Movin’ On Up…
June 8, 2007 by Kath Skerry
Here’s a fun little game to keep you entertained (and away from work) on this Friday afternoon. Tell me this…
If you could pick up and move to one TV town and live among the people that lived there, where would you choose to move to?
Now before you answer, think about it. You can pick any show past or present. And just because it’s your favorite show, when all things are considered it might not be the coolest place to live. If you’ve got that fighting spirit maybe you want to end up in Sunnydale, CA and if you’re the type to live a boring and bland existence, then maybe Scranton, PA is right for you. Or is it your dreams of dreams to live in 90210, Laguna Beach or the OC? But then again wouldn’t it be fun to move to NYC and live alongside the Cosby kids?
If you’ve seen “Pleasantville” then you know living with and among your favorite fictional characters in their world might not be all it’s cracked up to be.
Tell us…
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I think I’d live in Neptune, CA. There’s always some touble for me to get into there. I think I’d try to get a job at the Neptune Grand as the Hellevator operator because I’d always be the first to know everything!!!
I would totally live in Stuckeyville!!!
Capeside, Ma. It wouldn’t be that far down the road from my house, and I would love to live “down the creek” from Dawson Leary.
Or! Scranton and I’d intern at Dunder-Mifflin. hehehe
Twin Peaks.
Damn fine coffee. And HOT!
Stars Hollow for me. Quaint, small, pretty, and Luke. 4 very good reasons right there. Plus, Lane and I would be bff’s while Rory was away with Obama.
How about the fantasy version of New York from Friends, where everything is clean and bright and where I could work in a coffee shop and still be able to have a fabulous, spacious apartment?
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I would LOVE to live in NYC with Felicity, Ben, Noel, Julie and Elena. That would be the BEST! (I heart Ben Covington).
Second best would be in the fictional world of Scrubs. I also heart J.D……
Clearly the L.A. suburbs of Arrested Development. I would buy a Bluth home no matter the problems with its structural foundation.
Actually, Steve, AD was set in the OC (Don’t call it that). But I concur, structural flaws or no, the Bluth’s is a world I’d like to inhabit, if for no other reason than I’d have a safe place to practice my chicken dance.
I’d like to join the accounting staff at Dunder Mifflin please. Anyone know if they are hiring?
Hmm, there really are alot of shows set in NY and Cali, now that I think of it. Great places, I’m sure, but not my style. And Stars Hollow would probably be awesome, except I’m a native Texas, and we’re by birth terrified of snow and ice…gees, this is hard. I think I would go with the Seattle of ‘Grey’s Anatomy’…just as pretty, and rain’s half as much! Oddly enough the fictional place I would like to work is in NY, when I was in high school I was desperate to work in a place like WNYX from ‘News Radio’
I meant I’m a native Texan, not Texas, der. We ain’t much for book learn down heeeerre.*slaps forehead*
Jenintx – I totally read your first comment as “native Texan” so I guess us Tennesseeans ain’t much for book learn either!
SCRANTON BABY!
i LOVE the office.
best show created in my opinion.
i would love to work at dunder mifflin.
i mean.. its not my dream job.
but the people there crack me up.
thats all i would really get out of that job i guess.
since its a paper company……..
i guess in my heart it would be nyc or cali…
but tv-show-wise… i chose scranton.
Scranton! It may not be the funnest and most exciting place to live, but I can always go paintballing with Dwight (which is easily worth like 2 grand) so that makes up for it. Not much is more exciting than that!
Definitely Stars Hollow. It hurts my heart that it’s not a real place.
Stuckeyville, hands down.
I am native of Scranton, PA, but had to move away because I couldn’t find a job in my field. If I could find a job, I would be back home in an instant.
Not to correct you, GMMR, but Scranton is actually a pretty happenin’ place, as long as you know where to go (and with whom). In both the fantasy Scranton (where there is a Chili’s) and the real world (where you have to go to Wilkes-Barre to get your babyback ribs), I choose Scranton.
As much as I LOVE the Office, I would never move to Scranton, no, I am a Stars Hollow girl at heart.
Can we pick a house too because Lorelai’s house (post renovation) is so amazingly gorgeous and the landscaping is just beautiful. I would like to work in the kitchen at the Dragonfly, or possibly be a manager at one of the shops downtown.
