living where i am now, i begin to see the massive appeal of owning a car- anywhere, anytime. it's seriously liberating, having gotten around on p good public transportation in philly and amazing transit in nyc. that said, the massive downside is having to be actively engaged in getting to and from work. being able to read or daydream on my commute- and my commute being p short- was absolutely delightful.
you know, i miss not needing a car now that i'm back in a commutersphere.
and now that my car is deadsies it's infuriating not being able to get down.
i think i'd like to find a place to live that has a nice balance between public transport and cars. we're a one car family right now which isn't exactly feasible, I have to get to work an hour early and i have to stay about two hours late waiting for my ride.
Cars are terrible.
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The perfect living situation: all culture and restaurants and jobs are within 5-20 minutes walk / rail
But for some reason there is also an Autobahn that you need to drive 100 mph on once in a while
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I definitely feel I would not like to live anywhere smaller than San Francisco in the near future.
Chicago feels perfect for me right now. If I were somewhere a bit more suburban I would start to feel suffocated pretty quickly.
I may be relatively strange, though, in that I feel much more comfortable being surrounded by people, even strangers.
My parents, who still live in the town I grew up in that has exactly 0 streetlights, always talked about how city living is awful because you have no privacy because it's so crowded.
I've actually found the exact opposite to be true. There are so many people in the city they just don't give a fuck about you whereas, in small towns, your business becomes everybody else's pretty quickly.
There's a big difference between "the city" in the sense of a town of 50,000+ people and "the city" in terms of NYC.
I loved living in Chicago and San Fran but the few times I visited NYC I got the sense that it was not for me.
I think I'd quite like Boston or NYC, though the weather would irritate me. Boulder's delightful, though.
Boulder is cool. I really enjoyed the time I was there (2008-2010), but I feel like if I went back I wouldn't like it. It's very much a college town with a few options for the adults that live there. I would do Denver though.
something i appreciate about cars is that- assuming no inclement weather which is miserable for both transit-ers and drivers- if you wake up 2 minutes late, you get to work 2 minutes late. i hated, when commuting, being subject to the scheduled of transit. on an arterial NYC subway line it wasn't so bad, due to the sheer volume of trains. but sometimes you need a bus or you are visiting friends and need to take a train back into the city or you're traveling at 1am in which case the schedule has slowed. and missing a train or bus by a minute in that situation is so goddamned frustrating because now you're 19 more minutes behind schedule.
i like that with a car you can say 'i want to be somewhere else' and work to make it happen (with the obvious caveats of traffic etc)
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we went down the country for a friend's birthday where they had rented out the singular local pub
getting there was quaint
"go to the crossroads"
"which crossroads?"
"the only crossroads"
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i like driving cars but i do not like owning them
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syndalisGetting ClassyOn the WallRegistered User, Loves Apple Productsregular
the hustle and bustle of the city means there's always something to distract you from yourself if you need it
Terrible for me. I like quiet. Nothing makes me feel better than coming up on a waterfall and lake and hear nothing but birds and running water.
This is like a one hour drive and a 4 mile hike from the city.
I feel like what you are saying about coming to a waterfall and experiencing silence is just as true for people in rural places - just because they CAN doesn't mean they WILL... and unless you live in a cabin in the woods you probably have some manner of commute to the truly pretty places anyways.
Today I found out that there might be something new to find out next week.
Bah. The thing is that I won't actually run out of money if I have to spend "all of my money". Because I keep my money like I keep my sharp objects: Everywhere and within reach.
When I was working on live ons I would take the greyhound to the boat and then my other job was walking distance from my house. Cars are crazy expensive if you don't need em.
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If we had zip car or something that'd be ideal.
Pick one up at home, drive to work, drop it off. Pick it up from work, drive back to town, drop it off.
Or if they put a damn bus route along the highway route. Our bus system is a joke out here if you need to go anywhere other than walmart.
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the hustle and bustle of the city means there's always something to distract you from yourself if you need it
Terrible for me. I like quiet. Nothing makes me feel better than coming up on a waterfall and lake and hear nothing but birds and running water.
