Love it weatherwise, as I am just weird, I guess. We have many seasons here (winter, spring, mud, summer, desert, autumn, sleet, then winter again) and all kinds of weather. I live in a "city" but have nice neighbors, a quiet street and trees in the back - not a house behind my house. (Beyond the trees is a cemetary, so it's quiet, at least!) I'd like to have a bigger yard, and live where there are more trees than people, but I have every conceivable kind of restaurant within a couple miles, can walk to the (really good) library, and my choice of open-24-hours businesses. It is culturally diverse (the supermarket has as many varied languages spoken as any "international" event), has varied terrain, and is interesting. I like it.

I wouldn't mind trading some of the conveniences for fewer houses and more land, but you can't have everything, i guess. Unless youre a bazillionaire - there are homes with decent amounts of land in Newton, I just couldn't afford to buy one - property values are sky-high around here.

But I like it!