travel, living locations

[wispfox]

I often wonder what it is that other people look for when traveling, beyond visiting specific people. Same as far as where people choose to live. So! I ask y'all what you think.

When you are traveling, especially if it involves returning to a place you've visited before, what makes your decision on where to go? I'd rather avoid answers which are specific to people instead of location, because people is already why I travel most of the time. I want other answers. I want to know where to go, why to go, and what to do when there. Outdoors and indoors, places to eat and places to visit, places to feed my mind, my ears, or my eyes. Sell your favorite places to visit to me!

Similarly, if you like where you live, or somewhere that you have lived in the past, why? If the answer is specific people, that's fine, but I want to know more than that. Is it access to specific social groups? Activities like museums or parks or forests? Safe neighborhoods? What?

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[doubleyou.livejournal.com]

Oh yeah, one more thing. I realize I was skimpy on details about specific places, like restaraunts and museums. Part of the reason is that I'm too lazy to go look them up at the moment, but the other is that it would make my reply twice as long. I tend to find the places experimentally, just by exploring the area. In fact, exploring the area is half the fun. That's what I did for most of my Bay Area stay, and for much of my Boulder "business trip".