I am from Maryland and I would like to either move to the eastern shore near the beach or move to western MD in the mountains assuming that I could find a job both places in small towns. They both have cheap land and plenty of recreational activities. The shore is better for fishing, kayaking, boating, has flat roads for road biking, and slightly better weather. The mountains have more beauty, better hiking, mountain biking, and ski lodges close by.
I am curious to know which one you all would all prefer no matter where you live.
Probably the mountain since I'm always terrified of an earthquake and then a tsunami. Being (relatively) close to the city and work is a must. Excellent internet reception and speed essential. Amazon must be able to get my packages to my location.
Probably the mountain since I'm always terrified of an earthquake and then a tsunami. Being (relatively) close to the city and work is a must. Excellent internet reception and speed essential. Amazon must be able to get my packages to my location.
Aren't mountains formed because of tectonic plates colliding or buckling? ;-) They're also bad if it rains a lot due to mudslides and fast-moving flash floods....or lake tsunamis resulting from earthquakes and part of a mountain falls into a lake.
Probably the mountain since I'm always terrified of an earthquake and then a tsunami. Being (relatively) close to the city and work is a must. Excellent internet reception and speed essential. Amazon must be able to get my packages to my location.
Aren't mountains formed because of tectonic plates colliding or buckling? ;-) They're also bad if it rains a lot due to mudslides and fast-moving flash floods....or lake tsunamis resulting from earthquakes and part of a mountain falls into a lake.
I don't mind the earthquakes, I do mind the tsunami; it is just a matter of preference. Flash foods? Mudslides? Lake tsunami? No problem. Seeing the ocean receding isn't how I want to go.
It is a nightmare scenario, an image, that I have always dreaded.
Yet if it is between the tsunami, lake/ocean or otherwise, and silence then silence wins. A tsunami is improbable, urban noise pollution I would have to live with every day.
e.g.: they just constructed a new highway just behind our house. Some protested but they assure us that the noise would be no problem because of sound reduction barrier (I bet that's the standard answer whenever one of these projects starts). Well know I live in horror (specially at night) when at least 3 or 4 times, sometimes more than once in one night, I have to hear the scratching halt of tires in the pavement when cars frenetically try to stop around the curve.
I have driven there and it seems the lanes are too wide and the curve just come too sudden and it takes drivers by surprise. Just 2 days ago, at something like 2:00am, I woke up when I heard that terrible scratching that 9 out of 10 times is just that, someone suddenly breaking, but this was one of those times the car actually crashed. It is like some kind of psychological torture.
The beach but the mountains are nice too. It's the land in between those that I'm not so fond of. I pick the beach because of California, Oregon and NewYork city. The mountains because of Colorado. I live in Chicago and consider it a tolerable place but an island inside of midwest hell. The weather is terrible though.
i live 5 mins from the beach and about 15 mins to the mountains. I'm on the Olympic Peninsula in wash state. It's perfect~
Back in 2014 I worked for a Seattle company whose premises overlooked Elliott Bay, so I could enjoy the view of the Olympic mountains from across the Puget Sound almost every day. :-)
I also have fond memories of the decade I spent in Cape Town (South Africa)---another city that offers easy access to both sea and mountains (albeit much smaller mountains than the Olympics).
I live in western WA, literally about as west as west coast can get. Like 40 mins an you are at the Cascade Mountains. It's the best of both, except for the permanent state of rain....
I live in San Diego 10 minutes away from the closest beach (coronado) and the mountains are what I'd really like to enjoy. Like Big Bear, it was a very beautiful place. The closest mountain town would be Julian and it is lovely as well.
I live in western WA, literally about as west as west coast can get. Like 40 mins an you are at the Cascade Mountains. It's the best of both, except for the permanent state of rain....
So long as you're not on the path of lahars should Mt. Rainier decide to wake up. It's still considered an active volcano.
If I had to choose though, I guess I'd go with beach. The beach offers more activities that I enjoy, it's great to live near in the summer, attracts more nightlife than any mountain and is often more crowded than mountains.
Of course if you don't like the things I mentioned go for the mountain :P
@Matthew-first: Yes, that's an authentic picture of Cape Town.
It's not completely Utopian, of course: There's wealth and luxury in the upmarket suburbs, but there's also plenty of crime and poverty, especially on the sprawling flatland that you can see in the distance on the left side of the picture. Also, the same mountains and foothills that make it so picturesque also complicate construction of highways, so the city has significant gridlock problems.
Still, it's far and away South Africa's best city, IMHO.
Where was your picture taken? That's an awesome-looking beach!
Forest. So mountains? Though there are beautiful forests along the coasts, they generally come with too many people, however.
All I want, someday, is a comfy cabin with a solid internet connection. I know the two are generally mutually exlusive seeing how cabins in the woods are remote, and internet access does not go with remote (not unless you want lame satellite with monthly allowances), but...somdeday.
I prefer the mountains, the view is killer. I live near Mt. Diablo, and the ocean is about 1.5 hours away. I can drive to the beach if i want to, and in the mean time i have the delta like 10 minutes away. Hiking is great, but to each his own. Below are some pictures of my town views of the Delta, and Mt. Diablo.
@Matthew-first: Yes, that's an authentic picture of Cape Town.
It's not completely Utopian, of course: There's wealth and luxury in the upmarket suburbs, but there's also plenty of crime and poverty, especially on the sprawling flatland that you can see in the distance on the left side of the picture. Also, the same mountains and foothills that make it so picturesque also complicate construction of highways, so the city has significant gridlock problems.
Still, it's far and away South Africa's best city, IMHO.
Where was your picture taken? That's an awesome-looking beach!
Hey, I still would visit that place, even tho u said there is crime... just keep to the right places. Visit and run! :P nah im joking...
Anyway, my hometown is situated on the very far west and north side of poland. It's on an Island, to the boarder of Germany. (left)
Since, they have built the Gasport. The beach has gained a few meters... :P It was always wide anyway... And I think that pic is before they built it...
So you can just imagine....
But here's an online live camera.
http://plaza.swi.pl/
Two first tabs (to the west) (to the east) (Where are the cameras) and the last one doesnt matter... Just ferries to get to the island...
Anyway, my hometown is situated on the very far west and north side of poland. It's on an Island, to the boarder of Germany. (left)
Oh wow. I may well have ancestors from that part of the world. My Dad's side of the family was said to have emigrated from Germany in the early 1900s. It always puzzled me that his surname, which ends in "ow", didn't sound like a traditionally "German" surname, but some online research suggested that it probably originated in Pomerania / Mecklenburg. :-)
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