What's special about where you live?

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 1:12 pm

come to bournemouth,
be jelous,
go away,

no, over there....

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 4:07 pm

Phoenix: don't actually like it that much. Advantages: serious inflow of Latin culture. People run around and have fun outside when it rains. Every apartment complex has a swimming pool. And the food. Oh, good gravy, I have never seen this many delicious restaraunts this close to each other in my life. So many and they're all so good.
Disadvatages: There is not a lot of outdoorsy stuff to burn off all that restaraunt food. In fact, hardly anyone goes outdoors. We turned our air conditioning on February 1st.

Other places I've lived: So Cal advantages: the beach, the beach, the beach and you occasionally run into famous people and everyone really is writing a script or trying to break into show biz. Disadvantages: worst smog and traffic in the world.
Utah: Beautiful place and extremely outdoorsy. Lots of mountain biking, hiking, rock climbing, camping, kayaking, etc. Lots of colleges, student culture. Disadvantages: repressive overly religious Mormon culture stifles individuality even among faithful Mormons. And stifles student culture as well.

And I agree about Vancouver. Best damn city in the world next to Seattle. And the drive to Whistler is awesome.

harmony · Post by **harmony** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 7:46 pm

Shanti418 wrote:Things about Austin, Texas:

1. Long, hot summers. Both a good thing (tubing, eating outdoors, minimal clothing) and a bad thing (sweaty, and that draining, beating, neverending sun)

2. Very fit city. Lots of bike/hike trails, sport leagues, golf/disc golf courses, etc. Lots of public parks and awesome hill country camping 20 minutes away.

3. Although we may be the capitol, and although Bush WAS the governor in our very city, we were one of the few counties who voted for Kerry in the last eleciton. Basically, we're a city that used to be very artsy and small, with lots of great small clubs and hippies. But in the last 20 years, the tech boom (led by Dell) has created a creeping swell of money and conservative republicanism from the affluent north. As a result, Austin is now a more corporate, moderate city, with more money flowing around.

4. We still have lots of great clubs and bars, and virtually all of them have live music. Looking forward to SXSW, our local music/film festival, next week. I'm going to go see Sleater-Kinney.

5. Great Mexican food. Not as good as my hometown (San Antonio), but still better than virtually all of you! With apologies to Senor and the Emperor, of course.

6. Tens of thousands of 18-22 girls that never age.

7. Strange? We have a local celebrity named Leslie who is a homeless guy who walks around town in women's clothing, or sometimes just a g-string and a cowboy hat. He runs for mayor every election and usually gets several thousands votes.

8. Bad? Traffic. Traffic. Traffic.

Ya forgot to mention that we are also known as the allergy capital of the world and that the central texas area is known as the flash flood capital of the world. Leslie is amusing...fits with Keep Austin Weird. SXSW and now ACL (Austin City Limits) fest along with sixth street make us the Live Music capital of the world. And lastly...I always say that Austin is a city in a forest....you won't find so many trees throughout a city in most places. Saw an ariel view of my street recently and I almost couldn't see the houses....

Post by **Kaylee** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:52 pm

Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:come to bournemouth,
be jelous,
go away,

no, over there....

I was in Bournemouth the other week, very green and pleasant

I would have looked you up if I'd had more time

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 9:08 pm

Karl Lynch wrote:
Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:come to bournemouth,
be jelous,
go away,

no, over there....
I was in Bournemouth the other week, very green and pleasant

I would have looked you up if I'd had more time

doust Bournemouth not rock or does it rock?

what were u in bournemouth for? - and yes you should have looked me up mate!

bobaprime85 · Post by **bobaprime85** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 9:49 pm

Fayetteville, Arkansas:

For some reason, more and more people are coming here, making it the fastest growing place in the state.

God help them.

Post by **Kaylee** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:22 pm

Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:
Karl Lynch wrote:
Impactor returns 2.0 wrote:come to bournemouth,
be jelous,
go away,

no, over there....
I was in Bournemouth the other week, very green and pleasant

I would have looked you up if I'd had more time
doust Bournemouth not rock or does it rock?

what were u in bournemouth for? - and yes you should have looked me up mate!

it looked pretty cool

I'd have come to see you if I had more time sweets

mebbe next time!

Dark Link · Post by **Dark Link** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:19 pm

Optimus Prime Rib wrote: Redstreak. Rebuttle?

Anaheim. Calgary in 6

IronHide · Post by **IronHide** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 12:07 am

bobaprime85 wrote:Fayetteville, Arkansas:

For some reason, more and more people are coming here, making it the fastest growing place in the state.

God help them.

Holy crap face. I'm only 3 hours away.

You go to U of A??

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:54 am

bobaprime85 wrote:Fayetteville, Arkansas:

For some reason, more and more people are coming here, making it the fastest growing place in the state.

God help them.

My old manager is the Proprietor of the Rogers, Arkansas Outback. If youre ever there ask for Paul and tell him you know me.

Bender · Post by **Bender** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 5:38 am

Optimus Prime Rib wrote:Cereal City. It literally smells like sugar smacks here

Geez oh man do I love visiting Battle Creek; I used to have some family up there and some of my best childhood memories are going up and touring the cereal plants. I also posed with the Tony the Tiger statue! Isn't Gerber up there too?

