Dream Move

If it's one thing that everyone should do, it's dream big.  Dream job.  Dream vacation.  Dream date.  No matter what.  Because it allows you to escape, even if it is just for a few minutes or hours.  Don't mistake dreaming for something that cannot be achieved.  Another thing to dream about is dream home and town.  Some people might dream about living in downtown New York because of the culture and the city is always moving.  They see themselves as an elite socialite rubbing elbows with celebrities.  Some people might dream about living in a cabin in Montana or Idaho away from it all.  Living a quite and simple life, seeing themselves as the next Henry David Thoreau living in a cabin on a pond.  Every time they step outside, an eagle calls out.  And it's all majestic.  This question is another hypothetical one.

If you had to move where would you like to live?

There's a part of me that wants to live in a bigger area.  I have enjoyed living in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area over the past few years because of all the access we have to things.  Granted, we live on the edge of the metro so to get into the cities to see a game or go to a play it takes twenty to thirty minutes, but the option is always there.  Living in a bigger area, you have access to almost everything you would be looking for.  Shopping, sports, museums, culture.  Growing up in a smaller area, you don't have that.  When I worked for Target, I would tell coworkers that I didn't know what Target was until I was in college and lived right next to one.  The closest one was three hours away.  I grew up not having access to big city amenities, so having them now, I covet them.  You also have the anonymity of the big city.  Unless you know a bunch of people around the area, you are almost out there all on your own.  Not quite so different than living in a cabin out in the woods, but with tall buildings instead of tall trees.

There's also a part of me that wants to live in a smaller area.  You know, leave behind all the hustle and bustle and congestion of the big city for a simpler life style.  Every time we go home for vacation, it's nice knowing that getting across town takes five minutes and rush hour traffic is more closely equated to rush fifteen minutes.  That's nice to have little to no congestion, but you also live far away from practically everything we enjoy living in a larger area.  It also a terrifying idea to live back home and have to rely on Wal-Mart for your everyday grocery needs.  We all know how terrible Wal-Mart is.  To go to a professional sporting event, it's a weekend affair to get somewhere.  Two days of travel and one day for the event.  It is very isolated.  The isolation is nice though.  Other than the metro isolation, you have actual isolation.  Plenty of outdoor life is to be had.  Lots of hunting, fishing, camping, etc. to help let you forget about everything that is city life.  I always feel re-energized when I come back from vacation.  Not because I don't work for a week, but because the time goes by slowly back home.  Everything moves at a much more relaxed pace.  I love that about home.  So it would be nice to move back home.

If I had to pick one of the two, it would be difficult to choose just because both offer so much.  The city appeals to me because it offers the commercial aspects of life.  The small town appeals to me because there are close to no worries.  If I HAD to choose, I think I would go with the small town.  It will always be close to my heart.  The lifestyle is something that we grew up with and is engrained.  You give up everything that big cities have to offer, but if you are happier living away from it all, isn't it worth it?  Of course, in order for this to happen, we would need jobs and stability, which our hometown really doesn't offer quite like a bigger area does.  But that wasn't the question, was it?

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