Rolling stones gather no moss?

[angledge]

[Poll #1317329]

What are the good things about moving? What are the bad things? What is it like to live in one place for an extended period of time?

Comments

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Good things: Fresh start, chance to get rid of kipple, chance to acquire new kipple

Bad things: Hauling shit around costs money; need to form new local social network (unless you're a hermit)

Define "extended period of time"

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Re: kipple. My grandpa used to say, "As far as getting rid of stuff, two moves equals one fire."

Another good thing about moving is you get to know a different place. Visiting somewhere doesn't teach you as much as living in a place.

A good/bad thing: the more you move around, the more widely dispersed your friends network becomes. While it's true I have people in all corners of the country at this point, it's also true that I can never gather them all together. Therefore, no matter where I am, I'm missing somebody.

[love2loveher.livejournal.com]

Re: kipple. My grandpa used to say, "As far as getting rid of stuff, two moves equals one fire."

My mom always said that, except I thought she was talking about DAMAGE to stuff. Now that it is put in the perspective of purging junk, it makes a lot more sense.

Therefore, no matter where I am, I'm missing somebody.

So. True.

I answered >10 because I counted FEMA moves, like NC to NOLA to BR back to NC, even though they didn't involve miving all my stuff. If I just counted the ones that involve moving my stuff, I'm probably in the 7-10 range.

FEMA counts, I feel.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

My move count included:

SF->NOLA
NOLA->SF
NYC->Galveston

just for kicks..

[love2loveher.livejournal.com]

OK -> VA
VA-> NC
Davidson county -> Winston Salem
Winston Salem -> Tobaccoville
Tvill -> dorm
dorm -> apartment
Raleigh -> oklahoma
OK -> Raleigh
Raleigh -> Tville
tville-> raleigh
apartment -> house
house-> NOLA
Nola-> baton rouge
Baton rouge-> tville
tville-> Cary

holy crappoly.

Bleah, just typing it all up makes me tired. Total moves = 25.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Cherry Hill, NJ -> Medford, NJ
Medford, NJ -> Concord, CA
Concord, CA -> Medford, NJ
Medford, NJ -> Dorm, Ithaca, NY
Dorm -> Maidstone, Kent, England
England -> Dorm
Dorm -> 509 House, Ithaca, NY
509 House -> Menomonie, WI
Menomonie, WI -> 509 House
509 House -> 301 Cornell St, Ithaca, NY
301 Cornell St -> Dousman, WI
Dousman, WI -> Hill House, Ithaca, NY
Hill House -> first apt, Waukesha, WI
first apt -> Riverwalk apt, Waukesha, WI
Riverwalk apt -> Conshohocken, PA
Conshohocken, PA -> King of Prussia, PA
King of Prussia, PA -> Wayne, PA
Wayne, PA -> Jenkintown, PA
Jenkintown, PA -> Claymont, DE
Claymont, DE -> Edinburgh, Scotland
Edinburgh, Scotland -> San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA -> New Orleans, LA
New Orleans, LA -> San Francisco, CA
San Francisco, CA -> NEW YORK FUCKIN' CITY
NYC, NY -> Galveston, TX

Holy Crapoly.

[love2loveher.livejournal.com]

That's a lot of moving.

Re: Bleah, just typing it all up makes me tired. Total moves = 25.

[trishalynn.livejournal.com]

I feel so inadequate with my seventh in six years now compared to you now...

[angledge.livejournal.com]

YOU define "extended period of time"!

[etcet.livejournal.com]

Three years in BFE Pennsylvania felt like entirely too fucking long. Likewise for six months in Brooklyn.

Two years in New Orleans felt like enough.

Four and a half years in Tampa (and still going) feels fine.

Environmental comfort makes this a non-Euclidian curve.

[angledge.livejournal.com]

Environmental comfort makes this a non-Euclidian curve.

And you win the GOTW. Here's your complimentary -1.

[etcet.livejournal.com]

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IA, R'LYEH!

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