Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck moving to Boston with Violet

I would live in Rosedale or the Bridal Path parts of Toronto,huge yards, great houses right next to downtown.

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No. Not L.A. It's too plastic there. I'd move to France or England, in a heart-beat.

Lots of actors don't live in L.A. Johnny Depp (France), Ewan McGregor (England and France) come to mind. I think a lot of them do because they think they have to, or their agents convince them that if they don't they won't get work.

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Chicago!

I love Oceanside in Cali. But not LA.

I also love Fort Worth.. but you dont need money to live there.

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I live in Boston and I can attest to it being a pretty baby/child-friendly city, especially after visiting a few other cities since our daughter was born. However, Boston is pretty expensive to live in, so I imagine they are choosing to live here for other reasons than the cost of living. Since Ben is from Cambridge, maybe they would like to be near family, just like other people.

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I was born and raised in Los Angeles, and went to school in Cambridge, MA (which is where I met my husband). We both love Cambridge/Boston and have often talked about moving there, but because my husband works in the entertainment industry at a level that requires actually living here, we're pretty much stuck in Los Angeles.

But you know what? L.A. is not at all a bad place to be stuck. I get itchy feet simply because I object, in principle, to living in the same town forever -- and because I would love to have a bigger house and a huge yard. But I appreciate the things we *do* have here -- weather that allows us to enjoy the outdoors most months out of the year, and lots of cultural diversity chief among them. There are plenty of "normal," "non-plastic" people here -- the majority of Los Angeles residents, amazingly enough, have jobs outside the entertainment industry.

That said -- I think that Ben & Jen are probably making a good decision. Los Angeles is a perfectly good place to raise non-famous children like mine, but if you're famous, I would think that it would be a huge drag to have your children photographed each time you take them to the park. Children shouldn't have to worry about paparazzi.

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I'm a cold-lover, so the fact that we're moving to Minneapolis thrills me. I'd also love to live in way-Northern Wisconsin (the North Woods). Outside the U.S., I'd pick Ireland, hands down.

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I currently live in Portland and we love it here, it is hard imagine living anywhere else but if money were no object I think that we would move to Capitola/Aptos area near Santa Cruz, CA.

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As Karen metions, we live in Boston. A few weeks ago a friend of ours saw Jennifer, Ben, and Violet at a local coffeeshop. He said he was really impressed that no one in the place bugged them at all and they were generally treated like normal people. Bostonians may have a reputation for being standoffish, but hey, if you're a celebrity family, I imagine that respect feels really, really nice.

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Heather - It's funny that you say that. We live in Felton which is in the redwoods, just a few miles from Santa Cruz. We love it, but have talked about moving to the Portland area where it's a little more affordable. Wanna trade? :)

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