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| Reza |
I love Richmond Hill
but id rather move to somewhere warm during the winter time.
Istanbul , Dubai or Tehran for winter time |
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| Acton |
| quote: | Originally posted by Reza
I love Richmond Hill
but id rather move to somewhere warm during the winter time.
Istanbul , Dubai or Tehran for winter time |
Istanbul is an amazing place, full of history, culture, amazing people and hot weather....... Dubai on the other hand (and this view it only based on my friends opinions) is apparently 'soulless'. My friends tell me that Dubai is really nice, hot, sophisticated and modern, but it completely lacks soul or any true, historical or culture.
I've not been there yet, but I can understand what they're saying. I'll be able to decide for myself by the end of the year. |
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| DJ RANN |
Best: LA (by far). Where I live now. (4+years) It sounds trite but the weather is perfect (Valley not included obviously), the contemporary Arts is exploding - so many small/pop up/concept galleries and events happening on a nightly basis, possibly the most creative city I've ever lived in, the Economy is solid (my business is doing very nicely), and the people are really friendly and decent (contrary to all the outdated cliches about LA - sane people can spot each other in a heartbeat and douchebags are sidelined to hang with each other). Amazing restuarants and food truck culture, both beach and mountains are close, and surrounding Cali countryside is breathtaking, very much like the Mediterranean.
Next best: Toronto. Lived for one year. Compared to London (where I moved from) it was super chilled, had great neighbourhoods and feeling of community (co-ops are rad), food was excellent and the cost of living was so damn cheap it took the pressure completely off student life. I met a lot of great people there and many were extremely kind and welcoming. Maybe it's because I'm a brit and Canadians like us? Level of education was high and like the age of the city and architecture - some great victorian and edwardian design there.
Mixed feelings: London. My home town - I actually love the fact when i go back I'm a tourist in my home town. It's the most bizarre feeling of knowing every street and alleyway yet it all being so alien to me. Like subconciously knowing something or muscle memory. It's just way too expensive for what it is, it's dirty and ty at times, the weather is terrible (scarred from childhood summers that were just rain for weeks on end), and London has lost so much of it's identity. For food it is arguably one of the worst in the world apart from the indulgent things like fish and chips and pies and curry etc, but you can't eat that everyday. Also, the people are - don't get me wrong, I love my countrymen but a lot of Londoners leave me cold these days; bad manners, no class, too many ing chavs (and for some reason proud), moaners (not in a good way), and workshy bullters. I still have a few friends that will be with me for life, but it was only when i moved to other countries then I realised how crap some of my London friends were.
I still go back 2/3 times a year but I can't see myself living there in the foreseeable future.
Also Mixed feelings: Zurich (on and off for several years) Quite a beautiful city but could never live there, even though I speak Swiss German. Extremely expensive and the people are somewhat closed minded compared to other metropolitan cities, especially when it comes to social structures or class denominations. I love switzerland but could not live there as a young person. As a wealthy older person, Gstaad or Bern would be high on my list. Too provincial in terms of daily life otherwise. Food is incredible though. The meat and produce really is the finest in the world, and when the Swiss do elegance or upscale, they do not about. Serious class.
