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Post by gar on Nov 23, 2020 22:00:31 GMT
I live near a lot of beautiful open countryside which is lovely and I do very much appreciate it every time I walk, which is often. I also live fairly near a spectacular city which is visited by millions of tourists in normal circumstances and I probably do take that for granted to be honest!
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Post by workingclassdog on Nov 23, 2020 22:03:06 GMT
Have you guys seen the window Swap website? People from around the world upload a video of what they see from their window (and preferably include part of the window so you know it’s from their home). it’s surpringly fascinating - some people have a most glorious views, others post pics of their neighbour’s shed that their window looks onto, and everything in between. One person can see the Egyptian pyramids, another has a hummingbird feeder outside, another shows a busy New York intersection, another the rolling hills of farmland, there’s one that just shows a water tank that collects rain water, another has a hard that desperately needs weeding..... We can see the park across the road from our house (well, more of the park’s carpark, not quite so much of the park itself) and I want to send in a video of the kids arriving at teh park for soccer. That is SO cool.. I could waste a lot of time...
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Post by AussieMeg on Nov 23, 2020 22:09:45 GMT
I love the bushland, hills, native animals such as kangaroos and echidnas, and the river that runs through that suburb. okay I have to ask, do kangaroo's roam around?? lol.. probably sounds really funny.. but yeah... I'm asking. In the next suburb to mine, there are tons of kangaroos because it's semi rural. On of DD's friends lives there and if you're driving up her (dirt) road at dusk, you have to drive very slowly and carefully because the kangaroos will jump alongside the road and occasionally jump right out in front of you. They're a bit stupid. Once in a blue moon I will see them jumping along my road, if they've come out from the bushland near the lake, but that's rare. DS used to play cricket in the next suburb and there are lots of kangaroos in the bushland around the cricket oval. You wouldn't want to get too close to the big male kangaroos. They would most likely jump away, but there's always the possibility that they could punch or kick you!
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Post by refugeepea on Nov 23, 2020 22:24:08 GMT
Yes, I find it really beautiful especially at sunrise and sunset. I love to look at the mountains. It does depend on the season though. Summer can be really ugly because we don't get a lot of precipitation during the year.
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Post by refugeepea on Nov 23, 2020 22:26:16 GMT
I'm in Colorado and yes the mountains are beautiful and all that, but actually NOT living in the mountains, it's really not all that (to me.) the view of the mountains are awesome, but you have to have a clear day and that doesn't happen a lot. It is like a desert as well, so there isn't a lot of green. It takes a lot of water to keep up with your lawn. Yeah, it's a lot like that where I live too.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 23, 2020 22:28:57 GMT
Some of the scenery here is quite stunning. Once you get outside of the bigger cities especially. Morocco has more diverse landscape than you might expect. I have never regretted moving here.
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Post by refugeepea on Nov 23, 2020 22:33:39 GMT
In the summertime I hear Loons occasionally. "The loons! The loons! Norman! Do you hear the loons?" Whenever I hear loons, I think of the movie On Golden Pond.
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Post by joteves on Nov 23, 2020 22:34:11 GMT
I live in an area of natural and historical beauty: Sintra, Portugal. Driving home and looking up at the mountains and the castle and palace at the top I always feel so lucky to live here.
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Post by KiwiJo on Nov 23, 2020 22:44:58 GMT
Have you guys seen the window Swap website? People from around the world upload a video of what they see from their window (and preferably include part of the window so you know it’s from their home). it’s surpringly fascinating - some people have a most glorious views, others post pics of their neighbour’s shed that their window looks onto, and everything in between. One person can see the Egyptian pyramids, another has a hummingbird feeder outside, another shows a busy New York intersection, another the rolling hills of farmland, there’s one that just shows a water tank that collects rain water, another has a hard that desperately needs weeding..... We can see the park across the road from our house (well, more of the park’s carpark, not quite so much of the park itself) and I want to send in a video of the kids arriving at teh park for soccer. That looks really cool from a quick glance! Do you see the same people/windows repeatedly? How long are the videos? I just swiped and swiped and swiped without staying on any of them more than a few seconds 😄 There are more and more windows being uploaded all the time, so you can click into the website lots of times without seeing the same window twice. They do seem to be random though, not in a set sequence, so sometimes you will recognise a window then have lots that you haven’t seen before. The videos are “supposed” to be 10 minutes long but I think many of them aren’t. I don’t usually stay long at any one window unless there is lots going on outside.
