Very similar thing with me. I grew up on Long Island and loved NYC. Even after my family moved away and I went to college elsewhere I know NYC is a great place for me right now! I love everything about it and wouldn't want to live anywhere else right now.

I grew up in the suburbs of Boston and as mu_agd said, its always nice to have a city big but not too big that it takes more than one day to see the sights. After 4 years in the middle of nowhere PA (I'm talking Amish people 10 miles off campus), it was time to go back to civilization. I thought I'd give LA a try during grad school and I'm very happy with my decision. I'm not sure I'll stay out here permanently but the experince has been a good one. With LA, or any other big city, you just have to learn to dedicate more time to traveling, it takes longer to get from point A to point B. That's still something I have to get use to.

Rudey I didnt know you lived in Teheran...some of my family is there...

I definitely went through my "big city stage"! I lucked into a White House job, so lived in DC for a while, and then in NYC for some training. It was only for a year, but I will always be thankful that I did it!!

I still volunteer in DC a few times a year, and visit NYC as often as I can afford it - only I've added Chicago to my list, since mr. honeychile lives there! What's really nice is when you do live in a big city, and go back to visit, you're not really a tourist, since you know your way around.

I highly recommend it to anyone who has never tried it!

I kind of fell into living in NYC...my best offer for grad school just happened to be in Manhattan. I was hoping to live either in Boston or San Francisco after graduation. It's worked out really well, because I have a lot of friends, relatives, and sorority sisters living in the city--so I'm never bored or lonely!

The East Coast is getting a teensy bit old, though. When I'm finished with school---God only knows when!--I'm going to try another city.

I go to college in a city, but I don't plan on staying here after graduation - I've wanted to go to DC for as long as I can remember, so hopefully 365 days from now I will be posting about packing up and moving! :D

As long as I can remember, I've wanted to live ANYWHERE other than the little spot in the road I've lived all my life. When I was about 12, I decided that Atlanta was where I wanted to move. Unfortunately, I think it might be awhile before I have the necessary funds. :p

Hey, that's pretty darn close to my neck of the woods! I'll take you out to lunch when you get here! :)

i don't want to live in those cities, but i'd love to visit them. i would want to be at each one for a few weeks so that i can see as much as i could. i love architecture, and when i go to san francisco, i love looking at the old buildings. and in ny, i'm sure there are a ton more that are older. i would also love to go SHOPPING in those cities!!!!

I always thought of myself as more of a big-city girl, but I fell into this job in a tiny little town after graduation and I love it here. I do like to visit cities, though--especially to go shopping.

I am moving to NYC in early fall/September(?). I cannot wait. I really don't want to wait that long but it can't be halped.

Everyone in my line of work is supposed to want to go to NY or LA. So, I wanted to go to Denver and ski.

So, I'm in Denver, and now that the kids are grown, but 2/3 still here, it's tough to leave.

So, now I'd like to work in NY or LA. Maybe commute weekly. Was up for a job in NY, but I don't think it was ever filled. Also was "offered" a job directing an NBC News weekend show -- but that job went up in smoke when another show was cancelled and that director became available.

On the other hand, I'm still in Denver and there are a whole lot worse places.

I grew up across the river on the Jersey side of Manhattan, and I actually always had my sights set on the Jersey side. I always thought about commuting to Manhattan (and when I was going to my dr in Manhattan every other week at 8am, I was in my glory with all the commuters) but I've never actually seen myself living in Manhattan.

::shrugs::
Guess I'm just a Jersey Girl at heart.

Can you have Mr. KR send us some of his younger fellow servicemen for me to have for dessert? ;)

For the field I want to go into, DC is the only place for me to be - and luckily I love it!

When I decided on dance as a career I was a senior in high school. I went to NYC that year on a dance trip and decided it was too gross and I didn't want to live there. So during college I decided on Chicago after graduation (still a good dance scene). I moved in with Mom after graduation to save $ for the move and found a great summer program in NYC to study dance. So I made a second trip to NYC. Well, NYC in the summer is a blast with tons to do. And it was such a different town since I'd been in 1993 (due to Guiliani who "real" New Yorkers will tell you was the downfall of the city! ;) ). I decided I was tough enough to live here and that if I really wanted to dance, NYC is where I should go. I knew one person when I got here and it was awful lonely at times, but I'll always be proud that I came out here and made it on my own.

I never did live in Manhattan - on my income I would have had to share my room with another person, not to mention rats and roaches! I spent 4 years in Queens and now live in the suburbs just north of the city. I'm super happy up there because it gives me the suburbia I grew up with so close to the amazing (and crazy) place that is NYC.

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I thought that about DC and Boston. I really thought those cities were big until I visited.