NationStates Jolt Archive

Other than the hellish traffic on the freeways here, I'm pretty satisfied with Los Angeles. You can find anything you want here. I wouldn't move anywhere else, well maybe except to any city in Texas, because I like Texas. *runs away*

If you don't like where you live, where would you rather be?

I hate Arizona with a passion.

Its late november and I'm still wearing t-shirts and turning on the air conditioning.

What the fuck?

I hate Arizona with a passion.

Its late november and I'm still wearing t-shirts and turning on the air conditioning.

What the fuck?

We had snow before halloween.


Shut the fuck up.

Pennsylvania's pretty nice...but it's time to move on which is what I'm doing this coming Saturday I'm going to be stationed in Sicily for two years. :D

We had snow before halloween.


Shut the fuck up.

I like snow much more than heat. Trade you?

Dallas area is very nice. Tons of shopping and the temperatures right now are the envy of the country. That brisk fall wind I used to get in late september in Chicago is now coming in mid November.

I like Ohio; the lack of sunshine from Oct-April is a bit crappy. But then again, I'm a pasty-ass honkey who burns in anything resembling sunlight anyways, so maybe I'm in the perfect spot...:confused:

No, I'm looking forward to college so I can get out of NYC. It's for some people, and I can understand why some people like it, but it is not for me.

Concord, NC is nice, but I would rather live in the mountains in a small town. I wouldn't mind being the town's archive.

Eh, the politics suck, as in the leanings some, indeed most, of the structure stuff I quite like, but other then that its all right. Of, course I live in the largest cit in the state so there are actually things to do here, it would probably suck a bit more if I lived out in the country. I know my cousins tend to complain about there not being much to do.

I like snow much more than heat. Trade you?

Absolutely.

Michigan blows, bloody cold and has some of the lowest amounts of sunlight per year in the union. Plus the Big 3 are going in the tank so the economy's about to fail.......gah.

I'm in a crap town in the middle of minnesota, so no. Plus, Murderapolis is 50 miles south of me. :mad:

I love my home back in the UP. I live smack dab in the middle of nowhere, and the closest town is about 10 miles away, and even that only has 2,000 people in it. It's so open and green. Much different than this shithole of a capital.

Wouldn't live anywhere else; extremely low crime rate, excellent education (one of the best systems in at least Europe), the friendliest people I've met anywhere, weather to keep you guessing, buildings that a beautiful, and a view of the countryside no matter where you are in the city (just to keep you sane).

Perfection.

I love where I live. Though I've bounced around through the years and there's always that chance I would move again.

I love my home back in the UP. I live smack dab in the middle of nowhere, and the closest town is about 10 miles away, and even that only has 2,000 people in it. It's so open and green. Much different than this shithole of a capital.

I used to live in Midland, snobby little town built around a chemical plant(always smelled like brine, and its alleged that Dioxins are spilled all over the place). Everyone there was either a redneck or horribly stuck-up. I like Dearborn much better.

I used to live in Midland, snobby little town built around a chemical plant(always smelled like brine, and there was a spill while i was there). Everyone there was either a redneck or horribly stuck-up. I like Dearborn much better.

Was Midland the one where the Electrolux factory moved away a few years ago, and everyone was being bitchy about it?

I like where I live enough. My town is small enough to not be a city (25,000 people) but big enough that there's a few things to do.

As for the weather, I spent a year in Iraq so I'll take the blistering cold over that bullshit any day. Also, the long crappy winters make you appreciate the summer more.

BC is great. Nanaimo is not.

Was Midland the one where the Electrolux factory moved away a few years ago, and everyone was being bitchy about it?

Nah, that's Greenville. Although the chemical company in Midland is crapping out too which is a large source of bitching in that town....

Yes I do. But I'd rather live in Rome.

I live in the suburbs, and I hate it.
I'd rather live in or closer to downtown Toronto.

I'm very happy here in south Florida. We're in the depths of the not-summer right now, so it's in the fifties, which gives everyone a chance to break out their "winter clothes" for a week or so.

I'm very happy here in south Florida. We're in the depths of the not-summer right now, so it's in the fifties, which gives everyone a chance to break out their "winter clothes" for a week or so.

