The beach or the mountains, where would you rather vacation or live? My SO prefers the beach, I like

[debm55]

mountains, My husband is from Boston and went frequently to the beach. Me, I like the Canyons and the mountains up north. I'm not a beach person.

[we can do it]

1. Live at the beach, vacation at mountains.

[KPN]

2. Perfect!

[we can do it]

8. Do feel a bit spoiled.

[KPN]

22. Haha. Me too. Been doing exactly that since 1988!

[debm55]

7. That sounds good.

[blueknight73]

36. We're just the opposite

We live in the Blue Ridge Mountains of North Carolina, and spend a few months in the winter at our condo in Fort Myers. But if it weren't for my wife I would not spend another second in Florida. I would stay in N.C. year round

[nolabear]

41. It's not like you don't have gorgeous beaches in NC!

I lived there for a lot of years and Mr Bear was born and raised in Winston. Those are wonderful beaches. I love Emerald Isle and Hatteras in particular but you can’t go wrong really.

The PNW beaches are wonderful too but in a whole different way!

[mnhtnbb]

43. View from the house in Emerald Isle

that I rented last October. EI is my favorite NC beach.



I'm definitely a beach person, although I don't sit on the beach or swim in the ocean here. The ocean is just constantly changing color and mood, which appeals to me as a photographer. I love walking on the beach at sunrise and sunset. The rest of the day I read in the breezy shade on the deck, enjoying the sight, sound and smell of the ocean.

It only takes 3 hours to drive here from my home and I try to spend a week here in the fall every year.

[nolabear]

46. I love Emerald Isle! We used to go there too.

I found out I was expecting my second son on an Emerald Isle vacation. 😍

[LakeArenal]

3. We live 2500 ft up a mountain. Love it.

Beaches are hot and crowded.

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[debm55]

6. Yes, there are pluses and minuses to both.

[Polly Hennessey]

21. And have too much sand 😊

[LakeArenal]

24. Haha. In A L L places. 🏖️

[blueknight73]

37. What state

are those pictures of?

[LakeArenal]

40. Guanacaste, Costa Rica. Lake Arenal and the Arenal volcano.

[samplegirl]

4. Not in Florida

For sure!

[debm55]

14. Florida is too humid for me, plus don't like the politics. I have to admite I love the water in the

Bahamas-still humid.

[PJMcK]

5. Both!

Our house is in the Catskills and we have a small cruising sailboat.

Works for us!

[Effete Snob]

9. ¿Porque no los dos?

[debm55]

11. Is there a translate button? I think my limited Spanish tells me that areas have both.

[SarasotaDem]

12. Both

nt

[Effete Snob]

15. .

Your lesson for the day:

[debm55]

17. Gracias. Senor effete snob.

[Effete Snob]

29. ¡'Don Esnob Decadente' a usted!

[debm55]

30. Como se llama, usted?

[Effete Snob]

31. Mi llama es muy bien

[debm55]

32. Two ll in Spanish is pronounced as a y

Donde viva usted?

[SKKY]

45. Eso digo yo!

[brer cat]

10. I live in mountains, enjoy vacations to the beach.

[Sky Jewels]

13. Beach for me, all the way.

I love love love the ocean. I like living in Oregon because, not only can I get to the ocean quickly, I can live a couple hundred feet above sea level and see mountains not too far away, but not have to go up into them if I don't want to, like when it's snowing. I've spent a lot of time in Colorado, including one entire summer. Everyone assured me that I'd fall in love with the state and want to move there. NOPE!!! Mountain life and weather are way too harsh for me, and I hate the dryness and always feeling dehydrated. And, a 75-degree April day that turns into 30 degrees and snow the next day?! NO thanks! Also, I can't stand being landlocked, psychologically. I need to know I can get to the ocean within a couple-hour drive. After that one summer, we left Colorado in early September. It SNOWED the next day. I could not have been happier to high-tail it back to the coast.

[KPN]

23. Yeah, Oregon's awesome. First thought I'd like to live "Oregone"

in 1979, made it happen in 88 and been here ever since. Helped that my wife set down a taproot within a a couple of months of us being here. We’re 5 minutes from a wide open beach with few to no people for miles in both directions. I’m the mountain one (she’s the ocean) so we’ve had a lot of mountain vacations over the years. But the ocean’s been amazing and I wouldn’t change a thing if we had it to do all over again. We’ve been blessed.

