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It just seems unfair to me that the south tends to be the butt of the jokes when morons seems to be pretty evenly distributed across the US these days.
Only place in the world that doesn't think the President of the United States is an American.
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Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Apart from the insane rent and property prices, the shitty weather, overpopulation, crime, the fact that the million different ethnical groups in the city all seem to hate each other, Islamaphobia, vandalism, general sense of dread hanging over the city like a poisenous cloud, shitty public transportation, the unfair distribution of wealth, the fact that no one in this place seems to consider anything but themselves as important and various municipal laws and measures failing time and time again, it is awesome.
You forgot about the horde (aka the tourists) (lived around Utrecht/Amsterdam (Hilversum) for three months during summer, but have to say that I prefer Vienna).
Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Apart from the insane rent and property prices, the shitty weather, overpopulation, crime, the fact that the million different ethnical groups in the city all seem to hate each other, Islamaphobia, vandalism, general sense of dread hanging over the city like a poisenous cloud, shitty public transportation, the unfair distribution of wealth, the fact that no one in this place seems to consider anything but themselves as important and various municipal laws and measures failing time and time again, it is awesome.
You forgot about the horde (aka the tourists) (lived around Utrecht/Amsterdam (Hilversum) for three months during summer, but have to say that I prefer Vienna).
Fun thing about tourists though is that you can just run them over on your bycicle, it's always their fault anyway. Also, I used to work in a hostel, and whenever we saw some backpacker lying on the floor in the lobby, blacked out and high as hell, we'd just walk past and ignore them.
Nice name btw.
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It just seems unfair to me that the south tends to be the butt of the jokes when morons seems to be pretty evenly distributed across the US these days.
Only place in the world that doesn't think the President of the United States is an American.
Have you been to the rural parts of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho? Some people there are as ass backwards as anywhere in the South. Hell, Oregon was the first place I ever saw a woman dip and I have lived in some shitty trailer parks in Mississippi and Virginia.
I live in a small farming community in Southern California. It's boring here and there are too many people. The best part about it is it's by the beach.
The weather here is pretty decent. The temperature is almost always in the 70's.
It just seems unfair to me that the south tends to be the butt of the jokes when morons seems to be pretty evenly distributed across the US these days.
Only place in the world that doesn't think the President of the United States is an American.
Have you been to the rural parts of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho? Some people there are as ass backwards as anywhere in the South. Hell, Oregon was the first place I ever saw a woman dip and I have lived in some shitty trailer parks in Mississippi and Virginia.
There may be areas of states which believe that, but between the South, the Northeast, the Midwest, and the West, only one of the four believes it.
Also, Mississippi competes with third-world countries in most measurements of civilization.
Live in Austin, TX. After living in Houston and Dallas, I've got to say that I like Austin the most out of the 3. Not as humid, a diverse group of people, both culturally and politically. You're never more than 15 minutes from something fun to do outdoors. And the local music scene and downtown can be a lot of fun.
It doesn't hurt that the NW area of town is quite pretty. It's right where the Texas hill country starts.
It just seems unfair to me that the south tends to be the butt of the jokes when morons seems to be pretty evenly distributed across the US these days.
It is unfair, but take it from the perspective of someone who's from outside the south and hasn't actually met real typical southerners. We see these statistics where the South barely comes out better than a third world country. We see the politicians you elect. That's not going to help us overcome stereotypes.
It's the sad sign of the welfare state we have here, largely in New Orleans' black community. They're basically at the government's teat so they keep electing the politicians that will keep the food stamps and welfare checks in the mail for 'em. It's a vicious cycle.
It's unfortunate that it's that group that ends up stereotyping the entire area here.
Somehow, I don't think it's poor black folk electing Trent Lott, Tom Coburn, Mitch McConnell, James Inhofe, David Vitter, Thad Cochran, Roger Wicker, or any of the other innumerable old Southern white guys running the country into the ground.
Canberra, capital of Australia. It's an inland city, 2 hours to the coast, but also only 3-4 hours to the snow. Had a ton of rain recently which is pretty unusual this time of year, but atm we're back on track for typical blue sky summer days. Most winters are coldish but bright with blue skies.