Winter clothes? HA! You know nothing of the sort! :eek:

I love my area. I'm within walking distance of a shopping mall, a Barnes and Noble, a Shinders, a Game Stop, a library, a Starbucks, several restaurants, a Caribou Coffee, a Target, and more. Plus my neighborhood is very quiet and peaceful.

I love my area. I'm within walking distance of a shopping mall, a Barnes and Noble, a Shinders, a Game Stop, a library, a Starbucks, several restaurants, a Caribou Coffee, a Target, and more. Plus my neighborhood is very quiet and peaceful.

I am... le jealous. :(

Yeah, it's nice.

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Yeah, it's nice.

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That is beautiful! :eek:

Yeah, it's nice.

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Santa Barbara, eh? I shoulda known.

Melbourne is a pretty cool city to live in. (although the weather can be a bit irritating, that's my only real complaint) Some areas are a bit dangerous in terms of crime but they're fairly easily avoided.

I live in the outer suburbs, but even then I have access to almost everything I need within walking distance. But if I want to travel within the city the public transport system is good (comparative to most other cities...it certainly does have its problems, but can generally be relied upon.)

I am... le jealous. :(

The only downside is not much diversity, except when you go down to the mall. There are minorities sure, and no racism, but almost everyone is white. Having lived in a very diverse neighborhood when I was younger, I don't like the change. And considering I'm hugely biased in favor of Asian girls, this neighborhood can be a nightmare. There are almost none in sight. :(

Winter clothes? HA! You know nothing of the sort! :eek:
Thus the scare quotes.

I personally do know winter clothes, having spent four of those bastards of a season in northwest Arkansas--seasons are overrated. I'll take my choice of summer and not-summer, thank you very much. But for year's end, I'm going to Denver for my brother-in-law's second marriage, so I'll be breaking them out of retirement and hoping they still fit. Snow pants, thermals, wool socks, the whole nine.

Thus the scare quotes.

I personally do know winter clothes, having spent four of those bastards of a season in northwest Arkansas--seasons are overrated. I'll take my choice of summer and not-summer, thank you very much. But for year's end, I'm going to Denver for my brother-in-law's second marriage, so I'll be breaking them out of retirement and hoping they still fit. Snow pants, thermals, wool socks, the whole nine.

Ok! :)

I love my city and I love what part of the city I live in. Its all great. I hope to live here until I either move to a different part of the city for whatever reason, or I retire.

If you don't like where you live, where would you rather be?

I like the whole fortress of solitude thing that Superman has going. No one can find you to annoy you because it is located in some harsh unforgiving corner of the world, you can learn and study whatever you want, and you can bask in the glory of your war memorabilia. Lucky bastard. :p

The only downside is not much diversity, except when you go down to the mall. There are minorities sure, and no racism, but almost everyone is white. Having lived in a very diverse neighborhood when I was younger, I don't like the change. And considering I'm hugely biased in favor of Asian girls, this neighborhood can be a nightmare. There are almost none in sight. :(

We have diversity in spades over here... :P

BC is great. Nanaimo is not.

Tru dat.

Awesome weather. I mean it has been hours since it last rained. Drugs are abundant. Minorities everywhere. Everyone is quite liberal. You could change your pants on the middle of the street and not get stared at.

Bliss. Well, I guess it would be nice if it snowed. Snow is that white, fluffy stuff right?

I will put it simply...I do NOT like it where I live.

Any more than that, and you'll get a five page rant on how much it sucks here.

We have diversity in spades over here... :P

Any hot Asian chicks?

Although, I want to live in Paraguay, 'cept I don't speak Spanish. :(

Any hot Asian chicks?

Heh, sure. According to wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Australia#Ethnic_groups), 8% of the population are of asian ethnicity, and a huge number of our university students are on foreign exchange programs from Asian countries.

Heh, sure. According to wiki (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Australia#Ethnic_groups), 8% of the population are of asian ethnicity, and a huge number of our university students are on foreign exchange programs from Asian countries.

Well, if my g.f. and I ever break up, I'm booking an immediate flight to Australia! :D

I'm cool.