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Post by Gennifer on Nov 23, 2020 22:45:09 GMT
I absolutely LOVE where I live. We are in the woods up in the mountains (about 7300’), and my property borders national park, which means we can snowmobile or take a side-by-side directly from our driveway and hit all sorts of cool places. We are surrounded by lakes and rivers. My street: My backyard: (if you look, you can see my son and his girlfriend on the trampoline.)
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Post by wellway on Nov 23, 2020 22:54:52 GMT
I think so, a village in the English countryside with a 11th century church. The whole county is beautiful, amazing walks, history, thatched cottages, classic English gardens, fabulous riverways, national trust properties.
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Post by Spongemom Scrappants on Nov 23, 2020 22:57:19 GMT
I don't love my city. but I love my little part of it. We bought a new home this year and although it's in a neighborhood, we have 4.5 wooded acres, a creek running through our backyard, a beautifully landscaped salt water pool, a gazebo by the pool, a screened porch with a cook station on one end and hot tub with TV on the other running along the back of our house, and a smaller screened porch off the kitchen/breakfast area. The elevation of the house along with the skylights and huge windows (mid century modern architecture) makes it feel like we're in the mountains. Our climate allows a great deal of outdoor living. In fact, I have French doors to the screened porches open right now in three different rooms.
I would live at the beach given the choice. Maybe not directly on the ocean, but definitely on a marsh or waterway.
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Post by tenacious on Nov 23, 2020 23:16:58 GMT
This is the view from my backyard
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Post by gar on Nov 23, 2020 23:17:28 GMT
Thanks KiwiJo - I can see that getting pretty addictive!!
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Post by papersilly on Nov 23, 2020 23:22:26 GMT
if i walk to the end of my block and around the corner, i can see the ocean to my left, hollywood hills in front of me, and the mountains (sometimes snow capped) to my right. sunsets can be beautiful.
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Post by chedanemi on Nov 23, 2020 23:29:46 GMT
Yes I live in Victoria. It’s pretty nice here! We just purchased a house in Point Roberts, Washington... just across the strait from you!
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Post by sabrinae on Nov 23, 2020 23:44:39 GMT
I live in the foothills of a mountain range. It can be breathtakingly beautiful. It’s also the poorest area in the US. It can be a heart rending contrast between the beauty and the poverty.
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Post by stittsygirl on Nov 24, 2020 0:07:20 GMT
I’m a PNW transplant and yes, very beautiful. They’ll never pry me out if here ❤️.
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Post by lisacharlotte on Nov 24, 2020 0:26:18 GMT
I have lived all over the world, city, rural, suburbs. Near the ocean, near mountains, in the desert, fly over country, quaint village. Northeast, mid-Atlantic, west cost, south, midwest, Europe,Middle East. I have found beauty in all those places.Some is obvious, some was due to the sheer foreignness. My current home is in the midwest. I'd say the majority of people aren't thinking of beauty when they imagine Nebraska. The familiar frequently becomes invisible, whether it's a beautiful natural landscape or your own backyard. I frequently try to look at my surroundings as if seeing them for the first time. I'm lucky to live in a neighborhood with beautiful parks and lovely old homes.
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Post by lavawalker on Nov 24, 2020 0:40:25 GMT
Yes! I live on the other side of Washington state from Seattle, so we get hot summers and snowy winters and 300 days of sunshine a year (or so they say). I live in the apple capital of the worlds, so there are lots of orchards and we have the Columbia River that runs through our valley. I go down to an awesome river trail system and walk my dog every week and every single time I am in awe of how lucky I am to have this beautiful nature all around. Washington state is such a beautiful diverse state - beautiful coast, Olympic national forest, the Puget sound, our Cascade mountain range, so may lakes and rivers and the farmlands on the Eastside. We have a ski resort 20 minutes from my house. The Seattle side of the state is rainy (that is where I was born), but with the rain comes luscious green. Do you live near Wenatchee? I love it there, and would love to live there. I have a lot of family in WA. We have an RV, so we’d leave during the winter. Or would we......? I think it would be gorgeous with snow... but I have arthritis and don’t do cold very well!
