Is there anything that you'd truly miss if you were to move away from your area?

There would be so much I’d miss about NYC!

The ocean…and the laid back people.,,my nearly 50 rose bushes and the deepest purple hydrangeas. I’m sure there’s more.

Yes, I would….I would miss the crop circles, the great antiquarian bookstores, the shops that still deliver newspapers and magazines to your doorstep, the farmer’s markets bulging with fresh produce, cheeses and baked goods, the scenery….the weather.

I would miss a lot.

It already happened. My choice of where I want to live is overridden by my husband’s company. They make it well worth our while to live where they need us.

I miss the family holiday and birthday dinners, being there to help when little, every day type emergencies occur, and especially not being by the ocean.

The cheap cost of living, and that’s about it. The climate conditions, city government, and high crime rate will not be missed.

I don’t miss the place where I was raised (too isolated, and too many bad memories). I would miss Manchester though if I had to leave. Everything about it – the busy-ness and bustle, the social life I have here, and mostly my friends.

From Seattle, I miss the misty, cool mornings.

I miss the surprising beauty of a truly nice day with the water sparking and the mountains out.

I miss the clean, oxygen-rich air.

@downtide I’m betting somewhere deep down you’d miss all that bloody rain too….well maybe just a little teensy bit.

If i were to move from where i live (and i am about to in the next coming year(s)), i would miss the separate roads for cyclists, the medical care, drop (licorice), pindakaas (peanut butter, but better), the autumn clouds and light, my mum and dad and other family, some friends and their kids, cable television and (fast) internet.
That is all.
But to be with my baby, live with my baby, i have no difficulties to leave that behind.

I would miss the Pacific Ocean, Disneyland, great weather, most of my family and friends, great shopping, great food, great entertainment and so much more.

I wouldn’t miss anything from where we are right now, but we’ve moved several times due to my husband’s career. The only thing I miss from where I grew up is the family events. We still go visit for some of the events though. We haven’t decided where we will settle once my husband retires quite yet, but we know it won’t be where either one of us grew up at.

@tinyfaery You like Disneyland?

@DarlingRhadamanthus MG!! That sounds fantastic. Where do u live?? I“m moving there.

Well I will approach this question first from the other side of things. I moved from a big Canadian city to a teeny little dinky farm town, in fact calling it a town is an exaggeration. The city I left was the city I’ve lived in all my life, where I went to school, where all my friends are; and while I am still within driving distance of the city, going there and back is something I have to plan my day around. Is there anything I truly miss about the city I’ve left? Well, I’ve learned to appreciate things like city sewer lines and reliable power lines, but at the same time I don’t miss those as nothing has gone drastically wrong here yet. I guess I miss the faster internet, but the speeds out here aren’t too slow and I can still download my shows with no problem. I do miss being closer to my friends, but when they come up here the time we spend together is somehow more special by being rarer. I certainly don’t miss the hustle-bustle/car alarms/sirens/noisy neighbors.

More interestingly, if I approach this question from where I am now, there are so many things I would miss if I moved back to the city. My precious animals! The solitude. The glorious nighttime skies. The feeling of doing it yourself. I think it’s safe to say if I moved from here, I would miss the little shard of me that was left behind.

@Simone_De_Beauvoir I am a Disneyland freak. I have an annual pass. I have probably been there somewhere around 75 times in my life. I don’t like what Disney Corp. represents, but I will always love and want to go to Disneyland. It is my happiest place on earth.

@tinyfaery Wow, well..as long as it makes you happy :)

The Ocean.

@ucme I wouldn’t miss the rain one little bit.

Someday, I’m going to live by the ocean. She says wistfully

I did not know until I left. I miss the ocean (I was at the beach at least a couple of times a week), but I miss the mountains more. I really miss looking out any window in my home and seeing a mountain. All this wide open space kind of freaks me out. I also miss the chaparral on the mountains.

I’d miss the mountains and river and space and peace and wildlife.
The safety of living in an area with virtually zero crime where everyones door is unlocked 24/7.

I wouldn’t miss living in the allergy capitol of California though..it’s kicking my ass this year. lol

The woods, nightly coyote calls, hiking trails, great elementary school, the river, the occasional wild turkey. The only place I’d rather live is northern Wisconsin (some day soon hopefully)…or Canada or Colorado. I could totally live with that view @jjmah :)

Just the people I know who’d stay on here. The city itself? No, not really. I’m always excited to go on a trip to leave it.

