We live here because it is my DH's hometown and he has warm fuzzy feelings about his childhood in this area. He has a decent commute and I work from home!
How did you pick your current location? Work, school, love, new adventure, etc? 
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We both moved here for school. My DH stayed because he got a great job offer here. I stayed because I met DH before I graduated, and I liked being close-ish to family. Now we'll stay because this is home.
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I moved here for school and DH moved here for work/an adventure. we met and got married and are still here cause it's where DH's job is!
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We moved back to our hometown a few months ago, bc it felt like the right place to be when we start a family. We really reevaluated things after my MC this spring and here we are. I'm happy for the moment, but we won't be here 5 years from now.
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My family moved here when I was in elementary school. My husband was born and raised here. I went to college in the area, and then I met my husband, and we never had any reason to move away. We're comfortable here, and most of our family and friends are here, too.
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DH's job, and its his hometown. I can't wait until we can move back to where I'm from.
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We are both from around here. After college we both got jobs in the area and then went on to buy our house. Sometimes I wonder what it would be like to live somewhere else... I've never lived outside the state!
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I came here backpacking about 8 years ago and met my husband, who is from here...and I've never wanted to go home! Its hard being so far away from my family (18hr flight!) but our lifestyle here is SO much better than the lifestyle we would have in my home town/country that I'm pretty sure we'll be staying put. We are definitely of the opinion that we don't have to necessarily be with his family or my family, but rather that we are our own little family now! We live very close to his relatives but hardly ever see them.
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Work and adventure!
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DH and I both went away for college and met there. He never wanted to move back home, but I wanted to raise our children near my family so we moved to my hometown. We plan to move to a neighboring city, but we don't plan to ever leave the general area.
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We moved to our exact location because it's incredibly close to grad school for DH. But, we're in our general location because it's where I grew up and where my family is, and DH came to the area for undergrad and got a job here after that. Where we end up after he finishes grad school is TBD.
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DH's work, sigh. He's on a 'mega project' that had us relocate to a remote region in the tropics of Australia where the weather is hotter than blazes all year round, blah. With his work, we have moved nearly every year for the past several years, and before that, I was a backpacker for several years. I'm ready to put down some roots!
We're looking to make a permanent move in the next year or so with the hopes of settling down long term. It will either be the US, where I'm from, but not my hometown as we don't like it, or the UK, where DH is from, or Canada because it is the best of both worlds! We shall see....
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@Ree723: Your life sounds exciting!!!!
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I'm from here, and my husband is from the Midwest- he came here looking for adventure when he finished grad school. Due to the nature of our jobs, we really could only settle in the Phoenix area to both make livable wages within AZ.
We lived in CO for a while while I was finishing school and an internship, but the market is just too saturated there, so I let him decide where to go next, and he decided to come back to AZ.
We are in this particular suburb since we moved into a rental house owned by his old boss, bought the house, and have stayed through a couple job changes. Eventually we want to leave AZ for a more moderate climate, but with the housing market, good jobs, and great benefits, we aren't in a rush to move anytime soon.
It's nerve wracking because we don't have an exact dream location, and very daunting to figure out where we would go next- I think it just depends on the next opportunity.
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We're in the USA because we had to take a furlough and get some more training before we go back into the field.
We're in FL because my grandparents live here and we stayed with them for awhile before we found an apartment. We're still here because DH has a temporary job here while we finish our training.
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We were both recruited to work at a local company right after graduation and relocated here from Canada. We have been here ever since!
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DH was offered a job here.
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We moved here because my DH took a job here. He initially interviewed in Atlanta, but the company wanted him in Texas instead.
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We're in our current city because my hubby got a job here that makes him happier than the job he had before. He's in a very niche field where openings are few and far between, so when things started to get difficult at his previous job, it was either stay and be miserable or, when another opportunity was offered, grab it and make a big move. Fortunately, I found a job I like very quickly after we got here, which made us feel like we did the right thing even though it's too far from family and friends.
