Rep your city

Discussion in 'Dreadlocks' started by LeroyPantweather, Apr 16, 2010.

  1. LeroyPantweather

    LeroyPantweather Member

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    Been wanting to make this thread for a while, I want to MOVE. and basically we have a diverse group of people from all over the world so i wanna know why is where you live awesome sauce. or if your current residence sucks why is it a shit hole. Those out of the states i am especially curious about(immigration policy ect).

    Chicago, Illinois, USA

    pros

    1 diverse music scene (most notably underground, hip hop, blues, and indie rock)
    2 public transportation system and bicycle systems are fucking money
    3 people generally mind their own business
    4 big city charm?
    5 solid arts, museums, ect

    cons

    1. expensive
    2. retarded weather
    3 geographically it is garbage ( no oceans or mountains pretty much flat)
    4 lake michigan is dirty as fuckkk
    5 cant smoke cigs anywhere, ever, no exceptions
    6 cant legally smoke weed, and if you do decide to get caught chicago is home to the largest single site county jail in the US)
    7 traffic fail
    8 super urbanizationishness
     
  2. pypes

    pypes Hot alien babes

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    God I'm going to get flamed

    Brummagen (Birmingham), England

    Pros
    1 Good city centre shopping (if you like big stores)
    2 Good train network
    3 NIA / NEC big music venues
    4 A reasonably big airport
    5 Illustrious industrial / musical history
    6 More canals than venice (apparently)

    Cons
    1 North of the city / city center is a case of "spot the white man"
    2 Most of unique shops / pubs / etc have been torn out the city centre to make way for developments
    3 High unemployment
    4 General post industrial shithole-ness
    5 Widely ridiculed accent
    6 Pretty much as far from the coast as you can get in the UK
     
  3. LeroyPantweather

    LeroyPantweather Member

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    haha sounds like not to far from where i live... i thought about england, mainly because i can already speak the language ,but from what i gather id have to marry a brittish lady to move there, or visa for x amount of time(expencive as fuck).. then extensions from there , unless there's like something different with the whole EU thing???
     
  4. Sarah_Again

    Sarah_Again Inspires Irrelevancy

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    High Springs, Florida, USA

    pros-
    there are several nice springs
    it is close to gainesville which boasts the University of Florida which is a nice college

    cons-
    it is tiny
    dirty
    red neck
    not-really-a-city
    and is too far away from the beach to be a proper Florida city.
    and...the springs are quickly becoming really not nice at all.


    Yeah don't move here.


    Although I suppose I should really review Tampa for you because I technically live there and it is awesome.
     
  5. pypes

    pypes Hot alien babes

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    <racism>I'm not a big shot immigration lawyer, but judging by the wave upon wave of welfare sapping workshy immigrants with no grasp of english nor any intention of ever integrating (or even leaving there place-of-origin specific ghettos) that line our streets, it's not too hard to get into england.</racism>
     
  6. LeroyPantweather

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    @sarah yea ive been to florida in different parts touristyish and not , its alright lot of old people , plus politically arent you guys fairly right (mostly due to the old people), plus dont you have like giant bugs there or something
     
  7. LeroyPantweather

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    where are they mostly from? ours are from mexico (which personally doesnt bother me too much)
     
  8. Sarah_Again

    Sarah_Again Inspires Irrelevancy

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    In Florida you are either in a tourist filled city or the middle of nowhere.
    and yeah I would classify Florida as pretty conservative.
    Bugs are everywhere, currently it is love bug season so you can't really walk without several flying at your face. Then there are the mosquitoes, which get fierce in the the summer. If you live in a more undeveloped part of the state spiders are everywhere too, the nasty hairy sort. and ticks and etc, buuuuugs.
     
  9. pypes

    pypes Hot alien babes

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    There from pretty much everywhere, well eastern europe, the middle east and pakistan. I couldn't give a fuck if they work and can make sounds that pass for english, it's the little ghettos they make for themselves that bothers me.
     
  10. AdrenalineJunkie

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    Im from chicago and miss the fuck out of it.

    Mesa Arizona:
    Cons:
    Sherrif Joe Arpaio (google that motherfucker)
    Jail= tent city, its army tents outside, pink handcuffs, pink underwear

    Get attacked by shit head chihuahuas everywhere you walk
    crazy meth heads
    cant go anywhere without being asked for change, or a cigarette
    illegals everywhere
    no jobs
    halfway house city of the world
    drugs. dirty drugs.

