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[Days like these...]

Man, I hate podunk towns. The people, the fake niceness, the nothing to do-ness (unless making meth counts) of it all. I'm leaving soon I don't see how having one traffic light in the entire town is seen as a plus by some. I've got to move soon.

 

[Cyberpunkd]

Also chocolatines to you.

 

[Doczu]

Nope maar wel Sinterklaas kikkers

God ik mis ze bijna net zo als bitterballen...

Kurva that’s is the only polish I know. It seems to be used a lot.

Poland is a lovely place.

Kurwa is a real multi-tool word here!

My wife is Polish. It's not just that he family is there, but I also love Poland as a country. Love the people, the food, the culture, the language. I consider it my second home.

With how many Polish people live in the UK i'd say it's not much of a difference where you live!

 

[jufonuk]

 

[Peggies]

Vienna/Austria

I used to hate it when I was young. You could say I identified as being Irish. I even told I was adopted by two Austrians and am actually Irish.
After living there for a while I learned to appreciate the "lameness" of my hometown. Things going as they should, buses arriving when they should, social security. All the boring stuff.

If I could choose and take my family with me though I'd probably still move to Ireland.

 

[KO7]

If you mean the city: I love the city, but absolutely hate the cost of living here.

If you mean my personal dwelling, I’m grateful for having a roof over my head, but there’s a lot of aspects about my current living situation that I detest and negatively impacts my life in general.

 

[Sakura]

Sounds like you live in LA

Nah I live in Canada.

 

[West Texas CEO]

(unless making meth counts)

 

[Pagusas]

Yes, Dallas is a great place to live and work. I make sure I go on 2 - 4 big vacations a year though so I keep myself well entertained in different areas, keeps home from getting boring.

 

[Dark Star]

I don't hate it, but I'm tired of it. the houston area is massive. it takes me like an hour to commute to work, that sucks. the city/downtown is pretty boring unless you're paying to go to an event/concert/etc. downtown is just a hub for big oil and energy companies, office buildings, etc. there are some cool/hip areas and loads of great restaurants, but a huge portion of the overall city is just ugly boring suburban sprawl. my area in particular is just supermarkets and strip mall shopping areas. some people think their quaint little towns are sad, but modernized suburbia feels so fake and cold, you need a car to go anywhere, no sidewalks. but overall I have a comfy life and access to just about everything. it would be nice to live near a nice beach or near some mountains, though.

 

[Aesius]

I don't hate it, but I'm tired of it. the houston area is massive. it takes me like an hour to commute to work, that sucks. the city/downtown is pretty boring unless you're paying to go to an event/concert/etc. downtown is just a hub for big oil and energy companies, office buildings, etc. there are some cool/hip areas and loads of great restaurants, but a huge portion of the overall city is just ugly boring suburban sprawl. my area in particular is just supermarkets and strip mall shopping areas. some people think their quaint little towns are sad, but modernized suburbia feels so fake and cold, you need a car to go anywhere, no sidewalks. but overall I have a comfy life and access to just about everything. it would be nice to live near a nice beach or near some mountains, though.

Sounds about like where I live. Although in a much smaller city. I’m near a pretty busy mall, so it’s just congested “stroads” nearby. Luckily my subdivision is a few miles away from it all so it’s quiet here. And it is nice that basically everything I need/want is 5 minutes away. But it’s mostly chain stuff.

I agree on the small town thing. I grew up in a relatively small one and I miss the cohesive feel of a town. We had a cool little downtown area in the middle and everything. Living in suburbia feels very disconnected by comparison.

It’s crazy because I couldn’t wait to get out when I was a teen. But now I see so much value in small(ish) towns. I might feel differently if I was from a really small town but mine was big enough where people weren’t all in your business all the time.

 

[ahtlas7]

I’ve lived in NY, Paris, Dallas TX, Brussels in the last 3 years. I love new experiences.

 

[Neolombax]

Malaysia. Love the country, generally love the people, the gov needs to improve though. Cost of living is slowly increasing, and you can see people here becoming frustrated. The state where I'm in is a nice place to settle down, just wish it had more options in terms of healthcare and education. The best ones seem to be localized in Kuala Lumpur...but I hate it there.

 

[Shadowplay1979]

I lived in LA for the last twenty years and hated every moment. The last 8 years alone i lived in a house ( including with side houses) 17 roommates. Ranging from crazy religious bald guy that would pray to god and jump in the pool fully clothed at 5 am, drunkard manbaby who acts like a karen and blames everything on everyone else, is far right but lives off food stamps and makes every excuse to not find a job. Another crazy dude who once walked up to me while i was fixing a bike and told me the way to fuck chinese women is to hold em down with a towel. Another dude who was an out of work former roger corman lead B movie actor and director of some of those emanuel movies...that believed the government was watching him, talked about his secret government missions to africa and believed i was secretly working for the cia and listening in to his calls.

