Comments on Cranky Fitness: Does Your Hometown Have "Issues?"

I definately chose where I live and it's a struggl...

2008-05-13T17:21:00.000-04:00

I definately chose where I live and it's a struggle (financially) to stay here, but worth every damn penny.

Ha, according to those maps, I live in the land of...

2008-05-13T17:07:00.000-04:00

Ha, according to those maps, I live in the land of extroverted people, conscientious people, and a bit in the lands of agreeable people and neurotic people.

I happen to be highly introverted, highly conscientious, often agreeable and sometimes neurotic. ;)

Hubby and I live near the mountains, which suits us just fine because we love spending time in the mountains, hiking.

Love the comments--I find it fascinating what ever...

2008-05-13T06:15:00.000-04:00

Love the comments--I find it fascinating what everyone likes about where they live (and doesn't like) and I'm glad to find out that other open-minded neurotics are well represented here!

Stephanie Q--yeah, if I'm not mistaken, the Creative Class book was written by the same Florida guy which is probably why it lines up so well. Sounds like an interesting book.

Ironically, I both love and hate where I live, the...

2008-05-13T04:41:00.000-04:00

Ironically, I both love and hate where I live, the SF Bay Area. I have literally lived on every corner of the bay. I love the cultural diversity here. I love the beauty. I love the food. We are sooo spoiled here health-wise, and I love that this is the land of dreamers. Hello Silicon Valley. I've been to many major cities around the globe, and the SF area still has my heart.

On the flip side, I hate that you practically need to be a millionaire to buy a house here, and that still does not guarantee you some kind of yard. I don't like the techie culture because I spent WAY too much time in it. Yes, I know I have issues and I'm in therapy thank you very much. I'm not thrilled that we pay taxes up the ying yang and our govnt still says we're broke and now they want to tax "luxuries" like our Starbucks lattes and gym membership. An, that our gas is one of the highest in the land. Hello 87 gas is at $4.11.

I have to say though that I have more love than loathe so I stay here. Perhaps I win the lotto, bag a sugar daddy, or write a best selling book so I can buy a house ;-) Another note there is a book or two about the "Creative Class", and their characteristics and where they live is almost dead on to this study.

Very interesting. I live where I live because my ...

2008-05-12T21:34:00.000-04:00

Very interesting. I live where I live because my parents provide the roof there. Once I graduate, I plan on moving out of the state, due to economic situations and what not.

However, I think the issues your area faces, be it climate, social, economic or whatever, have an effect on the people there, hence similar personalities forming.

Just an idea. :)

Oops here meaning in Florida, not your blog!

2008-05-12T20:07:00.000-04:00

Oops here meaning in Florida, not your blog!

True that the author of the book doesn't live in F...

2008-05-12T20:06:00.000-04:00

True that the author of the book doesn't live in Florida. You'll notice, though, that the author's name is Dick Florida, which about sums up my experiences here.

I live on an island in the land of neurotic people...

2008-05-12T19:32:00.000-04:00

I live on an island in the land of neurotic people. That cannot be good.

Started off in extrovert (although I believe I'm m...

2008-05-12T19:23:00.000-04:00

Started off in extrovert (although I believe I'm more introverted) and landed here in neurotic land. It works. :)

Right now, I'm moving every 4 months (and getting ...

2008-05-12T18:00:00.000-04:00

Right now, I'm moving every 4 months (and getting tired of it!)

But in 2 years, I will have to decide where to live - permanently...duh duh duhh. Scary! Perhaps I need to find a Canada version of this map to tell me where to go...

I guess all of Canada must fall into the "quiet ne...

2008-05-12T17:07:00.000-04:00

I guess all of Canada must fall into the "quiet neighbour to the North that won't complain if we don't include them on anything" category. (I looked at the other maps - nary a drop of colour)

I have had such vast experience - living in three cities in my rat free province! Well, two cities, one town. I really like the one I am in, it suites me very well and I don't know if it is typical of other cities, but we have pockets of extroverts and introverts and weird and suburban. I imagine it is. (Of course, we have more rednecks than the rest of Canada which is too bad.)

Much as I hate the winters, I hate insects large enough to carry off cats even more, so I think I will stay right here.

funny how only conscientious people live in new me...

2008-05-12T16:46:00.000-04:00

funny how only conscientious people live in new mexico. hmm...

I was born in extroverted land, but later I migrat...

2008-05-12T15:10:00.000-04:00

I was born in extroverted land, but later I migrated into an "open to new experiences" kind of person. i guess that's why i'm now off the map, far across the ocean. I wonder what this would look like in Britain. They'd have to add a category for "drunk".

I've lived in New York City for my entire life and...

