The LAND, or The PEOPLE

Satanus

If you could choose where to live, what would influence your decision? Me, i grew up in the midwest of canada. That's my LAND. I think about the rolling grasslands that i walked, as a kid. Also the bush that i walked in a little later on. That draws me. However, the conservative peopleof that area, generally, i don't fit in very well w them. Not to judge those people, it's just me. The liberal east is what i have more in common with. I am pulled in two different directions. What do you think? What draws you? People or land?

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nvrgnbk

Great topic.

I think about this almost everyday.

I guess it's a mix.

I live in a conservative area with close proximity to some more liberal areas.

I like how green it usually is too.

Satanus

Inuit and native people always talk about THE LAND. They have a strong attachment to land. White people, generally, seem more detached from land, more into academic or career type environments. Where i live now, i came here for religion. That religious influence is gone. So, i'm looking at from a different angle.

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changeling

NYC. Enough said.

When I go there I feel trully alive.

I love a pretty scene, a lovely beach, snowy mountains, fall leaves...but that can be had on vacation.

I would love to live day to day in a liberal minded hub of activity and cultural choices.

Maybe one day...

changeling

hillbilly

Being of southern US heritage I must say LAND. Scarlett worried about Tara... Kinsella writes about how people from the south have a sense of place and made reference to the writiing of Faukner and others in reference to that.

I see that in the West also... in fact in all the agrarian regions of the US folks seemed to tied to and shaped by the Land.

~Hill

Superfine Apostate

what about the land WITHOUT the people?

hillbilly

NYC. Enough said.

last trip to NYC some moron pee'd on my car.... while I was standing next to it.

"Nuff said"

~hill

Satanus

Land without people; now there's a thought

Hillbilly

Interesting. Perhaps people who grew up in cities tend to be more people oriented, while those who grew up in the country are more land oriented. Guess where i grew up;)

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darkuncle29

I feel a very stong pull to land. If something crazy happened and I won the lottery, I'd go back to Wisconsin and buy my great grand parents farm. They survived the great depression and dustbowl there. There are caves in the little valley below there farm, and a cold brook and many springs.

I also like the Cascade mountains of Washington and Oregon. If I lived in Oregon, I'd like Bend. Dry and hot, but close to mountains and snow. I prefer to stay in Washington, and if I could live anywhere, my list would include the north central cascades, or on the olympic pinensula from Sequim to to Forks, all along Hwy 101.

I also like Bonner's Ferry in North Idaho.

Sadly, I'm stuck in the greater Seattle Metro area. I like it here, as far as city life is its not bad.

Junction-Guy

I like the land and the people of Eastern Kentucky, they tend to be more rugged individualist types, religious, and strongly political. Small town at its best. People stop and offer you rides when you are walking.

The neighbors still know each other, and when a death happens in the community, they bring food to the families.

I cant imagine Eastern Kentucky without the hils, and I cant imagine the hills without the people.

Im proud of my heritage, and love the land of my people.

The LAND, or The PEOPLE

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