for about 25 years. Came to visit NW Montana in 2000. When we were driving around at 10:30 p.m. and it was still light out, i was hooked. Went back to Colo and told my boss I am retiring in 1 year. lived here 11 years and no regrets.

Swichblade · July 28, 2012, 01:22 AM

I currently live in Wyoming because my father took a job here. Two years ago we moved to Louisiana, we hated it, so we all said yes when my father came home with news of an opening here. I was born and raised in North Dakota, though, and I would like to move back there after a few years of college, provided the crime rate doesn't further increase.

Johnny Dollar · July 28, 2012, 01:24 AM

Miami Beach,Florida on Ocean Drive. My balcony looks out over the Atlantic Ocean, with the Cruise and Cargo ships entering from the Government Cut Channel ,heading for destinations all over the world.

Its SoBe,its the coolest,greatest place to live in the United States,IMO. I've been here since 1951.I'm a Dinosaur,but I'm lucky and happy.

My first 6 years were in New Jersey. Mom and Dad made a wise decision and moved us to freedom. I can never,ever thank them enough.

rspeters · July 28, 2012, 01:35 AM

I'm in AZ, I've more or less lived there my whole life. I love the gun laws, and the desert is not bad (although I'd rather be somewhere with forest), the heat sucks and I hate it, put it's really only unbearable a few months out of the there. I don't like the crime, and i don't like being so close to the border.

cyclopsshooter · July 28, 2012, 01:38 AM

PNW, good weather, good gun laws, fewer people, it is home

chrt396 · July 28, 2012, 01:46 AM

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Originally Posted by TennJed

Born and raised in central Mississippi. Now live in the outskirts of Memphis, TN in north Mississippi.

Why, cause there ain't no place i'd rather be.

The best food, the best music, the best football, the prettiest women, the best authors, and the gun laws ain't bad.

It is rather hot down here, this time of year though

I'd LOVE to live up there!! Every time I go to that area of the country, I'l always impressed by the people. There are always a few that show a bad example..but the majority are respectful. polite, kind, appreciative...and YES..the women ARE pretty!!!

chrt396 · July 28, 2012, 01:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Eric M

NJ, born here, waiting to get the hell out.

That was funny!! Trapped!!!!!

MachIVshooter · July 28, 2012, 02:31 AM

Colorado native here. Born in Denver, spent my first 10 years between my mom's Aurora home and my Dad's Gunbarrel (outskirts of Boulder) residence. Moved to Big Fork, MT for a very short time with dad in 1993, and it's a story I don't wish to elaborate on, but after his death, ended up in Parker, CO, with mom where I spent the rest of my youth. In 2004 at age 22, bought my home in unincorporated Elbert county and have been here ever since.

MT and AK have a definite appeal, but I like the arid climate and year-round sunshine of CO. The Eastern plains of CO are my home, and Elbert county is one great place to live a placid life and raise a family. This state is also a paradigm of the outdoors life.

I may leave if this state ever becomes too infested with socialist liberals and our freedoms get legislated away. But despite a relatively large portion of the population being of the other political persuasion, there is a very strong spirit of independence and personal freedom among Coloradoans that has really limited the kind of legislation that is rampant in the North-East and **********. In point of fact, I believe the majority of registered voters in this state are still "Independents".

jaytex1969 · July 28, 2012, 02:45 AM

Hatched and reared in Baltimore, MD.

Ran like Bruce Jenner to the army recruiter at age 17.

Spent 7 years at Camp Swampy (SE Georgia), with a side trip to Iraq,

Returned to Baltimore for 8 months after service.

Ran off to Portland, OR with a young woman.

Two years later, parted ways with young woman, remembered someone braggin' about how great Austin, TX was, so headed there.

Been there now 15 years. Great place to live if you never have to leave the house between 3-7pm, when the entire city is a gridlocked incinerator.

Fair price to pay for not owning a snow shovel and year round motorcycling...

TennJed · July 28, 2012, 03:00 AM

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Originally Posted by chrt396

I'd LOVE to live up there!! Every time I go to that area of the country, I'l always impressed by the people. There are always a few that show a bad example..but the majority are respectful. polite, kind, appreciative...and YES..the women ARE pretty!!!

