Mobility

[jonathankaplan]

I ask that only those who have lived in North America answer this poll, and then, only for the period of residence on that continent. Please?....smile....

Comments

Interesting Poll

[rotojeff]

I'm probably on the high end on the number of moves - between schools, job changes, moves and finally buying property, I haven't lived in the same abode for more than two years since high school.

Some of the criteria for moving I really had to give a second thought about - I've never really thought of taxation as a reason to move, because I've had so many other compelling reasons to move. That said, I suppose there is a threshhold that would push me out. We're finally in a house that I'm really happy with (albeit in Southern California, where there are both significant positives and significant negatives), so it'll have to be a pretty large incentive to push me to move now.

Incidentally, I think in a previous blog post you mentioned that you're in Pickerington - I know this is off-topic, but how do you like it there? I have an aunt who's been there for about 10 years.

Re: Interesting Poll

[jonathankaplan]

That seems like the high end of movement, and you ended up in California...says a lot abut something right there....smile.

I really like living in Pickerington a great deal. It is much slower than Chicago, much less crowded, less noise, less traffic, less hassle. The air is cleaner, the common noises are birds not cars. I have a house on a hill looking back at no neighbors at all, and trading my chicago condo (with 1/3 the space) for this house pulled a large percentage of the value out of the market. Best of all, we live close to kids and grandkids, and I get to see them almost as often as desired.

Pickerington is a great place to live, if rural suburbs and family life is your cup of tea.

Re: Interesting Poll

[rotojeff]

Each time I've visited, I'm come away with a fairly positive impression

[jonathankaplan]

My opinion on two of your issues

[libertarianhawk]

I recently moved from Los Angeles to Fort Worth for reasons 1 and 2. 3 may not be as big a problem as you think--it's easy to find a cluster of people with your views, for ex. a Unitarian Church (which I joined for a couple of years in FtW, and found myself just as out of place as I was in LA :) ).

5 should be a big factor. We're now closer to some relatives and it's made a noticable improvement.

a question for those polled.

[jonathankaplan]

In a day or two (after the sample size increases) I am going to look at each of these questions and post another entry analyzing some of them.
I am sure I will then make a bunch of quite disputable statements at that time....smile....

I hadn't noticed that the poll doesn't merely log the answers, it also identifies specific respondents. Is that problematic? In the forthcoming analysis, I might be tempted to make a generalization or two stemming from what I know about who said what.
Would that be a bad thing, I am wondering?

Re: a question for those polled.

[songmonk]

I think you can make it so that people can't see who answered what, but I've always found the polls to be much more interesting when I know how everyone answered. :-)

[songmonk]

I can't imagine leaving my beloved country....Yeah, that's not colored at all

[michaelsullivan]

I had a few issues with answering some of your questions. Songmonk hits on some of them