It's future progressive. It will be ongoing in the future.
When people speak of where they live, they tend to use simple present if the situation has not changed. I live in Pennsylvania.
If something has recently changed or temporary, they tend to use a progressive form. I'm living in Ohio now. I'm staying in a hotel until my home renovations are done.
This is using the future with the progressive to speak of something that will happen. I am going to be living on campus.
Thank you Dave for taking your time. The whole thing about the present progressive and the use of "going to" does not seem anything new to me.
However, what concerns me here is how the term "ongoing" applies to the verb "to live". Let us imagine the following:
I live in, say, Toronto and I have always lived there. A few days ago I received a once-in-a-lifetime job offer that seemed very promising and long-term, but that requires moving up to Ottawa on a permanent basis. Of course, I should mull it over before making a decision. I have not yet make up my mind whether to accept it or not, and so, for me, the state of living in Toronto is still ongoing (again, if I understand the meaning of "ongoing" rightly), and will be ongoing until I move to that city and thus stop living in Toronto.
In this regard, which of the following should be better (or more appropriate) to say to my close relatives if I were to accept that offer and agree to move away:
1)"I am going to live in Ottawa";
2)"I am going to be living in Ottawa"?
I would go for 1, since it is not goint to be temporary. And I would only choose 2 if we were talking about, say, a business trip.
The verb "live" is a tricky one. Let us take a look at the following example:
3) I am going to choose option 1.
This depicts one short action which is by no means ongoing. If we replace "choose option 1" with "live in Ottawa", we will form the sentence in which the action (or rather state), by contrast, is perceived as far more prolonged and continuing. As far as my level of English allows me to see, in both "I am going to live somewhere" and "I am going to be living somwhere" the part after "going to" suggests something that will be ongoing, not one momentary act as in example 3.
So, if my understanding of "being ongoing" is correct, then what is the point in emphasizing something being ongoing which is by its nature already ongoing?
P.S.
That said, I still have the feeling that I have missed something, and so I really need your help. Thank you very much in advance.