Thanks. Sometimes we get shown in an unfair light, but the vast majority of the people here are great. Never been to Tampa, but have been to many other parts of Florida and love it all

And I forgot to mention in my previous post, that this is an outdoor paradise. The appalachians are right down the road to the east. The Gulf of Mexico is right down the road to the south. And the best freshwater fishing in the COUNTRY is next door in Arkansas

jim in Anchorage · July 28, 2012, 03:20 AM

Wow this thread is even more fascinating than I hoped. Up front mods please don't lock it . I know little gun talk, but what is it hurting?
I think anyone on THR is a gun crank, a bro, and their story's fit with the THR mission.

Rob0321 · July 28, 2012, 04:08 AM

I grew up in upstate NY, left in 2001 to travel the world at the governments expense. On my way to Colorado because I managed to convince the USMC that they should send me to college for a couple of years. In between traveling all over the world I was mostly station in CA. I don't like CA.

kyletx1911 · July 28, 2012, 05:38 AM

Born in kcmo raised in same, hooked up with uncle sugar in78. Back to kc in 82
Started to get myself in a bind after bind. After my last little run with the law!!! Could have gotten 5-15 in the kansas pen. I woke up and the judge looked at me and said mr j i see that you have work in texas
Yes ma"am 1yr unsupervised probation court cost
Never to return but to visit!! Go get right!!
Brother sold his car for 500.00 moved to austin tx
Found my wife from kyle tx been here ever since 1997
Why the move? Dead or in prison!!!

Btw called to pay my fine no fine on the books misdemenor charge dropped now on the path of being a productive american(thank you jesus and judge)
I have my chl loving wife grandson girls!!!!
I win gotta love KYLE TX

July 27, 2012, 11:43 PM	#1
jim in Anchorage Member Join Date: February 28, 2009 Posts: 1,194	Where do you live? And why? I am curious over the location of THR members and if it shows a trend. I will start. My parents moved to upstate NY when I was 6, ended up in Buffalo in 1972 where I graduated HS 1974. I hung around, always wanting to go West till 1995 when I put my tools in the back of my trunk [I'm a mechanic] and left alone for Alaska. Did not know anyone here, no real idea if I would be able to find a job. And here I still am. Why Alaska? Well I think anyone on this forum will understand. __________________ "I've now been in 57 states, I think one left to go"

July 27, 2012, 11:47 PM	#2
MrValentine Member Join Date: July 27, 2012 Posts: 6	I live in northern California because my parents moved here when I was a child. One day, I will leave. __________________ Justice is eternal. - Myself, Palskcid Nod

July 27, 2012, 11:53 PM	#4
TennJed Member Join Date: September 26, 2010 Posts: 2,002	Born and raised in central Mississippi. Now live in the outskirts of Memphis, TN in north Mississippi. Why, cause there ain't no place i'd rather be. The best food, the best music, the best football, the prettiest women, the best authors, and the gun laws ain't bad. It is rather hot down here, this time of year though __________________ Find out just how tall I am By jumping in the middle of a river

July 28, 2012, 12:09 AM	#6
Skribs Member Join Date: October 29, 2010 Location: Lakewood, Washington Posts: 5,054	I live within 3.5 miles of the 2 houses I grew up in. I don't plan on moving much farther from home. __________________ What we need are laws that address the problem of violence, which completely disregard the tools being used. This would do more to fix violence (including "gun violence") and less to restrict my rights. Win/win.

July 28, 2012, 12:34 AM	#12
shiftyer1 Member Join Date: June 26, 2008 Location: central texas Posts: 1,439	I grew up in Minnesota.....was in the middle of a crazy divorce....an oppertunity appeared to run and i've been in central Texas since the end of 1999. Was always going to move to the mountains of wyoming or colorado.......haven't made it out there to live......yet. I still want the mountains but with a warmer winter. __________________ If we weren't supposed to eat animals, they wouldn't be made of meat!!!!!!