I would be so incredibly happy if a place like that existed and would be in debt up to my eyes for the rest of my life if I could move there.
Ok… if Dunder Mifflin isn’t hiring any new accounting staff, I suppose I wouldn’t mind travelling through time and space on the TARDIS with Doctor Who.
Definitely My Boys. It is pretty much my life here in Chicago with a few more men and a few more hi-jinks, and I wouldn’t mind more of either. Plus, having a friend that could get me onto the field at Wrigley would be awesome.
El Vee, I’m with you. Definitely Stuckeyville.
Bedrock. What could be better than having a pet dinosaur, or an elephant as a shower?
While it would be nice to live in NY, CA, Scranton, etc, I’ve thought long and hard (that’s what she said, haha) about what fictional town I would like to live in.
Hands down, I would live in Gilmore Girls’ Stars Hollow. Town meetings? Pointless Civil War “Re-enactments”? Taylor? Babette & Maury? Gypsy? Andrew? Miss Patty? KIRK!! That town has so many things going on, there’s never a dull moment. If I lived in Scranton (or even NY or CA), I might still find myself getting bored. But there are frivolous events happening every night in Stars Hollow. How could you be bored in a town with Kirk?
It’s a tie between Stars Hollow and Tree Hill, NC. They’re both beautiful – and at least the One Tree Hill set is actually in North Carolina.
I’d have to go with Stars Hollow or the ship Serenity (I totally want to be part of either group!)
Stuckyville. No question. It’s somewhere in Ohio so I could still follow my Buckeyes. Plus wacky locals. Who doesn’t love wacky locals?
Scranton (what?) The Electric City!
Definately, definately Scranton! It’s near NY and Philadelphia so if I get bored I could go there. Wherever I work, I would make sure to be in charge of ordering the paper products. I would order a weeks supply of paper products at a time so I can talk to my favorite paper salesman on a weekly basis without it beeing too obvious to my hubby. If I could meet with a certain lanky paper salesman on a weekly basis, it would definately make it worth leaving Phoenix.
Oh my gosh. I don’t think I can choose. Here’s my top ones in no particular order…
NY (Felicity)…because that’s where all the publishing is (and that’s what I want to do when I grow up in 50 years)
Stars Hollow…because it’s Stars Hollow
LA (Alias)…I might not be a good spy but at least I could celebrity-watch.
Arcadia (Joan of Arcadia)…I would SO be friends with Grace! 🙂
My all-time ultimate real-life goal is to live in London…and there are a gazillion shows set there so take your pick. 😉
I would move to Seattle, not because of Seattle Grace Hospital (although according to them, everyone is either McSexy or McHott) but because I would want to here on my way home everyday from work…..”Hello Seattle, I’m listening”. I would also want to live in NYC with Elaine so that she could make me a bowl of Mulligatawny or Lobster bisque.
Everwood! The title says it all.
My first choice would be BOSTON!!!! Home of Sam, Norm , Cliff, Carla and my fav. blogger! I miss beantown. My 2nd choice would be Llanview , PA – but I digress… since you don’t “do” Daytime TV!!! HA HA HA HA
I agree with El Vee : Stuckeyville. I love the Show Ed and Stuckeyville was awesome.
I would love to live in Scranton and work at Dunder Mifflin. I think it would be so much fun to work with Jim, Pam, Michael, and Dwight. Another choice would be NYC. Great topic GMMR!
Stars Hollow, most definitely. Great weather, good diner food, crazy fun people- what more could a girl ask for?
Battlestar Galatica anyone?
Um, I can’t believe so many people are writing Stuckeyville!!! I used to LOVE that show!!!!!! Haha, GMMR and it fans just instantly got ten times cooler in my eyes…lol.
And to answer the question, if I could live and work near the real Jim Halpert then boring Scranton PA would work out JUST FINE for me! 🙂
Most definitely Stars Hollow; it’s quaint with numerous quirky characters. Also, who wouldn’t want to take part in the oh so famous town meetings??
My first choice would of course be Scranton, but only if I got to work at Dunder Mifflin and maybe date Jim. Essentially I want to be Pam. But I guess if I couldn’t have that I would opt for the Satellite of Love so I could watch crappy movies and talk with robots.
This is pretty easy, Stuckyville, the only place where you can bowl and get legal consulting at the same time.