Worst: New York (manhattan) (live 8 months). So pretentious, and without any good reason. The people are just a nightmare, obsessed with themselves, so many hypochondriacs or people with issues, but at the same time they think their smells of roses, and it seems just because they are from/in new york. Very odd people. Incredibly weather (too ing cold in winter - god forbid it snows, and to hot&humid in the summer - like Toronto but tightly packed in a dense city that can't deal with it (unlike TO). Most of NY is ghetto. Dirty streets, ty apartments (and I was in a decent place in the village), ghetto public transport, ghetto cabs - I don't want to know what living in the boroughs is like. The cultural aspects, while in certain cases refined, are just so overblown and pretentious - I'm all for elegance and sophistication but I saw very little (compared to London or Zurich) in the so called "upscale" places. Still like to visit, but it's like vegas; 2/3 days, then GTFO. |
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| Storyteller |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
(contrary to all the outdated cliches about LA - sane people can spot each other in a heartbeat and douchebags are sidelined to hang with each other). |
Sounds like something a douche would say :p
I think I haven't seen enough of this world to know where I'd be off best. |
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| Igaryok |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
Worst: New York (manhattan) (live 8 months). So pretentious, and without any good reason. The people are just a nightmare, obsessed with themselves, so many hypochondriacs or people with issues, but at the same time they think their smells of roses, and it seems just because they are from/in new york. Very odd people. Incredibly weather (too ing cold in winter - god forbid it snows, and to hot&humid in the summer - like Toronto but tightly packed in a dense city that can't deal with it (unlike TO). Most of NY is ghetto. Dirty streets, ty apartments (and I was in a decent place in the village), ghetto public transport, ghetto cabs - I don't want to know what living in the boroughs is like. The cultural aspects, while in certain cases refined, are just so overblown and pretentious - I'm all for elegance and sophistication but I saw very little (compared to London or Zurich) in the so called "upscale" places. Still like to visit, but it's like vegas; 2/3 days, then GTFO. |
You hit the nail on the head with this. The worst thing about New Yorkers is that when you ask them if they have ever been to so and so, they give you this blank stare and basically say "Why would I go somewhere else? I have everything right here."
Then again, I probably wouldn't go anywhere either, it's a nightmare to get out of the city. I was there once when one of the main tunnels flooded... I think it was the Holland tunnel, the scene reminded me one of those armageddon movies where everyone is trying to go somewhere but in the end it's just chaos. |
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| Adam420 |
I used to not like living in Montreal but honestly now I kind of like it. The language thing kind of sucks and I do still feel very out of place if I venture out to certain parts of the city, but my French has improved a lot of over the past 5-6 years so I'm able to cope with it better. The food scene is just ok, in my opinion. Montreal is amazing for high end or boutique dining but so are a lot of cities. What defines greatness to me in terms of food is the low and mid range, which are both kind of ty here IMO. First, you will find hundreds of restaurants here that serve the exact same crap: hot dogs, hamburgers, pizza, pasta, club sandwiches, etc...except for a few places those "restaurants" tend to be garbage. And don't get me started on Greek restaurants (for Italian we do pretty well actually). If it isn't the same old then you end up paying $20+ for a meal which is too much IMO. Some parts of the city are really dirty and a little bit run down but there are certain places in Montreal that are really inspiring at the same time. We could use more nature but a lot of the streets are lined with trees which is nice, especially in the plateau area. Weather wise, I think we have amazing summers when it doesn't rain much but our winters can obviously be real ty. In terms of events/things to do I'd say there's plenty although people here are not necessarily ones to go for variety as I find people tend to stick to what they know which is why thinks either don't stick around or they do until beaten to death. In terms of the people, I honestly think we have some of most "real" and down to earth people anywhere. I think Montrealers do remarkably well in situations where they are with people that are not from here because we're quite adept socially and understand how others think. I don't know if I'm necessarily speaking for the French population but I think that in general we're pretty ing intelligent and open-minded people. Oh and the women here are amazingly hot/pretty but probably require more work than a lot of other places:)
Oh and of course a few more things: great public transport system when it works properly (which is usually except for some times in the winter when it snows very heavily). Will get you anywhere you need to go within a reasonable amount of time. Only downside is that it costs about 5 times more than it did 12 years ago. Our roads suck though, like real bad. Like worst roads in North America bad. Driving here is not so fun. But still probably the best thing about Montreal is that while it has all the big city amenities and is stil la pretty large metro in terms of population, it doesn't feel huge or anything, and the though of getting from one place to another is never intimidating. It's an easy city to become familiar with and fairly easy to navigate. There are some steep uphill areas but it's pretty walk and bike friendly in general. Sort of a big city-small town feel. |
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| biznology |
| quote: | Originally posted by Euforix
Funny to see people living in the US wanting to live in Europe in this thread. |
Well how many Europeans are hoping to live in the US in this thread?