We bought a house in our particular neighborhood because the elementary and middle schools we're zoned for consistently rate among the highest in the district (quality varies pretty widely across the city). The options for high school aren't as great but since our LO isn't even here yet, we figured a lot could change for better or worse before we get to that stage wherever we ended up... The neighborhood is also an easy commute to our jobs (though getting to the freeway unfortunately kind of sucks) and it's a solid, well-established neighborhood where you still get a bit more for your money than some of the "hotter" areas. It's a bit quieter than we were used to, but all in all I think it's a great fit and we do live living here.
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DH's job
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We live because of proximity to family. We'd both love to look into moving out of state but all of our parents (his are divorced) live 10-20 minutes from us and we feel SO lucky. They're all very involved in our/LO's lives.
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We both work in the area, it's extremely safe, and have great public schools.
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DH lived here when we met. I've always loved the city. We both love the convenience, choice of restaurants, schools, and safe neighborhoods. I used to work in the same city and DH has a short, easy commute.
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This is my hometown. DH moved here for college and never looked back. Now we'll stay here because DH has a pretty steady job and loves this place more than I do. Plus, there's no other city in the U.S. we could really imagine ourselves living in besides this one.
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I lived in NYC for 15 years and my Hubby for five. We were both so intrigued by Portland. There is a nice kind of Brooklyn meets California vibe. Very artsy and creative but way more affordable and laid back than NYC. Plus i need a walkable area because i dont drive. I LOVE it here
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5 years ago, my former boss moved here. A couple months later, he contacted me and offered me a job. I followed and so did my FI (now DH).
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Moved here almost 10 years ago. Meet DH and stayed after I graduated college.it's far from home, I miss my family but Dh and G are my family now.
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It's my hometown and not too bad of a commute for DH. We prefer better community and education over proximity to work.
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we moved for me to go to grad school. luckily dh was able to keep his job and work from home, so it made the whole application process so much easier, I could go wherever the best fit was! we'll move again when I go on the academic job market in a few years. I hope it's near family--all of our immediate family is within the same time zone at least right now which is SO nice, and my parents are moving to our city (my dad is already here and my mom is commuting/moving eventually), but we'll go wherever I find the best opportunity.
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Because it's a good place to raise a child and employers here don't complete or even dare to intrude upon family time. It's an overall, family friendly country. DH had a job he loved and living closer to parents mean more to him than it does to me.
I chose our town because it fit the image in my mind of the small, peaceful Swedish village by a lake. On our first visit, no one stared at me for looking different (no one does it now, but it was really important back then). It happened to be a very snowy winter when our house was for sale and we lucked out and negotiated a lower price. It has direct bus routes to DH's work, and that convenience will keep us here.
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We had to move because of DHs job. In the Spring, he's choosing to leave that job so we can move home and be near our family and friends in a city that we both consider to be "home".
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I moved here 7 (has it been that long?!) years ago for college and stayed when I met and married DH.
DH moved here 10 years ago to follow his brother who had a job for him.
I'd love to move! This town doesn't have the food, cultural or educational choices I want. Currently though we are stuck because DH likes his job.
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DH is from around here and we met while I was here in college.
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My dad's job moved us here from NY when I was 16. I've been here ever since cause I really love the Charlotte area.
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DH was living in the city when we got together. When we decided to look for houses, we chose a town that had great schools, a nice down town, and close proximity to the city for commuting. Both of our families live near where we grew up, in a border state and I think we'd both like to move back there at some point.
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Dh an I grew up here - his family has moved but all of mine are still here and we love it. It holds a lot of sentimental value and is right on the ocean which is important to me. We probably won't be able to stay forever, but for now I'm enjoying the time with family (and the free babysitting!)
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Because my parents live nearby... also it's a great place to raise a child- safe, lots of activities, places to go, the beaches etc etc. I know we are lucky.
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The military brought us here, and I will be incredibly sad to leave this place when it's time, but I'm so excited about discovering a new place. DH and I both grew up in the same town and knew we weren't going to raise kids there, so this is (kind of) our way of trying to find our favorite place!
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I came to the city for work, but stayed for love!
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@MsLipGloss: awwwwww
I'm from the DC area. DH came up to DC for work after going to school at UNC. He stayed in DC because he met me.
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