My first choice would be Capeside…Come on..Pacey? Neighbor? It’s what dreams are made of.
I would have chosen Scranton, but then I would have to break up Jim and Pam and I just wouldn’t want to do that to her…
Everwood – the views would be amazing, not to mention lots of cool people to hang out with.
Dillon, Texas…how much fun would that be? As much as I would love to be in Scranton, Texas would be a complete change of scenery for me…and I just love the accents 🙂
I forgot, my second choice:
Springfield
(The Simpsons).
Capeside! As long as I don´t have to communicate with Dawson and his friends…it´s just sooo beautiful!
Also: Stars Hollow.
Another alternative: The “Picket Fences”-town, whatever town that was.
Tough choice here. I live close enough to “Cheers” town so that’s sort of covered. My manicurist moved to Scranton because she fell in love with it, even though she’d never seen
The Office. I’m sending a lot of love out to the Stuckeyville voters as that was a favorite of mine. And Stars Hollow? It’s too soon for me to talk about it, still verklempt.
I guess I’m going to go with the version of New York from Sex and the City , where fabulous clothes and accessories are within everyone’s financial reach and there’s always a trendy bar or restaurant opening to where them to.
Stars Hollow hands down! The chance to drink gallons of coffee at Luke’s with Lorelei – wow!!!
I’m not ashamed to admit that I would choose….
Colorado Springs.
I would be fighting that Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman for her man Sully.
If he was a real man, I would gladly give up my air conditioning, internet and cable to live in floor-length dresses, go in outhouses and walk on muddy streets.
Yep, Colorado Springs it is.
I’ve got a couple of finalists:
Whoever said Serenity – I will most definitely join you! I wonder if it’s possible to out-snark Jayne.
My first choice of the “Friends” version of NYC has already been mentioned…
but no one has yet said the Boston of “Two Guys A Girl and a Pizza Place” – the land of good pizza and Ryan Reynolds.
Mount Pilot, since that is where all the action really happened on The Andy Griffith Show, and it still sounds like a nice place to live. Mayberry is a little too small town.
Or Pine Valley, PA
Mount Pilot, since that is where all the action really happened on The Andy Griffith Show, and it still sounds like a nice place to live.
I’ve always been a huge Growing Pains fan, and am patiently waiting for them to release the rest of the seasons on DVD. I believe the Seavers lived on Long Island, NY.
I choose to live there during the time that Carol was dating Brad Pitt (he was the new kid who wanted to be popular). Only, I’ll be the most popular and I’ll date Brad.
Then I’ll date the pre religious Mike Seaver and Luke (Leonardo DiCaprio).
Stars Hollow- I love how everyone is always out walking around and they have all those crazy town events all the time.
Dillon- for the hot guys tbqh =] also it seems a little extreme that everyone is *so* obsessed with football yet it’s kind of cool that they are all unified by that.
neptune, as long as I am never a victim of murder.
and I get to meet VM.
Lol. I feel like I live in Dillon now. Well, I take that back. I’d have to drive about 20 minutes out of town, then I’d pass through several Dillons.
I have to go with Stars Hollow. That little town is always up to something worth seeing.
Well, I do live in NYC, but agree that the Felicity version would be pretty enjoyable, especially if I could date Noel and have Javier as my best gay. Wait, even better – I want Karen’s job from Will & Grace. She does nothing and drinks all day at work. Sign me up!
I thought about Stars Hollow, because at least then I’d be close to my parents, but I don’t think I could handle all the people up in my business.
New York. I’d be the 7th friend.
Maybe I missed it, but did anyone mention Cicely, Alaska? I’m a radio guy and being a dj on KBHR would be incredible. Talk about the freedom! All you’d have to deal with is a pompous, retired astronaut for a boss, not the FCC.
Either that or Everwood, kind of a toss-up.
If I could live anywhere in TV land it would have to be in Washington D.C. following around Maxwell Smart… not like he’d be able to figure it out anyways.
Hands down Smallville. Always something going on there and the odds that you would have a special ability due to being infected by a meteor.
I’m sure everyone will say this, but… Stars Hollow of course!!
Dillon, TX or Stars Hollow, CT!
Jo, I feel you. I live in Austin, so I’m surrounded by a bunch of little Dillions 🙂
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