2008-05-12T13:47:00.000-04:00

I've lived in New York City for my entire life and cannot imagine living anywhere else. Of course it is a large place with lots of different type neighborhoods, and I live in one of those urban/suburban parts where I can walk to almost everything, yet still find a spot to park the car when I use it.

Terrie

Love the post! I grew up in the Pacific Northwest ...

2008-05-12T13:33:00.000-04:00

Love the post! I grew up in the Pacific Northwest and definitely fit there--the mountains and the ocean keep me sane. I came to the east coast for college and wound up in NYC. Sign me up on the Open to experience & Neurotic lists! Does it say something about me that I can't imagine living far away from the coast?

i cannot for the life of me understand why there i...

2008-05-12T13:29:00.000-04:00

i cannot for the life of me understand why there isn't a huge target over chicago/my house for the Neurotic category.

I live in what I think is the most perfect place i...

2008-05-12T12:20:00.000-04:00

I live in what I think is the most perfect place in the world. Grew up in the Neurotic Northeast, came west for grad school (San Diego; beautiful, PERFECT weather, but DANG it's expensive!), moved to Los Angeles (ended up, eventually, in a beautiful house, but I was too isolated and HOT, damn it!) and have settled just south of San Francisco. DH's family is here, the schools are great, the weather is awesome, and the people are nice. Plus, we have lots of ducks and geese, and we're really close to the city.

My brother lives in Texas, which he LOVES. (For a while he had a combination Boston-Texas accent, which was very bizarre!)

Apparently I, the most introverted introvert who e...

2008-05-12T12:14:00.000-04:00

Apparently I, the most introverted introvert who ever verted intro... have spent all of my life up until a couple of months ago right in the heart of Extrovertia! And I still live inside Agreeable Extrovert territory.

Where the heck do all the introverts live? Were they too shy to answer the survey?

(arrgh! Technorati!! you lost my comment twice!! *shakes fist*)

I've lived in the south all my life and couldn't i...

2008-05-12T12:09:00.000-04:00

I've lived in the south all my life and couldn't imagine living any where else. I did recently move further away from the big city and I like it so much more. I think I'd be happy any where with a small, southern town feel but with larger cities (job) that aren't too far away.

Well, I live in Los Angeles, which is the home of ...

2008-05-12T11:55:00.000-04:00

Well, I live in Los Angeles, which is the home of "Open to New Experience" people, but I've lived here my whole life, as did my parents and grandparents! Does that cancel out the "Open to New Experiences" thing? LOL

(I did think about moving a couple of times, because the real estate out here is God-awful expensive, but I've got the beach, the mountains, the movie industry, and mostly perfect weather. Why on earth would I move? :D)

I apparently am also Open and Neurotic. The neurot...

2008-05-12T11:26:00.000-04:00

I apparently am also Open and Neurotic. The neurotic is right on target. And I suppose I am open to new things, if I'm not being stubborn. But I live here because that's where everyone in my ancestry who has lived in the U.S. has lived, and my parents and my grandparents and most of my great grandparents (i.e., the ones that lived in the U.S.) have apparently never felt like moving.

Oh dear. The Bag Lady doesn't know where she lives...

2008-05-12T11:03:00.000-04:00

Oh dear. The Bag Lady doesn't know where she lives because it wasn't on the map! Must be the no-personality area.
Ended up here through a series of (mostly happy) accidents. Wouldn't live anywhere else in the summer, but winter? Would gladly relocate somewhere warmer!

I live on the outskirts of Extroverted Land appare...

2008-05-12T10:32:00.000-04:00

I live on the outskirts of Extroverted Land apparently. Which is funny as my wife says I live on the outskirts of Sanity. She must be looking at the wrong map.

Great post.

I grew up in the land of the open and neurotic. M...

2008-05-12T10:07:00.000-04:00

I grew up in the land of the open and neurotic. My neighborhood wasn't the safest ever, in the 70s it was kind of a hippie ghetto where people regularly got mugged after dark. The I went to college (and a bit after) in the land of the conscientious, extroverted and whatever the other one is, I don't remember. And the people were definitely friendly and all, but I couldn't handle the lack of stuff to do, the lack of variety and openness to trying new things (sushi anyone?). So I came back to neurotic adventurous land. And my hippie ghetto neighborhood I grew up in? Got discovered by the gay community and is now one of the hottest neighborhoods in the city.

I definitely felt like I "belonged" in Austin. In ...

2008-05-12T09:47:00.000-04:00

I definitely felt like I "belonged" in Austin. In San Antonio I feel more like a confused tourist who somehow ended up buying a house near Shamu.

I'm ready to move West!