A lot of people think it's boring here, but if you're a computery sort who likes the outdoors it's heaven. Probably helps that I'm lucky enough to live in one of the nicer parts, close to the main lake and such.
I'm hearing some good things about Portland in here. Notch and I are thinking of settling down in Portland in a few years. I work in the restaurant business and Notch is going into accounting. I hear the food is good, the politics lean to the left, and the punk rock scene is nice. What else can Portland offer a young couple with an open ended future?
Live near the great city of Modesto, CA. It's located in the California Central Valley. Doesn't get too cold here, though it gets really hot in the summer time.
Some famous Modestan's include George Lucas, Scot Peterson and Sandra Levy. Modesto has earned quite a few distinctions. Fattest City in the US, car theft capital, and Meth capital. Usually Modesto is one of the top 10 worst cities in America. Right now the unemployment rate is one of the highest in the country.
The only good thing about Modesto is that your about 2 hours from the beach, mountains and Frisco.
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Element BrianPeanut Butter ShillRegistered Userregular
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The only person I know from Modesto, CA is one of the biggest jerks I've ever met, like seriously, hate that guy.
It just seems unfair to me that the south tends to be the butt of the jokes when morons seems to be pretty evenly distributed across the US these days.
IIRC the high school completion rate was 86% in the North and 82% in the south. The south and other red states also have lower educational attainment rates.
(I used to live in Texas)
Texas is more of a blue-collar working state.
It's not so much that school isn't as important, it's just that there is a shit ton more money to be made with basic jobs like plumbing/roofing/etc. than to go to school for four years and end up making a cruddy salary job.
Seriously, these guys make bank, and a good chunk of them can easily make a six figure income without dealing with the mundane 9-to-5 job drek most business degree graduates deal with. They call their own hours, can go on vacation whenever they want, can generally spend more time with their families, whatever. So the general consensus is "don't worry about college, get a great paying job right now."
That's just the way things are, and to be honest you can't really argue with that logic. Unfortunately, as a result that's where a lot of the political problems root up from. It's no means an excuse, but it's a factor in understanding how they got to their terrible government decisions.
I live in Vancouver, Canada. It is pretty awesome, other than property values that will make your head explode if you're not from a major market. Property crime is also a major problem, as is the hell hole that is the down-town east side.
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Linespider5ALL HAIL KING KILLMONGERRegistered Userregular
edited December 2010
La Crosse, Wisconsin. We just dug ourselves out of our first real snow, and the rest of the winter is going to be rotating between endless slush, blizzards, and looking like the surface of the moon.
It's not a big place, and it's not too bad, excepting our annual identity crisis when we try to pretend we're Portland or Minneapolis or something like that, and then the people in charge of the place freak out because they hear the sound of the city going up the drain and cancel all ties with the outside world to keep it 'historic' and to prevent a perceived loss of control. Oh, and there's a river killer in the area, but maybe that's not so special any more.
I'm hearing some good things about Portland in here. Notch and I are thinking of settling down in Portland in a few years. I work in the restaurant business and Notch is going into accounting. I hear the food is good, the politics lean to the left, and the punk rock scene is nice. What else can Portland offer a young couple with an open ended future?
The main problem in Portland right now is unemployment, but both Portland and Seattle are pretty awesome. Portland is a little more liberal, a lot whiter, and has a lot more hippies, anarchists, and homeless people. If you're looking for more of an oddball, Berkeley-style scene, Portland is the place to be; if you're looking for more of a Silicon Valley-type atmosphere, Seattle is better. Our employment is a bit better at the moment, too, but that's something that can change pretty quickly.
Oh, both places have fantastic food scenes, too, and really low cost of living (Portland's cost of living is a bit lower than Seattle's, though neither are anywhere close to the Bay Area).
La Crosse, Wisconsin. We just dug ourselves out of our first real snow, and the rest of the winter is going to be rotating between endless slush, blizzards, and looking like the surface of the moon.
It's not a big place, and it's not too bad, excepting our annual identity crisis when we try to pretend we're Portland or Minneapolis or something like that, and then the people in charge of the place freak out because they hear the sound of the city going up the drain and cancel all ties with the outside world to keep it 'historic' and to prevent a perceived loss of control. Oh, and there's a river killer in the area, but maybe that's not so special any more.
