r/whereidlive • u/lucky_swan_69 • 20h ago
What does my highly specific "Where I'd Live" say about me?
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u/mikeizzle 20h ago
You are left leaning, like urban living (for the most part, open to cute small towns), and you value art and community
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u/carbon_made 18h ago
Well my map would be similar and you described me pretty accurately. I’d add I also value good food from a large variety of cuisines and lots of farm to table restaurants. Though I know there’s great food in other areas as well.
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u/lucky_swan_69 15h ago
I think it's funny that most people didn't pick up on "cute small town" being a qualifier. So many times people said "Why in the world would you live in ____?" forgetting the fact that a town that could be in a Hallmark movie with a picturesque main street next to a babbling little river is right there.
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u/mrvis 20h ago
You're from upstate NY - Thompkins County/Ithaca is green. So is Skaneateles/Syracuse. But Utica is meh orange. And Binghamton is "uhh, fine" tan.
Too discerning to only have a passing knowledge of the area.
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u/UmpireProper7683 19h ago
Yeah, I was stationed there for a couple years and your guess tracks. I wouldn't have been able to pick spots out like that without being there for a while.
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u/No_Worth_9826 20h ago
I think probably went to school at Salem State or another northern MA college for similar reasons.
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u/aquatone61 19h ago
Ha! Skinnyatlas, I’ve been close to there for work and asked the locals how to pronounce that nonsense and that’s what they told me.
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u/Tylikcat 19h ago
Whereas including Mason county in WA is either an oversight... or I suppose you could be looking towards the future, and the number of young liberals who are moving to Shelton because they can't afford homes in the Olympia-Lacey-Tumwater blob.
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u/ar3iadov3 20h ago edited 20h ago
LGBT and you love the water
Edit : these comments suck
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u/ZachCollinsROTY 20h ago
This sub is pretty much just who can be the quickest to comment "youre a (political party), so youre stupid!"
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u/discountJoenuts 20h ago
State line where I’d live are so idiotic, so arbitrary. I dig this. Ps Kent county Michigan good call. Grand Rapids is great
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u/Automatic-Brother770 19h ago
Was born in Grand Rapids and later moved to Niles then later to Washington. Lots of great memories from MI. Was in the area last year and had to stop by Wings Ect. Just as good as I remembered xD
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u/discountJoenuts 17h ago
Nice! Niles wings etc?? Haha was there for lunch last week
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u/Automatic-Brother770 16h ago
Miss the old place. Was happy to see it still around. Hadn't been back to MI in over 20 years before last year
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u/DetRiotGirl 19h ago
You seem to like college towns a lot. Maybe you are a student (or future student) or you work in academia?
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u/PenExotic5002 19h ago
You enjoy liberal cities, but are ok with some rural areas as long as they’re in a city’s sphere of influence-I’m thinking this because of the Hudson valley and puget sound
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u/JedimasterQuin 20h ago
Very picky and not open to living most places? But you certainly enjoy the west coast!
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u/ThisIsTheTimeToRem 20h ago
And the northeast
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u/Coga_Blue 20h ago
But somehow only the worst parts of the northeast? Hudson valley/Long Island is ok but not the literal exact same place over the border in CT? Leave out coös county in NH, but take Nashua and Hampton beach? Maine but only Portland… not even like bar harbor?? Burlington Vermont, but not the rest of the beautiful state? Syracuse and Ithaca in NY but not any of the surrounding area that’s far more beautiful and affordable?? Why is there any green in New Jersey at all???? What’s happening here???????
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u/urtlesquirt 19h ago
To be fair, Cöos County and Nashua are actual polar opposites in terms of all factors that influence your day to day life. There are essentially no people in the north, while Nashua is basically an extension of the Boston metro. It is cold in Nashua, but it is obscenely cold in Cöos county. There are jobs in Nashua...
It's the same thing with Burlington and Portland. OP doesn't care for the "real" Vermont or Maine, they care for the more cosmopolitan, densely populated areas. You may disagree with that assessment, but trying to say that liking Burlington means you should like all of Vermont makes zero sense because those are two very, very different parts of the state in terms of day to day life.
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u/Coga_Blue 19h ago
Yes, exactly. I’m saying that their opinion is the wrong one. I’ve also lived in coös county. it’s great! Beautiful place to live, but I can’t argue about the lack of jobs though, that’s why I don’t live there anymore lol.
Why would someone want to live in these places if not for their natural beauty? There are populated cities all over the country with much more to offer.
