Favorite things about where you live?

[doomedbynarrative]

I don't and can't get out of the house much but I do like hearing about how life is outside if places like mine. I realize there's always something bad about every place in the world but I know there's good things too.

While being mindful about giving away your location and/or identity on here (pictures are welcome but please learn to delete metadata and realize that Google Lens is now very good at figuring out city locations from pics), what's something you love/like or is your favorite thing about where you live?

For me, it's how beautiful everything looks by the beginning of May with flowers all over the place and a warm but not too hot yet sun.

 

[amor.dor]

like how the city is organized. It's very clean, there's not much visual pollution, and it's huge. So when I leave the house, I feel it's more comfortable to walk through the streets—in the afternoon, of course, because I hate being in too much sun and I don't like walking around at night.

 

[sanctionedusage]

i live somewhere urban-suburban which smells really, really good at the beginning of autumn around september/october. in other US states, I havent experienced the same smell around the same time, so Im pretty sure its a unique combination of the specific pollutants, flora, and the households around me lol.

also, there are a lot of independent rescues for feral cats, run by a singular person each and accomplishing crazy numbers of TNR and rehab/rehoming every year. i love the animal lovers here.

 

[dragonofenvy]

I like how small it is. I hate urban areas and can't really stand being in places with more than 15,000 people. With less people there's less crime. People trust each other here, we see familiar faces. I live in a city where people are fine with leaving their car running for long periods of time unattended. Not something that could be said about some of the other nearby cities with large populations. I don't need a bunch of flashy entertainment venues, just a grocery store, clinic, and a restaurant or two. A lot of people get caught up in needing to live in a huge city because they need to have all of this stuff to do, but I never really understood it. I certainly would never want to deal with the sheer volume of people and traffic and smell.

We've also got lots of cool lakes with sandy beaches and forests you can hike in if you like doing that. A few places that you can hunt as well, though I haven't in many years. Sometimes in June I like to go around the parks and walk around the forests and lakes. It's nice.

 

[Always-in-trouble]

I like how small it is. I hate urban areas and can't really stand being in places with more than 15,000 people. With less people there's less crime. People trust each other here, we see familiar faces. I live in a city where people are fine with leaving their car running for long periods of time unattended. Not something that could be said about some of the other nearby cities with large populations. I don't need a bunch of flashy entertainment venues, just a grocery store, clinic, and a restaurant or two. A lot of people get caught up in needing to live in a huge city because they need to have all of this stuff to do, but I never really understood it. I certainly would never want to deal with the sheer volume of people and traffic and smell.

We've also got lots of cool lakes with sandy beaches and forests you can hike in if you like doing that. A few places that you can hunt as well, though I haven't in many years. Sometimes in June I like to go around the parks and walk around the forests and lakes. It's nice.

Similar to mine, just without the beaches and lakes. Also everything I need grocery wise to get is only a 5-40 minute walk away so I don't have to use a bus/get a lift. Also barely any noise which can get frustrating.

 

[dragonofenvy]

Also barely any noise which can get frustrating.

You're not a fan of the quiet? I wish I lived in a quiet place, but sadly where I live there's always the drone of cars which doesn't bode well with my misophonia. Wish we could trade places.

 

[Shadows From Hell]

I live on the east coast in the woods. The best thing for me here are the early morning hours when I'm sitting outside smoking a cigarette. Every morning or other morning, I get 7 or 8 deer that comes wandering through my front yard. Sometimes they'll stop and eat at some of the vegetation, sometimes they move on without stopping.

They are so used to seeing me, they no longer consider me a threat and will sometimes come toward me, but stop once they get so close.

 

[Always-in-trouble]

You're not a fan of the quiet? I wish I lived in a quiet place, but sadly where I live there's always the drone of cars which doesn't bode well with my misophonia. Wish we could trade places.

*Meant it as getting frustrated by the noise, whoops. Also understanable for your misophonia sorry about that

 

[dragonofenvy]

They are so used to seeing me, they no longer consider me a threat and will sometimes come toward me, but stop once they get so close.

Once I was able to hand feed a deer at my parent's lake cabin many years ago. It was one of the best things I've ever experienced. Try giving them food, over time they'll begin to trust you, and maybe some day they'll even eat out of your hand like they did with me.

 

[doomedbynarrative]

I live on the east coast in the woods. The best thing for me here are the early morning hours when I'm sitting outside smoking a cigarette. Every morning or other morning, I get 7 or 8 deer that comes wandering through my front yard. Sometimes they'll stop and eat at some of the vegetation, sometimes they move on without stopping.

They are so used to seeing me, they no longer consider me a threat and will sometimes come toward me, but stop once they get so close.

Ooh I love deer. We get them here too. Tons of them in Spring and Early winter. There's always at least one mama deer with a set of twin babies so there must be a gene for that in the population.

Once I was able to hand feed a deer at my parent's lake cabin many years ago. It was one of the best things I've ever experienced. Try giving them food, over time they'll begin to trust you, and maybe some day they'll even eat out of your hand like they did with me.

We had one doe here years ago that would do that. She would take veggie scraps from our hands or just chill near our house. She was a real sweet girl and very elderly and grey. One day she came and she was just so tired. It was the last day we saw her in the summer and she was perfectly content to just lay under the trees near the house to keep cool. We never saw her again. I think she must have passed soon after that. I hope her passing was peaceful though I know she probably was alone.

 

[Spite]

At some homes I've lived in around here, you can step out onto the street and it'll be dead silent, no matter what time of day. Even in suburban areas. It's quiet and there's not a whole lot of people here, I kind of like it but it depends. It's also very lonely and isolated here.

