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My question is are you happy where you live?
Yes. Am I completely happy? No. However, the positives still vastly outweigh the negatives. I've lived in the same place a long time. The biggest thing I am unhappy with is my lack of time at home.
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Would you like to live somewhere else?
I would like to live in a better home with some more space, however my location is very good. If I were to move, it would be another beach town with at least as good weather/logistics. The weather where I live is pretty solid so I can't complain, although a more tropical location with perfect weather, warmer water, better diving would be an upgrade.
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What is stopping you from moving?
Money. Another thing that would cause me to hesitate from moving far is my girlfriend, family, and friends.
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Why do you live where you live?
Because it's like a mini paradise/vacation. I'm less than a block from the sand, I can see a bit of the pier and a bit of the ocean from my place, and I'm only a block or two away from most of the shops, restaurants/bars, and events that occur in my beach town. When I'm not working I can put my car in my garage and either longboard or bike just about anywhere I'd want to be.
Play sports? A walk down to the beach or a bike ride to a big sports complex. Maybe a short drive over to the waterfront view golf course or shoot some pool at my buddy's living room pool table overlooking the ocean and the beach a short drive or medium/long bike ride away.
Pool/hot tub? 5-10 blocks away
Gym? 4 blocks away
Surfing? A short walk
Beach Volleyball with girl in bikinis? In five minutes I can be on the sand finished saying hi to people on multiple courts and either be in a game or up next. Girls in bikinis walk by my front door/small patio day in and day out.
Feel like grabbing a bite to eat? Walk over to lots of options
Run/Bike for a workout? Just hop on the boardwalk and head up or down the coast right through lots of other beaches, harbors, etc...
Walk the dog? Sure, head down to the beach specifically for dogs and their owners. Flirt with the cute girls while your dogs frolic around.
Gas in the car? About a block away
Breakfast burrito/sandwich and some $1 coffee refill in a travel mug? About a 15 second walk.
Get on the water? Within a 10-35 minute drive there's a selection of harbors and various rental stand up paddleboards, kayaks, personal watercraft as well as a couple different friend's boats to snag a ride on to go fishing, freediving, etc...
Grab some fish tacos and a cold one on a patio overlooking the beach/ocean? 2 blocks away.
Take a girl to go see/pet some horses? Go for a short drive.
See badass classic cars as well as expensive and exotic cars? Walk over to a car show, walk down the street and see them driving out in the sunshine.
Drink locally brewed beer? Sure, just a few blocks away. Walk home with a growler full of your favorite for under $10 bucks.
Learn salsa, find a big dance floor playing "club/dance music," or go to a chill dive bar and sing some karaoke? All within a very short walk.
Find a gorgeous blonde girl sitting and having a drink alone on the warm patio, talk to her, get her laughing, try to get your buddy to take her home but she presses her number into your hands and says, "I really wish you were single..." with the biggest fuck me eyes ever? Well that was last night a few blocks from my place.
I'm not in paradise, but sometimes I feel like it. I used to live inland and the times that I go to that area and the surrounding areas, I feel like it's just a dump. No attractive girls, no nice cars, people don't seem all that happy and they bore me.
Where I live makes me happy.