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[ANNML]

Something I love about this forum is that members come from all over the world. But I always wonder about their specific area / surroundings. Big city? Small? Middle of nowhere? Mountains? Water? Do you like it? Is there something unique about it? Would you rather live somewhere else? How did you end up there? Blah blee blah etcetera…? Just whatever.

I live in Phoenix AZ (4.8M metro population) which is considered a low desert area of the Sonoran desert. Lived here for 20yrs. Grew up in Midwest US, then Colorado for 7 years (looooove), then Midwest again, then Phoenix. Not a fan of AZ in general except the Flagstaff area or other mountain areas. It’s HOT here and blazing sun almost every day. Most people are thrilled when there’s a cloudy day and when it sprinkles everyone is all “omg did you see it’s SPRINKLING outside?! So fabulous!” — but the downside is that people then proceed to drive as if it’s black ice on the roads lol. In my opinion, Phoenix is a very odd big city — no real personality, no vibe, no vital downtown. It’s not like other big cities such as NYC, San Francisco, Denver, Chicago, Seattle — all of which have a unique charm and vibe.

The only thing I love about Phoenix are the haboob storms during monsoon season in the summer — coolest storms ever! If you’ve never seen a haboob, search Phoenix haboob 2011 on youtube.

Ultimately, I want to live in the mountains by a river or creek of some sort. I want to feel cold weather again, put on layers, utilize my neglected coat collection . Okay , that’s all I got for now!

 

[Jeremy996]

I live in Melton Mowbray, a market town for over 1,000 years and currently home to about 27,000 people. Famous for pork pies, stilton cheese, "painting the town red" and where Edward VIII got it on with Mrs Simpson, (at a foxhunting lodge not too far from town). There are a few buildings in the town that were part of Anne of Cleves settlement from Henry VIII, (one is a public house, The Anne of Cleves, surprise surprise!), and the town boasts a huge, old church. A bit more detail and a few decent photographs from the Wikipedia page, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Melton_Mowbray Painting the town red, https://www.meltonmuseum.org/painting-the-town-red

I'm in England, so the weather is a permanent subject for discussion, usually too 'something', wet, cold, warm, windy, but in reality, it is never than bad, although at the moment it is 10.8C, with 'light rain'.