About

"I Love Living In", or "I Love Living Near", is an expression indicating an appreciation for residing in close proximity to a geographic location, which is often used in photo titles submitted to Reddit with the phrasal template "I love living in X because I can take pictures like this half an hour from my house."

Origin

On January 26th, 2015, Redditor maverick__7 submitted a photo of an elk in front of a mountain titled "I love living in Colorado because I can take pictures like this half an hour from my house" to the /r/pics^[1] subreddit (shown below). Within 48 hours, the post gained over 5,000 votes (95% upvoted) and 1,500 comments.

Spread

The same day, Redditor acourtem posted a screen captured image from the 2014 science fiction film Dawn of the Planet of the Apes titled "I love living in San Francisco because I can take pictures like this half an hour from my house" to /r/pics^[2] (shown below, right). Also on January 26th, Redditor murdering_time posted a photograph of a woman vomiting into a garbage can titled "I love living in Las Vegas because I can take pictures like this half an hour from my house" to /r/funny^[3] (shown below, left). Within 48 hours, the posts gathered more than 3,800 votes (86% upvoted) 4,100 votes (92% upvoted) respectively.

On January 27th, Redditor Striperman submitted a photograph featuring members of the Islamic State (IS) holding pistols and IS flags titled "I love living near Paris, because I can take photos like these 30 minutes from my house" to the /r/ImGoingToHellForThis^[4] subreddit (shown below, left). The same day, Redditor csquaredisrippn posted a screen captured image of a South Park character beating a dead horse titled "I love living near Reddit, because I can take photos like these 30 minutes from my house" to the /r/funny^[5] subreddit, where it garnered upwards of 3,700 voted (86% upvoted) in the first 24 hours (shown below, right).

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