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Post by Anita on Nov 24, 2020 0:41:04 GMT
Nope. Not pretty around here, although the trees are changing color, so at least that's pretty. I miss some of the more scenic places we have lived. It never got old.
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Post by quinlove on Nov 24, 2020 0:49:56 GMT
No. I live near DFW. It’s basically a prairie, no hills, trees or water. I’ve been in 48 states, lived in 4 and this area is very un pretty.
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Post by Sue on Nov 24, 2020 0:58:38 GMT
I'm so fortunate to live in the mouth of the Columbia River Gorge, one of the more scenic areas of Oregon, known especially for its numerous waterfalls. We are in a high tourism area and during the good-weather months we share our area with thousands and thousands of visitors who come to also enjoy our beautiful sights.
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Post by lesley on Nov 24, 2020 1:03:12 GMT
Not at all. I love in a poor, post-industrial town with a lot of poverty. That being said, there is a wonderful wooded gully behind my house, and we get regular visits from deer, badgers, squirrels, foxes, etc. I can sit in my garden building and pretend I’m in the middle of a forest. I’m also about forty minutes from Edinburgh which is IMHO one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Now if we could only adjust the weather, it would be heavenly!
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Post by whipea on Nov 24, 2020 1:09:18 GMT
I live in South Florida which is generally one giant flat squishy stucco suburbia unless you can live on the ocean. But we do have incredible parks and beaches. I am fortunate and live in really lush, tropical neighborhood with pretty homes, decent size lots and room to breath. Plus we are surrounded by a nice golf course with many water areas so Sandhill Cranes, Ibis, Egrets and even an occasional pink Rosette Spoonbill are part of the scenery. Further, the sunrises and sunsets can be outstanding and I can see both from my house. I appreciate the view from my house every single day, took a long time to get here.
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Post by grammanisi on Nov 24, 2020 1:18:41 GMT
I don't wake up thinking that, but our area is especially beautiful in the fall and the spring.
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Post by **GypsyGirl** on Nov 24, 2020 1:27:54 GMT
While I've lived in many cities, states and countries, only a few really jump out in my mind as having been breathtaking. These were the places where no matter how long I lived there, I always marveled when I would be out at how gorgeous it was and how lucky I was to live there. Paris hands down was the best. Johannesburg was a close second. And while our apartment view while living in San Francisco wasn't the best, I could see the Golden Gate bridge from my office. Nothing quite like watching the fog roll in under the bridge.
As @merge said, one doesn't live in Houston for the beauty or the weather, but we do have some beautiful areas that I'm fortunate to live very near to. Driving through Memorial Park makes running errands a little bit better!
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Post by itschance on Nov 24, 2020 1:30:17 GMT
Tampa, FL and it’s beautiful every day.
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Post by Delta Dawn on Nov 24, 2020 1:43:56 GMT
Yes I live in Victoria. It’s pretty nice here! We just purchased a house in Point Roberts, Washington... just across the strait from you! Let’s meet for coffee when the border opens ok? I go to Vancouver to see my kids a few times a year.
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Post by ComplicatedLady on Nov 24, 2020 1:48:02 GMT
I grew up in the Midwest and never really left (even to travel for vacation) until I was a senior in high school. I now live in Phoenix where we have mountains and palm trees, plus 300+ days of sunshine. I think the desert here is gorgeous. Plus, I am only about an hour away from Sedona—which is also beautiful. People ask me if I miss having four seasons and miss the fall colors and the snow. My answer is nope. I can drive to any season I want, but I don’t have to live in the gray and the cold. Phoenix is definitely my home.
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