Which kind of terrain and scenery do you like? (condo, living in)
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I have lived almost my entire life in Connecticut, but now live in Ohio. Before I moved to Ohio, I was worried that I would miss the beautiful landscape, trees and hills in CT. However, now that I've been in Ohio for 8 months, I have to say, I really like the landscape and scenery here more than I ever would have thought. I like the wide open spaces, big sky and flatter terrain, which allows for high speed driving and easier driving in general. Whenever I visit family in CT now, it feels claustrophobic, cramped and you can't even see the damn horizon because of trees and hills or small mountains blocking your view everywhere.
I have been to 47 states and have to say that even Ohio is too forested for my tastes now. I prefer an even MORE open landscape, such as Nebraska, South Dakota or Wyoming. I just love it. The sense of space, big sky and speed.
My thoughts exactly. Driving is so much easier when the roads are straight, flat, and laid out in a grid. And I say this as a person who is able to drive fast on a curvy road once it is familiar to me.
I visited Hays, Kansas in 2012. Despite having no sense of direction and a poor memory for directions, I could go back there and find my way around. After stopping at the post office, I looked at my map to try to figure out how to get back to the motel. The shadows from the morning sun told me I was heading in the wrong direction. This trick is difficult to perform in Northeast Ohio, when the roads are always changing direction, and the sky is always overcast.
I have lived almost my entire life in Connecticut, but now live in Ohio. Before I moved to Ohio, I was worried that I would miss the beautiful landscape, trees and hills in CT. However, now that I've been in Ohio for 8 months, I have to say, I really like the landscape and scenery here more than I ever would have thought. I like the wide open spaces, big sky and flatter terrain, which allows for high speed driving and easier driving in general. Whenever I visit family in CT now, it feels claustrophobic, cramped and you can't even see the damn horizon because of trees and hills or small mountains blocking your view everywhere.
I have been to 47 states and have to say that even Ohio is too forested for my tastes now. I prefer an even MORE open landscape, such as Nebraska, South Dakota or Wyoming. I just love it. The sense of space, big sky and speed.
What about you?
I prefer living in the deep woods, do not enjoy so much driving on poorly marked roads in the aforementioned areas as much. Any area that is lacking in woods and is too open has more of an inferior climate in my opinion, and is more prone to higher sustained wind speeds as well as excessive quantities of intense sun.
My thoughts exactly. Driving is so much easier when the roads are straight, flat, and laid out in a grid. And I say this as a person who is able to drive fast on a curvy road once it is familiar to me.
I visited Hays, Kansas in 2012. Despite having no sense of direction and a poor memory for directions, I could go back there and find my way around. After stopping at the post office, I looked at my map to try to figure out how to get back to the motel. The shadows from the morning sun told me I was heading in the wrong direction. This trick is difficult to perform in Northeast Ohio, when the roads are always changing direction, and the sky is always overcast.
Ohio actually has a good future water supply and a favorable climate, unlike most of western Kansas which will face future water shortages and people leaving in larger numbers.
Last edited by GraniteStater; 03-12-2016 at 04:21 PM..
After living in a variety of locations, I think I've now developed a handle on what kind of scenery I like. I have been in Raleigh for 7 months now, and I really like it here in NC. People on here always like to talk bad about landlocked cities, but I love them. I don't need beaches or mountains if the scenery is as gorgeous as here in Raleigh. They don't call it the "City of Oaks" for nothing, there are trees lining the streets everywhere, and I really get the feel of everything being wide open as I drive. And we have a beautiful fall season for the changing colors of the leaves. This seems to be exactly what the OP has in Ohio, and it does make for easier and more pleasant driving.
It's weird, because I don't really like flat land. I grew up in Florida, but I didn't like living in mountain cities either. I used to live in LA, and have spent some time in Asheville. LA was fine, you have the mountains nearby, so you still had lots of trees and wide open roads. But in Asheville, it's right in your face. I didn't like that. But when you have scenery as beautiful as what Raleigh has, who cares if it's all flat.
My first two weeks here, I took a lot of Uber rides and couldn't stop commenting about all the trees. And I was told that's the first thing every transplant comes to love about the area. My condo has a balcony and it's beautiful to just sit out there.
I'm not an urban person but I can live in a city if I can see undeveloped open spaces... mountains, river bluffs, etc. I could not live in Chicago or NYC. I'm not happy with flat land as far as the eye can see. I can visit Florida but wouldn't live there or in Kansas or Texas or eastern Colorado. I can see five mountain ranges from where I live now but I'm near a major city.
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