 

[FoxSauce]

Food and well that's it ig and is shorter distances and the mountains

 

[_Gollum_]

The snow. Every snowfall is magical, especially at night. The snow absorbs noise so everything is quiet for a time, and the snow also reflects light so even at 10pm it's not totally dark out. As someone who feels dead all the time, I also like how all the plants are dead. It makes me feel more "at home"; spring puts me in a foul mood because there's too much dissonance between my dead soul and the life growing around me.

It's pretty rare for a large city to get so much snow (there's a permanent thick layer from December to February), so I'm grateful for that at least.

 

[FoxSauce]

The snow. Every snowfall is magical, especially at night. The snow absorbs noise so everything is quiet for a time, and the snow also reflects light so even at 10pm it's not totally dark out. As someone who feels dead all the time, I also like how all the plants are dead. It makes me feel more "at home"; spring puts me in a foul mood because there's too much dissonance between my dead soul and the life growing around me.

It's pretty rare for a large city to get so much snow (there's a permanent thick layer from December to February), so I'm grateful for that at least.

Please give me some snow, Ive never touched snow.

 

[_Gollum_]

Please give me some snow, Ive never touched snow.

Have some photos :)

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[Proceed]

The snow and cold weather.

 

[Karrikin]

I don't and can't get out of the house much but I do like hearing about how life is outside if places like mine. I realize there's always something bad about every place in the world but I know there's good things too.

While being mindful about giving away your location and/or identity on here (pictures are welcome but please learn to delete metadata and realize that Google Lens is now very good at figuring out city locations from pics), what's something you love/like or is your favorite thing about where you live?

For me, it's how beautiful everything looks by the beginning of May with flowers all over the place and a warm but not too hot yet sun.

Convenience, it's not the prettiest place and the city planning is god awful like a City Skylines amateur designed it. However, even with that --despite needing a car to go everywhere-- I guess I have everything in reach or just a drive away.

 

[Forveleth]

Snow.

I live not far from a big city and we have a ton of ethnicities here. It is fun to learn about so many cultures and try their food.

 

[RiderNo.4]

I live not far from a big city and we have a ton of ethnicities here. It is fun to learn about so many cultures and try their food.

Same here, I love how many different types of cuisine they have where I'm at, plus the coffee here is so good. Though I am jealous of those who seem to live in winter wonderlands.

 

[Forever Sleep]

It feels reasonably safe and quiet where I live. I like my neighbours too. We're quite an understanding lot to one another. I like my home and garden, even though I've neglected it.

 

[FadingSnowFake]

Beaches

 

[Xi-Xi]

I like how bright it gets at night. It can be hard to sleep sometimes, but idk, I like it

 

['Sraom]

i like the vast amounts of woods and countryside around me as soon as i leave the city

 

[fedup1982]

30 mins away from London is great. Access to everything in London for a start. But even locally we have so many shops within walking distance, and even more at the nearest town.

On top, my residential area is nice, its quiet

 

[Captive_Mind515]

I live down a very quiet lane in the countryside, in a tiny 100 year old cottage that I renovated myself. It's very basic, but everything works and it's peaceful. I enjoy the solitude and working on various projects that I always seem to have. It's a nice place to spend my final days, away from the madness of this insane asylum we call human society.

 

[Ashu]

The food. The languages. Animals roaming free in the streets.

 

[webb&flow]

I like how bright it gets at night. It can be hard to sleep sometimes, but idk, I like it

bright twilight come thru and make it hard to sleep at night
the overshine of this pseudoshade,
it feels and peels the dark as
moon rays that won't shy away
it keeps me up in this trying to fall away
but it falls on me, curiously
I like it this way

 

[Xi-Xi]

bright twilight come thru and make it hard to sleep at night
the overshine of this pseudoshade,
it feels and peels the dark as
moon rays that won't shy away
it keeps me up in this trying to fall away
but it falls on me, curiously
I like it this way

though the night bears it's grim hand,
my city is a lighthouse in this sea of sand
it's a spectacle of great height;
though I find it alright
the city that highlights the land.

I'm working on writing AABBA poems, so sorry if this is quite bad

 

[webb&flow]

I'm working on writing AABBA poems, so sorry if this is quite bad

oh don't worry for the form, friend; the poem itself and the words are what matter ~ what matters is the halo corona and the shadow of the words and the light behind them, moreso than any "form" or "pattern" exactly

though the night bears its grim hand,
my city is a lighthouse in this sea of sand
it's a spectacle of great height;
though I find it alright
the city that highlights the land.

fantastic rhymings⁓they fit so quite well.

You make a neat mix of casual and highness here. The metaphor of sea of sand—holy fuck—it took me seeing this as I wrote this to truly see this and be amazed by it as well.

If you want some pointers—perhaps 'spectacle' could be the subject of an interesting poetic pun. But regardless of how you see it, there is so much you can see in this poem, so many paths that you can travel with· in the words you hath chosen here.

The essence you present here, it's very fine; whichever tone you present it through :).

HOWEVER—you may deply form as you wish :). I rarely use form in my own works so I'm quite biased in this regard. Feel free to say of what you find most valuable of the form as well :).

Best wishes,
A fellow Poet ^^

 

[YourLocalSadGirly]

I hate living in the suburbs but I will say there are two nice parks within walking distance which is quite rare for being in the suburbs so that's nice at least. Also my friends live close to me which is something I'm very thankful for.