Where would you like to live?

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You can live anywhere in the world, where do you go, what RoXor about that place, if anything what SuXor about that place?

james, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I wouldn't mind living in Richmond (Surrey)...It has three cinemas, a cool comic shop (They Walk Among Us), is by the River, has nice scenery, has lots of river side pubs, babes, access to the city. The only drawback is having to use the District Line to get anywhere, oh and the property prices. Also, could Robin tell me anything about the political scene there?

james, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

White Rock
Good bookshops , CD Stores, Realtivly cheap, near the ocean and 1/2 an hour bus from van

anthony, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Vermont. Tahiti. Macchu Pichu.

Tadeusz Suchodolski, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Isn't everyone in White Rock aged 80 or over?

I loved living in the Bay Area, despite the hippie infestation.

dave q, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

London, no further out than Zone 2.

My friends are there. They inspire me, make me laugh, encourage me, know how to have fun, are into good music, like to dance, have the best pot in London, like a drink, like a shag, enjoy bird watching, and are essentially the greatest. Yeah, I'm soft in the head for 'em.

There are also some pretty good nights out and in to be had in London.

Mascara, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

no they are not about 30 but the bookstores are fuckig A

anthony, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

James - it's me, not Robin who lives in the Borough of Richmond - (Twickenham to be precise), although no doubt he could tell you plenty about the political scene anywhere! Richmond council has been Lib-Dem (the bastards sold the ice rink to property developers)for years and the Richmond and Barnes MP (Jenny Tonge) is Lib Dem now, since '97.

Richmond isn't great - HMV is the only record shop now, there are one or two good pubs (The Old Ship), but far too many yuppies and mega- rich people. Twickenham is far better, if only slightly less- expensive (250% increase in house prices in the last 7 years). It's absolutely superb for pubs and has gazillions of good curry houses, as well as having great river views and lots of green space. The second-hand record shop (Collectors Records in York Street) is still struggling along, and is now open on Saturdays only. At least it's still around. The MP is also Lib-Dem - Vincent Cable, but like Richmond it's a Tory seat at heart.

I wouldn't mind living in New York, or elsewhere in the UK I'd go for Cardiff or Bath or York.

Dr. C, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

where's the richmond comic shop? (i've just moved to chiswick)

Alan Trewartha, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

It's in a wierd courtyard of little shops opposite the entrance to Waitrose car park, and right at the bottom of the road that leads up to the Bus Station. Don't know the name of the road.

Dr. C, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

At the moment, anywhere would do! Well anywhere except Oxford, anyway. Had it with that cesspit. Well OK London then.

Next time Carlin, try thinking things out before writing them down.

Well You Did Ask, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I wanna live in Crouch End.

Tom, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dunedin sounds cool.

Really, anywhere where it isn't freezing like it is here now --- and this isn't any sort of exaggeration, everything was covered in ice this morning.

Nicole, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I must be the only one here who doesn't know where Dunedin is!
This summer I visited Savannah Ga, I though I'd might like it there, the weather's warm, I could drink mint juleps every day...

Lesley Higgins, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I must be the only one here who doesn't know where Dunedin is!
This summer I visited Savannah Ga, I thought I'd might like it there, the weather's warm, I could drink mint juleps every day...

Lesley Higgins, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

somewhere in the malvinas

Geoff, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Lots of penguins = good
Lots of unexplode mines = bad

RickyT, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Dunedin! Woo! But it gets cold too (please refer to the Verlaines' godlike "Ready to Fly").

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Savannah Georgia.

Tracer Hand, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Richmond's comic shop moved from where it used to be...it's now at 26 Red Lion Street...on the same road as the big Pizza Express.

Thanks Dr.C.

james, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I have lots of places I would like to live so solution = get loads of money and buy houses everywhere.

DG, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ned's love of such crapola as Smashing Pumpkins is totally justified for his love of "Ready to Fly".

Ideally, I'd have to say Boston (preferably, one of the less- expensive suburban nooks outside of Boston - cost of living would be the only suXor I can think of). That said, I haven't done much exploration of the greater US (beyond vague visits to DC & Philly and Coos Bay, Oregon). I do know that I do NOT want to live in NYC. That's non-negotiable.

David Raposa, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I'm happy in Berkeley, believe it or not. The hippies here are less annoying than anywhere else, because they're supposed to be here. The town is like a mausoleum of failed/marginal causes, which is kind of cool. Plus there's good bookstores. Otherwise I'd move to Sacramento, which would be the best place on earth if it weren't so hot in the summer. I wouldn't mind Vegas either. New York obviously. Outside of the US, I'd like to live in Rotterdam or Trieste or Llubljana or Budapest or something like that.

Kris, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Pretty damn happy here in Seattle myself, though I'd love to visit London, Dunedin, Sydney, NYC, Madison, Toronto, Victoria, or Vancouver... (I'll be taking care of the latter two in the near future)

Brian MacDonald, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Ned's love of such crapola as Smashing Pumpkins is totally justified for his love of "Ready to Fly".

I love confusing people.

Ned Raggett, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

hey nicole, dunedin is cool. but it gets fuckin cold in the winter.

lesley, dunedin is a small city in south island of new zealand, known for being the "edinburgh of the south" (all the street names are supposed to be edinburgh st names) (oh and on signal hill there is, get this, an authentic rock from edinburgh!) and for yellow eyed penguins and royal albatross and (so says nick dastoor) cheap sex. such user-friendly bands as the chills, the clean, the verlaines and the straitjacket fits all hail from dunedin.

di, Thursday, 18 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

Like I've said before, though maybe not here. Equal amounts of time at either end of the original GWR main line (Paddington-Penzance) and never setting foot anywhere in between (OK, I quite liked Reading the one time I visited, but you get my general point).

Robin Carmody, Friday, 19 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-four years ago)

I like where I live now.

Ally, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

Get more musicians to play there and you could get me to move to St. Thomas in a heartbeat, particularly if I got to live at an all- inclusive resort.

Dan Perry, Friday, 26 October 2001 00:00 (twenty-three years ago)

There is a great pub in Surrey B.C. The name, The Elephant & Castle! Fantastic! If I had my druthers on where to live though, I would love to try a good peaceful Country, such as this one. :) Gale

Gale Deslongchamps, Monday, 29 October 2001 01:00 (twenty-three years ago)

nine years pass...

in the cabine of your sister essence

s-Rite, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 03:21 (fourteen years ago)

well, then, we've cleared that up.

For myself, I'd ike to live in town of roughly 8,000 to 10,000 people, so it has local services like clinics and a grocery or two, located near some really great mountains full of wilderness trails. Bonus points if the local economy is not heavily tourist-based. Examples that spring to mind would include:

Bishop, CA
Enterprise, OR
La Pine, OR
Wenatchee, WA

I expect there are many more such places sprinkled through the western USA, in Montana, Utah, Idaho, Wyoming, New Mexico, Colorado, and so on. This is the archetype I am most drawn to. I'll never live in these places, though; I need to stay near the Portland, OR metro area, where my daughter lives.

Not that that's so bad, you know. Powell's Books and all that. Mountains and Oregon's coast in easy driving distance. No complaints, really.

Aimless, Wednesday, 6 July 2011 03:30 (fourteen years ago)


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