What is it like where you live?

[emeraldjewels]

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Originally Posted by melliquor

I live near central London. I love it... i like being central because I can go shopping when i want and am close to everything. I have mostly everything walking distance... i am also on the central line and only a few stops from Oxford street. We live in a mostly bengali community which is great... everybody knows each other and it is safe for the kids to play outside. You don't have to worry about drugs, noise, or violence which in other areas of london are really bad right now... especially with all the stabbings that have been happening.

I wouldn't mind moving someday but i don't want a mortgage... we own our house outright. I also like that i am so close to work... it takes me about 20 min to get to work... i could walk it in about 40 min. Mostly everybody at my work commutes for over an hour and spends about £3000 on travel a year. I spend about £500 for a yearly bus ticket.

I would kill to live in central London. London is one of the best cities in the world. I love it so much. If I didn't work for my family business, I would live in London

[vocaltest]

I live in Pluckley, near Ashford in Kent (UK). Its apparently the most haunted village in the UK, but I've never seen anything (I always go by the most scariest thing you'll see in Pluckley is me drunk haha), it was featured on Most Haunted recently, also on The Sunday Night Project and Top Gear (boy did I whinge when domino's delivered out to Richard Hammond but they won't bloody deliver to me will they! PFFFTT!!) and if anyone of you UKers have heard of it The Darling Buds Of May were filmed here, which meant I once had lunch with David Jason and Catherine Zeta Jones hah!
I love it here. Its so pretty and quiet. Sometimes I hate living out here because right now I'm home alone (parents are on holiday, my brothers away on business) so I get pretty scared with the ghosties (hehe) and being in the middle of nowhere. I'm pretty lucky because I live right opposite the train station so its 7 minutes into Ashford and just over an hour right into Charing Cross in London, so before I drove I didn't have to rely on lifts. Its only 15 minutes drive into Ashford (not that thats anything special!), and its only 30 minutes drive to Canterbury (nearest MAC counter is there but I buy all my MAC in Brighton mostly. I'm kinda near Maidstone too which is good for shopping and near Bluewater (ish). Nothing is within walking distance of my house, the village shop is two miles away up a hill (i'm lazy, i'll drive!) but I like it.
I love it here when I think about it, I whinge when I go out on the piss (hahah) because its such a hassle getting back, but I wouldn't change it. Completely peaceful, big garden, I can walk Macey dog across the fields and to the stream and the woods, so quiet and just general country life. I'd hate to move away from here, all my best friends live in Ashford or nearby, and my family are here. I love it!!

This is a birds eye view of the main part of the village...

http://www.greenbard.8m.com/Images/pluckley.jpg

I live further out of there though, couldn't find a decent picture, sorry! Google image it, its pretty

[X_cinderella_X]

Another Australian!

I live down the bottom of Australia, in Victoria.

I live about an hour and a half out of melbourne (the nearest mac store).

This is a picture of the favourite thing about where i live-



That's Bells Beach, home of brands like quiksilver, ripcurl and billabong etc. So many surfers and such a relaxed, easy going culture in Torquay.





I really love it here because I have the beachy lifestyle, whilst still being close to this-



I truly love where i live.

[k.a.t]

^ Dang that makes my area look like a poop-hole lol nah i love London, but my local area's a bit dead =/

[civicbabe627]

I live on the coast of North Carolina, in a very small town. I swear I can't go anywhere without running into people I know - and most of the time it's people I really don't care to see. I absolutely hate it here. This is a very touristy town during the summer - which means lots of traffic leading to the beach. They tore down pretty much anything fun we had to do here (putt-putt golf, water-parks, skating rink, bowling alley) to build more effing condominiums! They are constantly building more shopping centers though, but it's full of the same crap. Our Super Wal-Mart is our mall. The closest mall is about 50 minutes away, and it is ridiculously small with hardly any good stores.
The closest MAC counter is 2 HOURS away, and a store is at least a good 5 hours. The closest Ulta is 2 hours (in the opposite direction from MAC), and closest Sephora is 3 hours away. Closest CCO is 2 1/2 hours away. It's a make-up addicts WORST nightmare!
There is no opportunity for jobs around here - because there aren't any corporatations or real companies to work for. So unless you're a doctor or something - you can't make shit for money.

Honestly - the only reason I am still here is because my boyfriend is here. I have lived here 6 years (been with him for a little over 3 of those years). My parents are originally from here, so I have been coming here at least to visit all my life. It BLOWS.

I grew up in Raleigh (the capital) and I would LOVE to move back! Even though I'd have to deal with rush-hour traffic and major highways - at least there would be TONS of stuff to do, and lots of job opportunity! Unfortunately moving just isn't in the cards right now.

Everyone who lives somewhere cool - I am TOTALLY jealous!

[Corvs Queen]

^^Yay for us N.C. girls. I miss N.C. terribly.

