July 30th, 2007

Finding my spot

I thought it would be fun to do the quiz at Find Your Spot, a site that introduces you to your ideal location based on a few fun questions. You should take the quiz, for fun or for ideas on finding your perfect spot.

The first location the site gave me was Salisbury, Maryland. It’s not the South, but closer than we are now. The median house price is $200,000. The climate seems closer to my liking and the town is much bigger than Smallville, CO so there are probably several malls and places to eat! Here’s some info on that area.

My favorite pick that the site gave me was Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The climate is a bit warmer and more humid than even Charleston, SC where I grew up. I can deal with that! The average home costs $115,000 (Wooo-Yah). What I liked most about this location is that it is so close to bigger and fun cities– New Orleans & Mobile. It’s smaller in population than Asheville, NC (where we came from) and yet bigger than here. It’s also a hop, skip, and a jump from Florida which means Disney, Univeral studios, etc. are real close by! Hellllo, Hattiesburg!

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I’m not planning on moving, but I do like to dream. I very much love Colorado and I think our home is wonderful, so selling it would be very hard emotionally. I’m not one of those that could easily disconnect from a home that saw our blood, sweat, and tears (also love, laughter, and happiness).

Here’s an example of the home we could buy in Hattiesburg for the price ours would probably sell for here…

Cute but kind of square:

Cuter but looks kind of small:

Cuter (an rather southern looking, which I like):

But. OMG. This. This is “The One”.

Here’s a link to that bad boy because I loves it so much!

Or click down below because I’m such a dork I can’t figure out to get a Slide slideshow to show up on my blog.

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8 comments so far

You’re not going to believe this - but we could be neighbors! Either that or someone from Salisbury, Maryland is sponsoring the quiz as a recruitment effort. It came up at the top of my list too.

We’re not moving either, but I totally agree that it’s fun to look, maybe even more fun than if we were really moving, since there’s absolutely no pressure.

Nell
July 30th, 2007 at 11:29 pm

That was a very detailed quiz! I got Boston, Masachussetts as my top spot.

Vernicious Knids
July 30th, 2007 at 11:40 pm

I did that before and I always ended up by a beach. Ahhhh. I would LOVE that.

Tori :)
July 31st, 2007 at 12:55 am

And now you know why we’re reticent to live the Houston suburbs. Housing prices are CHEAP. Well, mainly because the low cost is on the backs of illegal labor, so you have to push your social conscientiousness waaaayyy aside.

elasticwaistbandlady
July 31st, 2007 at 4:11 am

I did this for a bit of fun - I don’t really have much of an idea exactly what these places are like! But on top of my list was Providence, Rhode Island - is that good?? All I could think of was that show that used to be on tv, Providence, I used to watch that all the time!
Rounding out my top 10 was Orange County, California…now I know I’m not an expert but I watched THE OC and I am pretty sure that is WAAAY out of my price range!! Ha ha, nice to dream though :-)

Robyn
July 31st, 2007 at 6:56 am

Robyn, Rhode Island is beautiful! Though very different than OC! I thought it was pretty expensive too, maybe not quite as much as OC. The site must know how much you love the beach. Did it give you any southeast locations? That’s my area of choice! It’s a warm climate plus the living expense is generally less.

stepherz
July 31st, 2007 at 1:05 pm

Well my top areas are:
Morganton and Mount Airy NC (bit of trivia my grandma lived in Hillsville VA just a short drive from Mount Airy- So I’ve actually been there lots)
Abingdon and Hampton VA (more trivia, I grew up in Manassas VA and I have family in Hampton VA)
Bremerton and Walla Walla Washington (a friend of the Mister and mine, who has been friends with us for YEARS, lives in Bremerton and we’ve toyed with the idea of moving out there BEFORE this quiz)

Interesting… I’ll have to get the Mister to take this test to see if we match up.

BTW Stepherz, that show on Spike you were trying to think of… Could it be MXC: Most eXtreme elmination Challenge?

Stephieface
August 1st, 2007 at 3:44 pm

That’s it, StephieFace! Do you ever watch it? Sometimes it’s pretty funny. I find that I have to watch a lot of Spike TV being in a house full of testosterone. The “30 seconds of hot chicks” is probably my favorite part. Not.

That’s really interesting that you have some kind of connection to some of the places the site gave you! You should totally have the Mister take the test! I had Jeremy do it too. We had a few of the same places in common.

I have a visitor on my blog from mt. airy once in awhile. I’ve never been there, but I’m sure it’s beautiful. NC is a really special place.

stepherz
August 1st, 2007 at 6:05 pm



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