Why live in any one place?

Sounds good to me. If you have children it would be tougher I think.

Because not everyone likes to wander. Many people cherish having roots, people around who have known them forever.

I have done that. It is great. I hope you take great joy out of “wandering.” The problem is, stability for your future becomes harder to acquire.

It cost to wander, and then the cost to have fun while “wandering”. Then you grow older, and NOW you HAVE TO settle down. If you don’t you will be “wandering” to WalMart at 75 to go to work.

Enjoy life, but understand the value of stability. Unless you have a trust fund. Then disregard everything I just said.

I have a permanent address in one of the cheapest places to live in the U.S. which is rural Tennessee or most of the south for that matter. I pay $200 for rent and utilities on a one bedroom apartment. I don’t have a vehicle. Only other bills I have are grocery/toiletries, beer, skateboards, and phone. I ride to work with my boss. I have lived in several other cities where I spent almost every dollar I made trying to just keep my head above water. I couldn’t afford to travel as much or as long as I wanted too. I can take off of my current job whenever and as long as I need. I have found it easier to keep this arrangement for now. I make around a couple grand every month and I usually never spend more than half that. Seems at least once a month I will travel somewhere. This last year I went on extended camping trips in Tishomingo Mississippi, Cloudland Canyon Georgia, Asheville North Carolina. Also I went to Panama City Beach Florida, Memphis, Knoxville, Louisville KY. Nashville and Chattanooga I visit very frequently. This summer I am going on a trip in July that will last about a month or more if the money holds out. I am going to Denver, Phoenix, San Diego, L.A. S.F. Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver B.C. and places in between. Im taking a backpack skateboard and a grip of money. I couldn’t afford to travel if I didn’t live and work where I do at the moment. I doubt I will keep this arrangement forever though. An old surfer once told me, “Ride the wave til it breaks.”

i used to move around the US a bit. i grew up in southern California, but decided one day i wanted to see other things and meet new people. i lived up north in Washington state, then went east towards new york. right now i live by Washington dc, and ive realized its not where i was living that i was unhappy with, its who i was. ill go back west some day and hopefully die there.

How would you know which is the ‘best’ place to live until you tried them all? When I was growing up, we never lived in the same house more than one year (but the same metropolitan area) because my Dad was the original “flipper” when it comes to buying and selling real estate.

I am a ‘mover’ at heart, and I do not like being ‘house bound’ in the same place.

I’ve been in my house 29 years in the city I was born in. I love to travel but I love my roots, too. I know my banker, pharmacist, neighborhood pub. I’ve had the same neighbor, too.