Do you like and enjoy where you live? Describe it.....?

Question

I live in Wisconsin, grew up in the south....I love where I live...It is at the end of a gravel road, neighbors are not too close....lots of bluffs and hills all around....The turkey and the deer come in the yard and eat out of the corn fields....Is so beautiful.......

Answer 1

I love my house. My wife and I live in a small (840 sq ft) house built around 1900, no one left that can remember, its just always been here. The town is only 500, no traffic lights, no stop signs, no mail boxes. You have to go to the post office to get your mail. we had a barber shop until this June when "Dave the Barber" retired. $4 haircuts just like Mayberry. Our lot is 150x250 so we have plenty of backyard for our 9 grandkids to play in.
We have a vegetable garden 25x55. We plant sweet corn, tomatoes, cucumbers, onions, green beans, peppers, tunips, and all kinds of veggies, but I leave a place for all my grandsons to dig and play with their trucks. We also have a fire pit about 6ft diameter so we can have our own weenie roasts. You can't have an outside fire in town.
All in all its a good place. A little crowded on holidays and when everyone shows up for Sunday dinner, but we manage very well.
I know its the people that make a family and not the house, but I think our little house will be remembered by our grandkids forever and a good place.
We have a sign on our front porch that says: "Grandma and
Grandpa's. Open 24 hours. Visitors Welcome"
Life is good.

Answer 2

If I had my druthers, I'd live in the mountains, but I don't, and this is where I'll live until they cart me off in a pine box. I live in Richmond, Va., a place rich in history that most folks would like to sweep under the rug. The rest want to profit from it.

I live on a beautiful street in a house that was built 60 years ago (and it shows its age same as I do).

The street has a wide median, and the speed limit (one mile outside the city limits) is 45, which is rarely observed. Most people go 55 or more and get upset with people who brake to turn into their driveway or to make a left turn. The sound of horns blaring and tires screeching no longer attracts attention.

There is a hospital two blocks up the street, and the fire station is a mile away, so the sound of sirens also is pretty much an ignored sound. The cats, however, know the difference in sounds of sirens, and sometimes run to the window if the siren sounds particularly mournful (to them).

We have lots of trees (the view on Zillow shows no house, just a minute view of the roof), but only one provides shade from the western sun, and that's the one the catalpa worms love to defoliate in the summer. The safest way to kill them is with diotomacious earth sprinkled into the fork of the tree and around the base of it. If that isn't done by July 3, the tree will be bare within a month. The worms magically appear July 4.

Answer 3

I live in a cream colored traditional brick house built in 1976 set on a one acre lot. At the end of our road is a nice old farm house that once owned all these lots.I have friendly neighbors, 2 of them are 95 yrs old, that help each other but also respect boundaries. On the road three huge old oak trees shade the front yard (no grass) but pretty azaleas under the trees.There's a concrete porch across the front with two bent wood couches under the windows. A sunroom is on the back with porcelain tile, bakers rack with plants and comfortable chairs that look into the backyard.
Lots of flowers, (work involved) fruit trees, and this summer an vegetable garden (more work) to observe. Also around 6:00 am the deer eat corn and the peas from the garden each morning. Occasionally we see the 10 point buck
This place is quiet and peaceful yet 3 miles from our expressway that loops all around the city of Memphis.The atmosphere is southern/country good ole folks.
God willing this will be my last home. Fondly, Juju

Answer 4

I was born in north Florida, have lived here most of my life, not all of it. This area is home and has been the home of my family for several generations on both sides. I am a real Florida Cracker, and have an attachment to the land and the area.

I live in a small brick apartment complex upstairs. There is a large sycamore tree out back and a large mulberry tree to the side. Three large sabal palms are in front along with an orange tree, a very large yellow hibicus, a cape jasmine, and some other landscaping plants that I do not know the name of. It is a garden of sorts and makes for a nice view from my upstairs balcony.

I like it.