[ragdolly]

well i live somewhere unannexed between the sweet lil town of red oak and the piece of shit town glenn heights in north texas

i've lived in the same exact place my whole life
red oak is your typical suburbia with it's cute lil family owned shops and super enthusiasm for the high school football team (this actually kind of recent because last year was the first time in like 15 years since the foot ball team won more than like 3 games in a season) we have the busiest whataburger in texas
there are areas of middle and upper middle class
and there are areas of lower middle class and just poor
a lot of drugs!!! meth...you know the whole red neck, blue collar tweaker stereotype is very prevalent and i swear atleast 70% smoke weed
our population is outgrowing our schools and we could really use a target and some decent dining...every "good" place to eat is like a 15min drive away even though it's like 5 miles up the road
it takes 25min to an hour to get to a mall but one of them has a PRO store so woohoo for that
i take that back, we have a out door mall thing like 10 mins away and there's an ulta and the dillards has a mac counter

i really wouldn't dislike the place so much if people here weren't so fake and it didn't take 30min to get to anything interesting

[Jello89]

Hey Another Canadian
I live in montreal. Im 20 min away from downtown Montreal by car. I live in a really quiet neighborhood. I dont really like it cause its boring. The closest MAc is downtown. And the closest Sephora is super far. IMO it should be downtown^^. I love Montreal even if its really cold right now like 2 celcius. It snowed this morning!!! Anywyas that is about all

[panther27]

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Originally Posted by X_cinderella_X

Another Australian!

I live down the bottom of Australia, in Victoria.

I live about an hour and a half out of melbourne (the nearest mac store).

This is a picture of the favourite thing about where i live-



That's Bells Beach, home of brands like quiksilver, ripcurl and billabong etc. So many surfers and such a relaxed, easy going culture in Torquay.





I really love it here because I have the beachy lifestyle, whilst still being close to this-



I truly love where i live.

I am sooo jealous

[pinklips1207]

I live in San Diego, California. Love Cali with all my heart!!! i'm two miles from MACand at work i'm also two miles from MAC! I'm couple of minutes away from the border of Mexico. I love my city because we have the beach, malls, hillcrest, summer, sunshine,mountains,snow, variety of food, downtown, weather, and most of all it's very DIVERSE!!! i can't see my myself leaving anywhere else but CALI!

[MACLovin]

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Originally Posted by lovelyweapon

Well, I live in the infamous Miami that is known for its humidity, rudest drivers in the country, mosquitoes, shark attacks, people in McDonald's that don't speak English, highest rate of unemployment, 3 days in the year of a 60 degree winter, rude people in general, overpopulation, sweltering heat in the summer, overpriced houses, horrid educational system, category 5 hurricanes, etc. etc. etc. Nothing is walking distance yet the gas prices are blowing through the roof.

BUT! I have to say I can't imagine myself living anywhere else. Everywhere you go there are beautiful sky-high palm trees, the sparkling warm beach is right around the corner from where I live, I have access to most stores available across the country, and if I decide to wake up at 3am to do something -- you bet there is something open in South Beach. I've learned to look at Miami's imperfections as its perks. Seriously, sometimes it gives us Miamians a reason to sit back and laugh. You can't help but secretly love it. It's definitely a love/hate relationship for me!

LOL...that was a pretty accurate description, I must say!

I was born and raised here, and as many little annoyances Miami/south FL has (im not on south beach or anything, im up closer to Ft Lauderdale but I've lived in Miami also) its still an awesome place to live.. our own little paradise I guess. I do not feel at home if I'm not surrounded by palm trees! haha

[NutMeg]

I live on the UBC campus in Vancouver, BC. It's so beautiful, I love it. I have probably the best view on campus. These were all taken from my window.

















I love Vancouver. I grew up in a very small (think 4.5 thousand) town in Alberta, and it's so cool to be a in big city, where I can do whatever the hell I want. I also love the feel Vancouver has, because it's really a few small to mid-sized cities smushed together.

[jdechant]

Ok...ready for this guys?? I live in a Northern community is Alberta that has about 5000 people...the closest MAC counter is....8 hours away!!! Small town, nothing to do, really cold winters with -40C weather...tons of mosquitos in the summer...not much crime but we have alot of drunks on the streets..lol..doesn't bother me cause I spent most of my life here but THANK GOD when I get to get out of here (which is quite a bit in spring/summer) Don't have much crime though, it pays good...town is busiest in the winter months when all the oil riggers move north to work...little known fact..we are called mini las vegas as we have quite a few hotels with vegas hotel names (Sahara, Stardust, Flamingo, Frontier, Mirage) lol..even got the big signs with flashy lights...but other then that, NO FUN STUFF...scary thought, right? lol

[SometimesTheyComeBack]

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Originally Posted by X_cinderella_X

Another Australian!

Another Melbourne gal!!

I living in Melbourne; especially in the summer!!


Weather pisses me off sometimes & i know how so many people can get sick when it's 40C one day 18 the next?

But everything else about Melbourne is perfect!

I live out in the suburbs close to Mt.Dandenong



My fav place to go above when the lightning comes!!

But MAC counter is only 15 minutes away & pro shop about 30mins..

So not complaints from me!!

[ClaireAvril]

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Originally Posted by NutMeg

I live on the UBC campus in Vancouver, BC. It's so beautiful, I love it. I have probably the best view on campus. These were all taken from my window.

















I love Vancouver. I grew up in a very small (think 4.5 thousand) town in Alberta, and it's so cool to be a in big city, where I can do whatever the hell I want. I also love the feel Vancouver has, because it's really a few small to mid-sized cities smushed together.

I want to visit Vancouver.. it looks soo beautiful..
Also been talking to a few people in BC through work and everyone is super nice...
Wonder what the nightlife is like there.