    Pros:
    nice weather.
    mountains.

    dont move here. the weather is pretty much the only cool thing, as of now. i dont want to be here when its 120 degrees....
     
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  12. Kannabis King

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    You live on land that was stolen from Mexico of course their is going to be strong illegal population as with most southwest states
     
  13. alaska.greenie

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    palmer, alaska

    pros:
    -nice, smallish town but still large enough population to not know everyone
    -surrounded by mountains and forest
    -farm community (might be considered a con depending on who's asking)
    -less than an hour away from Anchorage (the "big" city)
    -most people mind their own business
    -pot is legal in personal possessions of under 5 ounces, and there's a big movement to get it fully legalized again (used to be legal until the 80s or something). also i think there's something about being allowed to own pot plants as long as you're not selling or something :S
    -summer = 23 hours of sunlight a day. work on your tan, only time you'll get one.


    cons:
    -not much to do beyond outdoor stuff
    -if you're under the age of 30 and are not married, there are no singles
    -there's only 3 bars
    -Sarah Palin is less than 20 miles away
    -you have to drive to Anchorage to do ANYTHING (unless its grocery shop... we have those and plenty of small stores)
    -only college is a small community branch of Univ. of Alaska-Anchorage
    -huge tourist boom and shitty traffic in summer (only 2 lane roads.... as in one lane and then another lane opposite direction)
    -summer = construction. you will never get anywhere on time.
    -isolation- you either drive through canada to get somewhere or you spend at LEAST $500 on plane fare
    -winter. about 5 hours of daylight and lots of darkness and snow.
    -mosquitos and rain happen to occur very often in the summer. plus our mosquitos are giant and evil bastards!



    so.... i'd say think really really really hard before going 'oh alaska sounds like a lovely place to live!' although to be honest... i don't think many people even consider it as being lovely haha. we do have kick ass scenery though.
     
  14. GLENGLEN

    GLENGLEN Banned

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    AND "Kick Ass" Female Recording Artists.......:D.



    Cheers Glen.
     
  15. pandy

    pandy Senior Member

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    you probably don't want to live in MT so I'll Rep Oregon.

    Ashland, Oregon

    Pros:
    hippy-ish community
    neato little town on the side of some hills
    active art community
    good music, quite a bit of reggae I thinks.
    Oregon Shakespeare Festival... they put on very awesome live Shakespeare plays as well as some non-Shakespearean works.
    Lithia Park
    good restaurents
    Southern Oregon University
    Snowboarding and Skiing at Mt. Ashland
    Good hiking
    Organic market and nearby Farmer's Markets

    Cons:
    little bit expensive
    touristy because of the Oregon Shakespeare Festival
    not toooo much fast food here (could be a con i spose)
    a little hilly
    I don't think they have public transportation

    overall a good place to live. relatively happy people here that are a bit more open minded.
     
  16. Sadhu

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    Hawaii:
    Pros: Ocean
    Beautiful
    Cops won't bother you
    good bud
    Surf
    School is laid back

    Cons:
    Meth heads
    Racism against whiteys(by some people)
    high prices
    Island is small
     
  17. natural philosophy

    natural philosophy bitchass sexual chocolate

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    how is the tent city jail a bad thing? joe arpiaio is my hero
     
  18. Balqis

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    Old Damascus, what can I say? oldest inhabited city in the world.
     
  19. LeroyPantweather

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    @pandy actually ive been strongly considering montana



    alaska seems to be winning


    and i think i would take tent city over cook county any day
     
  20. vigilanteherbalist2

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    Greensboro, NC:
    big metro area but, still has a small-town feel
    diverse (we have a lot of immigrants from latin america, eastern europe and africa which i consider a good thing)
    growing arts and music scene
    beach
    mountains
    growing liberal political scene
    relatively low crime rate
    standard of living isn't outrageous
    5 colleges in one city
    neighbors other metro areas
    continuously growing economy (jobs are still available)
    one of the most bike friendly cities in the country
    one of the best zoos in the country nearby
    decent public transportation

    cons:
    humid and upper 90's in late summer
    racism
    corrupt police department
    growing population of unemployed and unoccupied youth (may have something to do with US economy)
    small homelessness problem
    small crack problem
    large income gap between citizens
     

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