Seattle is the serial killer capitol of the world.
That's right, we're better than you at everything!
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La Crosse, Wisconsin. We just dug ourselves out of our first real snow, and the rest of the winter is going to be rotating between endless slush, blizzards, and looking like the surface of the moon.
It's not a big place, and it's not too bad, excepting our annual identity crisis when we try to pretend we're Portland or Minneapolis or something like that, and then the people in charge of the place freak out because they hear the sound of the city going up the drain and cancel all ties with the outside world to keep it 'historic' and to prevent a perceived loss of control. Oh, and there's a river killer in the area, but maybe that's not so special any more.
Seattle is the serial killer capitol of the world.
That's right, we're better than you at everything!
Oh, believe you me, I know.
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La Crosse, Wisconsin. We just dug ourselves out of our first real snow, and the rest of the winter is going to be rotating between endless slush, blizzards, and looking like the surface of the moon.
It's not a big place, and it's not too bad, excepting our annual identity crisis when we try to pretend we're Portland or Minneapolis or something like that, and then the people in charge of the place freak out because they hear the sound of the city going up the drain and cancel all ties with the outside world to keep it 'historic' and to prevent a perceived loss of control. Oh, and there's a river killer in the area, but maybe that's not so special any more.
Seattle is the serial killer capitol of the world.
That's right, we're better than you at everything!
Also contains the highest number of people who confuse capitol and capital.
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Element BrianPeanut Butter ShillRegistered Userregular
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Man it can be confusing for example, check out the difference between the US capitol building and the WA Capital building in Olympia.
La Crosse, Wisconsin. We just dug ourselves out of our first real snow, and the rest of the winter is going to be rotating between endless slush, blizzards, and looking like the surface of the moon.
It's not a big place, and it's not too bad, excepting our annual identity crisis when we try to pretend we're Portland or Minneapolis or something like that, and then the people in charge of the place freak out because they hear the sound of the city going up the drain and cancel all ties with the outside world to keep it 'historic' and to prevent a perceived loss of control. Oh, and there's a river killer in the area, but maybe that's not so special any more.
Seattle is the serial killer capitol of the world.
That's right, we're better than you at everything!
Also contains the highest number of people who confuse capitol and capital.
Also more super-creepy pony-tailed white dudes than anywhere else on the planet.
Also, Upstate New York (and it's "Upstate," not "central" or "western" in spite of what the residents of the area might say) is indeed hell.
The problem is that people are like, what, NORTH OF YONKERS?! YOU ARE UPSTATE, MAN!!
But that means "upstate" is a gigantic fucking area bigger than CT, MA, VT, and NH combined. So it's useless. We split it. There's western, capital (central), the Adirondacks, and the north country.
Western has snow out the fucking ass but at least there are schools and defense contractors, and spread out suburban areas that haven't collapsed. Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse.
Capital has warmer winters where the snow melts every few weeks. It's also collapsing economically and people are fleeing. Depressing place to be. Albany, Schenectady, Troy
The North Country is it's own special circle of hell. It's generally too cold to snow, they just get searing ice vapor. The terrain is desolate and flat. It looks like a nuclear bomb went off 5 months of the year. The people there are deep south conservative and live in single-wides and burn their trash. Ogdensburg, Potsdam, Massena, Plattsburgh,
The Adirondacks are gorgeous, really, but no one really lives there. There are a few small towns, they're pretty nice but ultimately a place to visit, not stay. Lake Placid, Long Lake, Saranac Lake
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Also, Upstate New York (and it's "Upstate," not "central" or "western" in spite of what the residents of the area might say) is indeed hell.
The problem is that people are like, what, NORTH OF YONKERS?! YOU ARE UPSTATE, MAN!!
But that means "upstate" is a gigantic fucking area bigger than CT, MA, VT, and NH combined. So it's useless. We split it. There's western, capital (central), the Adirondacks, and the north country.
Western has snow out the fucking ass but at least there are schools and defense contractors, and spread out suburban areas that haven't collapsed.
Capital has warmer winters where the snow melts every few weeks. It's also collapsing economically and people are fleeing. Depressing place to be but nothing like...
