A Connecticut Yankee Moved to Georgia

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I know some of you have responded to my last post about the roll call, where do you live by telling me that it is next to each member's name. But I was looking for a bit more than just a country. I was looking more for the essence of where you live, which of course you don't have to share if you don't want to. I thought as a community, we could learn a bit more about places all over the world. Here's a bit more about my story: I grew up in New England in CT. We always lived 30 minutes from the ocean. But it was on the Long Island Sound so there wasn't much in the way of waves. I loved growing up near the beach, but the rest of the state was boring. Very flat with some hills at the opposite end of the state. But what I really craved was the mountains. The mountains have always held a certain magnetism for me. And after a while, I just wanted to leave flat, boring Connecticut and move to the mountains. I wanted to move North to VT but my husband, who is older than me, didn't want the snow that Vermont has. With some encouragement from my husband's son who lives in Georgia, we researched the mountains of North Georgia. We came down and fell in love with the area. It is sort of like the Vermont of the south. We found a nice community that also is a nature preserve. We see deer, wild turkeys, chipmunks, and plenty of birds on a regular basis. And sometimes we even get blessed and get to see a black bear. I do love that part of where we live. And there are lots of hiking trails and lakes here also. These are the things that I like about where we now live. I also like that we live in the "Bible belt" where people can speak freely of their Christian faith and not feel ostracized because of it. In Connecticut, you can't really talk publicly about your faith because it isn't politically correct. What I don't like are the rain and humidity. It rains down here, a lot. Sometimes in the summer, it rains every day for a week, and then humidity makes it feel like we live in a sauna. It may not rain all day, but even a brief shower causes the humidity to increase. In the summer, I spend most of my day inside and go outside with my dog for a walk at 7 or 8 pm when it starts to cool down. I do miss the snow we had in Connecticut, but we also get a little bit here in Georgia. We get a few storms of 1 to 3 inches in the winter. I always run outside with my camera and take photos when it snows. So, that's what I was looking for...to find out more about the special things about where you live. What is special about where you live? Or do you not like it and wish to move, like I did?