Where do you live?

[3for3hb]

okay, this is more or less a get-to-know-you question but I'm curious:
Where do you live (urban, rural, suburbs etc)?

How long have you lived there?

Do you own your home?

Who lives with you?

Indulge me

We live on the very edge of east pittsburgh so we're still considered urban (but more small city urban than NYC urban). Brick home (well, we're the bottom floor of a two story duplex), brick roads, very cute but we're a little squished with only two bedrooms. We've lived here for five months, lived in the philadelphia area for almost two years before coming here. We rent. And I'm here with my two boys and dh (no pets).

[lillieandnicole]

We live west of Ft Lauderdale florida, south florida
My husband and I have 2 daughter 13mths and 2.5yrs
We live in a mobil home with 3 bedrooms, we have been here for 4 yrs.

[ibbit]

We live in a very rural area. We own a single wide on land (looked at the difference between renting and owning and it seemed silly to rent when owning was cheaper, which I know isn't the case in a lot of areas of the country). My dh and our 2 girls live here with me and we have visitation with my oldest dd.

My mil and fil live next door, next door to them is my gmil, and next to them is dh's aunt and uncle and cousins.

[mefheitz]

I live in Western Pennsylavnia, about 30 miles south of Pittsburgh, Pa in the Mon Valley. We are calling it home for right now, we've been here four about 12 years now. We own our 4 bedroom home. It's on the edge of of the downtown of a small town. We are within walking distance to the bank, post office and a small grocery.

[My3babes]

We live in a rural community of 2000 people. Pretty peaceful here!

WE live in the "town" though just a block from school, 4 blocks from the store and 1-3 blocks from all the eating places. No stoplights, just signs... NO gated communities..

I live with my Dh of 9 years and my 3 kids. WE own our home and we like it here. My family all lives within 5 miles.

[MissAnnThrope]

We live in NC just north of Charlotte in Hickory. I live with dh and ds. Dd comes down to visit from time to time (when ever it's good for her dad) :
We own a 3 bedroom house in what is considered the suburbs. It has a 8ft tall fence around the whole back yard that was here when we bought it... but the dog still manages to get out some how. There are cows behind the houses across the street, and we are in town limits.

We have one dog, a bearded dragon and 2 cats. One of the cats we are trying to find a home for. So if anyone wants a 3 month old kitten just let me know

We had a ferret but she mysteriously died last night. :

[rubyeta]

I live on cape cod, ma. with my DH, 2DS's (from previous marriage) and dd. also our dog. we live in a 2 br apt above my DH's office. He is a chiropractor.I am a Doula. we live in the center of a very small tourist town. walk to library, playground, restaraunt and convenience store. we are currently building a 4 br house about 5 miles from home. cant wait to spread out a bit.

[celestialdreamer]

Where do you live (urban, rural, suburbs etc)? We live in the suburbs in western WA. It used to have small town feel but its being built up very quickly!

How long have you lived there? 7 years in this house

Do you own your home? yep, but planning on selling.

Who lives with you? DH, DD, DS, 1 dog (a pug) and 2 kitties (1 elderly himalayan, 1 long-haired calico that thinks she's a dog)

We had plans to finish remodeling our home and move to some acreage next spring. Actually right around when the baby is due I'm not quite sure what we will do now. I'm thinking it would be best that we just focus on finishing the remodeling and then put the house on the market AFTER the new little one gets here. That way I'm not dealing with chaos at 9 months pregnant or trying to nest in a new place that needs a remodel. I have a thing about my house being in great order for me to be comfortable giving birth. So if we have finished the remodel here by April I probably would really like that. I'm a little freaked about the idea of trying to sell our home and move with a newborn, a 2 yo and a 4yo :

[celestialdreamer]

Originally Posted by MissAnnThrope

We had a ferret but she mysteriously died last night. :

Aww, I'm sorry to hear that! I love ferrets, they are so sweet and funny.

[3for3hb]

mefheitz, you're really close to me (relatively speaking)! I couldn't tell from your siggy line but are you a homebirther? I was going to interview a midwife down that way (there are no homebirth midwives in Pittsbugh).

MissAnnThrope, I've been to Hickory (a few years back). I half expected you to say that you were from Jim Thrope PA. I have a colleague/friend who grew up there and opened up a chiro practice. I wouldn't be surprised if your chiro was him because supposedly there aren't many in town. By the way, sorry to hear about your ferret.

[Anouk]

I live in the suburbs of Sacramento, California, about an hour and a half northeast of San Francisco. DH and I own a one-story, three-bedroom house and have lived there for almost three years now. We share our home with one dog (German Shepherd), one blind parrot (Orange-winged Amazon), and two cat brothers (American short-haired tabbies).

MissAnn, I'm so sorry to hear about your ferret

[ORLY?]