July 27, 2012, 11:50 PM	#3
OARNGESI Member Join Date: September 9, 2011 Posts: 588	az been here all my life

July 28, 2012, 12:10 AM	#7
hemiram Member Join Date: December 29, 2006 Location: Toledo, Ohio Posts: 685	I was born here in NW Ohio, moved out West to Las Vegas for 7 years. It was fun in a lot of ways, but I got tired of the tan everything, the heat, and the bad air, so I came back. Toledo and this area has a lot of problems, but there are a lot of great things in this area. I can get to anywhere I would want to go in 20 minutes, the weather is better than most of the rest of this region, and I have no reason to go anywhere else for more than a visit. If only I could get Chinese food at 3 or 4 AM like Vegas, I would be totally satisfied.

July 28, 2012, 12:24 AM	#8
Hossfly68 Member Join Date: August 10, 2011 Posts: 222	Born in Memphis. Lived in N.E. Ms, Charlotte NC, Nashville and now L.A.--- that's Lower Alabama, not Lost Angeles. Lived in Nashville for 11 years before the alternative weirdness and a useless boss got to me. Loaded up a U-Haul and headed south. I found a wife here so I stayed, but there are days when I wish I'd followed my plan and moved to Vanuatu...

July 28, 2012, 12:31 AM	#9
25cschaefer Member Join Date: January 24, 2011 Location: Trinidad, CO Posts: 579	I've lived in AR, MI, WY, KS, SC, GA, South Korea, NC, Iraq, MT, and now CO. I am in Colorado now for school but will, hopefully, be moving back to MT because; there are vast tracts of public land, low population density, property is relatively cheap, the weather is nice all year (in the western part of the state), and no sales tax.

July 28, 2012, 12:32 AM	#10
Eric M Member Join Date: October 16, 2011 Posts: 114	NJ, born here, waiting to get the hell out.

July 28, 2012, 12:34 AM	#11
gbran Member Join Date: January 21, 2003 Location: california Posts: 2,374	Born in KS, moved to CA. Everybody said we were crazy to move to earthquake country, but I sure didn't mind leaving the tornados behind. Have been in central CA (Kern County) since 1975. I love it here about 9 months out of the year. Kern county is conservative and nearly "shall issue" for ccw permits. Lots of hunting nearby. Not too far from the ocean, mountains closer.

July 28, 2012, 01:22 AM	#13
NorthBorder Member Join Date: March 7, 2011 Location: NW Montana Posts: 29	25Cschaefer I hear ya. Born in Texas, lived around the country and ended up in Colorado for about 25 years. Came to visit NW Montana in 2000. When we were driving around at 10:30 p.m. and it was still light out, i was hooked. Went back to Colo and told my boss I am retiring in 1 year. lived here 11 years and no regrets.

July 28, 2012, 01:22 AM	#14
Swichblade Member Join Date: November 22, 2011 Location: Southern Wyoming Posts: 66	I currently live in Wyoming because my father took a job here. Two years ago we moved to Louisiana, we hated it, so we all said yes when my father came home with news of an opening here. I was born and raised in North Dakota, though, and I would like to move back there after a few years of college, provided the crime rate doesn't further increase.

July 28, 2012, 01:24 AM	#15
Johnny Dollar Member Join Date: October 31, 2008 Location: Miami Beach,Florida Posts: 3,167	Miami Beach,Florida on Ocean Drive. My balcony looks out over the Atlantic Ocean, with the Cruise and Cargo ships entering from the Government Cut Channel ,heading for destinations all over the world. Its SoBe,its the coolest,greatest place to live in the United States,IMO. I've been here since 1951.I'm a Dinosaur,but I'm lucky and happy. My first 6 years were in New Jersey. Mom and Dad made a wise decision and moved us to freedom. I can never,ever thank them enough. __________________ "A man's got to know his limitations" 'Harry Callahan' Magnum Force 1973

July 28, 2012, 01:35 AM	#16
rspeters Member Join Date: November 10, 2008 Posts: 29	I'm in AZ, I've more or less lived there my whole life. I love the gun laws, and the desert is not bad (although I'd rather be somewhere with forest), the heat sucks and I hate it, put it's really only unbearable a few months out of the there. I don't like the crime, and i don't like being so close to the border.