This is like a one hour drive and a 4 mile hike from the city.
I feel like what you are saying about coming to a waterfall and experiencing silence is just as true for people in rural places - just because they CAN doesn't mean they WILL... and unless you live in a cabin in the woods you probably have some manner of commute to the truly pretty places anyways.
Basically, there are doers and loafers, both species exist in any environment.
something i appreciate about cars is that- assuming no inclement weather which is miserable for both transit-ers and drivers- if you wake up 2 minutes late, you get to work 2 minutes late. i hated, when commuting, being subject to the scheduled of transit. on an arterial NYC subway line it wasn't so bad, due to the sheer volume of trains. but sometimes you need a bus or you are visiting friends and need to take a train back into the city or you're traveling at 1am in which case the schedule has slowed. and missing a train or bus by a minute in that situation is so goddamned frustrating because now you're 19 more minutes behind schedule.
i like that with a car you can say 'i want to be somewhere else' and work to make it happen (with the obvious caveats of traffic etc)
This is very true.
Though, one thing I like about being tied to the L is that, at least in near-North Chicago, it rather enhances city exploration as you can just kind of get off at a stop and there'll likely be interesting places within walking distance as they tend to cluster around those nodes.
For fun sometimes I'll just get off at a random stop and check out what's in the immediate vicinity.
living where i am now, i begin to see the massive appeal of owning a car- anywhere, anytime. it's seriously liberating, having gotten around on p good public transportation in philly and amazing transit in nyc. that said, the massive downside is having to be actively engaged in getting to and from work. being able to read or daydream on my commute- and my commute being p short- was absolutely delightful.
I definitely feel I would not like to live anywhere smaller than San Francisco in the near future.
Chicago feels perfect for me right now. If I were somewhere a bit more suburban I would start to feel suffocated pretty quickly.
I may be relatively strange, though, in that I feel much more comfortable being surrounded by people, even strangers.
My parents, who still live in the town I grew up in that has exactly 0 streetlights, always talked about how city living is awful because you have no privacy because it's so crowded.
I've actually found the exact opposite to be true. There are so many people in the city they just don't give a fuck about you whereas, in small towns, your business becomes everybody else's pretty quickly.
I definitely feel I would not like to live anywhere smaller than San Francisco in the near future.
Chicago feels perfect for me right now. If I were somewhere a bit more suburban I would start to feel suffocated pretty quickly.
I may be relatively strange, though, in that I feel much more comfortable being surrounded by people, even strangers.
My parents, who still live in the town I grew up in that has exactly 0 streetlights, always talked about how city living is awful because you have no privacy because it's so crowded.
I've actually found the exact opposite to be true. There are so many people in the city they just don't give a fuck about you whereas, in small towns, your business becomes everybody else's pretty quickly.
It depends what kind of privacy they want.
It's probably talking about "sitting outside and relaxing and having a drink" when most old people talk about it. If you do something like that in NYC, you'll probably be arrested, or you'll definitely have people going "what the fuck?"
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
I definitely feel I would not like to live anywhere smaller than San Francisco in the near future.
Chicago feels perfect for me right now. If I were somewhere a bit more suburban I would start to feel suffocated pretty quickly.
I may be relatively strange, though, in that I feel much more comfortable being surrounded by people, even strangers.
My parents, who still live in the town I grew up in that has exactly 0 streetlights, always talked about how city living is awful because you have no privacy because it's so crowded.
I've actually found the exact opposite to be true. There are so many people in the city they just don't give a fuck about you whereas, in small towns, your business becomes everybody else's pretty quickly.
It depends what kind of privacy they want.
It's probably talking about "sitting outside and relaxing and having a drink" when most old people talk about it. If you do something like that in NYC, you'll probably be arrested, or you'll definitely have people going "what the fuck?"
you ain't about that stoop life?
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I definitely feel I would not like to live anywhere smaller than San Francisco in the near future.
