live next to the ocean

I grew up in East London – practically lived on Nahoon beach – I miss it! I miss the warm sand under my feet, I miss the waves, I miss the hours in the sun, I miss youth…

theres something about the ocean
it takes all your regrets and washes them out to sea
they’re still there, they are still part of your past and reason for existance, yet the peace of the ocean makes you content with the present

I’m not sure that seaside locations have great economies (job hunting is abysmal!) but if you own a hotel you probably do OK.
As for the views and the feeling of space and freedom, it is great. :-)
Bit of a waste if you don’t get down to the beach often though (which only dog-walkers seem to do?!) :-D

I would encourage ANYONE to live by the sea – now I live 3 hours away from it and miss it very much. There is something very calming, peaceful, relaxing etc. about the sounds, sights and smells of the seafront.

I’d like to retract my previous statement about only being 25 and not being able to afford this goal. I am restating as follows: There must be millions of places on the ocean with the size and breadth of the continents that stretch around this globe. Some will be wildly expensive and some will be hidden away and available to the astute 43thinger. I will find one such place, and make it my home.