We had roaches the size of small mice that would fly into the kitchen. Theres one tenant who has lived there rent free for 5 years with his psycho filipina green card wife and has been able to dodge eviction.....

just so many bad things i can go on for hours....so yea

HATE where i live.....d

I now live in Tokyo, in the bay in an apartment with a view of the ocean from my balcony. everything in walking distance including beautiful views. I can travel into Shibuya , shinjuku, ikebukuro , Ueno and other various such places all within 20-30 minutes from a station 5 minutes away. I can go into the countryside in less then an hour .The apartment is larger then what i had in LA, clean as all hell and comforatable. NO roomates, i have all my own furniture.

I LOVE where i live.

 

[AJUMP23]

I’ve lived in NY, Paris, Dallas TX, Brussels in the last 3 years. I love new experiences.

That is a lot of moving, I assume you travel light.

 

[Ionian]

Kurva that’s is the only polish I know. It seems to be used a lot.

Poland is a lovely place.

Was with a pole for 10-11 years. Absolutely love the country, great food and beer.

Her grandmother used to sit at the top of concrete steps, she dozed off, fell through the banister and went splat.

Also she never turned the light on in the bathroom, pretty shocking to walk in for a piss and for her to shout at me. Girlfriends mother busted up laughing.

 

[SteadyEvo]

Osaka (10 years), love it. I have nightmares that I wake up in my home country .

I’m happy for you Seriously, that’s great. I was born and partly raised in Okinawa. Would love to return one day.

Currently live in a “luxury” apartment with shitty, trashy people below. Ruins the whole experience. On top of being in my home town. There is no joy in my heart as I drive around and see the same tired ass scenery. Pray for change this summer.

 

[ahtlas7]

That is a lot of moving, I assume you travel light.

We fill a cargo container. This was our move to Paris.
The move to Brussels is a lot lighter but is taking the longest. Our container is still waiting for ship space.

 

[AJUMP23]

We fill a cargo container. This was our move to Paris.
The move to Brussels is a lot lighter but is taking the longest. Our container is still waiting for ship space.

That is probably just your Girlfriends clothes.....

 

[RJMacready73]

N. Ireland and I fucking love where I live tbh, got fantastic neighbours who we socialize with like actual adults, my house is surrounded by tall mature trees and private and I'm 10mins from work and round the corner from a 10min train ride into the city, nah can't complain Tbh, could be a lot worse, could be living in some third world country like America ;-p

 

[Shadowplay1979]

Osaka (10 years), love it. I have nightmares that I wake up in my home country .

I have nightmares of ending up back in la..I'm 6 months into a 5 year visa. Hopefully I can extend it further...gotta hit the language harder though.

 

[Outlier]

Sorry for the bitching , just need to vent. My wife and I had to go back to Puerto Rico last year and while I was happy at first, I quickly remembered why I left this shitty place (shitty people, shitty government, shitty power structure, etc). This island sucks, if you ever come here don’t try and live here , it’s not worth it (the only real advantage it had is gone).

You "had" to go back? But wh.... No nevermind.

Well now that you've gone back and realize what I figured out 20 years ago, YOU can now realize that you DON'T have to stay.


AS for me. I don't hate where I am. In fact it's the technically the best place I've lived (that's relative), but I don't know what means to like living anywhere. I guess that's what happens when you grow up moving from place to place, never becoming attached to anywhere.

 

[Mondai]

You "had" to go back? But wh.... No nevermind.

Well now that you've gone back and realize what I figured out 20 years ago, YOU can now realize that you DON'T have to stay.


AS for me. I don't hate where I am. In fact it's the technically the best place I've lived (that's relative), but I don't know what means to like living anywhere. I guess that's what happens when you grow up moving from place to place, never becoming attached to anywhere.

Well yeah I had to go back , it was either go back or be homeless in NY…

 

[Outlier]

Well yeah I had to go back , it was either go back or be homeless in NY…

I feel you. I hope you find a way to get out. I lived there 3 and a half years as a teen. I couldn't take it anymore and demanded I be sent back to the US. Worst years of my life.

 

[Mondai]

I feel you. I hope you find a way to get out. I lived there 3 and a half years as a teen. I couldn't take it anymore and demanded I be sent back to the US. Worst years of my life.

Thank you and yes my wife and I plan on leaving here eventually , I’m just fixing my credit and saving up money , I couldn’t stand living here for the rest of my life , This place is a shithole.

 

[GeorgioCostanzaX]

Yes I actually miss LA (suburbs anyway) but the job opportunities in the SF Bay Area are so much better and better paying so stuck I am.

 

[OmegaSupreme]

Not in the slightest. It's not perfect but hating where you live for anything other than maybe some economic reason as always seemed odd to me.

 

[mindfreak191]

I moved from an Eastern European country to NYC in 2016 and had to return three months ago...I tried coming back with an open mind, but hot fucking damn, I absolutely hate to be back here, it's absolutely dreadful. It's barely a functioning country and just getting my ID and drivers license renewed was an unnecessarily long process. It doesn't help that all of that dropped me into deep depression, and I can't even get a good therapist here because even that sucks. Went to visit my cousin in Vienna this weekend, and for the first time in 3 months I felt like a normal human being, already devising a plan on how the fuck I'm gonna move there, fuck this country.