The North Country is it's own special circle of hell. It's generally too cold to snow, they just get searing ice vapor. The terrain is desolate and flat. It looks like a nuclear bomb went off 5 months of the year. The people there are deep south conservative and live in single-wides and burn their trash.
The Adirondacks are gorgeous, really, but no one really lives there. There are a few small towns, they're pretty nice but ultimately a place to visit, not stay. That's where Lake Placid is.
We have Northern California and Southern California, either of which are way bigger than the entire state of New York.
You have Upstate and the City.
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Donkey KongPutting Nintendo out of business with AI nipsRegistered Userregular
edited December 2010
You forgot South Oregon.
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I live right next to Helsinki, Finland. And holy shit everything is expensive. Taxes are high, although public transportation, healthcare etc. are just dandy as a result.
Recently we've received the greatest amount of snowfall since 1915 for this time of year. Last winter it dipped to -35 C here, which is -30 F if I'm not horribly mistaken. It is expected that the same might happen this time around as well. It was fairly unpleasant.
Summers are pleasant, at around 15-25 C(60-77 F), and often sunny. Last summer had a bit of a freakish heat wave where it reached 30C (86F) Winters are more or less permanent twilight. It's alright, although some people who move in from warmer countries can't really take it.
Brisbane, Australia. We have a long and interesting history of fights and corruption, whining, and an annoying inferiority complex about Melbourne and Sydney.
Its a little Texas here. Brisbane is pretty liberal but is surrounded by a state full of horrible rednecks. Well, its not that bad, but tolerance does drop off outside the city, and whitey is very very normalised. We've about 2 million people, which is just large enough to be a city but not large enough to escape small-world syndrome. Everyone knows someone who knows somebody who knows what you did last summer
About 2000 people a week have moved into this region for the last ten years. Combined with thirty years of underinvestment in infrastructure, the city is currently a large building site with terrible traffic. Seriously, peak hour runs basically from 7am to 7pm. That said, the public transport is pretty decent. Cost of living rises are causing headaches thanks to a bunch of privatisation moves and subsequent shenaigans, and probably will for a while yet. Still, there's lots of nice places to live, and I really like where I am. I just wish I didn't have to drive for two hours to see a beach :P
The nightlife isn't terrible, although it is very 'go-out-and-drink' centric, and we have a decent arts scene. The new modern art gallery is really fantastic, and you may have noticed a thankyou notice on wikipedia addressed to our state library, who've donated a buttload of historical images for common use. Anytime.
Our climate is mild in winter (t-shirt weather, sometimes a jumper) but winter lasts like 2 months and the rest of the year is hot and humid and generally awful. We were in drought for the last several years, to the point where we had 140L/day/person water restrictions and the dams nearly ran dry, but this year it won't stop raining, and we actually got a little flooded today. Still, could be worse! There's a nice bay and some islands, beaches to the north and south, and some nice forested hills (alive with the sound of hippies) surrounding the city.
LI NY. I keep paying these taxes but I can't see where they're going.
Upstate NY.
The best part is you hear the exact opposite in Upstate.
Yeah, the people upstate are wrong, and probably inbred*.
Down here in civilization, we funnel truck loads of our paychecks into City Income, State Income, Sales (highest in the state, whoo hoo), and Property taxes.
*County fight. It's on, bitches.
Bowen was right.
We upstaters are completely subsidized by downstaters. We'd be in a complete rotten mess if it wasn't for you paying our farmers' subsidies.
But by the same token, the reason we got this way in the first place was because of downstate political dominance raising taxes too high; older companies fled the region and we joined the rust belt. That and the decline of manufacturing jobs in general, which isn't really anyone's fault.
It's a really shitty situation, since the two parts of the state are complete polar opposites in every respect, but we're too economically integrated to properly function separately.
It'll be better in the future, though. The Capital Region has been investing a lot in high tech industry, so that'll be paying off a lot in upcoming decades.
Edit: Oh yeah. I'm not inbred. But my mom's from Jersey, which is almost as bad.
It's about 10 years too late. And mostly because tech companies think they can pay tech workers an unskilled laborer's wage. Yeah, uh, sorry there tech company ABC I'm not going to be able to live on 12/hr. I made more than that at UPS lifting boxes for 4 hours. Plus NYS taxes to boot.
