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Where do you want to live when you grow up

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Spinoza
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Im torn making this decision. am 23 now and need to get moving on it.

all my life ive wanted to live in Cali, its probably the greatest place around.
but in the past 4 years or so Banff / a ski town has taken over.
and now in the past year Toronto has really made a run, it would mean living in a polluted/ rammed butthole of a city, but its pretty awesome here. I guess other cities are good too, but i know this one.

hbu?
May 13 2013 10:52PM
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grapejuice3000+
Posts: 2132 - Karma: 1,985
portland or seattle, or maybe stay in denver area its not bad here
May 13 2013 10:56PM
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Blake.P
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Seattle, or the north west somewhere. Finish up school in boulder, live in a ski town (summit county somewhere, whistler, bozeman, idk) and eventually make my way back to the north west
May 13 2013 10:57PM
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LiquorLanch
Posts: 1909 - Karma: 1,046
Boston.
May 13 2013 10:58PM
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Dingo69
Posts: 1330 - Karma: -171
I want to be playing the amped 2 laax level on xbox while sitting in my warm condo in laax switzerland getting free government supplied heroin twice a day from their heroin assisted treatment program
May 13 2013 11:01PM
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DeRizzo
Posts: 3827 - Karma: 3,485
I love Boston
May 13 2013 11:02PM
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RockNRollNghtClb
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chill cali
May 13 2013 11:03PM
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grapejuice3000+
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let hibongo touch you
May 13 2013 11:04PM
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7-3instacall
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K0K46C82v9o
May 13 2013 11:12PM
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RimJobber
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Move to Renoooo
May 13 2013 11:13PM
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grapejuice3000+
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are you a white girl with a meth problem? thats the only reason i can see to move to reno.
May 13 2013 11:18PM
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fragglemuffin
Posts: 3312 - Karma: 444
I'm hoping to be able to stay in Seattle. I just can't get over how green everything is and how there are two mountain ranges and the ocean so close by. In my opinion, it can't get much better than this.
May 13 2013 11:41PM
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_Garagely_
Posts: 1948 - Karma: 3,246
Bozeman or Kalispell. If not those then somewhere else in western Montana or the interior northwest.
May 13 2013 11:43PM
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es94
Posts: 291 - Karma: 67
I'm considering Seattle as a possible future home. I'm sure you get this a lot, but how does the cloudy weather/rain affect you? Or is it not as bad as it is made out to be?
May 13 2013 11:48PM
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TechnoPotamus
Posts: 11626 - Karma: 3,522
california
May 13 2013 11:50PM
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El_Barto.
Posts: 11661 - Karma: 24,362
Lived in Portland my entire life. Its not bad and when the weather is nice in the PNW its as good as it gets
May 13 2013 11:53PM
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fragglemuffin
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Well I've only been living here for two months (lived in NY all my life before this) and honestly, it's not bad at all. I'd actually be comfortable saying that NY gets more rain than we get here, especially when it comes down to heavy, soaking rain vs. a light drizzle.
May 13 2013 11:55PM
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taylornicky
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ahahahhahahaha you just summed up our city in two sentences
May 13 2013 11:56PM
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no_steeze
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i've always been conflicted too

i've lived on the east coast all my life so naturally i want to live out west since that's where all the good skiing is but i know that eventually i'll regret living so far away from all of my family

i will undoubtedly live in a ski town for a few years after college but after that i have no idea
May 13 2013 11:57PM
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000000000000
Posts: 843 - Karma: 1,552
Squeamish BC, Vancouver, Switzerland, Tahoe, Norcal, or some place in Colorado.
May 13 2013 11:59PM
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Peter.
Posts: 23796 - Karma: 13,014
somewhere in the PNW, or san fran area
May 13 2013 11:59PM
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Malcolm
Posts: 15951 - Karma: 9,451
Whistler, Big Bear, some random place in the boonies in Germany or downtown Montreal
May 14 2013 12:01AM
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Dwarftosser1
Posts: 2602 - Karma: 951
Probably Vancouver, definitely my favorite city I've ever visited. Such a beautiful one too
May 14 2013 12:02AM
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Funnel
Posts: 7815 - Karma: 1,531
New York City for a few years after school. If not NYC, then San Francisco or Seattle.
May 14 2013 12:41AM
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Tinga
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I hate big cities but they seem to offer the best job opportunities. I want something under 100k and good access to outdoor amenities.
May 14 2013 1:32AM
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LoathesRaisins
Posts: 3612 - Karma: 4,735
Washington, Oregon
Definitley a state with a coast line.
May 14 2013 1:36AM
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yourthemannowdog
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Sapporo or Kyoto. Kyoto is not a ski town, but it's fucking awesome
May 14 2013 3:33AM
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doyle.
Posts: 1624 - Karma: 596
I love Naramata! But I want to live in Rossland
May 14 2013 3:37AM
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E__
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I've been living on the west coast way too damn long where it just rains all the time. I want to move to Kelowna/Peachland area. The Okanagan interior pretty much. Right on lake Okanagan.
May 14 2013 3:53AM
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FLBP
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Bend, as soon as I'm out of the military I'm moving to bend, oregon.
May 14 2013 9:00AM
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Laurent.
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I've spend a year of my youth living in Monaco, it's ugly from a distance and hurts the architect and designer in me but as a place to live it is otherwise amazing.