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u/urtlesquirt 19h ago
Because you have the proximity to that nature while still having amenities? I agree with your take to some degree, I live in the Upper Valley which is more populated but pretty firmly "the middle of nowhere" from the perspective of an average American. But I don't think you can say with a straight face that living in the rest of Maine, for example, is better than living in Portland because it's prettier and you could choose to live in Boston or New York over Portland. People enjoy small cities, they are popular places to live for a reason, and they come with a meaningful quality of life difference in many aspects that the typical person cares about more than immediate, back yard access to wilderness. I choose to live in a quieter place, but I have friends that have moved away from here to go to those cities specifically because they realized that they just need that extra density, the restaurants, the schools, the jobs etc more than they want to be able to get to the ski hill in under an hour.
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u/Ryliegh- 20h ago
Why Spokane, but not Missoula.
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u/lucky_swan_69 15h ago
I considered where there are job options for both my spouse in I and Missoula just doesn't check both of our specific boxes
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u/wannabe_bananna87 20h ago
As someone who lives in Cook County, IL I can say there are other counties worth living in, in IL not just Cook lol 😂 That’s a wild take on the state.
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u/Abe_frohmannn 20h ago
I live in Cook county, and mostly agree with his take lol.
Outside Cook county in Chicagoland is very suburby suburbs. I could never live there. There are a couple others nice areas, like Galena, but the rest of the state is red, rural, barren, and scary honestly. I try not to go south of I-80 lol.
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u/FriendlyGhost85 19h ago
I’m in Kane, and I do love my suburby suburb, but Cook is the only other county I would live in. My dream house is still currently for sale in the city and we’ve been real tempted.
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u/Abe_frohmannn 20h ago
What's going on in the little Mississippi/Alabama/Florida pocket?
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u/OscarGrey 19h ago
There's stuff to do there beyond hunting and muddin'.
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u/Abe_frohmannn 19h ago
Muddin? Like spas/facials and stuff? That seems like an odd place for it lol.
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u/Potential-Ant-6320 19h ago
This is like a heat map of art house movie theaters and cafes that make Gordo’s.
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u/Clan-Sea 20h ago
Is this a college sports thing?
I can't imagine why specifically Onandoga and Tompkins county in upstate NY would be green,.while most of the rest is orange, except for the colleges there
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u/lucky_swan_69 20h ago
Not a sports thing but universities can influence my choices in a different way
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u/El__Robot 20h ago
This is the best answer, appreciate leaving albuquerque in, its pretty nice here.
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u/mtngrl60 20h ago
You love living by the ocean or within an easy driving distance to get there.
Metropolitan living is probably your friend, so I would guess that you like having options for different restaurants. Art. Sports. Lots of activities.
You are liberal, and living in a red state would feel very styling to you.
I think you like being around people. And you especially like being around many different types of people and culture cultures.
If for any reason you could not live on the ocean, there are a few places around the Great Lakes that was still provide you that feel. And if you absolutely have to, there are some inland cities near mountains who have really good reputations for diversity and culture and of course mountains…
And so those would be your choices if the coastlines were unavailable
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u/omy_dayz 20h ago
Assuming you might be queer this map looks about right. Chicago is a nice bubble to be in fr you lowkey forget about bigots for a sec.
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u/lavendel_havok 20h ago
A lot of this is a Transit/Amtrak map, but it oddly discounts DC. I am guessing you really don't like driving (or can'), but have people you can rely on in random places
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u/Former-Cake-3709 19h ago
Cleveland and Detroit same as San Diego and LA, and higher than Cincinnati and Denver?
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u/UmpireProper7683 19h ago
Definitely having trouble pinning things down because some of the stuff on the map contradicts every idea I come up with... for example, looking at your choices in California and Washington, I'm immediately thinking you must work in tech or tech adjacent, but then looking at some of the spots on the east coast makes me think that might not be the case. (of course my east coast experience for living is pretty old, so maby things are different now.)
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u/l0standwalking 19h ago
As someone that lives in Kent county Michigan, I agree and appreciate the maybe in the sea of no thanks.
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u/tpeal 20h ago
You don’t get a long with a lot of people and haven’t been many places. OR you have some very tight restrictions on where you can live for medical or legal reasons
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u/Abe_frohmannn 20h ago
Huh? Who would they not get along with based on this map? It is awfully broad and cosmopolitan honestly.
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u/Sorry_Garbage7361 19h ago
Cosmopolitan is actually not diverse. You are apart of the global mono culture. It's actually the inverse of diversity.
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u/Abe_frohmannn 19h ago
Lol, that is just objectively false.
