Would you / do you live on an island?

[Hypoxia]

I've stayed on a few islands but would not want to live there. One can travel only so far on an island; I like to go further. I recommended an island to a friend who moved there and went mad after a few months because of the locals' insularity, a word derived from the Latin for island.

Do you like island life? Sea-level life? Nowhere-to-go life?

 

[coffeelover5]

I so love the Island attitude and life style, to hell with the mainland give me a job on Maui and I would never leave.

 

[Adre]

Yes...but there's a bridge. Best of both.

 

[silver gurl]

Yes...but there's a bridge. Best of both.

Ditto. I live amongst many islands. There are bridges. Mind you, there is only one way on and off my island.

 

[Oh_That_Guy]

These days I don't think islands really limit you too much. It's easy enough to get to and from them so I can't imagine living on one would be much different. England seems to keep in touch with the rest of the world. Only thing that would matter to me would be hurricanes and the like. Maybe a volcano if it's that kind of place.
Otherwise it's like living anywhere else in the world. Better climate in some cases but not all.

 

[Miasorrow]

I get seasick. So no.
And not only with water. Planes and cars too.
Which makes me a going nowhere person who loves traveling.

 

[chillywilly2]

I have a hunting camp on the second largest freshwater island in thw world...islanders are a strange bunch..nope, wouldn't want to live on an island

 

[thør]

Islands are not all the same.

 

[Miasorrow]

I have a hunting camp on the second largest freshwater island in thw world...islanders are a strange bunch..nope, wouldn't want to live on an island

They tend to be a bit crazy too. But I am talking smaller islands.

 

[Oh_That_Guy]

Islands are not all the same.

No, they are quite different and some are downright inhospitable.

 

[Hard_Rom]

Go far enough north and into bush. Don't make much difference if on island or not. Still have to take a boat to get there and no one on mainland anyways. Sometimes less bears on islands.

 

[warrior queen]

I lived on board a yacht for 12 years. Which is kinda like living on an island, only much smaller.
Most of the time, the only way to go anywhere was to pile into the dinghy and head off to the jetty/beach.....not much fun in the rain or very windy conditions. Twice we sank in the harbour when the dinghy was swamped.
It's a great life, if you can handle being with the same people in a space 23 steps long by 7 steps wide!
Plus, if you don't like where you are, it's really easy to move.

 

[girlsmiley]

I live on an island. It's quite a big island. Australia. You may have heard of it.


I have lived on a island. Waiheke Island. A 40-minute ferry ride from Auckland, NZ.

 

[parodyluvr75]

I so love the Island attitude and life style, to hell with the mainland give me a job on Maui and I would never leave.

^^^This.

 

[bronzeage]

I've stayed on a few islands but would not want to live there. One can travel only so far on an island; I like to go further. I recommended an island to a friend who moved there and went mad after a few months because of the locals' insularity, a word derived from the Latin for island.

Do you like island life? Sea-level life? Nowhere-to-go life?

The first thing I would do is lie down and take a very long nap.

 

[warrior queen]

I live on an island. It's quite a big island. Australia. You may have heard of it.


I have lived on a island. Waiheke Island. A 40-minute ferry ride from Auckland, NZ.

Currently living on an island - Tasmania
Fun fact..... Tassie has one of the highest rates of car theft in the country, with the lowest recovery rate. Why? How? The whole place is like, 300km wide and 400km long (and a little more than a third has no roads)...so where are all these cars going???

 

[parodyluvr75]

.....

 

[Oh_That_Guy]

I don't know if it's like the US but I'd say they are stripped for parts and they don't keep the the vehicle intacted.

Probably don't stay on the island long whether intact or not. Couldn't be a huge market for them and keeping even parts around in such a small place is dumb.

 

[warrior queen]

Probably don't stay on the island long whether intact or not. Couldn't be a huge market for them and keeping even parts around in such a small place is dumb.

That's the thing though.... the only way off this place with either a car, or large car parts, is by ferry. And the cops and customs monitor the ferries.
It's a mystery.

 

[doowdniw]

I spent my youth on Long Island. A beach was never too far away.

 

[Mr Noone]

I live on the largest island in the Lower 48. There are eight bridges and one tunnel. Six of the bridges go to other islands.

 

[MonaLittle]

I would live on the island of Manhattan in a second!

 

[Colonel Hogan]

I would live on the island of Manhattan in a second!

I did for three months one summer when i had a college internship. Most of the time you are hardly aware of the water all around.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

I live on the largest island in the Lower 48. There are eight bridges and one tunnel. Six of the bridges go to other islands.

I would live on the island of Manhattan in a second!

I did for three months one summer when i had a college internship. Most of the time you are hardly aware of the water all around.

I live in Brooklyn and work/play/get drunk on Manhattan Island. Yup, you totally forget in seconds that there's water surrounding you and that it's possible to be flooded if it came in far enough. Much of lower Manhattan was under water during the last serious hurricane that hit.

 

[chillywilly2]

Go far enough north and into bush. Don't make much difference if on island or not. Still have to take a boat to get there and no one on mainland anyways. Sometimes less bears on islands.

Don't bet on less bears

I was fishing in Late Sept a couple years ago, it was snowing...watched a bear walking down the shore. looking for food, there was an island 500 yards out at least. People camp on the island...than bear jumped right into the water to swim over for a look...we had a blast chasinging the fucker with the boat..bears can't hear 4 strokes at trolling speed