The phrase "except if you live" is not standard in written English; it would be better to use "unless you live." You can use it when discussing conditions or exceptions related to living in a specific place.
Example: "The event is free for everyone, except if you live outside the city limits."
Alternatives: "unless you live" or "except for those who live".
Except if you live in the UK.
Peter Dobkin Hall, the Hauser Lecturer on Nonprofit Organizations at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, called it a fading element in American culture, "because physical proximity doesn't define community anymore, except if you live in a small town".
Except if you live in Thailand, where your local multiplex would have shoved the big reveal in your damn face courtesy of this god-awful poster: That's right, hinging a film, and campaign, on whether or not evil lurks outside of John Goodman's natty bunker is of little interest internationally.
Since Emancipation Day falls on April 15, Tax Day 2016 has been pushed back to April 18, except if you live in Massachusetts and Maine where you'll be celebrating Patriots' Day that Monday; you have have until Tuesday, April 19 to file.
Since the mid-1980s, thirdhird Monday in January has been designated as a US federal holiday in honor of civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., celebrating one of the greatest Americans — except if you live in Arkansas, Alabama, and Mississippi, the three states where MLK Day is a joint holiday that also marks the birthday of Confederate Army general Robert E. Lee.
There is no sure thing except taxes -- and "getting old," if you live long enough.
If you live in other countries (except Canada and a few others), you do not have 911.
If you live in large urban communities, they don't operate, except in a snowstorm.
If you live in a family where your whole family is gorgeous except yourself, don't stress.
If you live in the UK then you will find a blank page except for the words "Page unavailable/under construction".