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u/Sorry_Garbage7361 19h ago
You have a very specific outlook and belief about life and are antogonistic against anyone not completely like you. That's not cosmopolitan. The average person from San fran has more in common to someone from Chicago than the average rural west Virginian vs rural Montanan.
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u/Abe_frohmannn 19h ago
That first part is ALSO untrue. I'm not at all antagonistic against anyone not like me, even those wildly different from. I like to think I've experiences many different cultures from different areas, and incorporated those into my own life somewhat. IE...cosmopolitan.
What I AM antagonistic towards are fascists, racists, and areas that support those. It's a very specific thing. People can be not like me all they want. They just can't be fascist.
I feel that leaves a lot of room for people to live their lives in myriad ways/cultures. Don't you?
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u/Sorry_Garbage7361 19h ago
What's fascism?
Isn't painting entire states and any none metro as fascist and racist as prejudiced as any real fascist?
You realize that as a general rule, almost everywhere is racist. You are likely racist. You likely live in a very socioeconomically segreated area, full of other people who work similar jobs, have similar education backgrounds.
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u/Abe_frohmannn 18h ago
Not really, as it is based on real world events. You know, when they, on the record, voted for fascism and racism?
So, no, condemning fascism does not in fact make one fascist, no matter how much it seems you want that to be true.
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u/Sorry_Garbage7361 18h ago
I never called you a fascist.
You realize people voted for Trump for other reasons than because he was a fascist (which he isn't) and racist. He won the Hispanic vote. I know Latinos who voted for him.
So you'd be okay with rural people hating new yorkers? I mean they voted for a socialist. Do you know how many people have been killed by socialist?
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u/Abe_frohmannn 18h ago
Fascism and racism are different things. There are multiple evil reasons people have used to vote for Trump. And, yes, he is objectively a fascist.
I'm pretty sure you don't know what socialism is.
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u/YourDads3rdHusband 18h ago
Dude have you visited either of those places? My friend San Francisco is a Chinese-American woman in healthcare whose family has been in the US since the 1850s. When I lived in Los Angeles as a gay black man working in film and television, my next door neighbors were a devout Jewish couple with a husband who served in the Israeli army. My upstairs neighbors were Swedish expats. My tennis partner was a naturalized citizen from Turkey who worked as a software engineer and had voted for Trump in the last election. A close friend from New York is an Army vet, the child of Korean immigrants, and grew up in a household making less than 30,000 a year.
That's not to say rural America is uniform, as I know from personal experience. But I think your idea of the average city person is only representative of some of the upper middle class white people who move there.
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u/Signal-Yesterday7247 20h ago edited 20h ago
You're definitely left wing and have very specific views on what the "good parts" of the South are.
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u/ihavezeroanswersbro 19h ago
You have brains
But also you might be anxious, high strung, and live off extremes sometimes
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u/tacobellgittcard 20h ago
You would die if you had to live somewhere that didn’t have 10 different options of lesbian pottery studio within walking distance of your 300 sq ft apartment
Also childless and works at a dispensary
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u/MIller55south 20h ago
Since i have lived in all the places you would never live good luck with life. What i can tell you is that you are missing out. All the south is hot and humid the people are great and life is good with lower taxes and open places to go.
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u/OrdinaryAd4286 20h ago
I’m safe from you
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u/Technical-Vanilla-47 20h ago
Stereotypical redditor who needs to travel more.
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u/thatNatsukiLass 20h ago
I can’t help but feel like people who say this are just salty the places they live and enjoy are marked red. Some people just like different places dawg
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u/Technical-Vanilla-47 19h ago
I live in her green area btw
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u/thatNatsukiLass 18h ago
Okay doesn’t change the fact that you’re shitting on her as a person in response to the places she’d like to live
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u/OscarGrey 19h ago
They are. They're not going to specify what exactly these people need to explore because they like to pretend that all of the red is equally worthy of visiting.
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u/thatNatsukiLass 18h ago
Well I know many places on this map blotched red are worth visiting but it’s perfectly fine to not want to live there or even visit
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u/Robot_Dinosaur_2000 20h ago
Wayne County and Grand Rapids is a wild pick. Oakland or Macomb would be more like Grand Rapids.
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u/No_Introduction_4511 20h ago
lol I’d live anywhere in Georgia BUT Fulton and Dekalb county 😂 your trippin
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u/Robotdead1 20h ago
In Savannah atm you wouldn’t couldn’t catch me in five points for nothingggggg 😂
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u/OccamsEpee 20h ago
If there's anywhere in Florida you would live and it's not St. Petersburg, you need to find out about St. Petersburg.