And the climate is amazing, always around 23-25 degrees in the summer with a very mild sea-breeze, it's warm without melting you.

Click for larger image
May 14 2013 9:12AM
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.AR6rider.
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Preferably in a safe, wealthy suburb with an excellent school system that's close to a decent sized city with a fun downtown area. Warm, sunny weather and a nearby body of water wouldn't hurt either.
May 14 2013 9:38AM
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Laurent.
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If you can embrace life without a garden look a post above at Monaco.

Also the Alps are just a four hour drive away, and what a glorious drive that is.
May 14 2013 9:56AM
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Shukovski
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Too expensive, even for me.
May 14 2013 10:33AM
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errrka
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I'm dealing with the same problem. I graduate in December with a BA and have no idea what I want to do with my life. I live in Columbus, OH right now, which is an awesome city... but I want to be somewhere out west, I just don't know where or what I'm going to do.... growing up is hard
May 14 2013 10:56AM
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esotericjive
Posts: 1889 - Karma: 1,445
I think the PNW. I love NYC, but want to go somewhere new for a few years at least.
May 14 2013 11:00AM
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No.Quarter
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I think it would be cool to live in an airpark. One of my dad's coworkers lived at kelly airpark, but that is pretty much in the middle of nowhere

Or Durango for skiing
May 14 2013 11:03AM
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MASkier
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Somewhere not the midwest.
May 14 2013 11:08AM
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gotti
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boston is the shit but I kinda want to live somewhere where theres better skiing for a while. Like vancouver
May 14 2013 11:18AM
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last_tango
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The secure option while having skiing around with job opportunites would be salt lake. The fuck it all option would be somewhere outside of anchorage alaska
May 14 2013 11:45AM
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panojibber.
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Yeah Calgary is actually an awesome city, I left for a couple years but I really missed it, so now I'm back.
Its going to be a great place to be over the next few decades, the oil industry is expected to grow by like %1000 in the next 10 years or something, so there are lots of jobs. And with so many jobs and so much money, its inevitable that there'll be a lot of cultural growth here, because people have money to spend on that kind of stuff. Calgary already has the only Philharmonic Orchestra in Canada that can turn a profit.

I'll probably live here for a long time unless I have to leave for work. I'd love to live in interior BC at some point though. Maybe retire in Kelowna or something.
May 14 2013 11:53AM
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TACO-DOG.exe
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Calgary is pretty sweet.
May 14 2013 11:54AM
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Lemuel
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Near water is a necessity. My family has had a boat all my life and that is something that will never change in my life. Lake Tahoe sounds really nice, never been though. And that's more of a current desire, not really long term. I've spent summers on Long Island Sound and Lake Champlain, both have their plus / minuses, I like both.
May 14 2013 12:00PM
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volvotom
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I really like Southern California but might end up in Sacramento or DC for work. Would prefer SacTown for proximity to Tahoe.
May 14 2013 12:03PM
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O-A_s
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Either London or Oslo/Bærum. Spent two years in Wimbledon growing up and I really enjoyed it there. Some parts of Oslo and the surrounding areas are amazing though, skiing is just 20 minutes away, one can go swimming or boating in the oslo fjord, there are plenty of restaurants and it's my home city. I hope to move to France when I retire, love the atmosphere and climate and I speak some french as well.
May 14 2013 12:07PM
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Bodhisattva_
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Ya'll are missing out on the true Washington experience. I have grown up in a smallish farming community at the base of the Cascade mountains an hour out from Mt. Rainier and I fucking love it here. Less than an hour from Seattle, ski resorts, and anything else in WA you might wanna do. Beautiful foothills to explore/hike/bike and shit. And arguably one of the most beautiful and friendly place ever. Summer is here is tits.

That being said, I wanna explore the world. I honestly want to live in a many countries as possible and visit everywhere that I can, and then come back to Enumclaw to raise a family unless I like Bozeman so much when I go for college then I'll go back there.
May 14 2013 12:10PM
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steep
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So Cal, Jamestown RI, Hamptons, Monaco, NYC.

It's weird, 2 years I would've said Utah or Colorado to ski, but lately I've had barely any desire to ski. Skiing probably won't be a factor in where I go to college, I love it, but something just changed.
May 14 2013 12:15PM
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NotoriousT.S.E
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RIch Boston suburbs.
May 14 2013 12:20PM
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TijmenDal
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I could totally see myself living in the Oregon/Washington/BC area for a while. NYC is fucking great as well too.

Other than that: somewhere in Japan would be pretty amazing. ยง
May 14 2013 12:53PM
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Laurent.
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Let me guess: because of the million vintage camera stores and the shops exclusively selling film?
May 14 2013 12:58PM
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Caucasian_Asian
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You don't need a job to live in Banff, but it's pretty hard to find a place to rent if you don't have a job, and it's tough to get a job if you don't have a place to live.  Catch 22.


After growing up in Kamloops, and spending a few years working all over the province of BC, I'm pretty happy spending my winters in Golden, and my summers at work in Calgary.  And any weekends I get off I go back to Golden as well.  Like this weekend coming up.
May 14 2013 1:07PM
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