Have lived in the Golden Horseshoe all my life. I actually can't imagine living in an area that wasn't near a large body of water. *shudder*

We've been in this house since 1997.

I've been with DH since 1990.

I'm too young to be so set in my ways, but there you have it.

Happy Anniversary for living in places!

Well, let's see...I'm 47.

I have lived in Beaver County in Western PA for 47 years.

I grew up in Hopewell Township and lived there until I was 32.

I moved to New Brighton when XDBF and I got our house in 1991 (14 years).

He threw me out in September (that relationship lasted 18 years), so I have been in my current apartment since then. It is in New Brighton.

I've worked in my current job for 8 years.

I've worked in education for 23 years.

I like it here and don't plan to move until I'm too old to handle winters.

I'm such a slut for the blues.

I've lived in Little Elm for almost three years.

I bought this house when I moved to Little Elm.

I've been in Texas for 12 years now.

I've worked at this job for five years - that is twice as long as I've ever worked anywhere.

I am a restless and flightly and noncommital kind of a girl. If it wasn't for the kiddo I wouldn't be as settled as I am. I want her to kind of grow up in a community and go through her school with some sort of stability.

I am always dreaming about picking up and moving to some where new.

I am always dreaming about picking up and moving to some where new.

Me too, Pooh. I have the itch to move, big time, but can't because of my dad. I need to stay here for him.

But boy do I want to move. Anywhere new. Anywhere else. Anywhere.

there's something undeniably appealing about picking up and going someplace completely new, isn't there?

Oh yeah! Brand new place means no one knows you, no one has an opinion of you, no one knew you in high school when you had zits and oily hair and was painfully shy, no one knows your pathetic dating history...clean slate, new home, new job, new you.

Oh, if it were only that easy, huh?

When I was little (maybe 3rd or 4th grade), I bought a book about school. And it was supposed to be a book that you could record things in for each year of school: pics, memories, etc. I was so excited about that book, and I started to fill in ahead of time, even going as far as high school. And a friend said to me, "How do you know you will graduate from that high school?" I didn't think much about it at the time.

I ended up not graduating from that school.

Years later, I longed to do just the same thing, start over somewhere new and use my middle name, etc. I actually thought about Texas/Oklahoma.

I had two perfect times in my life to do it:

1. After graduating high school: But I was so in love with Upchuck that I didn't dare.

2. During a break (*giggles and thinks of Ross/Rachel*) with my current husband back in '97. But I didn't because I had just started a job six months prior that I adored.

Now of course that will probably never happen, but it's fun to think about. And I would so go to Texas or Oklahoma in a heartbeat and live the life of "LIz the Honkeytonker."

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My Dad lives the life you two dream of and he loves it. For me, it's kinda difficult because I'm never sure that the address and phone number I have is still correct. But ya know, he's a grown man, I'm an adult and he has no ties. It's kinda neat to think of all the places he's gone. If only I had the abilities to go visit him in all of those places.

Boo, umm...stop it. You're scaring me. We cannot possibly have the same middle name.

*smooches* for my first. You are a great daughter for taking care of your parents that way you have.

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1 year, 5 days in Boston
I have moved 18 times since I was 18.
I have had one BF (now husband) the entire time.
For the first time in my life, I own furniture I won't sell, give away, burn, or trash when I leave here. I plan to a get a job with moving expenses.

I want to move back to B.C. when I'm done here.

Been in Seattle for almost 5 years now, all at the same company and house. Hoping to move in the next 12-24 months though.

Before that, CA for first 3 years, then OH for next 14, then back to CA for 9. Seems I need a stint in NY and FL to have experienced all of "americana".

LAST EDITED ON 01-05-06 AT 04:40 PM (EST)

So far we have some very stable people here - everything is averaging in double digits with locale at an astonishing 33 years. (I did fudge on geg a bit on house and relationship).

Edited because by the time my post hit three more people responded and dropped locale to 24 years and house under 10.

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I've lived in the same town for almost 30 years (since I was born) and I've lived on the same street for 21 years, and in the same house for almost 10 years.

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'Change' isn't exactly my thing, either.