Where is the best place in the world to live? (5 Viewers)

[Lili Marlene]

all this hating Ireland has got me wondering where I should live.

This can be a country, town, village but not 'my gaff'.

Answers on a thumpedcard below please

 

[rettucs]

1st place: knocklyon
2nd place: Templeogue


edit: I need to qualify that by stating that the only other place I've ever lived was Lucan

 

[David Kronenbourg]

1st place: knocklyon
2nd place: Templeogue


edit: I need to qualify that by stating that the only other place I've ever lived was Lucan

i live in knocklyon. it's alright.

 

[jane]

I don't know, but I do know that it is not:

Dublin
Frederick, Maryland
Rockville, Maryland
Columbia, Maryland
Washington, DC
Anywhere in the state of Rhode Island
NYC (amazing city to visit, but I really couldn't fucking live there)
Cork

It could be Boston but I can't say so because I'm from there and am biased for obvious reasons. But New England is amazing, and I'm pretty sure it's amazing even if you aren't biased because you're from there. Except Rhode Island which is mostly shit, even though it has a few nice places.

I imagine that the most pleasant places to live are places like Vancouver, Portland (Oregon or Maine), some smallish cities in the Midwest, some of the NZ cities, Vienna, most of Scandinavia....

But I've only ever spent significant time in the places above and I can say with some certainty that I would not be president of any of their Chambers of Commerce.

 

[Froog]

i'd happily live in the toilets of the metropole hotel in cork.

 

[Jill Hives]

It could be Boston but I can't say so because I'm from there

I'll say it. Boston is a wonderful place to live. Practically anywhere in New England is... Maine is gorgeous.

 

[Scientician 0.8]

Swords, County Dublin.

Pros - near the sea, nice people for the most part, lots of trees, shopping, cinema, pubs, clubs, restaurants, parks, close enough to the city

Cons - bit of a backwater, no proper gigs, the bi-weekly rumble in main st.

 

[Lili Marlene]

edit: I retract my bid on this post

 

[spuded]

Vancouver, Portland (Oregon), some smallish cities in the Midwest,

I'd defo agree on these two, especially portland as its a lil bit smaller than vancouver, so much good shit goin on, such a beautiful city, cheap to live there (a friend of mine owned a house about a 5 minute bus ride from the city centre that had a huge garden, two huge bedrooms, large sitting room/kitchen and deadly basement and attic that coule be converted, only cost her the equivalent of 80,000 euro about 4 years ago!) and oregon as a state is the most beautiful I saw in the states, that and vermont.

Just wish emigration wasn't such a fucker

 

[Flux]

I have a soft spot for Perth, WA.

I wouldn't kick Sydney out of the bed for eating crackers either.

 

[plug]

I hope someone will say uruguay; I'm planning to move there for a while in a year or so if I can get my shit together.

 

[jane]

I'd defo agree on these two, especially portland as its a lil bit smaller than vancouver, so much good shit goin on, such a beautiful city, cheap to live there (a friend of mine owned a house about a 5 minute bus ride from the city centre that had a huge garden, two huge bedrooms, large sitting room/kitchen and deadly basement and attic that coule be converted, only cost her the equivalent of 80,000 euro about 4 years ago!) and oregon as a state is the most beautiful I saw in the states, that and vermont.

Just wish emigration wasn't such a fucker

Yeah, that's the shit thing. I mean, I'd love to move to Canada, but I don't want to go through the whole immigration thing again. I also don't want to live somewhere where I can't have fairly easy access to transatlantic flights. I will like Ireland and Dublin a lot better once I no longer live here. I think that's what frustrates me about it -- I know I can like it again, I just have to not live here in order for that to happen.

I wouldn't wish the US immigration system on anyone, though. It's not that it's not possible, it's that it is a total fucking pain in the butthole to deal with.

I love Vermont, too, and would consider somewhere like Brattleboro, but I need a bit of coast. I eventually want to retire to Portland, Maine and eat blueberries by the gallon on a wraparound porch. It's a perfect town for what I need out of a town, but it's just a wee bit too slow for my needs at the moment. What I also like is that while there are lots of artsy little towns around NE, they get a little fucking irritating with all of their right-on bubbleness. Portland has a good balance between lefty idealism and plain old realness.

Maine is fucking incredible. My dad and I were telling Mr Jane about the amazingness of New England and both of us were getting a little choked up. It's got a lot of cons, but I think the pros definitely outweigh them, and there's so much diversity between the towns that while one place could be utter shit, the next town over could have a completely different vibe and be lovely to live in.

Salem, MA is also kind of cool if you can put up with fake witches and tourists.

 

[Lili Marlene]

Salem, MA is also kind of cool if you can put up with fake witches and tourists.

I thoroughly enjoyed Salem and it's old sweet shop.

what's the deal with the pedestrian crossings though?

waking up the dead....

 

[snakybus]

wherever you have friends

places are boring without company

 

[Jill Hives]

wherever you have friends

places are boring without company

Way to be a downer, dude.

Someone give me 650K to buy a place in Maine. Please.

 

[HMD]

Swords, County Dublin.

close enough to the city

It is in it's hole.

 

[Luther Blissett]

I hope someone will say uruguay; I'm planning to move there for a while in a year or so if I can get my shit together.

My girlfriend lived in Montevideo for six months back in 2005. She said it was great.

 

[7 - No tomorrow]

i'd happily live in the toilets of the metropole hotel in cork.

Good size 'capper jacks in there actually.

 

[killy kill]

coos bay, oregon;i will live there one day on a house boat and do fuck all except watch seals

 

[classic seanc]

Swords, County Dublin.

Pros - near the sea, nice people for the most part, lots of trees, shopping, cinema, pubs, clubs, restaurants, parks, close enough to the city

Cons - bit of a backwater, no proper gigs, the bi-weekly rumble in main st.

The unchecked, pointless urbanisation of Swords is exactly what's wrong with Dublin as a whole.



I'm gonna say in or around Potes, Cantabria, Spain. Or my grandparents gaff in southern Roscommon, or my greatgrandparents gaff in mid Roscommon. They're three places I'd like to live that I've actually been to. Though Coos Bay has me enchanted.