Thread: I hate living in the city.

carlmaloschneider,

What you describe in your post would be idyllic for me. SWMBO wants more stuff nearby.

The best place I ever lived was a little town called Foothill Ranch, CA (now incorporated within the City of Lake Forest, which happened after we left).

Even though it was in the middle of south Orange County, it was in a little corner of civilization where there was no through traffic so the only people there either lived or had business there. I lived closer to work than it took to drive around the building. Was going to school to finish out my degree less than a mile from home.

There was a cool food court next to the university (which is no longer there), plenty of grocery stores, a park (where a few people were attacked and even killed by mountain lions), and it butt right up next to the wilderness that separated Orange County from Riverside County.

Plus there was an IN-N-OUT and you could see the beach in the distance from the drive-thru.

It's probably changed now, but SWMBO loved it there, and so did I.

Incidentally, for those of you who think my username may look a little awkward, that's where the FHR portion comes from.

-Mark