What's special about where you live?

Nebbie · Post by **Nebbie** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:27 am

Yeah I'm bored. But I really want to know!!

The best thing about where I live is country living with city convenience. Of course, Greenville's getting pretty big itself. But if it's still too small, then Charlotte and Atlanta are only a few hours away. It's only 3 hours to the beach and 1 hour to the mountains, so I've got the best of everything! The people are friendly, the trees are big & green, the weather is great (most of the time), and of course we can't forget the Gaffney Peach!

Yes, SC actually grows more peaches than Georgia, so we decided to put up a giant water tower in the shape of a peach! The Gaffney Peachoid sits right beside I-85 on the way to Charlotte, so it's pretty visible.

What's good, bad or strange about where you live?

Emperor_Starscream · Post by **Emperor_Starscream** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 5:32 am

i can buy any pirated film in front of the police for 1 $

...and is summer right now

and if i want to kick our president's ass (like the 92% of population) i live really near of the goverment palace

and the congress is near too hahahaha ...
naaa seriously i like my city...is dirty and have a lot of problems but after all i like it...is my home after all

IronHide · Post by **IronHide** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 6:05 am

Ummm, World's Highest Hill (I wish I was joking). Other than that, the weather is always unpredictable.

Eline · Post by **Eline** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 11:35 am

My city is one of the most beautiful ever!

It's quite old (1100-1200) so it has lots of picturesque buildings and cute canals with bridges. I'm really happy to live here and walk around this amazingly beautiful city every day.

Bit like Amsterdam, but cute and small. Quite touristy though.

And it's not too large, so it's quite a safe place to live in.

Lots of students, so nice bars and restaurants.

Too bad we don't have much nice shops for shopping, but there are two large cities (Rotterdam and Den Haag) only 10 minutes by train away.

And it's just an hour biking to the beach too!

We have no mountains anywhere in the country.

And I want a peach too.

Obfleur · Post by **Obfleur** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 11:38 am

Well, there are plans to build Europe's tallest building, and Northern Europes most advanced shoppingmall, about 500 - 1000 meters from my home.

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 1:18 pm

http://www.bournemouth.co.uk/

thats where I live - im 1-2 min from the beach, depends if i jog or not.

the front page image on the web site where u can see the pier is pretty much what i see when walk up the road from my house to the beach.

Actually that picture is taken from 'Southbourne' thats east of bournemouth, but thats being really picky, essentially its still bournemouth.

So check it out, I feel very lucky to live where I do, im glad my parents moved from london to hear 27 years ago, they said it was cheap then, now a small flat costs about £100k... so im prolly not gonna be able to stay here unfortuantly as its bit expensive.

saysadie · Post by **saysadie** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 2:14 pm

the fact that I live here, of course!

Eh, nothing overly special. Just another part of Canada.

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:03 pm

Cereal City. It literally smells like sugar smacks here

KingMob · Post by **KingMob** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 4:34 pm

There's probably more bad things *cough*sectarianism*cough* about Glasgow than good ones, but some things I like about the place are:

-that the best comic-book creators in the world live here,
-we have a great homegrown music scene and regularly get all kinds of other bands and musicians gigging here,
-you basically trip over superb pubs and restuarants,
-the museums and galleries are all free and regularly put on great exhibitions and shows,
-the comedy festival is like the Fringe with all the pretentious twats and hordes of tourists removed ie better,
-the biggest 'fell-off the back of a lorry' market I know of happens every week down at the Barras and you can buy almost anything there for cheap, some things often before they technically exist,
-we've got 3 big universities in the city which makes 'yoof' or 'student' culture a big part of the place,
-we have the best shops in Scotland,
-it's easy to get around due to there being a tube, decent buses and trains, an integrated motorway or two, roads largely laid out on a grid system, lots of parking and it's also not too dear to live in if you know the score.

We also have many nice old buildings (that the council seems to like knocking down) and a statue of the Duke of Wellington with a traffic cone on his head.

Metal Vendetta · Post by **Metal Vendetta** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 5:16 pm

Um...it's London?

Nebbie · Post by **Nebbie** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 6:51 pm

Metal Vendetta wrote:Um...it's London?

Considering that I've never seen London outside of the movie theater, that doesn't really tell me much. But if London actually is like it looks in the movies, then you don't have to tell me anything more.

Post by **Kaylee** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 7:20 pm

lots of chimney sweeps doing never-ending song and dance numbers

www.canterbury.co.uk

all the shops of a city, all the size of a town! it's Canterbury, about 2000 years old with the best shopping outside of London, but you can still walk across it in 20 minutes

Dark Link · Post by **Dark Link** » Sun Mar 06, 2005 8:20 pm

The Canucks. That alone makes my city the best.

That and it's been voted best city to live in, best city to visit, the Canucks, the 2010 Olympic games, U2 is rehearsing for their tour here, the Canucks, the Giants, what was the largest dome stadium in the world, or some such (I am not to sure it still is) Expo '86, The Canucks, Whistler is an hour away, it's not Toronto, and the Canucks.

Scraplet · Post by **Scraplet** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:01 am

Sheffield, England. Birthplace of Def Leppard, Joe Cocker and 80s electronica.

Also, if you have a decent quality knife that's more than about 15 years old, then odds-on its made of Sheffield Steel.