July 28, 2012, 01:38 AM	#17
cyclopsshooter Member Join Date: May 13, 2009 Location: The Shadow Knows... Posts: 2,189	PNW, good weather, good gun laws, fewer people, it is home __________________ The republic is not dead, it just needs its split ends trimmed.

July 28, 2012, 02:31 AM	#20
MachIVshooter Member Join Date: August 11, 2005 Location: Elbert County, CO Posts: 10,528	Colorado native here. Born in Denver, spent my first 10 years between my mom's Aurora home and my Dad's Gunbarrel (outskirts of Boulder) residence. Moved to Big Fork, MT for a very short time with dad in 1993, and it's a story I don't wish to elaborate on, but after his death, ended up in Parker, CO, with mom where I spent the rest of my youth. In 2004 at age 22, bought my home in unincorporated Elbert county and have been here ever since. MT and AK have a definite appeal, but I like the arid climate and year-round sunshine of CO. The Eastern plains of CO are my home, and Elbert county is one great place to live a placid life and raise a family. This state is also a paradigm of the outdoors life. I may leave if this state ever becomes too infested with socialist liberals and our freedoms get legislated away. But despite a relatively large portion of the population being of the other political persuasion, there is a very strong spirit of independence and personal freedom among Coloradoans that has really limited the kind of legislation that is rampant in the North-East and *********. In point of fact, I believe the majority of registered voters in this state are still "Independents". __________________ "Life is harder when you're stupid. Sometimes, it's also quite a bit shorter."-1911Tuner*

July 28, 2012, 02:45 AM	#21
jaytex1969 Member Join Date: August 11, 2006 Location: Austin, TX Posts: 104	Hatched and reared in Baltimore, MD. Ran like Bruce Jenner to the army recruiter at age 17. Spent 7 years at Camp Swampy (SE Georgia), with a side trip to Iraq, Returned to Baltimore for 8 months after service. Ran off to Portland, OR with a young woman. Two years later, parted ways with young woman, remembered someone braggin' about how great Austin, TX was, so headed there. Been there now 15 years. Great place to live if you never have to leave the house between 3-7pm, when the entire city is a gridlocked incinerator. Fair price to pay for not owning a snow shovel and year round motorcycling... __________________ "When you clog up the Activism forum with useless whining, the terrorists win." -Justin

July 28, 2012, 03:20 AM	#23
jim in Anchorage Member Join Date: February 28, 2009 Posts: 1,194	Wow this thread is even more fascinating than I hoped. Up front mods please don't lock it . I know little gun talk, but what is it hurting? I think anyone on THR is a gun crank, a bro, and their story's fit with the THR mission. __________________ "I've now been in 57 states, I think one left to go"

July 28, 2012, 04:08 AM	#24
Rob0321 Member Join Date: April 18, 2012 Location: Broomfield CO Posts: 68	I grew up in upstate NY, left in 2001 to travel the world at the governments expense. On my way to Colorado because I managed to convince the USMC that they should send me to college for a couple of years. In between traveling all over the world I was mostly station in CA. I don't like CA.

July 28, 2012, 05:38 AM	#25
kyletx1911 Member Join Date: December 4, 2010 Location: kyletx Posts: 376	Born in kcmo raised in same, hooked up with uncle sugar in78. Back to kc in 82 Started to get myself in a bind after bind. After my last little run with the law!!! Could have gotten 5-15 in the kansas pen. I woke up and the judge looked at me and said mr j i see that you have work in texas Yes ma"am 1yr unsupervised probation court cost Never to return but to visit!! Go get right!! Brother sold his car for 500.00 moved to austin tx Found my wife from kyle tx been here ever since 1997 Why the move? Dead or in prison!!! Btw called to pay my fine no fine on the books misdemenor charge dropped now on the path of being a productive american(thank you jesus and judge) I have my chl loving wife grandson girls!!!! I win gotta love KYLE TX