Originally posted by carole
Its a pity to read most of these threads, so many of you hate where u live, u have so much choice in the states, of where to live, i guess its where the jobs are is where u end up at like anywhere.
I know many of you would love New Zealand, no overcrowding, reasonable weather, although its raining cats and dogs today, there are some really neat spots here for those of you who like to be islolated, and our cities are still big enough to have fun, some americans love it here others dont, there is not enough for them to do, we have only small population so dont have the variety and choices u americans have.
Yes soledad Wellington is an awesome city, i used to live in kelburn, but love seatoun.
Well if you ever get really fed up come on over and emigrate to lil ole nz a little bit of tropical paradise.
I have been to Utah, and i thought it was an awesome place, America has some beautiful places, and i would love to come back and see more, my stay was limited and i only saw very little of your wonderful country, I have heard Seattle is an awesome city, I would still love to visit New York, although i am too scared to now. You have the land of opportunity, America has always had a soft spot in my heart as do the people and their lovely accents.
Believe me, some parts of America aren't where I would ever want to live. Some areas just have horrible weather that you just can't stand. Others may be overly quiet, too *plain*, no jobs, expensive housing, etc. Its not all that easy anywhere in the world, and if you live in an expensive area and lost your job (something that has happened to many many Americans recently) you're out of choices and living in hell.

As for me and where I live, it depends on what perspective I look at it with. I can proudly say I LOVE my neighborhood, and we've probably got one of the best climates in the world. Beautiful mountains and hills, gorgeous national parks, wonderful weather, are all things that I love around here. I've been to several states, and there's just no place like home. I wouldn't want to live anywhere else in America other than where I do. We do get very hot summers, but the A/C solves the problem. At least it isn't accompanied with humidity and mosquitos. I HATE mosquitos! We went to Texas a few summers ago and I came back all swollen up with like a million mosquito bites. Needless to say, I would never want to live there even though I liked a lot of things there. Actually, I wouldn't want to live anywhere in the US besides where I live. I was born here, grew up here, never lived anywhere else. Our neighbors are great, but I hate the racists we have to meet everytime we go to the store or park. Thankfully we live in a diverse area, so there aren't nearly as many racists as there are in other states. Another bad thing is everything is so expensive, but I changed my view on that when we went to England last year. I've glad we don't get too much rain because rainy days make me depressed.