Anonymous wrote:Having always lived in an eastern coast state I'm thinking about moving inland a bit and just wondering how bad is it living in a landlocked state? I like being only hours from a beach but does the other benefits outweigh that? Thoughts?

Not only no, but hell no

I grew up with water and mountains - I told my husband I would never move anywhere there wasn't a body of water be it a river, lake or ocean. I cannot imagine not seeing it every day after growing up with it daily.

Live in the NoVA now and we live down by the Potomac. Walk along the river or the close by creek every single day. Absolutely love it.

Anonymous wrote:I live in Chicago, plenty of shoreline to go around (and no sharks or jellyfish). People who have never seen Lake Michigan are always impressed by its size and magnitude.

I just visited it a few months ago and had no idea how large it really was. Impressive!

Anonymous wrote:It has zero impact on my daily life. I lived a couple hours from a beach for 20 years. I went maybe twice a year at most. And the beaches were just okay. Now I typically go once a year to the beach of my choice.

+1 I mean, if you love a sport like sailing or something, and try to do it on weekends, yes it would be bad to be landlocked. But for most peple in the DMV area, it's not like we live right on the shore anyway, and 6 months out of the year, it's too cold to be in the water.

Anonymous wrote:I live in Colorado and hate not being by the water! Don’t do it. It’s awful!

I love Colorado. Lived there many years and really miss the mountains. I’d trade the beach to have mountains any day.

We moved to Missouri and it did it kind of feel claustrophobic when we moved here. You can just drive and drive and it's all still the same culturally and topographically. (Yes, I know it's not literally the same, and people here will say, oh, we have caves, we have karsts, etc. - for real, people mention karsts - but if you are from a coast, it does not compare, and the distances between things of interest are so vast).

That said- we've been here for 7+ years and plan to be here for awhile. The pros are (1) the educated/UMC crowd tends to be more down to earth and less competitive than their East Coast counterparts; and (2) we save a lot of money so can afford to travel when we want a change of scenery.

I live in Chicago, plenty of shoreline to go around (and no sharks or jellyfish). People who have never seen Lake Michigan are always impressed by its size and magnitude.

I didn't mind it, it was nice being able to pick any direction to drive for a weekend and not run out of land. Less traffic going just a single way. No bridges to get stuck on.

I don't like beaches for tourism or living near. Inland, I do see scenic water enough (rivers, lakes).

A beach every once in a while is okay.

I used to live across the road from a beach, and freaked out about being so far from a beach in DC and not being able to see the sea every day.

I don't enjoy the beach at all and never go, but the inland weather is different. How different depends on where you're moving.

It has zero impact on my daily life. I lived a couple hours from a beach for 20 years. I went maybe twice a year at most. And the beaches were just okay. Now I typically go once a year to the beach of my choice.

I live in Colorado and hate not being by the water! Don’t do it. It’s awful!

Having always lived in an eastern coast state I'm thinking about moving inland a bit and just wondering how bad is it living in a landlocked state? I like being only hours from a beach but does the other benefits outweigh that? Thoughts?