Haivng always complained about where I live, I'm taking this as a challenge.
The Niagara region is too hot in the summer, too cold in the winter, too muddy in the spring and the fall (my favourite season) is just too short. This gives us an endless source of conversation. We have Niagara Falls and Niagara on the lake. We have history. We have world-class wines. We can produce almost everything you'd put on your table.
We don't have oceans nearby but we do have two fair-sized lakes. Sailing vessels of all kinds and from all ports can come and go at any time. I've had friends who lived on their sailboats and friends who've dated the sailors they only get to see as they come through the canal.
The people are generally friendly and are increasingly diverse. The arts are appearing more and more as well. We don't have any 'big cities' with their urban ammentities but those aren't far away. I've actually come to appreciate the separation as I've aged. We have the white-colllar types and the blue-collar types and they keep each other balanced. We have the franchises everyone else has and we have the locally owned businesses.
I've always lived here and I used to hate that I couldn't go anywhere without running into someone who knew me, or my parents, or my grandparents, or my old neighbours...I've since met people without that problem and appreciate my belonging to a community. I knew what my grandmother's favourite flowers were and went to the funeral of my old school bus driver who loved to hear me sing in church. I go into the locally-owned cafe and the owner gives me a hug and asks about my family; each one of them.
This may feel like the middle of nowhere sometimes but everywhere is just around the corner.
It's not so bad
Sing an unwritten song or repent for the deeds you left undone.- GBS
If curious means that you trade your routines for something free, the freedom you feel's the whole point of the deal so curious I'll be! - BNL
Priates over Ninjas!!