Offically the greenest city in England, in terms of tree coverage.

We have lots of hills.....?! Ah well......

Guest · Post by **Guest** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 12:31 am

Bristol hums.

fort_max · Post by **fort_max** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 3:53 am

I honestly can't think of a single thing.

We...get everybody else's crap weather?

Tired Tracks · Post by **Tired Tracks** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 4:37 am

Not too much is special about where I live. I'm in a valley, right next to the river, and I have to drive 20~30 miles to reach anything resembling a super market.
I guess its special because its peaceful.

Blacksword · Post by **Blacksword** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:18 am

Given that people who live here have have nicknamed my city Borington there's not a whole lot to say, though the strip of waterfront at Spencer Smith park is rather nice. And the Liberty Island scenes in X-Men were fillmed there (some friends of mine met Brian Singer).

Optimus Prime Rib · Post by **Optimus Prime Rib** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 5:54 am

Dark Link wrote:The Canucks. That alone makes my city the best.

That and it's been voted best city to live in, best city to visit, the Canucks, the 2010 Olympic games, U2 is rehearsing for their tour here, the Canucks, the Giants, what was the largest dome stadium in the world, or some such (I am not to sure it still is) Expo '86, The Canucks, Whistler is an hour away, it's not Toronto, and the Canucks.

Redstreak. Rebuttle?

Post by **spiderfrommars** » Mon Mar 07, 2005 9:46 am

Oxford.

We have one of the most famous universities in the world.

Home of rock n' roll greats Radiohead, Supergrass.

Home of literary greats Tolkien, CS Lewis.

Inspector Morse woz ere.

Clinton dodged the draft 'ere.

And we have lots of yellow buildings, spires and... punting.

Darth Aux · Post by **Darth Aux** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 9:15 pm

Hoofing great big stadium of the Millenium variety, pubs and clubs everywhere, me, nice parks to chill at with some friends on those lazy summer afternoons, WELSH WOMEN (Fantastic).

Easy travel routes to and from, lots of concerts, The Big Weekend, some nice architecture, The cardiff Devils (Ice Hockey legends before all the ownership problems), Cardiff City Football Club (The only non-English team to win the top division and the FA Cup).

The Comic Guru (My local comic store, fair play the guy will always try his hardest to get what you want and is very knowledgeable on everything considered comic or Cult Classic, plus I get 5% discount for having a standing order WOOT!!), The Philarmonic my local of sorts.

Not enough sun though

god · Post by **god** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 10:32 pm

we got the best food in the world, the best beers, the best chocolats and we are the highest educated country on the planet

so we forget the largest debt in the world per capita , most politicians per capita and most roads per square Km.................................

Impactor returns 2.0 · Post by **Impactor returns 2.0** » Wed Mar 09, 2005 11:38 pm

look ******* Bournemouth rules - go look! now!

Redstreak · Post by **Redstreak** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 12:18 am

Optimus Prime Rib wrote:
Dark Link wrote:The Canucks. That alone makes my city the best.

That and it's been voted best city to live in, best city to visit, the Canucks, the 2010 Olympic games, U2 is rehearsing for their tour here, the Canucks, the Giants, what was the largest dome stadium in the world, or some such (I am not to sure it still is) Expo '86, The Canucks, Whistler is an hour away, it's not Toronto, and the Canucks.
Redstreak. Rebuttle?

Eh? Only thing I question is why he thinks U2 being in town is a good thing...

Anyway, more cars per capita than anywhere else in the world, and seemingly the same could be said for coney island restaurants. Home of the Big 3 automakers, the 2005 Major League Baseball All-Star Game, the 2006 Super Bowl, and the 2004 NBA Champion Detroit Pistons as well as the winningest American hockey franchise, the Detroit Red Wings. Origin and HQ of Motown and home of such rock legends as Bob Seger, Ted Nugent, and Mitch Ryder, and of current stars Eminem, D12 and Kid Rock. Location of Beverly Hills Cop, Robocop, The Crow, and subject of the uber famous KISS song Detroit Rock City.

And the famous line; "Ain't no party like a Detroit party cuz a Detroit party doesn't stop!" I forget who says that tho, and I'm sure I'm leaving out a few things and people cuz I'm trying to do this off the top of my head, but yeah. I think I've covered enough.

That aside from the point that I live here, of course.

Shanti418 · Post by **Shanti418** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 6:26 am

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.

Post by **Best First** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:12 am

Whats special about whre i live?

me, obviously.

Aaron Hong · Post by **Aaron Hong** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:20 am

What's so special about Singapore?

We're geographically the furthest you can getf rom Blast Farts.

Redstreak wrote:
And the famous line; "Ain't no party like a Detroit party cuz a Detroit party doesn't stop!" I forget who says that tho,

Rick James?

Wild guess, that.

Post by **Best First** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:21 am

Plus the curious cultural quirk that all inhabitants have their sense of humour extracted at birth rendering them spectacularlu unamusing at all times.

Aaron Hong · Post by **Aaron Hong** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:23 am

Best First wrote:Plus the curious cultural quirk that all inhabitants have their sense of humour extracted at birth rendering them spectacularlu unamusing at all times.

At least we got nothing we need to hide in cereal boxes.

Post by **Best First** » Thu Mar 10, 2005 11:26 am

the prosecution rests.