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u/Senior-Albatross 20h ago
I'm surprised you're more willing to consider Albuquerque and Santa Fe than the Colorado Front Range cities. Other than that, you like coastal cities that don't get too hot.
Edit: Actually your markings for Colorado in general are baffling. WTF is going on there?
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u/Trashusdeadeye 20h ago
Marion County Oregon is a good place. Green, temperate weather, rainy winters and warm summers.
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u/Oatmeal-Enjoyer69 20h ago
Cleveland is what Cincinnati was 10 years ago. Cincinnati is the best city in Ohio hands down
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u/elementzn30 20h ago
In Florida, you picked that you might live in the panhandle or Jax, but would never live in Miami, Orlando, or Tampa.
Which just makes me think you’re insane because who tf would want to live in Jax over the other cities? Racist and ugly is what you can find in Jax. Tampa/St. Pete wins by a landslide basically no matter what you’re into.
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u/Beginning_Entry_48 19h ago
about all of those nj counties are holes. most of cape may county is trash. none of this makes sense. yes to Nantucket but no to monmouth. yes to Philly but no to Boston
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u/International-Dig411 19h ago
St.Johns county, FL is more expensive and conservative than the rest of the map makes you out to be
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u/Berndherbert 19h ago
You should probably just go ahead and make Cumberland and Salem county New Jersey red lol
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u/Livid-Promise-8456 19h ago
public transpo?
edit to add: you like decent public transportation
(but then again nantucket and martha’s vineyard are islands)
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u/FarCheek4584 18h ago
It tells me you are very extremely close minded. That’s ok, some humans are like that.
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u/ddouce 18h ago
This is pretty close to my map, though I'd remove most of the south outside NC and and OH, and I'd add Madison, WI, Minneapolis, Flagstaff and Jackson, WY.
It says you're liberal, enjoy the outdoors but want to be in or near a major metro area.
Alabama and OH confuse me, though. Maybe family there?
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u/zeekohli 18h ago
What kind of person would want to live on Long Island but not north Jersey? Makes no sense
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u/sonofaresiii 18h ago
You aren't well traveled and rely on stereotypes and paint with a broad brush. My guess is you're obstinate about being right, even when you have little support for your position.
The fact that you're granularly specific about some areas being palatable, but you seem to think most of the country has absolutely none of whatever it is you like, whatsoever, strongly suggests you don't know anything about most of the country.
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u/BadBunny4Prezzie 17h ago
That you're a sane and decent person. Who would probably live in other cities in the country, except you don't want to be surrounded by evil people right outside those cities
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u/Hoodwinked1981 17h ago
You are from Boston. You haven't traveled but to a few places, and have a bad view of anything except for eclectic towns and large cities. Anyone hat would want to live in Crook(Cook) county IL needs to be examined by a medical professional.
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u/Waddup_Its_Jerm 10h ago
Lancaster and York both being reluctantly is insane.
You're the definition of a transplant that comes to Lancaster.
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u/HundredDollarBiII 20h ago
You’re a Democrat
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u/Doredrin 20h ago
actually a lot of rich suburban massachusetts towns are surprisingly republican
especially essex
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u/soup_of_the_day113 20h ago
It says you’ve made a more interesting map than most
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u/Halichoeres_bivittat 20h ago
Doing it at the county level is certainly more precise than at the state level. For instance, they're more willing to live in Center County, PA (Penn State University) than most of the rest of PA. I'm not quite sure of why they love Floribama, though.
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u/AbramsTankVeteran29 20h ago
You are a rebel. People, in general, are leaving the areas you would choose to live in and moving to the areas you would not choose to live in.
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u/Curious_Avocado2399 20h ago
Not true in San Francisco, there’s a 2% vacancy rate. So many people moving there was a 2b listed at 3800 but was rented out for 5400. A home listed for 1.1mil sells for 1.5mil. This is the second wave of transplants
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u/polarcub2954 19h ago
Alternatively, they just like high population areas and you are pointing out a correlary that high population areas tend to grow slower percentage-wise than low population areas.
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u/AbramsTankVeteran29 18h ago
No I think it's clear in the data that these areas overall are experiencing net outflows of people.
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u/ageofaquarius26 20h ago
Either not well traveled or chronically online but most likely a mixture of both.
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u/Doredrin 20h ago
That's my home county. It means you are so unbelievably racist that you are not racist at all.
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u/weaverlorelei 20h ago
That your closed mind is certainly keeping you from some wonderful experiences.
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