grass not always greener on the other ...
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7/29/2011
I lived in the Atlanta area, Chamblee, for 4 years.
Before that, I lived in the NE Ohio area, as I was born and raised here.
To compare the two states is a snap for me.
There are homewreckers everywhere...where are they not?
We sure have them in Ohio.
There are gay people (non-straight) everywhere...where are they not?
They live all over Ohio and the North.
However, here is one of the big differences...
the weather.
When I lived there, the furnace did not come on until December and did not go off until March.
In Ohio, the furnace comes on in the fall and goes off in the spring which means that only one season here is w/o furnace-heat.
And, the cost of living is more in the South, but that's what is called the sunshine tax.
Here, the sunshine is not so much and the cost of living is a lot less...which is why I have not been in a big hurry to move back.
But, the social life in Atlanta is way better than up North as there is more to do and more time to do it in warmer weather.
Life is a series of tradeoffs, so a person must pick which set of choices appeal to him/her the most: weather, big city life, limited transporation, obvious diversity in the population, etc.
And, to those who think the grass is greener elsewhere, let me know where that is as I'm sure that I can find fault there, too.
CINDY | Canton, OH