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Where Would You Live If Money Were No Object?  
User currently offlinePanAm330 From United States, joined Mar 2004, 2210 posts, RR: 12
Posted (3 months 13 hours ago) and read 1345 times:

Was thinking about this today when some classmates were talking about it. So, where would you live if money were no object?

I'd choose either the Upper West Side of Manhattan in NYC, or Pacific Heights in San Francisco, in that order. How about you guys?


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User currently offlineSwissy From Switzerland, joined Jan 2005, 1249 posts, RR: 5
Reply 1, posted (3 months 13 hours ago) and read 1334 times:
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I am living for the last 13 years just south of YHM, I would stay as I do not care where all the ........ live

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User currently offlineDocLightning From United States, joined Nov 2005, 3653 posts, RR: 13
Reply 2, posted (3 months 13 hours ago) and read 1334 times:

I would live right where I live now. At the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco. Except in a much larger place with my own private garage.


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User currently offlineZBBYLW From Canada, joined Nov 2006, 1551 posts, RR: 3
Reply 3, posted (3 months 13 hours ago) and read 1324 times:

Well I would defiantly stay where I am for a full time place. That being said I would get places around the world as vacation homes, one in Dubrovnik, another on a Greek Island (potentially Paros), one in Hong Kong (somewhere around Discovery Bay, lots of ex-pats there) and a final one being a winter cabin, for backcounrty skiing/snowboarding and Snowmobiling! Oh to be rich!


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User currently offlineAsuflyer05 From United States, joined Feb 2004, 1896 posts, RR: 2
Reply 4, posted (3 months 12 hours ago) and read 1318 times:

Probably the Upper West Side of Manhattan. Battery Park City would be cool too if I could have a view of the Hudson River.


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User currently offlineScarletHarlot From Canada, joined Jul 2003, 4222 posts, RR: 57
Reply 5, posted (3 months 12 hours ago) and read 1312 times:
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I would also live in multiple places and have a private jet to transport me, Mr. Harlot and our cats in comfort.

I'd have homes in Vancouver (for the summer), Toronto, Hawaii, Portugal, and maybe Australia. Maybe something in London too.

I'm sure as I travel more, there will be more places that I'd like to have a home in. I wouldn't buy palatial homes though...something just big enough.


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User currently offlineDaleaholic From United Kingdom (England), joined Oct 2005, 2610 posts, RR: 12
Reply 6, posted (3 months 12 hours ago) and read 1311 times:

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User currently offlineTUNisia From United States, joined Aug 2004, 1603 posts, RR: 5
Reply 7, posted (3 months 12 hours ago) and read 1306 times:

Half of the year (lets say the spring/summer) I'd love to live somewhere outside Athens, Greece along the coast. Maybe in Vouliagmeni, Glyfada or towards Cape Cape Sounion. Plus... the food is Greece is the best! Italian food pales in comparison to good Greek cooking.

For the other half of the year (fall/winter) I'd like to live Edinburgh, Scotland.

Quoting ZBBYLW (Reply 3):
potentially Paros

I've been to Paros.. it's beautiful but not much to do at all. I'd get very bored there after 3 weeks or so.


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User currently offlineSuperfly From United States, joined May 2000, 27728 posts, RR: 75
Reply 8, posted (3 months 12 hours ago) and read 1304 times:

About 2 miles away in Saint Francis Woods section of San Francisco.
Has nothing to do with the hotel in Union Square

Quoting PanAm330 (Thread starter):
Pacific Heights in San Francisco

That is a nice area but has no parking which would be a headache for your guest. Lots aren't as big and you don't have the big lawns, nor do you have a lot of trees. It's too concrete for me.
Pacific Heights has too much of a 'hey look at me, I am rich' element.

Saint Francis Woods is more secluded, older residents, not hip and no tour buses passing through. Saint Francis Woods has old classic homes with large lots, long driveways, plenty of street parking, walking distance to the metro stations, stores, lots of trees and very quite.


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User currently offlineSpeedBirdA380 From United Kingdom, joined Jul 2008, 310 posts, RR: 0
Reply 9, posted (3 months 12 hours ago) and read 1298 times:



Quoting ZBBYLW (Reply 3):
That being said I would get places around the world as vacation homes, one in Dubrovnik, another on a Greek Island (potentially Paros), one in Hong Kong (somewhere around Discovery Bay, lots of ex-pats there) and a final one being a winter cabin, for backcounrty skiing/snowboarding and Snowmobiling! Oh to be rich!

So true.

If money were no object I would have many homes around the globe. First a nice country home here in old England. Then a nice home in the mediterranean on a hillside overlooking the sea. A home/apartment in the far east in Hong Kong/Singapore/Bangkok would also be awesome.


