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Metric · Gucci

why do you live...

honey · Gucci

interesting question... i've pretty much always known that i've wanted to live in nyc (or at least near it). when i was graduating college i only looked for jobs in nyc. and after i got one i moved to jersey (to live with my bro) that got old really quickly, so i started looking for my own place. i soon realized that i couldn't afford to live in manhattan without a roommate, so i ended up in jersey city b/c it's close and cheap (though that's relative).

i don't think i could ever live in the suburbs, i would probably go crazy. i really have to live in a city or be very, very near a city (i.e. less than 10 minutes). i could go on and on about why i live here, but essentially it suits my personality. there's so much to explore and there's always something to do. plus it's very diverse which is important to me, and the shopping is outstanding.

CarrieS · Marc Jacobs

I live in Ames, Iowa. I was born here and am still here. Please shoot me

I would love to move, but there are 2 factors that prevent me from doing so: The first is money. I don't have enough to just quit my jobs and move. The second is that I'm somewhat waiting to use my next promotion at work (the theatre) as grounds for transferring. I could transfer now, but it will be much easier for me to transfer as the next level of manager, rather than just as an assistant. From what I heard, a lot of the theatres on the West coast (where I want to move) have a high turnover rate with managers, so I'd have a good chance of getting in, especially with the next promotion.

If this whole theatre thing doesn't work out, I'll be waiting until I have a TON of money saved and I will seriously be considering dropping everything here and just moving. I hate it here that much

Okay, that's my sob story, lol

Kel · Coach

I live in South Florida because of college. No fun reason.

cc · Marc Jacobs

I live in New York City. My whole family is from here. I grew up in the Bronx and went to college upstate and moved back here right after graduation. I lived in Queens for a while and now live in Manhattan. Pretty boring, but I can't imagine moving anytime soon since I can barely drive and all my friends are here.

twinkle · Coach

I moved to LA for work (film industry).

Before that I moved to NYC (from FL) for college.

I love both cities & hope to one day be bi-coastal... I am a total city gal.

Escrime · Kate Spade

My husband is in the Navy and they sent us here.

I am still in denial about it though.

blink · Coach

I moved to Dallas because a mutual guy friend of my roommate and I was getting transferred with his company and he asked if anyone wanted to move with him (at the time, it was going to be either Phoenix or Dallas). The roomie and I worked as waitresses at the time, so it was an easy transfer for us to find work anywhere. the guy friends company moved us all together because he had been living with his parents to save money, so he listed his address as ours and also claimed that we were family members...so to get us all moved for free on his companies tab. I am sure the movers figured out we weren't his family, but they don't care and don't ask questions.

His company covered our new 3 bedroom apt down payment and first month bills, so we didn't even have to save money to move. It was so fun to move! This was in 1997 and I am still here, I met my husband a year and a half later.

rocky · Coach

I am in San Diego because I went to college and part of HS here. I would have gone job hunting elsewhere (I really want to live in SF) but my SO is here... I hopefully will move up near SF for grad school in a few years.

Karina · Chanel

i live in bergen county nj, and i've lived here for 16 yrs. prior to that i lived on the Upper East Side in Manhattan. We moved to NJ because we bought a house. I cannot imagine living anywhere else (well.. maybe SoBe)

sfcaligirl · Dooney & Bourke

i grew up in connecticut, went to school in maine, and then moved to boston. how new england, right? but my whole life, i've ALWAYS wanted to move to california (i know, not unique!). i really felt like a west-coaster stuck in the wrong place. two of my good friends from college are CA natives and when we first met, they both said (separately) that i seemed like a west coaster and reminded them of their friends from home. so of course this further solidified my commitment to one day moving to where i "really belonged".

so i was living in boston after graduation and actually LOVING it- a lot of my friends were there, it's a fun town, baseball is life, etc. the one area of my life that SUCKED was that i was stuck in a job that didn't make me happy. i was an assistant manager at a cute boutique- fun, right? wrong. the company was horribly organized and the owners were truly the most terrible people i've ever met in my life. it's too bad because my ultimate goal is to own my own business/boutique, so i wish i had landed in a place that would have gotten me on the right track. my experience there was so bad that i began to hate all things retail. (oh, the horrors!)

anyway, i got offered a job in san francisco- i wasn't actively looking out for jobs outside boston, it was one of those fall-in-your-lap type things. so i decided to go for it and a month later i packed up my life and moved across the country to a city where i didn't know a soul. i freaked out about a week before i left and thought about changing my mind- i doubted why i was leaving all my family and friends, etc. scary stuff, but in the end i'm really proud of myself for doing it.

i've been out in san francisco for a little over 8 months now and i really like it. honestly, i think i'd like so-cal more though- i might have to go there next. but i think i'm discovering that i'm NOT a west-coaster for life like i imagined i would be. new england is home to me and although i plan to hang out in CA for a few years, i know i will eventually move back east. those winters build character!

so that's my very long-winded answer...

