Question #1
Feb. 27th, 2007 07:27 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
moominmuppetIf you could live anywhere in the world where would you choose and why?
If this were only about me:
I'd be interested in exploring living (as opposed to vacationing) in various parts of the world, for a variety of reasons. I'm particularly curious about Iceland and about some of the Polynesian islands. It may seem like an odd juxtaposition, but in both cases it's about a combination of curiosity about geography and culture. And since reading Jared Diamond's Collapse, I'm extra-fascinated -- both regions feature prominently in his writing, especially their ecological fragility. I'd be interested to spend more time understanding how people live differently with their land when it's so dramatically fragile.
In all practicality (figuring in pets/loved ones/etc):
The biggest factors for me about where I live have to do with being reasonably close to people I love, having a cost of living that allows me to afford a place I can have my pets, and gives me reasonable access to political/cultural activism. I'm also fond of temperate to cool climates with lots of fresh water. I'm really pretty happy in the Midwest, given all that. There are cities I enjoy more than Cleveland (Chicago is an excellent example), but the cost of living, combined with being further from most people in my life (although closer to a few) isn't enough to motivate me to move.
And although I'm not in the mood to move back to the middle of nowhere, I do miss it regularly, and wish it were someplace I could spend time more often.
If this were only about me:
I'd be interested in exploring living (as opposed to vacationing) in various parts of the world, for a variety of reasons. I'm particularly curious about Iceland and about some of the Polynesian islands. It may seem like an odd juxtaposition, but in both cases it's about a combination of curiosity about geography and culture. And since reading Jared Diamond's Collapse, I'm extra-fascinated -- both regions feature prominently in his writing, especially their ecological fragility. I'd be interested to spend more time understanding how people live differently with their land when it's so dramatically fragile.
In all practicality (figuring in pets/loved ones/etc):
The biggest factors for me about where I live have to do with being reasonably close to people I love, having a cost of living that allows me to afford a place I can have my pets, and gives me reasonable access to political/cultural activism. I'm also fond of temperate to cool climates with lots of fresh water. I'm really pretty happy in the Midwest, given all that. There are cities I enjoy more than Cleveland (Chicago is an excellent example), but the cost of living, combined with being further from most people in my life (although closer to a few) isn't enough to motivate me to move.
And although I'm not in the mood to move back to the middle of nowhere, I do miss it regularly, and wish it were someplace I could spend time more often.