And they wonder why all the kids are leaving. I basically had to extort my boss to get a livable wage.
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I live in Vancouver, Canada. It is pretty awesome, other than property values that will make your head explode if you're not from a major market. Property crime is also a major problem, as is the hell hole that is the down-town east side.
I've been watching a show about cops on the east side of downtown.
As bad neighborhoods go, it's pretty tame. It's run down and scuzzy, but the cops seem to mostly deal with petty crime issues. It is weird seeing a poor underclass made up mostly of white people, though.
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La Crosse, Wisconsin. We just dug ourselves out of our first real snow, and the rest of the winter is going to be rotating between endless slush, blizzards, and looking like the surface of the moon.
It's not a big place, and it's not too bad, excepting our annual identity crisis when we try to pretend we're Portland or Minneapolis or something like that, and then the people in charge of the place freak out because they hear the sound of the city going up the drain and cancel all ties with the outside world to keep it 'historic' and to prevent a perceived loss of control. Oh, and there's a river killer in the area, but maybe that's not so special any more.
Seattle is the serial killer capitol of the world.
That's right, we're better than you at everything!
Well I mean I-5 during rush hour, can you blame them?
Small world. We pass through Milford all the time on our way to Dewey. As does half the population of DC, I guess.
back, back demonspawn tourist. back!! Back I say! :P
nah, keep on coming, it's people like you and your friends that help keep my little state sales tax free.
but, Dewey? Really? what's the attraction to Dewey?
My wife's family owns a house on the beach right on the border between Dewey and Indian Head Beach.
When we were younger and childless, the bars in Dewey were fun, if for no other reason than watching people make terrible, terrible hookup decisions. The cover bands weren't bad, either, after a few drinks.
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JeanHeartbroken papa bearGatineau, QuébecRegistered Userregular
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I live in Gatineau, Québec,Canada. Hometown of Eva Avilla and Daniel Brière.
Population : 240,000 (17th largest in Canada).
It's located right accross the river from the federal capital, Ottawa. So yeah, we're the french speaking suburb of Ottawa and we have one of the highest rate of bilingualism in the country. Our economy/unemployement rate is pretty good too by Québec standards, thanks to our proximity to Ottawa. Crime is low as well. Our renting/housing prices are higher than the Québec average but still way below Ontario. Most people make good salaries but few are really stinking rich. We are a very middle class type of town.
Weather? Typical for southern Canada, expect snow from November till April. Christmas without snow on the ground happens once a decade perhaps and it really freaks people out when that happens. It gets hot (30+C) for a few weeks in July/August but asides from that the temperature really goes higher than 25.
We don't need to go to Ottawa to shop, we have more than enough shops on this side of the border now. Lot of people work in Ottawa tough, most for the federal governement. Ontarians like to cross the bridge to get drunk here beause laws regarding alcohol are more lenient in Québec.
Politically this town has historically been a stronghold of the Liberal party on both levels of governement tough it's beggining to weaken, especially at the federal level.
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There really should be a Nueter van that drives the country nuetering obnoxiously, rusted, redneck diesel trucks so that their population doesn't get out of control.
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I live in Gatineau, Québec,Canada. Hometown of Eva Avilla and Daniel Brière.
Population : 240,000 (17th largest in Canada).
It's located right accross the river from the federal capital, Ottawa. So yeah, we're the french speaking suburb of Ottawa and we have one of the highest rate of bilingualism in the country. Our economy/unemployement rate is pretty good too by Québec standards, thanks to our proximity to Ottawa. Crime is low as well. Our renting/housing prices are higher than the Québec average but still way below Ontario. Most people make good salaries but few are really stinking rich. We are a very middle class type of town.
Weather? Typical for southern Canada, expect snow from November till April. Christmas without snow on the ground happens once a decade perhaps and it really freaks people out when that happens. It gets hot (30+C) for a few weeks in July/August but asides from that the temperature really goes higher than 25.
We don't need to go to Ottawa to shop, we have more than enough shops on this side of the border now. Lot of people work in Ottawa tough, most for the federal governement. Ontarians like to cross the bridge to get drunk here beause laws regarding alcohol are more lenient in Québec.
