I've finally made my decision....

[XCashier]

The Phoenix Ren Faire DOES kick ass. Especially after seeing the dinky little one they have here in the Keys. Talk about a world of difference!

Agreed! The ones here are cute and fun, but they're not nearly as big and interesting as the Arizona Renaissance Festival.

[Jester]

that town was my, if you will, touchstone, my renewal, my safehaven, my decompression chamber and my once a year refuge from my (at times) crazy life.

I understand completely.

I basically grew up in New York and New Jersey, moving with my family to Arizona in 1987, at the age of 17.

Whenever I end up in New York or New Jersey, while the places are somewhat familiar, it is still like visiting Someplace Else.

However, whenever I go home to Phoenix, the moment I walk out the doors of Sky Harbor Airport and feel that warm desert air on my face, my soul instantly starts recharging. As I am Home.

Home is where the heart is. Some of my friends will insist that I am from New York or New Jersey. But my heart is in the desert. That is my home. And it always will be. Even when I lived in NY/NJ, it never felt like Home. It was always too cold, I always liked the heat, and it just didn't feel right. I knew I was Home within my first month in Arizona. And no matter what anyone says, that will always be the case.

[kpzra]

I may have grown up in Michigan, but Wasilla Alaska is home. It was harder leaving there and the family we found with Station 62 then when I left my childhood home. One day we will return there for good. It's where my daughter was born, and where we want her to grow up.

[Blue Ginger]

I knew I was Home within my first month in Arizona.

This is how I felt the first time I visited Dublin and Edinburgh. When I got of the trains in both cities, I just felt like I was in the right place.

I didn't realise so many people had a place like that.

My home is 3 places in Oz. My house where I grew up, my gran's house and my favourite beach. As long as I can be near one of them, I am happy and I can recharge.

If Dublin and Edinburgh weren't so far from my family and best friend, I would probably never leave. Oh and if either country didn't kick me out at the end of the work visa.