[Sky Jewels]

33. Sounds wonderful!

I've lived in the midwest, on the east coast, and in the Bay Area of California, but I'm really glad we chose Oregon to settle in a couple decades ago. It was a great place to raise kids, too.

[Wounded Bear]

16. Sun is a no go for me, so no beach please...

I prefer the forests and the moutains though I live in a lowland river valley.

[elleng]

18. We did both, one summer;

visited my folks in Vermont where they were with friends and family, and then we drove to Jersey shore! (Near where my daughter now lives.)

Our trip south provided a bit of an adventure, when big truck/van hauling bees had an accident, so bees disrupted the route for many hours. We were lucky enough to pull over for 'dinner' stop on the way (AND m/hotel in NJ agreed to hold our room, as we were very late arriving.)

Our m/hotel had a pool and within walk to beach/ocean, so a memorable vacation!

[debm55]

19. I could never figure out why places had pools near the beach. Unless, of course the water is heated.

Around Boston the water is cold. Even sitting on the beach, gave me salt on my lips and a terrible taste. I did like the beach in the Bahamas though. Warm water. Sounds like you had a very good time. I know bees are good for the enviornment, but I would rather avoid them and let them do their thing.

[LakeArenal]

25. My friend would only use the hotel pool at the beach.

Jaws is a thing for her.

[beaglelover]

20. I love a beach vacation. Not sure I'd want to live there full time.

Plan is to retire in the So Cal desert, Palm Springs area, and then travel to the beach on vacation. Aruba is my favorite beach destination so far.

[Elessar Zappa]

26. Probably the mountains.

But I’ve only been to the beach twice in my life so I’m not very experienced with them.

[Laffy Kat]

27. Oddly, I live close to the mountains and I rarely go.

I love visiting the beach, walking on the beach, smelling the ocean, but do not like going in the water. I also enjoy deserts. I think I prefer whatever is novel.

[Chainfire]

28. The problem with the beach is that too many other people also want to be there

so it detracts from what was the original draw. Growing up in the 50s and 60s, the Gulf Beaches in Florida were havens, dotted with what was called "Wayside Parks" (State park system) where families could make use of shelter and picnic tables and would usually have a BBQ available. Those were the good days.

One of the most beautiful beaches that I have ever seen is on St. George Island, near Apalachicola. When my wife and I were newly wed, you could go there on a holiday weekend, and have a half mile of beach to yourself. Now it is condos and weekend whiskey warriors, with a park set aside at one end.

I have chosen to live in a wood in the rural part of Florida where my neighbors have either four legs or wings and I wouldn't trade it for a mountain paradise or condo overlooking the water. The weather is great about 8 months out of the year, and hotter than the hinges on the gates of Hell the other four; you learn to live with it. We had cold weather, with hard frost, for about a week. Two weeks ago, the grass began greening up, flowers are flowering and life is returning to the deciduous trees.

Everyone has their own version of paradise.

[Auggie]

34. Polynesia beaches

[debm55]

35. I would love that

[Hekate]

38. I would love to vacation either of those places, but would not buy a home either place...

At least not in California. Beaches are eroding badly, and canyons are notorious for the way wildfires will flame up them like a chimney.

It’s like the vacations I took to Florida, when a dear friend had a condo practically on the beach. Lying out on the balcony watching and listening to the waves was heavenly, absolutely heavenly. But live there? Even discounting the politics, which I never do, the answer was and is No.

[Hekate]

39. What I WOULD like to do is be able to vacation in Hawai'i, where I grew up. No remaining family ...

…there. Anyway, the few times I was able to return I was in love all over again. I’d even put up with the humidity and intense sun to sit and watch the clouds float by over the mountain ranges, and gaze on the spectacular turquoise water and white sand at the beaches.

[LeftInTX]

42. I hate sand!

I don't like all the salt. The sand gets in everything

[Emile]

44. Neither!

Give me a fly in lake in Northern Ontario and a shore lunch with freshly caught walleye and ice cold Molson beer.