Lilykind · Hermes

I was born in New York City (the Bronx), and my family moved out to the suburbs (Rockland Co.) when I was a toddler. I spent the majority of my childhood there.

I then moved to Virginia to start college at 16, and two years later I transferred to USC out here in Los Angeles because I wanted to work in the entertainment industry (and because I wanted to be with my boyfriend ). I guess I like it well but my enjoyment is greatly hampered by a lack of driving ability (hence no car...bad idea in LA). The big reason I prefer NY to LA is probably the fact that public transportation is actually good in NYC but it sucks in LA.

I HATE suburbia, so I want to stay in Los Angeles or maybe move back to New York after graduation. I love city life, even with the smog and congestion...the amenities of city life are too alluring for me.

crystal · Kate Spade

Born, raised, and currently living in LA. I've lived in different parts throughout my life including the next county over, but still close enough. Right now I live in Santa Monica which is about at LA as u can get, I'm sure many of u not in Cali have even heard of it. I love it hear and will always live in or around LA. I need my beach, I need my sunny weather, and I need my big city life. Although if Vegas bordered water I would probably live there a few years before settling down here.

atlgirl · Gucci

I was born in NY (Long Island) and lived there until I was nine, when my folks moved us to Phoenix, AZ. I hated it and couldn't *wait* to get back to NY at some point...but then by the time I really could (college), I had a great network of friends there and the place finally grew on me, so I didn't leave.

A few years ago (it will be three years on Memorial Day) my husband and I moved to Atlanta, GA, for his work. And I can't wait to get back out West! My husband is from CO originally, and our 5-10 year goal is to live there (and hopefully that will be the last move I make). I have wonderful friends here too - even better than some I had in Phoenix before we left - and I would be very sorry to leave them, but my soul is Westernized now and my family is all out there too.

bumblebee · Dooney & Bourke

i grew up in the OC and moved up to the big city for college at UCLA. i ended up working in the entertainment business, which is mostly entirely here, so i have been here happily ever since. i am definitely more of a city person and am considering moving to another large west coast city in the near future. the older i get, the more i am starting to appreciate a more suburban beach-town atmosphere, though. so as much as i kicked and screamed to get myself out of the OC, i could see myself living back down there someday, when i decide to grow up and have a house and kids and stuff.

LexNVA · BCBG

I live in Northern Virginia, and have lived here all of my life. In the next few years I hope to be living in the Boston area because that's where my boyfriend went to school and that's where he wants to live. And I am ready to go ASAP because like I said, I have lived here all my life. Don't get me wrong I do love the area and wouldn't mind raising kids here but I am ready for a change.

Tati · Chanel

In California because thats where my parents decided to move to get away from the war from El Salvador when I was around 5 years old.

kenzie · Chanel

I hate where I live. I live in PA and I've always wanted to break free from it, but I just can't seem to do so. Something always keeps me here. I would love to move to Southern California or even Las Vegas. With my current job, I could transfer in a year or so, so I'm still tossing around the idea of picking up and leaving everything (boyfriend included) behind here in this sad little town in PA.

daiz519 · Dooney & Bourke

I live in Northridge, part of the San Fernando Valley just north of LA. I like my little area but I'm not fond of LA at all. I work in Brentwood and I absolutely HATE traffic. Anyhow, I moved here for grad school...I got into Pepperdine and my parents live here so saving on rent is saving my life right now. I miss San Diego, my own place, my friends, not so bad traffic, the beaches, and the summer weather in SD. I miss the night life as well...so much fun and so easy to take a cab and not have to have a DD. Another reason I don't like it here as much is that it gets soooooo hot during summer.

tri_sarah_tops · Marc Jacobs

I live in the Chicago suburbs right now. I am in the Navy and this is where I'm stationed for the next two years so I'm kind of stuck. I'm originally from Nebraska. I went to college there for like three years, drank way too much (mostly out of pure boredom), and one night a friend and I decided to enlist in the Navy so we could get the hell out of there.

I don't mind it here, but I hate the weather. Even though I'm from a similar climate, I've always hated wind and winter. I have two years left in my enlistment and then hopefully we'll move somewhere warm. Although my husband is from FL, I think he likes it here and he has an awesome job, so that may keep us around, although I definitely do not want to stay here forever. I don't love the Navy, but I do love some of the opprotunities it provides. I lived in Japan for two years and there's no way I would have ever done that on my own. I'd kind of like to do another enlistment and go to Europe but I really don't see that happening. When my enlistment expires and we can move I'd like to try Phoenix or Las Vegas.