Answer 5

I live in the house I was raised in now. The area has changed so drastically it is not a nice place to live anymore. It's in Illinois...a burb of Chicago. I live in a modest ranch house in a sub-division surrounded by other sub-divisions of McMansions and condos. There's no view...it's noisy all the time......I look forward to the geese flying over and the occasional bunny in my garden to let me know there's life beyond the concrete jungle. It's crowded and busy all the time.....crime is bad.....working at trying to create a little sanctuary like Goldwing has.....though defiantly not as grand.

There's everything you could possibly want within a mile. Except a view, a park, or peace and quiet. The mall is a stones throw away.....Every restaurant right here.....the tornado siren is a couple blocks away (LOL makes testing days a real treat)......but even with everything right here.....it's not safe to walk there and takes twice as long to drive there. We have kids that have to take the bus to the elementary school which is across the highway......can't cross them safely on these roads and no room for parents to drive and drop them off. You rarely see any neighbors....everybody gets home and that's it. They are inside their homes or stay in their fenced in back yards. Lawn mowing and garbage day are about all you see of them. There's kids but it's not often you see them out either. When I was young.....we were riding bikes and skating and playing....it's pretty dead now. I see them when the bus drops them off. Occationally....and I mean rarely....a new mom might risk walking with her new baby in the stroller for a block and back. Sometimes people take a walk but seriously....it's with a bat. The people here aren't causing the trouble.....it's people comming through here that are.

Answer 6

I live in an old farmhouse(built in 1860) in northeastern Vermont. It is beautiful up here. I have an excellent view of the mountains. Wild life abounds here! We have deer, turkeys, moose, bear etc. Not too many people though. If you see 5 cars on the interstate it must be rush hour! If you like to shop this isn't the place to live. The closest Wal-Mart is an hour away and it can be a dangerous trip over the mountains in the winter. I don't think I'd want to live anywhere else. It's pretty cool to live in a town where the graduating elementary class consists of eight kids!

Answer 7

Yeah I do like it here. I live in West Australia in a coastal town with the sea on one side and the bush on the other side.

I live about 2 minutes from the beach and I can hear the waves crashing on the shore at night while I'm drifting off to sleep.
If I want to I can jump in the car and in 30 minutes I can be up in the hills surrounded by bush and swimming in a rocky bush pool.!!!

Its a town of about 50,000 which is just big enough to have everything you want and small enough to still be considered a town. We are about an hour from our states capital so that's a good distance but still close.

Answer 8

Yes - Live in Michigan in the country on 10 acres. Get to see all the deer and wild critters running across the yard. I only mow about 3 acres and have let the rest grown

Answer 9

I live just outside of Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. I moved here a year ago. I was born & raised in northeastern Ohio, just east of Cleveland, where I lived nearly all my life. After my divorce, I was determined to move south, to be closer to my son & his family. It's beautiful here, lots to do, & the weather is hot & humid in the summer but the fall & winter weather is a nice change. I do not miss the brutal Ohio winters one bit. There's so much to see here & a bit of Civil War history in the surrounding area that I find so interesting. The ocean is thirty minutes away & it's a great place to go for the day. I love walking on the beach, sun in my face, collecting sea shells, watching the planes above, & spending time on the boardwalk, watching people fish. I sleep good at night after a relaxing day at the beach. I'm glad I'm down here, especially where my three young granddaughters are concerned. When my son & his family left Ohio seven years ago, to move down here, I was so sad but now, I'm happy to be here, living so close to my family. That's what matters most to me.

Answer 10

I like it, sounds a little like your area. We live at the end of a red dirt road in NC. We have neighbors who are there if we need them, but never bother you. We have our critters-6 cats and a dog and then visitors like wild turkeys, raccoons and possums. We grow a little garden and I'm growing some cactus brought from TX, that I love. The seasons change and the you can sit on the deck and see all the things in the sky at night. It's a very simple place, but it's home.