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Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 2:45 pm
by Gargamellow
I prefer the country. My dream home is actually a log cabin next to a warm, blue lake somewhere that the tress go on for miles and the clouds seem to drift carelessly in the distance. I want the inside of my cabin to appear as if there is zero technology. (APPEAR) I want to live somewhere that I can't be eaten if I am outside at night. In fact, this cabin and my property, which only needs to be about a mile square, will have a fence around it high enough to keep maneaters from coming into my yard and eating my children. I also want a recording studio somewhere hidden in the trees on my preoperty where I can record songs whenever I feel like it and even let bands record there who come through the nearest city on tour (which would probably be Portland, Maine or something). I am not a big fan of cities, however convenient they may be, because the violence gets on my damn nerves. Not to mention, I get sick of hearing sirens all the damn time. Bring on the forests. I want to be like Grizzly Adams, minus the hard work. Slap a red Hummer parked out back behind my three-car garage, btw.
Cities suck.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:17 pm
by mofish
New York sucks
Boston sucks
Las Vegas sucks
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:23 pm
by Lyion
My personal preference in the continental US after living pretty much all over.
Raleigh, NC
Winter Harbor, ME
Knoxville, TN
Annapolis, MD
Monterey, CA
Denver, CO
San Diego, CA
Austin, TX
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:57 pm
by KaiineTN
La Crosse, WI
Kapaa, Kauaii, HI
La Crosse is smaller city than a lot of what's listed here, full of mostly college kids.. Has beautiful scenary! Nothing beats the friendly atmosphere in Hawaii, though.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:59 pm
by Tuggan
wonder why nobody has listed detroit yet

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 3:59 pm
by The Kizzy
i lived there....../shudder
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:10 pm
by Tuggan
its the place to be.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:12 pm
by brinstar
paris np
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:13 pm
by Kramer
so i visited Minneapolis in high school with a friend, her very old grandmother fixed us something that she insisted was called a "little lunch" and said it was a twin cities and northern european thing.....
anyone heard of this?
Oh Yeah, she told us about Lutefisk (spel?) sounds REALLY tasty.

Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:20 pm
by Metranon
Ok we fucking get it already HEY METRANON SMOKES WEED! Not only did you have to mention this at every fucking convenience when we played EQ but you still haven't grown out of it yet.
and just like when we played EQ, you still your own viewpoint as the only valid one.
because it's part of my lifestyle? how is weed any different from your choice to drive around in rediculous looking mod rice-burner cars? or have you "grown out of that" now, as most mainstream people would say is inevitable?
I'll tell you what, i know a lot more 50 year old men that smoke pot than 50 year old men that drive a bright-green modded honda civic with racing tires and decals.
and detroit is shit. As is anywhere in florida.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 4:47 pm
by Gidan
Ok top 2 arn't in this country but they are 2 of the nicest places I have ever been
1. Cairns - Australia
2. Brisbane - Australia
3. Dallas, TX
4. Orlando, FL
5. Miami, FL
6. Phoenix, AZ
7. Albuquerque, NM
8. New York, NY (Just for the pizza)
9. Farmington NM, Its not exactly a booming city but it's a really nice area
10. Durango, CO
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:01 pm
by Maeya
boybutter wrote:Oh Yeah, she told us about Lutefisk (spel?) sounds REALLY tasty.

My grandfather was straight off the boat from Norway (his name was Swen, how cool is that?), so Lutefisk and Lefse were no strangers. Not liking fish, I've never tried lutefisk, but lefse was ok.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:23 pm
by Mop
I am kicking it old school today and in celebration of said old skool kicking
I will pull for anyone here in PoG for your blue diamonds.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:38 pm
by Minrott
Twin cities = Minneapolis and St Paul. Lutefisk is great if you like your fish jellied and rotten. Fucking Norwegiens. The shit they come up with. They make something here, forget what it's called but it's basically cow's blood and flour.
Milwaukee is ghetto. The suburbs are even ghetto.
I won't live anywhere with a population over 10k. 5k being optimal. And outside of town at that.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 5:47 pm
by Gypsiyee
Agree with Minrott.. I've done the big city thing, and compared to living in WI where a big town is 20k people (in my area, not talking about madison and milwaukee) I would never go back to city. It's so much more peaceful here.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:39 pm
by Metranon
i think about 75-100K people is good for me because you can have a certain level of amenities such as restaurants, libraries, shopping, public transit etc and yet still be able to drive 20 mins from my house and be on a logging road in the mountains and go biking or hiking etc
anything under like 20k population and weird shit starts to happen like i can't find soy milk in the grocery store or people don't know what frisbee golf is or think that playing d&d means we wear black robes and light candles. I guess i can see how the country life is nice for some people but i'm too conditioned to a different way of life to live in that kind of environment i guess.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:42 pm
by Jay
City life for me. It makes time pass quicker, it's more fast paced and there's much more to do.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 7:42 pm
by Gaazy
small country towns? ill show you beautiful little towns, come here
oh, and 50 year old coal roads are wonderful for biking
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:20 pm
by Ganzo
1. Jerusalem
2. Moscow
3. Amsterdam
4. Kiev
5. Tel Aviv
6. New York
7. Los Angeles
8. Detroit
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:24 pm
by Trielelvan
Dammit Met ><
I miss frisbee golf so damn much
I still say of all the places I've lived in and been to, Portland, OR will always be where I want to call home. Clean, beautiful, seasons, laid back people, and a fuckin coffee shop on every corner. So much <3 for that place.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:30 pm
by Minrott
20 years ago you'd be right, and in some parts probably are Metranon. But in my little town of 7,000, you can have all the soy milk you want, there's a frisbee golf league, and fantasy genre entertainment is generally accepted.
While we may lack the choices available in dining and entertainment venues, the town has interstate access, and I'd rather be 30 minutes from those things than vice versa. But to each his own. 100k isn't even that big in the general scope of things.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:37 pm
by Gargamellow
I love small towns. I was born in a small town. I live in a small town. Prolly die in a small town. Ya, that's prolly where they'll bury me.
Ok..so I don't live in a small town right now. But I have 26 out of almost 30 years of my life.
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 8:46 pm
by Metranon
i will say that i do miss great lakes beer, probably the only thing i really miss not living in the midwest anymore...canadian beer is pretty good i guess but not all its rumored to be, i mostly end up sticking to Stella Artois or Tiger these days
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:39 pm
by Jay
Stella is good but I mainly drink Rolling Rock
Posted: Wed Oct 05, 2005 9:52 pm
by Tossica
Erodalak wrote:Stella is good but I mainly drink Rolling Rock
Rolling Rock is piss.