Politically this town has historically been a stronghold of the Liberal party on both levels of governement tough it's beggining to weaken, especially at the federal level.
Seems like environment-wise we live in pretty much identical places. Apart from the slight difference in the choice of continent, that is.
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You forgot about the horde (aka the tourists)
Fun thing about tourists though is that you can just run them over on your bycicle, it's always their fault anyway. Also, I used to work in a hostel, and whenever we saw some backpacker lying on the floor in the lobby, blacked out and high as hell, we'd just walk past and ignore them.
Nice name btw.
Have you been to the rural parts of Oregon, Washington, and Idaho? Some people there are as ass backwards as anywhere in the South. Hell, Oregon was the first place I ever saw a woman dip and I have lived in some shitty trailer parks in Mississippi and Virginia.
The weather here is pretty decent. The temperature is almost always in the 70's.
Also, Mississippi competes with third-world countries in most measurements of civilization.
It doesn't hurt that the NW area of town is quite pretty. It's right where the Texas hill country starts.
A lot of people think it's boring here, but if you're a computery sort who likes the outdoors it's heaven. Probably helps that I'm lucky enough to live in one of the nicer parts, close to the main lake and such.
Some famous Modestan's include George Lucas, Scot Peterson and Sandra Levy. Modesto has earned quite a few distinctions. Fattest City in the US, car theft capital, and Meth capital. Usually Modesto is one of the top 10 worst cities in America. Right now the unemployment rate is one of the highest in the country.
The only good thing about Modesto is that your about 2 hours from the beach, mountains and Frisco.
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Central California is a horrible place in general. Most of the nice and good people from there are off in some way from their exposure to it.
Texas is more of a blue-collar working state.
It's not so much that school isn't as important, it's just that there is a shit ton more money to be made with basic jobs like plumbing/roofing/etc. than to go to school for four years and end up making a cruddy salary job.
Seriously, these guys make bank, and a good chunk of them can easily make a six figure income without dealing with the mundane 9-to-5 job drek most business degree graduates deal with. They call their own hours, can go on vacation whenever they want, can generally spend more time with their families, whatever. So the general consensus is "don't worry about college, get a great paying job right now."
That's just the way things are, and to be honest you can't really argue with that logic. Unfortunately, as a result that's where a lot of the political problems root up from. It's no means an excuse, but it's a factor in understanding how they got to their terrible government decisions.
It's not a big place, and it's not too bad, excepting our annual identity crisis when we try to pretend we're Portland or Minneapolis or something like that, and then the people in charge of the place freak out because they hear the sound of the city going up the drain and cancel all ties with the outside world to keep it 'historic' and to prevent a perceived loss of control. Oh, and there's a river killer in the area, but maybe that's not so special any more.
Oh, both places have fantastic food scenes, too, and really low cost of living (Portland's cost of living is a bit lower than Seattle's, though neither are anywhere close to the Bay Area).
That's right, we're better than you at everything!
Oh, believe you me, I know.
back, back demonspawn tourist. back!! Back I say! :P
nah, keep on coming, it's people like you and your friends that help keep my little state sales tax free.
but, Dewey? Really? what's the attraction to Dewey?
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Arch,
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It's true!
California has more creepy white dudes but half of them sport mullets instead.
The problem is that people are like, what, NORTH OF YONKERS?! YOU ARE UPSTATE, MAN!!
But that means "upstate" is a gigantic fucking area bigger than CT, MA, VT, and NH combined. So it's useless. We split it. There's western, capital (central), the Adirondacks, and the north country.
Western has snow out the fucking ass but at least there are schools and defense contractors, and spread out suburban areas that haven't collapsed. Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse.
Capital has warmer winters where the snow melts every few weeks. It's also collapsing economically and people are fleeing. Depressing place to be. Albany, Schenectady, Troy
The North Country is it's own special circle of hell. It's generally too cold to snow, they just get searing ice vapor. The terrain is desolate and flat. It looks like a nuclear bomb went off 5 months of the year. The people there are deep south conservative and live in single-wides and burn their trash. Ogdensburg, Potsdam, Massena, Plattsburgh,
The Adirondacks are gorgeous, really, but no one really lives there. There are a few small towns, they're pretty nice but ultimately a place to visit, not stay. Lake Placid, Long Lake, Saranac Lake
You have Upstate and the City.
