What determines where one lives? For many of us, it is simple -- we go were our job is. After that determination, we further refine based on our children's educational needs, then perhaps our own needs in terms of socialization, activities, and other "quality of life" parameters.
What about after the job season of ones life is over? Do we then just move to a mapped location of our dream locale and setup house? What about those friends you've enjoyed for so many years, with most of whom you raised your kids? What about your own children, who are most likely to stay "close to home"?
I have always loved the mountains more than the beach, although I grew to hate winters in the same mountains (snow is fine for playing, not for living, IMHO). Yet, as I have grown older, a deeper appreciation of friends, friendships, and family ties have steered me away from my "young man's dream" of living in the mountains, or even retiring to my beloved Kentucky.
I most likely will die in Texas, and although some multi-generational Texans already refer to me as a "Texan", an honor I am happy to embrace for many very good reasons, I'll always be a Kentuckian living in Texas...
