On what feels like home

[shadesong]

A while back, bunches of us did that "what's your ideal place to live" meme. For me, it spat out a bunch of smallish towns in Oregon.

But I will tell you - this is where I want to be.

DeLand is a small town. It's a small town next to America's oldest surviving spiritualist community. It has two metaphysical shops (and a comic/used books shop) on Main Street alone. It's a small town half an hour away from Daytona Beach, an hour away from Orlando - all the city-type stuff is accessible.

One of the few ways in which my wiring diverges from Zan's: I don't like cities. Too empathic, maybe - I hate crowds, I hate traffic, I hate the anger and short-temperedness and hostility of cities and the people who live in 'em. I recognize the necessity of having city-type things like museums and whatnot, but I don't need to access them every day...

I like small towns. I like the closeness. The friendliness. The feeling of welcome, of Home, that cities will never do for me...

I'll probably end up living here, eventually. In a little house near the library, maybe, working maybe there or at the university and writing. And gardening and painting and being a witchy momma cat lady.

Comments

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

You're right sure you want to endure the Florida heat? My GODS, even in mid-September it's stifling hot, and that was just St. Augustine... I can't imagine what it must be like away from the water. Or, rather, I don't want to.

Kitsap County, Washington. Seattle is but a ferry ride away, and yet you're surrounded by cows and trees and places where they don't look at you funny when you order grits, and cider presses you can work yourself... and it's COOL.

Shhhh... keep it to yourself. We don't want all the un-cool folks flocking. :)

[shadesong.livejournal.com]

I'm an East Coast girl, honey... plus, I grew up in South FL. Where it's hotter.

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

OK, so you're attached to the East Coast. Counterquestion, then. How far is DeLand from (a) Orlando International and (b) Titusville/Cocoa? And can you make sure and spare us some crash space? I'm thinking I might actually want to visit the Space Coast occasionally, like maybe in the dead of winter :)

[chelona.livejournal.com]

It always sounded nice when Todd would go on about it...

[kidarrian.livejournal.com]

oregon has an odd mix of cool high pagan population small towns, and small redneck ole school prejudices type towns....makes for fun rides randomly about the state ;)