How i met the place i want to live....
Lately i've been trying to figure out where i want to live when i graduate school. I've spent my entire life on the east coast, i grew up in upstate new york, cold winters, dry air, short autumns, beautiful summers, fresh running water, and the typical east coast rushed lifestyle. After i graduated from college i moved to NYC where i spent a few years working in the environmental field. Now i love NYC, i love the food, the sound of rain hitting the seemingly endless pavement, the sparse patches of grass, the breeze blowing through the park trees, and the smell of the atlantic. But i ask myself can i see myself living there again? The climate in NYC is certainly better than it is here upstate, and I will always have a job waiting for me there. But when it comes down to it i don't know if i could see myself buying property there.
Now as i'm sure you've picked up by now i'm a tactile thinker, when i think of an environment where i want to live, i think of the things that make my senses happy. So what do i think of? I think of an old wood frame house with a stone porch that wraps around, you know the kind of stone that is cold year round to the touch. An old wooden stair case running up its center, with creeky steps. I want to live somewhere where i can still see the stars, and walk outside barefoot and feel the damp grass between my toes, and moist soil beneath my feet. I want to hear the howl of the wind through the forest and i want it to be warm all year round, with the occasional snow. I want to live near a city, but not in a city, i want to enjoy my commute not loath it with all my being. I want to drive 70 mph with my stereo on high and my arm out the window, where is this place that i want to live? I hope i figure it out soon, b/c i've been looking for for a long time.
Part of me thinks that this place may be somewhere on the west coast, maybe California or maybe the pacific northwest. This summer i have a chance to travel to Alaska, and i'm fucking excited let me tell you. I think on my way back from Alaska I will stop in California, hang out in LA for a few days, maybe visit wine country then rent a car and drive up the 101 into San Fransisco. I want to explore, too long now have i been tied to this part of the country/world. I want to find the place that is going to make me happy, and make me want to settle down, i will not compromise, i will not waver, nobody is going to keep me from going where i want to go, not anymore.
Lately i've been trying to figure out where i want to live when i graduate school. I've spent my entire life on the east coast, i grew up in upstate new york, cold winters, dry air, short autumns, beautiful summers, fresh running water, and the typical east coast rushed lifestyle. After i graduated from college i moved to NYC where i spent a few years working in the environmental field. Now i love NYC, i love the food, the sound of rain hitting the seemingly endless pavement, the sparse patches of grass, the breeze blowing through the park trees, and the smell of the atlantic. But i ask myself can i see myself living there again? The climate in NYC is certainly better than it is here upstate, and I will always have a job waiting for me there. But when it comes down to it i don't know if i could see myself buying property there.
Now as i'm sure you've picked up by now i'm a tactile thinker, when i think of an environment where i want to live, i think of the things that make my senses happy. So what do i think of? I think of an old wood frame house with a stone porch that wraps around, you know the kind of stone that is cold year round to the touch. An old wooden stair case running up its center, with creeky steps. I want to live somewhere where i can still see the stars, and walk outside barefoot and feel the damp grass between my toes, and moist soil beneath my feet. I want to hear the howl of the wind through the forest and i want it to be warm all year round, with the occasional snow. I want to live near a city, but not in a city, i want to enjoy my commute not loath it with all my being. I want to drive 70 mph with my stereo on high and my arm out the window, where is this place that i want to live? I hope i figure it out soon, b/c i've been looking for for a long time.
Part of me thinks that this place may be somewhere on the west coast, maybe California or maybe the pacific northwest. This summer i have a chance to travel to Alaska, and i'm fucking excited let me tell you. I think on my way back from Alaska I will stop in California, hang out in LA for a few days, maybe visit wine country then rent a car and drive up the 101 into San Fransisco. I want to explore, too long now have i been tied to this part of the country/world. I want to find the place that is going to make me happy, and make me want to settle down, i will not compromise, i will not waver, nobody is going to keep me from going where i want to go, not anymore.