Do you live in a really beautiful place?

I’m regularly in awe of my surroundings. I live in the country near where I grew up. Right now it’s pretty brown outside but I still love it because I know on a few months I’ll be surrounded by green grass, blue skies, and corn and soybeans. It’s a simple beauty, farmland. It’s the root of who we are.

I live in a very blah suburb of Los Angeles. But I work in downtown and you all just reminded me of how much I love working in downtown during December. All the buildings are decorated so nicely. I leave when it’s already dark and i think it’s just gorgeous when I’m walking to the train station.
I don’t even know if the buildings bothered to decorate this year.

I love all these views that everyone is posting!

I live in New Hampshire. It is beautiful here. We are in a quaint, quintessential New England town.

I don’t know that I would say where my house is is “beautiful,” but at certain times of the year some places in our yard have a pretty view. If you’re standing on my back deck, the view isn’t amazing because there’s a hill in the back yard that blocks the view of the more wooded back part of our lot. But if you walk to the top of that hill and look out, that view is quite pretty. There are rolling hills, lots of various trees, and sometimes you’ll see deer, rabbits, turkeys, pheasants and a bunch of various songbirds. From that vantage point, you see no buildings or fences and it just looks like you’re in a huge park.

Now I would say that it is beautiful at our lake cabin, especially at sunrise and sunset. We aren’t ever there long enough to ever get used to it.

I've been lucky enough to live within a few miles of the Pacific Ocean most of my life and will never take it for granted.

The weather is better in southern California but the mix of rugged coastline and mountains in the PNW and BC's lower mainland just can't be beat for beauty IMHO. Our plan is to split time between the two spots when DH retires.

I live in the PNW, and used to live in the country. The views and sunsets were to die for.

Now I live in a suburb of Portland, and in two blocks I have a clear shot of Mt Hood, and a short walk from my house yields a lovely Creek/forest experience. And a short drive in almost any direction is rewarded by beautiful views and hiking trails.

There’s a lot of downsides to my life. But where I live isn’t one of them.

We went in the opposite direction! Australia (Melbourne) to Munich, because of my DH's job. We will return to Australia to live, probably once DH retires, but for now, we are just enjoying being here, and travelling around Europe (well, except for this year  )

Absolutely yes. We have been here for 8 1/2 years now, and I still pinch myself. Our little city is beautiful, we have beautiful cities near us, and our personal home sits on an acre overlooking a lake. I counted the trees on 1/2 of our acre one day as I was sitting out there with the dogs, and there were over 50 trees just on that section. It's beautiful, peaceful, and why we didn't move when hubby changed career fields. This is where we will retire. We love our home, our little city, and NC!

Here are just a few photos. The first one is from the back of my house. The house below that you see in the photo is on the water. We are one road above but on a hill thus we see the beautiful lake and the gorgeous sunrises/sunsets over the water.

The view from my front windows is a mountain in the foothills of western North Carolina. I love to see the seasons change and I love that the only thing between me and the mountain are two roads, a field that is farmed often in winter wheat/corn or soybeans and now one house. We almost bought that field to keep someone else from building there but I'm glad we did not. It is a lot of land we did not need and the people who bought it put up a very nice house and keep is neat as can be. They like many of our new neighbors moved here from several states away at least partially because it is very peaceful and pretty.

I truly do look at the view most mornings when I wake up and often when I'm washing dishes though there are plenty of times I take it for granted. The only drawback is we have a huge yard to keep mowed - well, DH does - and we are a good drive from anything. During this year, being remote has been a blessing.

Although our house is in a 80s standard suburb subdivision, our lot has no rear neighbors - it’s a landlocked wetland for water retention, and is very soothing and interesting to look at. We have deer, fox, hawks and other wildlife as a result. Our front yard faces a corner lot that is wooded at the rear, so we don’t actually see any houses out most of our windows. I’m re-appreciating our View having been remote work/school for 8 months. Pretty crazy for a 100 house neighborhood. (The house itself is mildly annoying in normal times - it was a model so was more of a design feature vomit over function, and literally nothing tile is plumb).

I’ve always thought our region is beautiful and interesting - city architecture, state and county parks, Niagara Falls and the Great Lakes are all less than 30 minutes away. And we’re just 2 hours from Toronto in a normal year. Blizzards are a thing to prepare for, but they’re not destructive the way hurricanes, tsunamis, monsoons, tornadoes and earthquakes are.

I just find that SO fascinating!!  They are just the funniest things.  So cute. But yeah, I wouldn't want to get near one.. I just CAN'T imagine driving down the road and seeing a kangaroo!  HEEHEE.. Can I ask another silly question.. are they protected?  Or do they have to keep the numbers under control?  Like, can people hunt them?? 

Really beautiful? I wouldn't say that. Really beautiful to me is a St. John U.S.V. I. view of the beach and mountains. But beautiful-yes. I think so. I live in Annapolis, MD. which is an old historical town (old for the USA) right on the Chesapeake Bay. We bought our house 24 years ago in what is called a "water privileged" neighborhood. The neighborhood is over 100 years old so it's filled with mature trees (which I love-we have 4 in our backyard), and it's on a small peninsula. If I stand at my mailbox and look left I can see the Chesapeake Bay. If I walk down the road about 5 blocks I'll come to the end of our peninsula where our community has a small beach and you can see the other side of the Chesapeake Bay. 

For sailing you can't beat the Chesapeake Bay (one of the main reasons I moved here) and it's beautiful too. Annapolis is a tourist town so we get many visitors (before Covid) and the US Naval Academy is here too. Does it get old to me? Sometimes. I get tired of the crowds downtown in the older part of the city during the summer (peak tourist season here) if I need or want to go to that section of town. Does the view ever get old for me? No, I don't think so. I've always loved the views of the sailing boats in the water and appreciate very much living here. I love history too so I like that part of it as well. 

I love sitting in my backyard with all of the mature trees around me-it's like my own little park. 

I suppose some would find it beautiful - it's a colonial town in CT, with a lot of history and it feels very woodsy New England-y.

I'd much rather have an ocean view but I can appreciate where I live.

I live in a city apt complex. I don’t live where there are mountains, forests, or oceans outside of my windows, but I can go to see them with a short drive. But I do see beauty when I wake up everyday and try to appreciate even the littlest things that I can see. Even if it’s just a little 🐞 or a 🍁 or a ❄️  or🌄 and 🌅 . One day this summer I spent about an hour just watching the ants and appreciating how really beautiful and wonderful nature is. So I guess I will say yes.
I do some gardening and decorating outside of my living quarters to make it as beautiful as I can.