Does where you live matter to you?

[Your Mom]

I'm 24, married, no kids. I live in Omaha, NE where I've lived all my life except for 4 years of college in Missouri. My wife's entire family lives here as does all of my family except for my brother. I can honestly say that I don't really care where I live. As long as the town has cable, internet, and my wife, I think I'd be happy as a clam. So does where you live matter to you?

[idrinkcoors]

Absolutely it matters to me. I'm in the same boat as you, and while most people would consider my little town to be hickish, I wouldn't consider living anywhere else.

I do though, respect those who take advantage of the financial opportunties found outside your surroundings. Occassionally I will look back at lost opportunites and wonder "what if." In the end though, the family, friends and familiar surroundings of home can't be replaced.

[econophile]

YM,

Where else have you lived? I am also curious how much you have travelled.

edit: I see you said you lived in MO, but was it small town (e.g. Columbia)?

[Your Mom]

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YM,

Where else have you lived? I am also curious how much you have travelled.

edit: I see you said you lived in MO, but was it small town (e.g. Columbia)?

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I lived in Springfield, MO. It was nice - I miss it at times - but I'm fine without it. I felt the same way about Omaha when I down there. I do like Kansas City a lot and I would be interested in living in Chicago for a while (esp. to go to Wrigley all summer).

[z28dreams]

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YM,

Where else have you lived? I am also curious how much you have travelled.

edit: I see you said you lived in MO, but was it small town (e.g. Columbia)?

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I lived in Springfield, MO. It was nice - I miss it at times - but I'm fine without it. I felt the same way about Omaha when I down there. I do like Kansas City a lot and I would be interested in living in Chicago for a while (esp. to go to Wrigley all summer).

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At least you'd be rooting against the cubs. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] (I'm assuming you're a cards fan)

[NicksDad1970]

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YM,

Where else have you lived? I am also curious how much you have travelled.

edit: I see you said you lived in MO, but was it small town (e.g. Columbia)?

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I lived in Springfield, MO. It was nice - I miss it at times - but I'm fine without it. I felt the same way about Omaha when I down there. I do like Kansas City a lot and I would be interested in living in Chicago for a while (esp. to go to Wrigley all summer).

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At least you'd be rooting against the cubs. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] (I'm assuming you're a cards fan)

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I forget where I just saw this poll. But out of like 5 million votes the Cards were voted as the evil empire.

sincerely

Cubs fan [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[Your Mom]

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YM,

Where else have you lived? I am also curious how much you have travelled.

edit: I see you said you lived in MO, but was it small town (e.g. Columbia)?

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I lived in Springfield, MO. It was nice - I miss it at times - but I'm fine without it. I felt the same way about Omaha when I down there. I do like Kansas City a lot and I would be interested in living in Chicago for a while (esp. to go to Wrigley all summer).

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At least you'd be rooting against the cubs. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] (I'm assuming you're a cards fan)

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Negative, sir. Hate the cards. Go Cubbies.

[lgas]

I have entertained fantasies of moving to someplace like Costa Rica or Thailand (esp. after reading Degen's thread) for a while now. Basically someplace that is nice, but where the cost of living is super low. Some days it seems ludicrous (mostly because all of my friends, family, my business, etc. are all here) but other days it seems ludicrous not to do it.

My primary income is from computer consulting work and I think I could get that spun up from abroad pretty easily. Sure, I would have to pass up some jobs, but I could definitely make plenty of money working entirely remotely. If I was in Thailand or someplace in a radically different timezone, then I would need to be on a weird schedule relative to my local timezone, but that's pretty easily managed.

I did some quick back of the envelope calculations and if I had made this move 3 years ago, I probably would've saved about $150k or so to do whatever I wanted with. I probably would've invested most of it, and made even more money, which would be worth even more if I was living someplace like this.

In regards to your original question, I guess the answer is that it definitely does matter to me where I live. This is evidenced both by the fact that I have spent a lot of time thinking about moving and by the fact that despite the fact that it could improve the quality of my life significantly, I haven't done it yet.

This post is just making me realize even more that I should devote some more serious thought to this subject.

[Jason Strasser (strassa2)]

friends are important. so is a job. I guess these are both not factors? I have trouble believing you only need those things you listed.

[Duke]

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friends are important. so is a job. I guess these are both not factors? I have trouble believing you only need those things you listed.

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Not everyone has a job that they have to go to a specific location for, and a lot of old people only have their spouse as a friend anyhow. Friends come, go, and can remain in contact via vast distances these days. Most of my friends live over 300 miles away, and that's fine. I still talk with them, and we still get to hang out once in a while.