December Meme - Day 10

[lunesque]

For today, I was asked:

You are given a life-long stipend of $30,000 a month on the condition that you must stay in the city of your choice for the rest of your life. Do you accept? If so, what city do you choose?

For the first half of the question, it's a complete and total yes. I am a creature of comfort, and to have a lot of money and live in the city of my choice sounds amazing. The hard part, of course, is defining what 'stay in the city of your choice' means. If I wasn't able to ever travel out of the city, even if it's five steps, then I would choose New York, because it's big and sprawling and there's the Met and the Cloisters and Broadway and I would never feel bored.

If it means 'you can leave on day trips, as long as you wake up in your city and go to bed in your city, then I would choose York, England. It's been years since I visited, but it was (and maybe still is) my favorite city. I felt immediately at home there in a way that I've never felt anywhere else before. And it would be awesome to take day trips to London or go up to Scotland for the day.

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Comments

[laurajv]

I would dearly hope it would mean I could take vacations. Visit people I love. That kind of thing. Otherwise it's so hard I might not be able to accept. (Really? Never seeing my in-laws again? My nieces & nephews? I could manage 2 of my 3 closest friends, but the other one would be out.)

[dungeonmarm]

I had in mind 'This is your city and you can never step foot beyond its limits', but HUZZAH for multiple interpretations! \o/

[nicki]

I wouldn't accept. $360,000 a year every year is a lot of money, but after you buy your fab house and car, what are you going to spend it on? You can't GO anywhere.

(go places is what I'd do if I had lots of extra monies. Also, I have no concept of "stay in one place.")