I just think that this forum builds a semi-eurocentric view of the world that makes it difficult to deal with what most US citizens enjoy shouting about. especially if you have left or lived out of the country.
The List:
Boulder, CO - born and raised. great if you think you like outdoors and stuff. better if you have plenty of money and some enjoyment of tibet or government institutions. beautiful town, but growing up there makes you assume that the rest of the country cares about anything related to giving a crap about others or the world around you, which is unlikely. sunnier than most
Ann Arbor, MI - the next stop, although basically the Boulder of Michigan. but cept there is very little sun, none of the roads make sense and the crippling lack of sun. Michigan is pretty well fouled at this point, but A2 is a bit better than most. it does have diversity over anything in Colorado and it led me to Swedish and visiting Sweden.
Uppsala/Sthlm, SV - suits my personality immensely but/and although i only spent 6 mos Jan-Jun there, so it got less dark as it went on. walkability, public trans and low key people were the trick - i imagine that during a short visit, however, you might not actually talk to a single Swede unfortunately. would live in the country tho.
since then:
Denver/Glendale, CO - good and local, easy access to lots of food and bars and activities in the mountains. great brown cloud, the pollution is epic thanx to the weather inversion. i likely have black lung now, but would be willing to move back still, just not near i25.
Fort Collins, CO - should be the best city on the front range of the Rocky Mtns, but being about 1 hr north of Denver means the boonies. friends wont visit, it takes over an hour to go just about anywhere good. there is lots of beer here though, which i suppose is based on necessity at this point. we arent Wyoming, and our fancy beer proves it. or something. pretty okay i suppose, Boulder from 15 years ago maybe.
Costa Rica - just a short trip but if you wanna be semi-broke and happy seems to be the place. country seems owned mostly by US corp, but everyone is chill and selling BBQ is a way to survive. (shout out to the Denver-based BBq we found) that and the beach.
Where would I live? Almost anywhere with some serious 'job-killing-regulations'. the stupidity in the US is getting harder to deal with. |
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| Spam |
| quote: | Originally posted by kamil
Really? Thats all you got from all the things I pointed out, that I dont like Toronto solely on the women and its somehow MY fault? A lot of people make the same statement. How would you know what my approach is like? Maybe it isnt the typical douchebag approach at some random ing club on richmond? The male douchebags are partly to blame for this female ego.
But hey, its better to come off as a righteous online than to actually put some thought into a reply, right? |
You sound bitter man. You know, women are pretty intuitive, they can probably feel your feelings of resentment and (correctly) refuse to give you the time of day. |
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| Blake |
| quote: | Originally posted by DJ RANN
Worst: New York (manhattan) (live 8 months). So pretentious, and without any good reason. The people are just a nightmare, obsessed with themselves, so many hypochondriacs or people with issues, but at the same time they think their smells of roses, and it seems just because they are from/in new york. Very odd people. Incredibly weather (too ing cold in winter - god forbid it snows, and to hot&humid in the summer - like Toronto but tightly packed in a dense city that can't deal with it (unlike TO). Most of NY is ghetto. Dirty streets, ty apartments (and I was in a decent place in the village), ghetto public transport, ghetto cabs - I don't want to know what living in the boroughs is like. The cultural aspects, while in certain cases refined, are just so overblown and pretentious - Still like to visit, but it's like vegas; 2/3 days, then GTFO. |
Yeaaah, this pretty much sums it up. I always feel bad for my friends who move here from other states because they managed to find work and really wanted to "try something new" only to very quickly end up hating it here.