I actually really love Riga, but I don't like the weather. Too much differences in weather; too cold in winter :(

But everything else is great

I really like where I live because of the opportunities.
The opportunity to make money - I'm on 3x what I was back in NZ and doing less teaching.
The opportunity to travel - this year, I've been to Tibet, Shanghai and Taiwan.
The opportunity to do things I would never of thought I'd do - eg. on Sunday I paddled around Hong Kong: 48 km in 4hrs 40 minutes.
The opportunity to meet people - On Saturday I was having dinner with friends and something struck me: There we were in a Malaysian/Indian restaurant being served by a Thai waitress, 2 Germans, 2 Canadians, 1 American, 1 French, 1 Finn and 1 Kiwi.
Where else in the World can this happen?

I really like where I live because of the opportunities.
The opportunity to make money - I'm on 3x what I was back in NZ and doing less teaching.
The opportunity to travel - this year, I've been to Tibet, Shanghai and Taiwan.
The opportunity to do things I would never of thought I'd do - eg. on Sunday I paddled around Hong Kong: 48 km in 4hrs 40 minutes.
The opportunity to meet people - On Saturday I was having dinner with friends and something struck me: There we were in a Malaysian/Indian restaurant being served by a Thai waitress, 2 Germans, 2 Canadians, 1 American, 1 French, 1 Finn and 1 Kiwi.
Where else in the World can this happen?

Good deal. There is another place just like your home, but it's best not to say it. That's the funny thing of near-paradises. Once word gets out about it, everyone flocks to it, and the awesomeness is eventually spoiled.

I'm in Hawaii and I don't like it here. NOTHING ever changes but your age. I will admit that I probably wouldn't be happy living anywhere else so *shrug*.

i love edinburgh. doesn't necessarily mean i'm going to stay forever though. there's so many other places i'd like to live as well.

I live in the middle of no where in Oklahoma. Oklahoma City is about 70 miles from here. Though anyone who thinks OKC is a large city is mistaken. It has about 600,000 people.
It's extremely conservative, in the middle of the bible belt. My town has about 2,000 people, a bar that's only open Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights. One conveniece store that's open after 8 pm, two fast food restaurants, one cafe that's open for breakfast and lunch only and closed on Sundays. And fifteen churches. Not counting the Jehovah's Witness Kingdom Hall.
I moved here to be close enough to help my mother, who's in poor health. The only good thing about the fact that she won't live more than a few more years is that I can move someplace civilized when she dies. Maybe back to Austin.

How do you manage to keep going? :(

How do you manage to keep going? :(Bitching is my favorite hobby. I have unlimited oppotunity here.:)

Yeah New Zealand is great, Brisbane is pretty sweet too, but i don't live there, nice and sunny.

I like Dublin. It's a small big town, it's a bit shabby and run-down in places, but I just love the atmosphere.
I can live relatively close to the city center and still have a nice little garden and a quiet house, the sea is never too far away, and neither is the next pub.

The bus service could be a bit better, but otherwise I love it here.

Bitching is my favorite hobby. I have unlimited oppotunity here.:)

Huh... well, if it works... :)

Yes, yes I do. I think Melbourne's a really nice city.

It's fine, apart from having to walk half an hour to get in college. I could get a bus, but I'm a cheap git and that walk is all the exercise I get.

I live on the internet, so yeah, I like it, pretty much :)

All in all I'm happy in Adelaide, there are a few things that do need fixing... I just can't remember what they are at the moment.

I do like living in Coventry. There are trees and parks all over the place, and a diverse community. But I got beaten up because someone thought I was Jewish :(

I loath where I live. Cairo, Egypt... Ugh, nothing like a smog-ridden, dumbassed third world, crowded metropolis to make you want to kill yourself.

I'd love to be in Paris, France. I feel just... different in my city. I've only been to it a couple of times, but it feels like a hometown to me.

I'll probably end up in London, though, Paris's ugly sister.

I have a fair amount of freedom with homeschooling here, so that's nice. Tatoos are no longer illegal, and they are working on fixing some of our backwards liquor laws.......it's getting better.

I loath where I live. Cairo, Egypt... Ugh, nothing like a smog-ridden, dumbassed third world, crowded metropolis to make you want to kill yourself.

