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What is it like in places that aren't Ohio? Here, it's a rust-belt economy with every type of weather known to man, depending on the season.
It's also exactly the same as it was in 1980, and is unlikely to be any different in 2040.
What is it like where you live?
What is it like in places that aren't Ohio? Here, it's a rust-belt economy with every type of weather known to man, depending on the season.
It's also exactly the same as it was in 1980, and is unlikely to be any different in 2040.
What is it like where you live?
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Guess where the I live.
Its a moderate size town on the coast about an hour north of Seattle. Very wealthy, with a moderate size state college. Weather is pretty good. Rainy sometimes but the winters are really mild and the summers are beautiful.
I live in Brum. When looking at satellite pictures of England, it is the big grey smear across the middle.
That is about as accurate a summation as is possible.
Except the weather. The winters suck there too.
Let 'em eat fucking pineapples!
Provo Utah has two seasons, Winter and Summer. Winter starts in October and goes till April, Summer starts from June and goes till August. September and May are what are Summer-Winter Mixes where it will get very hot, then snow, then got hot again, then snow again.
Also we have a cool University next to the Mountains and there is other stuff in Utah that makes it different from just about any other place except parts Arizona, Idaho and Alberta.
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How is it so different? I've heard everything from Columbus being the Promised Land to 3 steps away from Detroit.
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Have I mentioned I hate it here recently? Because if I ever manage to leave, I'll never look back
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Economically, culturally, politically, affluent(ly?), etc.
Sort of like Chicago Illinois is nothing like Illinois.
Yes, 20 inches of snow in 24 hours is a piece of cake.
Let 'em eat fucking pineapples!
Shit is snowy and cold.
Just like everywhere else.
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It is. Fucking 70 inches of snow. Icicles down to the fucking ground on a 3 story building. Fuck this place. In between some of that snow, though, there was a 60 degree day, aaaaaand then it dropped to below freezing the day after and snowed some more.
Where the fuck do you live? Greenland?
Let 'em eat fucking pineapples!
And snowflakes the size of your fucking eyeball.
I've never been to Chicago, so what does that mean? Is it better, worse?
I've been there once, and it looked great! I heard it sucked for people without college+experience to find a job.
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And CNY is all "Abloobloo why are all the kids leaving?!"
I don't know maybe because hell just fucking froze over.
What with the 100 degree summers with 110% humidity.
Oh and gas is like $1 per gallon more here than in the rest of the US. I love driving down to NJ and watching the gas go from $3.50 to $3 then to $4 as I approach the border then I hit NJ and it goes to $2.50. Thanks NYS. Good job on those taxes and that deficit eh.
I wish I could afford to move, but they keep me in place with their expensive gas so I can't move more than my body and my car out of state.
Very very solid music and art community with some very loving, Progressive, and beautiful people.
We have the best music. Blues, Jazz, Folk. A mixture of the best foods.
Beautiful landscaping.
Very slow paced life. Most things are cheap. People hold the door for other people, always say hello to strangers, etc.
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We also have ridiculously crazy weather. Like, 20 one day, 70 the next.
And snow.
And a tornado bout once a month. We kinda get a chuckle about areas freaking out over a tornado. "WE HAVEN'T HAD ONE SINCE NINETEEN OUGHT SEVEN!" and everyone not knowing what to do.
Like Mississippian's when it snows heavy.
"I bet the best thing to do on these slippery, icy, roads is to tail gate and slam on breaks."
Toledo is just little Michigan.
This.
The way people from the Maritimes have two standards, those born there and those who moved there, is really marked and awful. Having lived in Halifax for six years, I still get asked 'where are you from?' and see the disgust on their faces when I say Toronto. Fuck off old man, I've lived hear for six years and no I'm not going to trash-talk my place of birth to make you feel better. Toronto and Halifax are both great for different reasons.
One month every year the city is filled with tourists and you can barely get moved in the city centre for people in bizarre costumes juggling, unicycling or just handing you flyers for there shows.
I'd probably say that the weather was awful, if I'd ever known anything better.
Chicago is a reasonable drive but the closest and best place you can go to really get a sense of things is Toronto.
Yes believe it or not Toronto is closer to NE Ohio than chicago. Wonderful city.
We have trees, and snow. Also the cheapest liquor, no sales or income taxes, and more opinions than you can shake a stick at.
How does your government pay for stuff? Crazy property taxes?
If you are a sports fan, this is a pretty good city to be in. Basketball is big here, Soccer is going to be big here. You are shit out of luck if you are into football because the Seahawks blow. But the fans are pretty loyal.
I am just scratching the surface here. But I dig this place. Great food, pretty wonderful people and very central location for various geographies. A mountain 2 hours east, a beach two hours west, lush forests, great rivers, high plains deserts, etc etc. It makes for an excellent jumping off spot for me and my traveling.
Population, eh... we'll say 13k, plus I think about 2k on-campus students at EOU. Four bars; one of them the melting pot for tweakers, rednecks, students; one for old-money LaGranders; one for sad-ass railroaders and trailer factory workers; and the last for people who just wanna hang out/hipsters (our hipster population looks like the middle of that "history of the hipster" poster).
Used to be we got all four seasons, but now we don't get spring. The students are mostly cut-off from the town, even though 'downtown' is about six blocks from campus. We're kinda starting to build a decent artistic community, but it mostly only includes certain genres of music and certain types of artist. Other than those who aren't actively trying to build an artistic community are pretty much country folk.
This place makes me sick.
Just don't stray down into Tacoma.