Chicago feels perfect for me right now. If I were somewhere a bit more suburban I would start to feel suffocated pretty quickly.
I may be relatively strange, though, in that I feel much more comfortable being surrounded by people, even strangers.
My parents, who still live in the town I grew up in that has exactly 0 streetlights, always talked about how city living is awful because you have no privacy because it's so crowded.
I've actually found the exact opposite to be true. There are so many people in the city they just don't give a fuck about you whereas, in small towns, your business becomes everybody else's pretty quickly.
It depends what kind of privacy they want.
It's probably talking about "sitting outside and relaxing and having a drink" when most old people talk about it. If you do something like that in NYC, you'll probably be arrested, or you'll definitely have people going "what the fuck?"
if you start drinking in the street in my town you'd be arrested too
unless you have an estate stop trying to drink on the stoop
you're not a bum
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i don't like looking at a menu thinking 'can i afford that' so i just don't go out frequently enough where that would happen
it's my pax east philosophy: do things rarely enough that when you do them you don't need to be frugal
i don't know if my spirit, nowadays, could handle 4-5 days per week of meeting friends for food and drinks
that lack of restraint is probably indicative of some emotional immaturity on my part but man, it fills me w/ anxiety
i usually have 1-3 nights home a week depending on what is happening
i probably eat lunch out every day, and meet people/go out with vangirl 2-4 times a week, then i have 1-2 nights of hanging out scheduled, usually games or poetry readings
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I definitely feel I would not like to live anywhere smaller than San Francisco in the near future.
Chicago feels perfect for me right now. If I were somewhere a bit more suburban I would start to feel suffocated pretty quickly.
I may be relatively strange, though, in that I feel much more comfortable being surrounded by people, even strangers.
My parents, who still live in the town I grew up in that has exactly 0 streetlights, always talked about how city living is awful because you have no privacy because it's so crowded.
I've actually found the exact opposite to be true. There are so many people in the city they just don't give a fuck about you whereas, in small towns, your business becomes everybody else's pretty quickly.
It depends what kind of privacy they want.
It's probably talking about "sitting outside and relaxing and having a drink" when most old people talk about it. If you do something like that in NYC, you'll probably be arrested, or you'll definitely have people going "what the fuck?"
1) Many buildings have rooftops. They are perfect for this.
2) many outdoor / sidewalk cafes on slower streets give you nice scenery, some relative calm, and a place to sip on a tasty beverage.
I am not knocking the porch - I enjoy my time on the porch with my dad and some whiskey quite a lot - but there are most definitely replacements for it here. Not the same, but good in their own way.
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Let's play Mario Kart or something...
the hustle and bustle of the city means there's always something to distract you from yourself if you need it
Terrible for me. I like quiet. Nothing makes me feel better than coming up on a waterfall and lake and hear nothing but birds and running water.
This is like a one hour drive and a 4 mile hike from the city.
I feel like what you are saying about coming to a waterfall and experiencing silence is just as true for people in rural places - just because they CAN doesn't mean they WILL... and unless you live in a cabin in the woods you probably have some manner of commute to the truly pretty places anyways.
That seems like it's a ledge in the midst of a town/city. Not really the kind of nature I'm talking about. But yeah for me to get to that kind of nature it's 1.5 hour drive. Adirondacks isn't super far from me. Certainly a step up from a ledge overlooking farm land.
not a doctor, not a lawyer, examples I use may not be fully researched so don't take out of context plz, don't @ me
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... that's a vista off the Appalachian trail.
edit: and the hike we took to get there was pretty damn interesting and naturey.
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they should just pave over nature it's not like it's doing anything useful
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Chicago feels perfect for me right now. If I were somewhere a bit more suburban I would start to feel suffocated pretty quickly.
I may be relatively strange, though, in that I feel much more comfortable being surrounded by people, even strangers.
the hustle and bustle of the city means there's always something to distract you from yourself if you need it
surrounded but with zero expectation of having to actually socially interact
Terrible for me. I like quiet. Nothing makes me feel better than coming up on a waterfall and lake and hear nothing but birds and running water.