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User currently offlineJetblueguy22 From United States, joined Nov 2007, 866 posts, RR: 1
Reply 10, posted (3 months 12 hours ago) and read 1296 times:

Sydney for sure.
Great city. People are much nicer.
Blue


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User currently offlineN776AU From United States, joined Nov 2005, 433 posts, RR: 1
Reply 11, posted (3 months 12 hours ago) and read 1289 times:

Snellville, Georgia...basically where I live now. I like it here. It's a nice area. It's a good combo of small-town but still so close to Atlanta, and not too terribly far from Athens either.


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User currently offlinePlymSpotter From Spain, joined Jun 2004, 7063 posts, RR: 53
Reply 12, posted (3 months 12 hours ago) and read 1286 times:
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I'd move to somewhere on the North coast of Cornwall; remote, away from any neighbours, and install the mother of all sound systems!  yes  Plus I'd also like to buy a farmhouse in Spain, my family there currently live in a town, so it would be nice again to be out in the countryside somewhere quiet.

Aside of that though, if money were no object then I would just travel around the world, visiting wherever I fancy. I wouldn't do it as a splurge though, I'd probably still stay in home-stays and B&B's or hostels, because in my mind it's still a much nicer, more personal way of seeing the country or place you are in, much less clinical than a large hotel. I'd also do it overland, as believe it or not I'm actually getting quite bored of flying these days and I'm running out of interesting planes to fly.


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User currently offlineGreasespot From Canada, joined Apr 2004, 2634 posts, RR: 24
Reply 13, posted (3 months 11 hours ago) and read 1271 times:

Some place warm that never ever gets snow. would have to be an island....and NO PEOPLE on it...

I would lean to the South Pacific area.

GS


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User currently offlinePSA53 From United States, joined Aug 2003, 2122 posts, RR: 5
Reply 14, posted (3 months 11 hours ago) and read 1270 times:

Because of the bailout plan,I'm "downgrading" moving into my new house next Saturday.I lobbyed Washinghton,I mean, as in sucked up, to get this Hud project to save my company.

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User currently offlineTransIsland From Bahamas, joined Mar 2004, 1531 posts, RR: 3
Reply 15, posted (3 months 11 hours ago) and read 1267 times:

The private jet (a Dassault Falcon 7X) would move me between Sydney/Australia (house in Rose Bay), Nassau/Bahamas (house on Eastern Road), Berlin/Germany (nice big flat in Kreuzberg) and a villa in Tuscany/Italy (somewhere between Montalcino and Montepulciano)... I think in other cities such as New York and London, I'd "slum" it in hotels - Claridge's anyone?


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User currently offlineQFA380 From Australia, joined Jul 2005, 1762 posts, RR: 2
Reply 16, posted (3 months 11 hours ago) and read 1249 times:
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I like a few others would have a private jet (Gulfstream 650) and I'd like to have homes in Point Piper in Sydney, somewhere around where I am right now, New Buffalo in southwest Michigan on Lake Michigan, somewhere in Fiji, a place in London area and another place in New York.


Its encouraging to see how many people would love to live in Sydney!


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User currently offlineJetBlueGuy2006 From United States, joined Jan 2006, 1294 posts, RR: 1
Reply 17, posted (3 months 11 hours ago) and read 1240 times:

Australia or New Zealand


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User currently offlineVikkyvik From United States, joined Jul 2003, 3179 posts, RR: 16
Reply 18, posted (3 months 11 hours ago) and read 1232 times:

Hmmm, probably have one house in Lincoln-Sudbury-Weston-Wayland area of MA, and another somewhere on Palos Verdes, CA.

Maybe have a ranch-style house somewhere out in the CA desert, too, just for kicks.


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User currently offlineAllrite From Australia, joined Aug 2007, 526 posts, RR: 0
Reply 19, posted (3 months 10 hours ago) and read 1230 times:

I'm with those who want to have houses in multiple locations. I would have houses or apartments in Melbourne, the South Island of New Zealand, Japan (somewhere - need another holiday back to investigate further  Smile) and Paris.

Quoting QFA380 (Reply 16):
Its encouraging to see how many people would love to live in Sydney!

I live in Sydney and would rather not.


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User currently offlineJFK69 From United States, joined Jun 2006, 1093 posts, RR: 1
Reply 20, posted (3 months 10 hours ago) and read 1209 times:

I am laughing at all the people that say the Upper West side of Manhattan. I lived there for 2 years and though it wasn't bad, it was def. time to go.

User currently offlineN229NW From United States, joined Sep 2004, 1241 posts, RR: 35
Reply 21, posted (3 months 10 hours ago) and read 1208 times:

London (in a big flat, but not in a wealthy neighborhood), with another place in Paris. And lots of Eurostar tix.


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User currently offlineAf773atmsp From United States, joined Aug 2006, 1735 posts, RR: 1
Reply 22, posted (3 months 10 hours ago) and read 1194 times:
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I would want to stay in my hometown Bloomington, MN but have a much bigger house.

And have vacation houses in London, SXM, Sydney, and Anchorage.


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