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It appears some people in Manila are living in a cemetary. Sad, but perhaps necessary. Would you live in a cemetary?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061027/od_nm/philippines_cemetery_dc_1

I used to live right next to one. It was quiet, and they never complained how loud I was. In that respect, they were perfect neighbours!

Besides, it was a cheap place to pick up flowers to give to my dates.... (kidding)

So, if by "living in a cemetery" you really mean do I mind being around dead people? The answer is that they don't bother me at all. I've seen enough of them up close and personal that the buried onces certainly don't bother me at all.

It appears some people in Manila are living in a cemetary. Sad, but perhaps necessary. Would you live in a cemetary?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061027/od_nm/philippines_cemetery_dc_1

I got locked in one once...
Based on that, I wouldn't live in one EVER.

I wouldn't have a problem living amongst the dead, but I wouldn't ordinarily choose to live there either.

They say cemeteries have very bad feng shui, but if I decided not to believe that, then sure, I'd live in a cemetery. Especially if it was a really nice one like Mt. Auburn in Massachusetts.

http://www.mountauburn.org/

If I have the basic amenities.. then yeah, I wouldn't mind living amungst the dead.

I grew up in NYC where every time they opened the street for construction, they found human remains sometimes upwards of 300 years old. Now I live in Boston where the same thing goes on and the city is littered with historic vest-pocket burying grounds dating from the 17th century. And considering how long the planet has been very, very crowded, and how many times cities and towns have been built and rebuilt, can any of us be sure we are NOT living amongst the dead?

They say cemeteries have very bad feng shui, but if I decided not to believe that, then sure, I'd live in a cemetery. Especially if it was a really nice one like Mt. Auburn in Massachusetts.

http://www.mountauburn.org/

I have been there many times. I grew up in Belmont. Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Christian Scientist movement is buried there.

Heck no. In the case of a large scale zombie attack, I'd be like one of the first people to go! Even though I am pretty well prepared according to that quiz...

I went to Virginia with my mom to visit a friend who had a private cemetary in her backyard. They left me alone to go out and I sat huddled on the couch with a blanket wrapped around my head, jumping at every sound. I'm too mentally unstable to live near, let alone in, a cemetary.

Sure!

I like cemetaries.

Heck no. In the case of a large scale zombie attack, I'd be like one of the first people to go! Even though I am pretty well prepared according to that quiz...

So what? You'd lead the zombies and gruesomely consume ones relying on that crappy book!

It appears some people in Manila are living in a cemetary. Sad, but perhaps necessary. Would you live in a cemetary?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061027/od_nm/philippines_cemetery_dc_1

Not unless I had to.

I fell asleep in one once, after having a picnic in there :)

I used to live next to one, no lie.

I bet property taxes would be low. I'd just have to be careful where I dug the foundation! :p

I don't understand why cemeteries have a bad connotation with them:confused: :confused:

I think the are beautiful, and would like to live next to one :)

I had a scavenger hunt in one a few days ago as part of an early halloween party. I realized that the marble didnt bother me at all. Try as I might, I couldnt get my brain to be disgusted by the prospect of walking several feet above the dead. They were just that to me. Dead.

Simple answer: no.

I bet property taxes would be low. I'd just have to be careful where I dug the foundation! :p
You don't need to worry about that, I'm sure if you just move the head stones everything will work out fine.

I'd be willing to live in a Phillipinno cemetary, but living in an American one would involve putting up with all the obnoxious goths and junkies that wandered through during the night.

What do you mean "would"? :phttp://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y223/GermanNightmare/tombstone.gif

Honestly, I like the pleasent calmness of most cemetaries I've been on. To actually live there? I don't know. I'd rather live in a church than on a cemetary.

(And now I have the Ramones playing in my head again singing "I don' wanna be buried...")

I want to live in a cemetary. Although, live might not be a very accurate term, as I would be quite noticeably dead.

You don't need to worry about that, I'm sure if you just move the head stones everything will work out fine.

I'd be willing to live in a Phillipinno cemetary, but living in an American one would involve putting up with all the obnoxious goths and junkies that wandered through during the night.

A good hose solves that problem. You would not believe how much trashy clothes cost these days. :D

Obviously, I'd prefer to live in a house, but if I were homeless, I'd far rather sleep in a cemetary than a street. I don't really understand why people find cemetaries to be spooky or creepy - real, live people seem a lot more likely to harm you than your dead great-aunt does.

(Of course, there could be some health problems with living in a cemetary, depending on the cemetary in question, which would have to be taken into account. For example, if your water source is located next to the recent graves of people who died of, say, cholera, that's not exactly going to make for fun times for you.)

Hell no, you'd be screwed come the zombie apocalypse all those dead rising from the grave they'd swarm you in seconds.

Well.. I've always wished my family had land long enough to bury our dead on our own land. So I know it wouldn't bother me to have tombstones in my yard somewhere.

If I lived in a cemetary, i'd be \m/fucking metal\m/ ™

I don't understand why cemeteries have a bad connotation with them:confused: :confused:

I think the are beautiful, and would like to live next to one :)

I agree with you.

100%

I have been there many times. I grew up in Belmont. Mary Baker Eddy, the founder of the Christian Scientist movement is buried there.
I live in Somerville. I go to Mt. Auburn often. I love it there. Lots of interesting dead folks are there, though Mary Baker Eddy's memorial temple is possibly the most impressive monument in the place. There's lots of art there, as well as natural beauty.

Another favorite cemetery is Vysehrad Cemetery at the Church of St Peter and St Paul in Prague, Czech Republic. Famous Czechs are buried there -- musicians, composers, actors, artists, writer and poets, doctors, scientists, politicians and lawyers, athletes. Jan Neruda, Antonin Dvorak, and Bedrich Smetana are there. The art is unbelievable. It's small but breathtaking. I shot two rolls of film there in a single afternoon.

http://www.prague.net/church-at-vysehrad