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[Cass]

Tell us! Do you live in your favourite city or country? Have you ever? Do you want to? Have you ever visited it? (I mean it's perfectly possible to have a delusional dream about a place you've never been before ) Why is it your favourite? The people, the view? The buildings? The food?

[Dylann]

When I was 16, I flew to France to visit my French exchange student's family. I got to live in France for about a month a half, mostly in the village/town called Bretagne. I did get to see Paris and Lyon but what was most cool to me was realizing how close French families are to each other, seeing the intimacy of the village (from what I saw, people still go to the bakery for their daily baguette or whatever,) and oh my god the food.

 

I love France. 

[Katya]

(from what I saw, people still go to the bakery for their daily baguette or whatever,)

Who doesn't (not baguette only, but bread and other baked goods in general)?

[Trichomes]

Who doesn't (not baguette only, but bread and other baked goods in general)?

 

Most people in the US get that stuff at the supermarket/grocery store these days, either pre-packaged or from the store's bakery department. Actual bakeries aren't that common here anymore.

[NapisaurusRex]

Hell, yeah! I live in the best country in the world!

Not only that, but I'm fortunate enough to live in the best state, even. 

Everything is written in Fahrenheit, feet, and miles, there's no superfluous u's, and there's Dr Pepper everywhere. I can go fifteen minutes in any direction and end up in the middle of nowhere, with trees, water, or fields. Peanut Butter was invented here. 

 

[Katya]

Most people in the US get that stuff at the supermarket/grocery store these days, either pre-packaged or from the store's bakery department. Actual bakeries aren't that common here anymore.

Oh god that's so sad. The best thing about getting the bread in the morning is to know I'll get it still hot and smelling deliciously good.
We can get bread at supermarkets and groceries too. Supermarkets make their own baked goods while most groceries buy them already baked, and even then small villages groceries get their stuff from local bakeries. Also, most small villages bakeries still use these really old wood wovens too.

[Mishelle]

I live in my second favorite place in the world. My first favorite place in the world is Canada

[Coops]

Alaska is my favorite state that I've lived in, as far as the US goes. But I lived in Germany and I remember that place pretty fondly. I'd wanna go back to Alaska.

Also, there are bakeries still in the US! I've never been to a city without a bakery. I bet rural places probably don't have them as much. There is a Korean bakery 2 minutes from my apartment. They have awesome red bean buns and fresh bread. 

[Katya]

@Coops that's really weird (for me!). Here bakeries are more common in rural places. Big cities don't really have bakeries, apart from supermarkets, some caffes bake their own bread and others just get it from the big factories.
I can't imagine live in a place without easy and daily access to fresh bread (and cakes).

[Emily]

I live in my favorite place. 

 

I love London. I wasn't a big fan of any of the places that I'd lived or visited in the U.S. I felt like I didn't have a "place" even in my hometown. With London, I feel like I've finally found my place. May sound a little lame but it's true. I never want to leave. It's my favorite because there's always something to discover and always someone new to meet. It's so international, especially where I live, so it's nice to get to know different people and different cultures (I have learned a lot of cuss words in different languages). Everyone that I've met has seemed really nice to. There is also a lot of history which I find fascinating. I still have so many museums and places that I need to visit. 

Even the places that most people find hellish because they're so busy don't really bother me. I like being around the people and I usually dislike large crowds. So that's saying something. 

 

It's also a plus that I don't have to drive here because I hate driving. 

 

I just love it here. It's my place. Suck it jackass who said London would eat me alive. 

[ShadowLink64]

I very much like Canada and the city I am living in is pretty nice, but it feels like I haven't found "my" place yet.

[Ali]

I'm never leaving London. Been here coming up to 9 years and I adore it.

 

I occasionally have moments of thinking I want to be in the country, but whenever I leave, I end up missing London desperately. Living in Paris taught me that I belong in England.

[Frizzle]

How do you afford the £18,000 monthly rent for a cupboard under the stairs?

[Ali]

How do you afford the £18,000 monthly rent for a cupboard under the stairs?

We don't rent, that's how.

[DregsandDregs]

New York City is my favorite place to be.  But I'd rather live, like, out in the country in an earthship and an internet connection

[Rainstorm]

Maryland. DC & Baltimore. So much to do in a little state.