Recently we've received the greatest amount of snowfall since 1915 for this time of year. Last winter it dipped to -35 C here, which is -30 F if I'm not horribly mistaken. It is expected that the same might happen this time around as well. It was fairly unpleasant.
Summers are pleasant, at around 15-25 C(60-77 F), and often sunny. Last summer had a bit of a freakish heat wave where it reached 30C (86F) Winters are more or less permanent twilight. It's alright, although some people who move in from warmer countries can't really take it.
Its a little Texas here. Brisbane is pretty liberal but is surrounded by a state full of horrible rednecks. Well, its not that bad, but tolerance does drop off outside the city, and whitey is very very normalised. We've about 2 million people, which is just large enough to be a city but not large enough to escape small-world syndrome. Everyone knows someone who knows somebody who knows what you did last summer
About 2000 people a week have moved into this region for the last ten years. Combined with thirty years of underinvestment in infrastructure, the city is currently a large building site with terrible traffic. Seriously, peak hour runs basically from 7am to 7pm. That said, the public transport is pretty decent. Cost of living rises are causing headaches thanks to a bunch of privatisation moves and subsequent shenaigans, and probably will for a while yet. Still, there's lots of nice places to live, and I really like where I am. I just wish I didn't have to drive for two hours to see a beach :P
The nightlife isn't terrible, although it is very 'go-out-and-drink' centric, and we have a decent arts scene. The new modern art gallery is really fantastic, and you may have noticed a thankyou notice on wikipedia addressed to our state library, who've donated a buttload of historical images for common use. Anytime.
Our climate is mild in winter (t-shirt weather, sometimes a jumper) but winter lasts like 2 months and the rest of the year is hot and humid and generally awful. We were in drought for the last several years, to the point where we had 140L/day/person water restrictions and the dams nearly ran dry, but this year it won't stop raining, and we actually got a little flooded today. Still, could be worse! There's a nice bay and some islands, beaches to the north and south, and some nice forested hills (alive with the sound of hippies) surrounding the city.
It's about 10 years too late. And mostly because tech companies think they can pay tech workers an unskilled laborer's wage. Yeah, uh, sorry there tech company ABC I'm not going to be able to live on 12/hr. I made more than that at UPS lifting boxes for 4 hours. Plus NYS taxes to boot.
And they wonder why all the kids are leaving. I basically had to extort my boss to get a livable wage.
As bad neighborhoods go, it's pretty tame. It's run down and scuzzy, but the cops seem to mostly deal with petty crime issues. It is weird seeing a poor underclass made up mostly of white people, though.
Rigorous Scholarship
Well I mean I-5 during rush hour, can you blame them?
When we were younger and childless, the bars in Dewey were fun, if for no other reason than watching people make terrible, terrible hookup decisions. The cover bands weren't bad, either, after a few drinks.
Rigorous Scholarship
Population : 240,000 (17th largest in Canada).
It's located right accross the river from the federal capital, Ottawa. So yeah, we're the french speaking suburb of Ottawa and we have one of the highest rate of bilingualism in the country. Our economy/unemployement rate is pretty good too by Québec standards, thanks to our proximity to Ottawa. Crime is low as well. Our renting/housing prices are higher than the Québec average but still way below Ontario. Most people make good salaries but few are really stinking rich. We are a very middle class type of town.
Weather? Typical for southern Canada, expect snow from November till April. Christmas without snow on the ground happens once a decade perhaps and it really freaks people out when that happens. It gets hot (30+C) for a few weeks in July/August but asides from that the temperature really goes higher than 25.
We don't need to go to Ottawa to shop, we have more than enough shops on this side of the border now. Lot of people work in Ottawa tough, most for the federal governement. Ontarians like to cross the bridge to get drunk here beause laws regarding alcohol are more lenient in Québec.
Politically this town has historically been a stronghold of the Liberal party on both levels of governement tough it's beggining to weaken, especially at the federal level.
Seems like environment-wise we live in pretty much identical places. Apart from the slight difference in the choice of continent, that is.