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A friend of mine recently returned from a trip to California. She is originally from the Western New York area. Western New York as some of you may already has a tremendous amount of snow during the months of November to April. Anyways, my friend started to criticize the Western New York area. She stated that Western New York wasn't as cultured, clean, and revitalized as the west coast. I have to admit I took offense to her comments. I never have been on the west coast nor do I have a burning desire to venture out west at this time. I realized that there is no place like home! When I was younger, I wanted more than anything to leave this area. I loathed the long cold winters, blowing and drifting snow, and the wonderful lake effect machine known as Lake Erie. I would complain and tell my parents that I would do anything to leave the frozen tundra of the north. My mother would give me the old look of get real Amy and deal with it. I did have a chance to move to Florida when I was in my mid-twenties. I visited Florida frequently and would go there for two to three weeks in February every year. A friend of my mother's offered for me to move there after one visit. I thought about it and at first I was ready to jump at the chance...but then I thought about my family, friends, and job here in the Western New York. After much consideration, I turned the offer down. Thinking back, I see how foolish, immature, and whiny I was about living here. I am grateful to be here and if I make it out west great...if not there is no place like home!
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. The lifestyle suits me. I hear people complaining all the time about living here but they don't realize there are tradeoffs to "getting out" as they like to say. Traffic, higher taxes, higher cost of living, are examples of things they don't take into consideration. I am also grateful to be where I am. Thanks for posting this Amy! It made me count my blessings.