When I left Colorado for the beaches of California, a half century ago, I exchanged the beauty of white peaked, mountain majesty, clear air, blue skies and lush, green lined rivers for the smog capitol of the world, but the beaches called to me, and made it seem worth while. I did miss rivers that actually had water in them.

15 years later, as I flew into Denver Airport, I burst into tears, because the smog was so bad you couldn’t even see the downtown skyline, much less the gorgeous Rocky Mountains.

Now, I have the white topped Sierra views from my yard, and a pool surrounded by orange trees and palm trees, and a real river runs near by, but I miss the ocean.

Stewart’s. And the view of the Catskills, coming over the Rip Van Winkle Bridge from Columbia County to Greene County.

living within 1 mile of good hunting, great fishing, post office, and the grocery store.

@WestRiverrat That sounds like my kind of place. Nice!

Long Island beaches, and diners. Diners are fantastic things.

I would miss the water and boating:)

Family and friends.

Family, the pool, my great dentist and G/P and the sandy loam.

If i had to leave my country, i’d miss our nature reserves and it’s animals the most, i think (other than family of couse).

friends, students, living 2 blocks from work, my house on the river, my coffee shop

We moved away from Vancouver when I was 7 months pregnant with our 3rd. We went from lush green, mountains, ocean, and rain to another city, in another province, that saw temperatures as low as -30c for 7–8 months of the year. Rain showers happen infrequently here and I must say I miss the rain.

I also miss the liberal attitude and the friends and family we left behind. And the farmer’s markets that litter the Fraser Valley and Vancouver. I also miss multicultural feeling of Vancouver.

@tranquilsea – aw…i suppose you only really realize what you’ll miss once you’ve moved…

I have lived in the same area most of my life (except for 2 years) so I would miss the memories of everything familiar to me. Childhood memories as well.

@NaturallyMe I knew I would miss it before we left but leaving brought it into sharp focus. We were just following my hubby’s job. The first time it rained I stood outside in it for the whole hour it was here, face turned upward.

Only my low housing costs and the quiet.

The Redwoods
and
The house we built (in them)...

Oh my, there would be so much to miss: the ocean, the waves, the sound of the waves, the hula, the chants, the culture, the aloha spirit, the weather, the sea breezes, the scent of the many flowers, the leis, the…the…the…list goes on and on.

I’m a native New Englander. I’ve never felt comfortable anywhere else but New Hampshire, Vermont or Maine. Eastern Canada would be about the only other place I could live.

I would definetly miss my neighbourhood. however, living closer to water would be nice.

The only thing I would miss is my family and friends. I honestly don’t think I could move because of how much I would miss them. I guess I will cross that bridge when I get there.

I would really miss my next door neighbors; our families have live next door to each other for over 45 years, I would miss the Delaware beaches and I would miss the best goddamn sub sandwiches made anywhere, by anyone.

@stranger_in_a_strange_land I know how you feel. I can’t handle anything further south or west than Pennsylvania. I tried to live on the west coast once, and had to come back before two whole months were up because it drove me absolutely suicidal.

@lillycoyote Have you treated Buddy Bob to one? It only seems appropriate for the sandwich king.

@lillycoyote Capriotti’s sub sandwiches or someone elses?

@Seaofclouds I just love, love, love that you know Delaware and presumably, the glory of the true sub sandwich. Capriotti’s of course. Or Cassapulla’s or the Arden Sub Shop. The best subs ever were, IMHO, from the Brandywine Sub Shop but they are no longer in business. Their children have taken over the business and it is now a shop called Pickles and Chips but the subs just aren’t the same. I guess sub making is not necessarily transmitted genetically.

@lillycoyote I get a Capriotti’s sub whenever I visit Delaware.

Two friends and my bf if he were to stay behind but that’s it.

My daughter and this big Mexican grocery store with in-house made tortillas, ribs, guacamole and pico. Nothing else. If not for her, I’d like to move. Too hot and claustrophobic here.
I like mountains or at least an ocean and cool evenings, for pity’s sake!

Not really.
But I do like how close everything is to my residence, don’t have to go very far at all. If I were to move to my parents’ town, I’d have to drive 10 miles to the closest big city just to do anything.