Egypt used to be cool, a long long time ago. I'll ask Horus if he can fix it for you.

were i live rocks despite, increasing crime, no snow, rain, anti-drinking on the street laws.

Where i live right now is way too far inland, i want to be back where i was born (and lived for 19 years). Reading and the Home Counties suck.

Give me back the island of Jersey (and no not the US state the place that the state is named after.)

Where i live right now is way too far inland, i want to be back where i was born (and lived for 19 years). Reading and the Home Counties suck.

Give me back the island of Jersey (and no not the US state the place that the state is named after.)

no way! yesterday i find someone on here used to live round the corner from where i live now.

today, i find someone who's from jersey too! :eek:

this is mentul. /trying to think of anyone i know who's gone to reading/. nope. oh well, i probably don't know you, but... holy crap it's a small 'tinterweb!

this is mentul. /trying to think of anyone i know who's gone to reading/. nope. oh well, i probably don't know you, but... holy crap it's a small 'tinterweb!

Thats just scary, although you'll probably agree with me that there is no where better to live than our little rock in the Channel.

Thats just scary, although you'll probably agree with me that there is no where better to live than our little rock in the Channel.

jersey's pretty awesome you're right. i only go back occaisionally now, christmas and a bit of the summer usually. there's nowhere i'd rather in the summer time than jersey - nice sandy beach, decent waves, a bbq and a case of beer and it's the perfect summer's day. i miss ouaisnes and plemont and green island even when i'm up here getting shitfaced at the festival :D.

yes i am, because i am in a city, and that means there is actual civilisation.

I live in a western suburb of Toronto, right next to Hamilton*coughs*. I like where I live, cuz everything's pretty close. The coldness is a bitch, though.

Eh, it's ok. There are places I'd rather live, and there are places that I'm glad I don't live. And at least it's a city.

Yes.

But I wouldn't mind moving further into the middle of no where.

there is this girl i know from jersey, i always argue with her that shes not british. jersey isnt in britian, the uk or even the eu. it is a croen dependant state which is apart of the irish-british council.

there is this girl i know from jersey, i always argue with her that shes not british. jersey isnt in britian, the uk or even the eu. it is a croen dependant state which is apart of the irish-british council.

well it isn't part of the uk or the eu, you're right. but it is counted as a british island (even if it isn't part of the british isles archipelago) and we have british passports. but we don't pay british taxes so i count as an international student at university. it's a funny situation. but i was born in aberdeen anyway so i have no problems as regards to the eu. jersey is basically british but it suits us and the british government to pretend that we are nominally independent and allow us a large amount of self-determination because that way we can maintain our tax haven status with all its advantages.

I live in Milano (Italy), and it's quite comfy here, despite deadly traffic jams, pollution and fashion stylists.

Weather here to-day.
Wind: 0 km/h, as usual
Temperature: about 13 °C, quite warm for November here
Clouds: overcast, fog (50 m to 200 m visibility)
Precipitation: none

I live in t3h ATL!!! It's fucking amazing.

I live in Milano (Italy), and it's quite comfy here, despite deadly traffic jams, pollution and fashion stylists.

Weather here to-day.
Wind: 0 km/h, as usual
Temperature: about 13 °C, quite warm for November here
Clouds: overcast, fog (50 m to 200 m visibility)
Precipitation: none
In Leicester (where I live), the weather is currently:

Light drizzle;
3°C;
13mph wind (20 km/h);
Good visibility;
Pressure is 995mb;
Relative humidity is 63%;
And both the sun and pollution indices are low. Jolly good.

What is "live?"

Yeah, it's so-so.

I love it where I live. I'm in the mountains, right on a lake-plenty of wildlife, very little traffic, no crime to speak of, great schools, large piece of property bordering state land.
Its clean,peaceful and very quiet. Private too.

I like it almost as much as my last house on the shore.

In Leicester (where I live), the weather is currently:

Light drizzle;
3°C;
13mph wind (20 km/h);
Good visibility;
Pressure is 995mb;
Relative humidity is 63%;
And both the sun and pollution indices are low. Jolly good.

RATAE CORITANORVM you mean.;)
Light drizzle... good ol' Britain.:cool:

I like New Jersey and I'm only 20 minutes from NYC, my first home. I'm very pleased with it except for the property taxes.