I loved living in Chicago and San Fran but the few times I visited NYC I got the sense that it was not for me.
The perfect living situation: all culture and restaurants and jobs are within 5-20 minutes walk / rail
But for some reason there is also an Autobahn that you need to drive 100 mph on once in a while
My parents, who still live in the town I grew up in that has exactly 0 streetlights, always talked about how city living is awful because you have no privacy because it's so crowded.
I've actually found the exact opposite to be true. There are so many people in the city they just don't give a fuck about you whereas, in small towns, your business becomes everybody else's pretty quickly.
I think I'd quite like Boston or NYC, though the weather would irritate me. Boulder's delightful, though.
Boulder is cool. I really enjoyed the time I was there (2008-2010), but I feel like if I went back I wouldn't like it. It's very much a college town with a few options for the adults that live there. I would do Denver though.
i like that with a car you can say 'i want to be somewhere else' and work to make it happen (with the obvious caveats of traffic etc)
getting there was quaint
"go to the crossroads"
"which crossroads?"
"the only crossroads"
This is like a one hour drive and a 4 mile hike from the city.
I feel like what you are saying about coming to a waterfall and experiencing silence is just as true for people in rural places - just because they CAN doesn't mean they WILL... and unless you live in a cabin in the woods you probably have some manner of commute to the truly pretty places anyways.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Bah. The thing is that I won't actually run out of money if I have to spend "all of my money". Because I keep my money like I keep my sharp objects: Everywhere and within reach.
When I was working on live ons I would take the greyhound to the boat and then my other job was walking distance from my house. Cars are crazy expensive if you don't need em.
Pick one up at home, drive to work, drop it off. Pick it up from work, drive back to town, drop it off.
Or if they put a damn bus route along the highway route. Our bus system is a joke out here if you need to go anywhere other than walmart.
The best
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
Hang out with me after a protein bar.
Yeesh.
Basically, there are doers and loafers, both species exist in any environment.
This is very true.
Though, one thing I like about being tied to the L is that, at least in near-North Chicago, it rather enhances city exploration as you can just kind of get off at a stop and there'll likely be interesting places within walking distance as they tend to cluster around those nodes.
For fun sometimes I'll just get off at a random stop and check out what's in the immediate vicinity.
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just drive a fun car
it's my pax east philosophy: do things rarely enough that when you do them you don't need to be frugal
i don't know if my spirit, nowadays, could handle 4-5 days per week of meeting friends for food and drinks
that lack of restraint is probably indicative of some emotional immaturity on my part but man, it fills me w/ anxiety
Damnit, couldn't find a video of the actual scene but imagine I did
It depends what kind of privacy they want.
It's probably talking about "sitting outside and relaxing and having a drink" when most old people talk about it. If you do something like that in NYC, you'll probably be arrested, or you'll definitely have people going "what the fuck?"
awful
you ain't about that stoop life?
if you start drinking in the street in my town you'd be arrested too
unless you have an estate stop trying to drink on the stoop
you're not a bum
i usually have 1-3 nights home a week depending on what is happening
i probably eat lunch out every day, and meet people/go out with vangirl 2-4 times a week, then i have 1-2 nights of hanging out scheduled, usually games or poetry readings
Ya'll a bunch of haters.
1) Many buildings have rooftops. They are perfect for this.
2) many outdoor / sidewalk cafes on slower streets give you nice scenery, some relative calm, and a place to sip on a tasty beverage.
I am not knocking the porch - I enjoy my time on the porch with my dad and some whiskey quite a lot - but there are most definitely replacements for it here. Not the same, but good in their own way.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...
That seems like it's a ledge in the midst of a town/city. Not really the kind of nature I'm talking about. But yeah for me to get to that kind of nature it's 1.5 hour drive. Adirondacks isn't super far from me. Certainly a step up from a ledge overlooking farm land.
edit: and the hike we took to get there was pretty damn interesting and naturey.
Let's play Mario Kart or something...