I would just go back to the Bay Area. Not SF though. Way too congested, hard to find your way around while driving, and I'm not really the public transportation type. I would consider the East Bay like Danville or Concord, or even San Mateo or San Bruno on the peninsula. Been living in the Valley way too long, and I'm just so sick of this place and all the unhealthy air. It's probably the most un-Californian of a region you can get without leaving the state.

If money was no objection, I'd build a sizeable sandstone house in the middle of the south-western english countryside. Preferably backing on to some forest or copse.

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Any particular reason for that? Or you just like the aesthetics?

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Because its not North America.

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Originally posted by Lira Tokyo is awesome, but Kyoto has got to be the most underwhelming city I've ever visited in Japan. There's absolutely nothing there other than old buildings. Osaka, right next to Kyoto, is a bloody awesome city, but really, the only thing I did in Kyoto was walk down the "Philosopher's Path" because Japan's most famous contemporary philosopher (Kitaro Nishida) used to go there for a stroll. And it takes you from one old temple to yet another bleeding temple. The highlight was walking past a Hagen-D vending machine that sold what I thought was mint ice cream (being a mint lover), but upon closer inspection turned out to be just damn green tea ice cream. Green. Tea. Now that's frigging mint!

Kyoto might be underwhelming but i have two words to counter that...Nintendo HQ I dont worship any gods but if i did Nintendo would top the list


Osaka sounds great as well, but all i know about Osaka i learned from anime...which means i think everyone from there is kind off odd with a distinctive sense of humour.

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Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On Green Tea ice cream is fucking amazing. Ingrate!

But it's tea!

No matter how much I hang around Japanese people - and adopt all kinds of mannerisms from the English - it feels unnatural to drink tea unless I'm sick, ill, or suffering from a disease. It's like having paracetamol ice cream... but without a headache

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Originally posted by Moongoose Kyoto might be underwhelming but i have two words to counter that...Nintendo HQ I dont worship any gods but if i did Nintendo would top the list

Oh, that's why I visited Osaka. The Instant Ramen Museum and the Momofuku Ando Memorial



(Momo is the mastermind behind the creation of instant ramen)

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Originally posted by Moongoose Osaka sounds great as well, but all i know about Osaka i learned from anime...which means i think everyone from there is kind off odd with a distinctive sense of humour.

That's actually pretty accurate.

Seriously, if there's one place in Japan that feels like home (being Brazilian), it's Osaka. Bad drivers, loud students, angry nice old people... it's got everything! Only Hiroshima was more cheerful than Osaka, with the exception that the WWII museum is Osaka acknowledges the atrocities committed by the Japanese, unlike the one in Hiroshima which is incredibly cringe-inducing with the "WTF?! We were just chilling, bro!" attitude.

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby Yea, I have to agree, very underwhelming. Also went there when it was pouring rain and the temples were closed, and it was the first day I got really sick there. My brother is a shitty tour guide too, we wandered around a whole bunch of places, including the fish market, and he'd just stop and be like "uh sooo where do you want to go?" and we were like "wtf, I thought you were taking us someplace!!!"

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Originally posted by Joss Weatherby Their subway system is nice though, and Kyoto Station is very nice as well. I rode on one of the subways with a german family all dressed in lederhosen.

Oh, the Kyoto station is marvellous, I give you that. It's also one of the few places where it seems you regularly get to meet foreigners. I met a guy from Minnesota who told me not to visit Japanese cabarets.

I didn't really intend to... but point taken

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Any particular reason for that? Or you just like the aesthetics?

I grew up in a sandstone house.

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I was faced with that decision, and I chose LA. I'd loved it here on vacations and decided I wanted to live here for at least a portion of my life.

My reasons:

1. Weather (I love sunshine and warm temperatures with low humidity)
2. Cultural Importance (I wanted to live in a city that is truly huge and globally important. I'm from Atlanta, and it's big, but it's not LA)
3. Nightlife (wanted to be in a place with a thriving EDM club scene)
4. California "vibe" (the jokes made at California's expense are sometimes warranted, but I love the overall mentality of the people here)
5. Diversity (pretty much every culture and subculture in the world is represented here in some capacity)
6. The Beach. (I grew up in a landlocked city)

It's certainly not for everyone, though. I can understand why so many people don't like LA, but personally I love it.

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Originally posted by Sushipunk At least last time you Brits got pissed off, we got punk music out of it. This time, it'll probably just end up being embers breaks

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Originally posted by Lira But it's tea! No matter how much I hang around Japanese people - and adopt all kinds of mannerisms from the English - it feels unnatural to drink tea unless I'm sick, ill, or suffering from a disease. It's like having paracetamol ice cream... but without a headache Oh, that's why I visited Osaka. The Instant Ramen Museum and the Momofuku Ando Memorial (Momo is the mastermind behind the creation of instant ramen) That's actually pretty accurate. Seriously, if there's one place in Japan that feels like home (being Brazilian), it's Osaka. Bad drivers, loud students, angry nice old people... it's got everything! Only Hiroshima was more cheerful than Osaka, with the exception that the WWII museum is Osaka acknowledges the atrocities committed by the Japanese, unlike the one in Hiroshima which is incredibly cringe-inducing with the "WTF?! We were just chilling, bro!" attitude. Oh, the Kyoto station is marvellous, I give you that. It's also one of the few places where it seems you regularly get to meet foreigners. I met a guy from Minnesota who told me not to visit Japanese cabarets. I didn't really intend to... but point taken

Tohoku is where it's at.

And re: Kyoto you just gotta know the hidden bits... but yeah. Pretty much a concrete jungle, like most tourist cities in Japan.

Has anyone ever lived on a Pacific Island?

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Originally posted by _Ocean_Drive_ Tohoku is where it's at.

Visited Sendai in 2010. I was incredibly well received there, it rocked! (not as literally as last year though ).

Couldn't find anything really interesting to do there though.

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Originally posted by Lira One of the world's greatest centres in my field are in Eugene. I can't help considering it a nice city to move to

Shame for you. Eugene is a terrible hell-hole that should be bombed from orbit and destroyed.

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Originally posted by Lews Shame for you. Eugene is a terrible hell-hole that should be bombed from orbit and destroyed.

I promise I'll do it when I leave. Will you re-friend me on Facebook then?

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