RATAE CORITANORVM you mean.;)
Light drizzle... good ol' Britain.:cool:
Used to live near CAMULODUNUM.

And the rain has stopped. So it'll now probably freeze on the ground overnight, making leaving the house tomorrow morning hell. But cold. And icy. But still like hell.

I like New Jersey and I'm only 20 minutes from NYC, my first home. I'm very pleased with it except for the property taxes.

I knowwhat you mean- two months after we moved from Ocean County,NJ to PA- we got a fowarded tax bill from NJ, showing property tax had gone up another $500.00.

My income wasnt increasing fast enough to stay there. I would move back if I won the lottery,though. I liked it there a lot.

Its rather nice here in the spring, but other than that, I hate southern illinois. Either too hot, or too cold, or my allergies are killing me.

No I hate it, its ful of chavs

No I hate it, its ful of chavs

Chavs???:confused:

Where I live... it's cold, all the leaves have fallen, the sky is overcast... too little sunlight... Michigan sucks... I miss my old home... moving across the Atlantic sucks... living under Bush sucks...

Oh, and chav is a term for a certain type of young person, sort of an anti-social type of youngster who likes to dress up in hooded sweatshirts and so on. It's English slang.

Chavs???:confused:

http://www.chavscum.co.uk/

http://www.chavscum.co.uk/

oh, so you are an elitist that hates poor people.

oh, so you are an elitist that hates poor people.

No I just hate people with no imagination or manners

oh, so you are an elitist that hates poor people.
There's a considerable difference between chavs and poor people. Some poor people are chavs, but a lot of chavs do actually come from middle-class backgrounds. They're inverse snobs - they want to believe they're more common than they actually are.

I hate Arizona with a passion.

Its late november and I'm still wearing t-shirts and turning on the air conditioning.

What the fuck?
I envy you... it's ass-freezing cold here...

oh, so you are an elitist that hates poor people.

I don't hate poor people as I don't hate myself:D

Pennsylvania's pretty nice...but it's time to move on which is what I'm doing this coming Saturday I'm going to be stationed in Sicily for two years. :D

Will you let us know how you like Sicily? It's on my list of places to visit and I've heard it's pretty nice. You can't spit without defiling a ruin or some historical monument. Good luck!

Other than the hellish traffic on the freeways here, I'm pretty satisfied with Los Angeles. You can find anything you want here. I wouldn't move anywhere else, well maybe except to any city in Texas, because I like Texas. *runs away*

If you don't like where you live, where would you rather be?

i certainly do like it here :)
the city is small-medium sized (as cities go) at about half a million people, but its divided in half by a estuary, and then my half is further divided by a river. as a result you get (in my area of the city) a small-town feel with all the big-city amenities you could want on your doorstep (as the main commercial district happens to be in my 1/4 of the city :cool: )

great rail links to the rest of the country - especially london.
great motorway links with Southampton being the destination of the M3 to london.
our own airport which is massively expanding

we're an industrial port and the major financial centre for the south coast, so pretty much whatever the economy of the country does, we're less affected than other areas with our own industrial lifesblood

we're linked to nearby Portsmouth, a similarly sized city, by the M27, and there are towns all along the way, meaning this is actually part of a larger (1m+) conurbation

Winchester, beautiful and ancient capital of england, is just round the corner. as is the New Forest. and we have Southampton common (a 400 acre ancient park) inside the city centre and just at the end of my road

we have 3 universities and a huge national-elite hospital, and one of the largest shopping malls in the whole of Europe (i think its the 3rd largest)



in short, i do very much like it here :)
the only thing its missing is some mountain scenery :p

I suppose Arizona's alright, other than the mind numbing heat in the summer, the weather's great. It's technically winter right now and I still have the AC on!

I like it in Florida, except when there are hurricanes or it gets too hot.:)

Yes! I like Berlin a lot. Can't think of another German city I'd rather live in.

I can get used to almost anything, though, so I guess I could live lots of places without neither really hating it nor really loving it. *shrug*

Yeah, it's nice.

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Santa Barbara! I like Santa Barbara.*nod* :)


ETA: I'm a Muppet Owner! FINALLY!!!!11 :eek: :)