As far as myself, well Lisle isn't too bad; really beautiful arboretum and very nice people.

Chicago, which is where I tell most people I am from (which pisses off most actual Chicagoans, but no one knows where Lisle is, so be it) has everything you could want from a big city; great shopping, incredible food (including the best pizza in the world, period) great tourist attractions, and is the most architecturally rich city in North America. The skyline alone is absolutely killer.

Plus the people are a lot nicer than in New York

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 8:57 am

How can the best pizza in the world not be Italian?

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:30 pm

trust me, Chicago style is the best.

Aaron Hong · Post by **Aaron Hong** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:05 pm

In Singapore we get something called Canadian pizza...

Post by **Best First** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:22 pm

Optimus Prime Rib wrote:trust me

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 4:29 pm

That's what I was thinking.

Why does no one on this board live west of the Mississippi? I think Vancouver is the closest to where I am. Of course, I'm planning to move to Seattle this summer. No way am I staying a summer in Phoenix.

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 6:08 pm

Im from Louisiana, moving back in August.

Once again, Trust me.

IronHide · Post by **IronHide** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:02 pm

sprunkner wrote:Why does no one on this board live west of the Mississippi?

Oklahoma livin son. Everything beats it....

Post by **Denyer** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 7:58 pm

Eline wrote:How can the best pizza in the world not be Italian?

The same way as ice-cream and pasta, I think. Most countries have a different take on things... people here generally don't understand the fascination America has for peanuts in confectionery, nor why France puts so much cocoa solid in chocolate rather than balancing it out with milk.

The only real difference between places is that some enjoy shouting what they consider their achievements from rooftops.

bobaprime85 · Post by **bobaprime85** » Fri Mar 11, 2005 9:25 pm

IronHide wrote:
bobaprime85 wrote:Fayetteville, Arkansas:

For some reason, more and more people are coming here, making it the fastest growing place in the state.

God help them.
Holy crap face. I'm only 3 hours away.

You go to U of A??

This fall. I'm currently still in High school.

Denyer wrote: people here don't generally understand the fascination America has for peanuts in confectionery

We like peanuts because we're all nutters. [/]worst joke ever.

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Sat Mar 12, 2005 11:45 am

Denyer wrote:
Eline wrote:How can the best pizza in the world not be Italian?
The same way as ice-cream and pasta, I think. Most countries have a different take on things... people here generally don't understand the fascination America has for peanuts in confectionery, nor why France puts so much cocoa solid in chocolate rather than balancing it out with milk.

The only real difference between places is that some enjoy shouting what they consider their achievements from rooftops.

That must be it. I tend to have a more Italian/Frech taste than most people where I live, due to spending lots of holidays with amazingly good food there.

Last month I found out once again that the French food has so much better quality than ours.

Astrotrain99 · Post by **Astrotrain99** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:09 am

We have mountains.... of smokeyness! O.o

I've been thru the Greenville/Spartanburg area quite a few times btw.

Nebbie · Post by **Nebbie** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 12:33 am

Astrotrain99 wrote:We have mountains.... of smokeyness! O.o

I've been thru the Greenville/Spartanburg area quite a few times btw.

Really??

I haven't been up to the Smokies in ages. Except driving through them on my way up to Ohio. Must go back up there when I get the chance, it's really pretty.

The season has made me think of one thing I don't like about home though... the extended allergy season. I read in the paper that Greenville is one of the worst places to live if you have allergies. Many different types of plants and several different times of blooming makes the season seem a lot longer than it is in other places.

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 3:14 am

Denyer wrote:The only real difference between places is that some enjoy shouting what they consider their achievements from rooftops.

Hey, it's not our fault that we're a young, irresponsible, immature country who thinks we're going to be invincible and on top forever. You guys were the same way at certain points in your history too. We're only 229 years old, okay? We don't have the hundreds and hundreds of years of hard earned lessons and wisdom that European countries do.

Dylan · Post by **Dylan** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:42 am

What's special about Delft?

Eline lives here.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 8:47 am

Dylan wrote:What's special about Delft?

Eline lives here.

Heh, I'll vote for that.

sprunkner · Post by **sprunkner** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 3:45 pm

Shanti418 wrote:
Denyer wrote:The only real difference between places is that some enjoy shouting what they consider their achievements from rooftops.
Hey, it's not our fault that we're a young, irresponsible, immature country who thinks we're going to be invincible and on top forever. You guys were the same way at certain points in your history too. We're only 229 years old, okay? We don't have the hundreds and hundreds of years of hard earned lessons and wisdom that European countries do.

That is a beautiful expanation of the USA, Shanti. Unfortunately for the rest of the world, we are having to learn our lessons in the Nuclear Age instead of the Iron.

And I used to missionary around Asheville. I thought it was the best part of the Smokies myself.

Post by **snarl** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 3:53 pm

best Pizza is Calzone. It makes me spray sex piss up the wall.

Snowcat · Post by **Snowcat** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:37 pm

York and special don`t go in the same sentence. It`s a shithole, and the sooner I can leave, the better.

Post by **snarl** » Mon Mar 14, 2005 4:39 pm

there are positive and negative aspects to life in London - On the one hand, there is Clapham Common...