Well... I live in a college town in NORTHERN ARIZONA, and I'm an education major. So... with those hints you can figure it out. If not, ever heard of a little thing called "Pluto"?
Cost of living is is terrible, especially for a college town. Hubby and I are currently living in a one bedroom apartment, walking distance from the university. No washer or dryer, and the best model of a dish washer we have is my husband.
We can't wait to move... we've narrowed it down to Oregon, Kansas, Idaho, Washington, Virgina and Texas. These are the states he can get work in after he graduates.

[sadiejane08]

I live in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. It's the fifth largest city in NL, with about 200,000 inhabitants. We live in a neighborhood on the north side of town, which is kind of like its own little village. So we have the benefits of "small town" life with a city center 15 minutes away.

I'm American, my DH is Dutch. We have three kids: DD (15) from my first marriage; she has terminal brain cancer. DS (8) and DD (6) are ours together; they're 19 months apart. DD#1 is a real American girl; she was 10 when we moved here. DS and DD#2 are totally Dutch, though they were born in the US and spoke English when we moved here. (Well, DD#2 was only 18 months, so she didn't say much yet .) Now Dutch is very clearly their native language.

We own our home, which is a standard Dutch rijtjeshuis, or townhome. Almost everyone here lives in one; freestanding homes are very expensive. We've lived here for 5 years.

[healthymantra]

Where do you live (urban, rural, suburbs etc)? Three exits north of the 35W bridge that just collapsed. Urban, but old Minneapolis neighborhood -feels far from the city.

How long have you lived there? 10 years this Fall.

Do you own your home? Yes, a three bedroom storey and a half, brick. Nice yard where we grow lots of 'maters and pertaters, and have started an asparagus patch (we'll see how that goes!)

Who lives with you? DH, married one year, together 8. DS 2 yrs 4 months. 2 cats, one blue point siamese that might just be retarded, and a barn cat who thinks he's a dog...or a baby....depending on his mood.

[3for3hb]

Originally Posted by sadiejane08

We have three kids: DD (15) from my first marriage; she has terminal brain cancer.

I'm so sorry to hear that, sadiejane!

[3for3hb]

Originally Posted by healthymantra

Three exits north of the 35W bridge that just collapsed.

eeeek!

[sadiejane08]

Thanks, willemsmama. (Willem is a very Dutch name, by the way . How did you pick it?)

I don't want to turn this DDC into a big downer with my daughter's illness, but then again, it's a big part of what I'm going through during this pregnancy, like m/s or other things we have to deal with. So I want to include it here, but I'm afraid of taking over threads on totally different topics because everyone feels horrible after reading my posts. KWIM?

So I'll just say here that I really appreciate all the empathy people have shown when I've mentioned the cancer, and I will continue to appreciate it, even if I don't post a thank you (because I don't want to hijack the thread).

I'm also going to post this in a new thread, I think, just to make sure everyone reads it and no one thinks I'm ignoring them when they respond.

[apriljoy]

MissAnnThrope, I live only about an hour away from you, in the NC mountains. We're in a college town and live within walking distance to campus. Right now, we're renting a house. In December, we will be moving more toward Raleigh (Chapel Hill), and we'll be renting an apartment in a residential area about 2 miles from UNC-CH.

So far, It's just me, dh, ds, and our two dogs.

[KariM]

Where do you live (urban, rural, suburbs etc)?

Technically it's urban, but a small city of around 51,000

How long have you lived there?

About 5 years now

Do you own your home?

Well...the bank owns most of it.

Who lives with you?

DH - 43 y/o, DS - nearly 16 y/o, DD - nearly 3 y/o, and our dog, Maggie -nearly 7 y/o

[Ironica]

Where do you live (urban, rural, suburbs etc)? We live smack-dab in the middle of very urban Los Angeles, in a community called Atwater Village (part of the city of LA; for ease of navigation, planning, etc. the city is divided into several official communities). Our street, however, is all single-family homes, duplexes, and triplexes, so it *looks* like Suburbia USA. ;-)

How long have you lived there? We moved here in March from West Hollywood (which is NOT part of the city of Los Angeles, but along with Beverly Hills, is an incorporated city completely surrounded by the outermost border of Los Angeles). My husband and I are both LA natives; I grew up pretty near this neighborhood, while he spent his formative years living in the hills *above* Beverly Hills. Very different backgrounds. ;-)

Do you own your home? 12.8% of it. The rest is still owned by Countrywide Home Loans. ;-) It's a wonderful 4-bedroom house with a bonus room and a family room. The backyard is pretty small, since it's a one-story house and therefore takes up a lot of the lot, but we've got a nice play structure out there at least. We plan to turn the bonus room into a master bathroom, which would give us two full baths (right now we really have 1.5 baths, because the shower in the back bathroom has a leaking pan and we can't use it, but haven't bothered to fix it since we may tear out that bathroom altogether once we remodel).

Who lives with you? DH, DS (3 years), and my cat (15 years). Plus, lots of spiders, and possibly a couple of skunks under the house.... we know they've visited, but I don't know if they're crashing there. ;-)