Nothing makes you appreciate where you live more than the stories of other people. I live in a pleasant green valley. The soil is mostly clay, but fertile and rich. The summers are warm, the winters are mild. We just don't get floods, tornadoes, hurricanes, whiteouts, droughts, volcanoes, earthquakes, blizzards, huge storms, fog, or malaria outbreaks. We all have central heating but rarely need it. Air conditioning is extremely uncommon.
I suppose this is because my ancestors were sensible enough to build their houses in a place that wasn't a swamp, hurricane alley or tectonic plate fault.
But then again...you have no idea how boring it can be. We had some thunder last night and it was like Christmas. :-D