Funny you mention that we're odd. For a while I used to think that everyone outside of NY was odd, but the more I traveled, the more I began to realize that everyone from outside NY is normal. When's it going to be my turn!? :eyespop:
One of the few things I outright enjoy here is the underground techno / house scene though. No pretention there. |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by Halcyon+On+On
> I was born on Tinker AFB in Oklahoma. My earliest memories were in a small house, watching scorpions in the doorways kill one another because they were trapped in proximity, and with arms. I watched a man in the vacant lot across from us, on his ATV, being sucked into a tornado. :stongue:
> I lived in/near Anchorage, Alaska. We had a very narrow, 3 story apartment. I recall looking across our vista and seeing the "sleeping lady"- a series of hills that when the mist was right (it often was), appeared as a sleeping woman laying on her side. It was very magical. My dad entertained me by eating cat food.
> I grew up in California. It was perhaps a magical and halcyon place in 1991, but it has changed so very much. We were still in Iraq then, yes? Storms of Industry and all the Intel entailed. Moving along.
> Ohio is a great place if you loved the smell of dead leaves, dried rivers, gnarled trees and the verdant dance of seasons amid an abyssmal winter. Someone once took a gigantic, inexplicable in our condo basement. How? Why? Ohio. It's a terrible place if you love people, and/or doing something with your life.
> South Dakota is very much the same. We lived in a 120+ year old house, with bum heating. Our basement flooded in the summer, and gave way to a coal pit fit for Buffalo Bill. I once found a salamander in it that was over a foot long. You don't even know.
> Las Vegas, Nevada. Wow, what a wasteland. Dust everywhere, ruddy, speckled humanoids with only a taste for the antique, living out the life of indulgence that baby boomers warned them of, a desert of finances, and the oasis of dreams constantly out of their reach, bleeding them of their vitality. The pinnacle of human contempt, as the siphon extends its addictive funnel.
> England. Oh, England. I lived on RAF Lakenheath- the surrounding villages are probably . Lakenheath itself is , Brandon is quaint and as worthy of ignorance as they might exhibit, Mildenhall has both an excellent Chinese and an Indian restaurant (England!), and Cambridge is the loveliest place to walkabout, perhaps the worst to dine finely. Find a kebab vendor and go about your day. There is much to see, and much to read from my experience in the most arcane and selcouth of book and curio stores there. Lovely city and lovely people, Cambridge, provided you live in a neighbourhood within distance of the college. Otherwise investment of the highest insurance is likely warranted.
> Colorado. Not many outside of Colorado know of our microbreweries, whose craft exceeds few. Our weather is more sunshine than anything else (it helps being so elevated) and our people are of likely expectancy due to it. It's hard to breath the first few weeks, but once you get acclimatize, our sprawl becomes a part of you to take for granted. Ever are there pines and Aspens- we boast perhaps one of the largest living organisms in the world in debt to it. The winters are rarely harsh, and herald a frantic pace of blue skies and summer heat amid frigid lows and howling gales, to temper the season. The inhabitants (in the metro area) are of a midwestern ilk, exposed to the niceties of the western coast and its spices, wrought with the precipitation of productive wild industry - forest fires and snow removal do our proles good, and so lay the groundwork for the Chick-Fil-A Porsche calibre of suburban investor to spend and fare in fertility. Except for the high schools and movie theatres. Stay far from those. |
I did not know you were an AF kid. |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by Quazar
Best: Los Angeles (granted, I moved here specifically because I like it)
Worst: Mississippi. Worst state in America, hands down.
I plan to live in other places eventually, but right now I'm enjoying the palm trees, ocean, perpetual summer, and ridiculous amount of parties.
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where in mississippi? |
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| tubularbills |
| quote: | Originally posted by david.michael
I can relate to the earlier sentiments about Ohio. It's rather uninspiring and there are a lot of whack jobs, being that we're so close to the Bible belt.
But it's kinda all I know, so... ::shrug:: |
ohio seems to be the most bland, boring state possible. i don't know why, i jsut get that vibe. i remember driving thru it as a kid a few times on I-80 going to Pennsylvania from Chicago and always thought, "are we at LEAST in pennsylvania yet????" |
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