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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We are in the opposite situation. We get asked if we’re being sarcastic when we say we enjoy our life in DC. It doesn’t bother me. I grew up in the country and love many things about it but prefer the city. I understand why people like living in the country and in the city. If someone else cannot comprehend liking something different than what they chose, that’s a reflection on them and I don’t take it personally. Just be happy with your own decisions and deflect and ignore the rude commentary. [/quote]

+1 I think I'm just cut from different cloth than most of my family. For me moving to the city and the people and all it has to offer was like that scene in Wizard of Oz where everything is suddenly in color. My family just shake their head in bemusement and ask how I can stand it. And local friends in the suburbs ask us constantly when we're going to buy a bigger place... never!

So, OP, I vote that you don't take the bait at all and just give some bland version of eh, we like it here, and then change the subject. That removes the need for anyone to convince anyone else of the rightness of how they feel about a place. You just like it, and that's ok. (They can still visit SanFran whenever they want to!)[/quote]

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