Hi everybody,

I was wondering where all you beautiful people are from, where you live now and what you like/dislike about these places. If you don't want to say where you are then please just say how you feel about the place. You can say what country/state/province/county/city etc. Be as vague or as specific as you like. Just because I'm curious really.

Claire xoxo

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Post Merge: March 29, 2010, 06:17:12 PM

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Woops forgot to add my part
I'm am from and live in Ireland, I do plan on leaving at least for a while after college. I like almost everythin except the weather and being a small country anything other than the "norm" stands out and isnt really understood, leading to a bit of prejudice.

Claire xoxo

I'm in the SF Bay Area, at the northern edge of Silicon Valley.

I guess what I like the most is that the public transportation is pretty good, and the climate is temperate (summers aren't too hot, winters aren't too cold).

What I dislike is that this particular part of the peninsula can be a bit of a cultural vacuum. Fortunately, that's where the public transportation comes in handy.

I'm with Shades, sort of, split my time between Sonoma County and San Francisco.  The weather is very nice, it's one of the most liberal areas in the US, and I love the beach.

I was born in Akureyri, Iceland.
Then I moved to Reykjavík.
Then I moved to Keflavík.
Then I moved to Garðabær.
Then I moved to Reykjavík.
Then I moved to Hvammstangi.
Then I moved to Linköping Sweden.
Then I moved to Partille.
Then I moved back home to Akureyri Iceland and I'm still there.

I am from the American mountain west - wide open spaces and low population.  The low population means that people are friendly and usually willing to accept each other's idiosyncrasies.  There are some who have a narrow view of the world, but mostly it is live and let live.  

Resources are sometimes scarce, though.  The nearest gender specialist is 100 miles.  The nearest support group is 70 miles.  The nearest store that sells shoes my size is 50 miles.  But most of my friends are within walking distance.

- Kate

The hard part about the rural West, which is awesome, is the lack of jobs.

Minneapolis MN, USA
good tg medicine and coverage for it with public healthcare plans, "who cares" attitude towards gender variant people, uhh close to WI? (cheese)

sucks: taxes, weather, winter, taxes, the job market, wcco, bland food, road construction, overpriced university, taxes.

East coast of Florida, roughly 45 mins east-southeast of Orlando and 15 mins from the closest beach.

In general a nice area with a low cost of living (hi $600 a month apartment) and nice people.  Only complaint I really have is that it's a bit boring.  Heck, one of the common nicknames for my city actually mixes the word "boring" with the real name.

Quote from: FlanHusky on March 29, 2010, 06:40:16 PM
wcco

What is "wcco?"

Victoria, B.C. Canada, home of the newly wed and the nearly dead

Here the liberals are conservative, well more so-cred but that's a different story.  On the bright side the province funds SRS in the end and I've found a therapist, GP and an endo within a kilometer or so of my apt.

Quote from: Shades O'Grey on March 29, 2010, 06:42:49 PM
What is "wcco?"

the crappy CBS affiliate in minneapolis/st paul

The Great Pacific Northwest of the United States, in particular Portland, Oregon.  Great resources and beautiful country.  Close to the mountains, not far from the coast and right next to the Great Columbia River.

The only thing that is a bummer is the rain.  But I would rather have the rain than snow.

And you can't swing a dead cat in Portland without hitting a microbrewery.  I'm sure Portland has as many as the rest of the US combined.

I'm originally Canadian, but Seattle, Washington is my (beautiful, green, friendly, and slowly warming up as spring settles in) home for now.

I grew up in Northern VT (yup, we got cows round these parts) right out side of Burlington, then Moved to Newport RI, then back to Burlington, Then lived in Chicago for almost 3 years, and now im back living in Burlington.  I'm kind of a boomerang.

Burlington is probably the most liberal city in New England, and although tiny, and awesome place to live.  Its primarily a college town, except when it becomes a bit touristy. Winter sucks. Jobs are about average.  People are friendly and accepting, and for the most part, will just let you be.  Its kinda the east coast version of Portland OR (not to be confused with Portland Maine, which is the actual east coast portland...), crusty organic types included.

I love Vermont. I lived there for a few years as a kid.

Grew up mostly in Calif. and mostly near the beach

Left San Diego and moved up to the Great North Western region for god knows why 

I'm from Georgia but I wish to go back to England. I miss Harrogate.

Quote from: kyle_lawrence on March 29, 2010, 07:00:59 PM
I grew up in Northern VT (yup, we got cows round these parts) right out side of Burlington, then Moved to Newport RI, then back to Burlington, Then lived in Chicago for almost 3 years, and now im back living in Burlington.  I'm kind of a boomerang.

Burlington is probably the most liberal city in New England, and although tiny, and awesome place to live.  Its primarily a college town, except when it becomes a bit touristy. Winter sucks. Jobs are about average.  People are friendly and accepting, and for the most part, will just let you be.  Its kinda the east coast version of Portland OR (not to be confused with Portland Maine, which is the actual east coast portland...), crusty organic types included.

I have a cousin that lives in Burlington, visited before, nice area I enjoyed it very much. I especially love the drive up there, very peaceful. Also took the trip to Montreal and spent a day.

I live in North Jersey, just a short drive to the G.W. Bridge. Not the type of area I'd like to stay for the rest of my life haha. I live in a very small 1 sq. mile town and finding work around here especially for someone like me who isn't in college right now is pretty tough. I'd like to leave as soon as I can.

Small town in Maine. It's not bad on the whole, the main problem is not being able to go anywhere without half the people you see being people who know you.  Ah well.