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Originally Posted by Rhesus
I'd say
- Real estate prices
- Climate
- Atmosphere, consisting of cultural life, friendliness of inhabitants, % of corporate managers walking around, ethnicities present and the extent to which they live together harmoniously, crime,...
- You name it!
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I kind of agree.
I live in a not-so-big-town in Colorado. North of Denver. My house is kitty-corner from a church in a residential neighborhood, walking distance from a golf course, houses occupied by retired people and budding families whose kids come by to ask if I want to pay them a couple of bucks to pick up the dog shit on my lawn.
-1. Twelve years of Catholic school pretty much killed my interest in religion.
-2. I can't stand the kids coming by and ringing the doorbell for work, because I have to manually check to make sure they did the job they were supposed to do that I could have in a few minutes.
-3. My drive to work is 45 minutes, to Boulder; full of Boulderites.
+1. I live next to a church. Two nights ago, they had a gathering of kids and their parents with fire trucks, ambulance and funny car that revved its engine and spit fire in the parking lot. Watched it from my window and was happy the community church had a place for kids to play.
+2. Even though the kids suck at doing their job, I like seeing brothers and sisters of various families trying to gain an edge at being small-time entrepreneurs.
+3. My drive to work is filled with beautiful scenery of the Rocky Mountains to the right and the spectacular sunrises of Colorado to the left.
It's a zero-sum game I live. So I'd say it's okay. Too many other factors that play into happiness of life, but based on where I live and what's around me, I think I'm doing ok.