Living in Small Counties vs the Big Cities

j1j2j3 · Post by **j1j2j3** » 2003-09-29 07:18am

Call me a crazy, but I couldn't stand living in Salt Lake City for a couple of months compared to Seoul.

I need to see a convinience store from my window.
I need broadband access faster then 20Mbps.
I need cell phone chargers in every store.
I need bars open after 3AM.

Come to think of it , I feel strane if I can't see more then 30 people at a glance while being outdoors.

j1j2j3 · Post by **j1j2j3** » 2003-09-29 07:18am

That should be 'crazy' not 'a crazy' :p

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-09-29 08:38am

Setzer wrote:Personally, I live in a Mellencamp-glorified small town. I don't like how boring the people are. No one in Ponte Vedra is as interesting as you guys.
Ponte Vedra is basically a playpen for rich folks. Well policed though. What would happen in New York, Los Angeles or Toronto if I regularly went for walks at 1:00 AM?

New York: depends on the neighborhood. but for the love of god, don't light up a fucking cigarette!

LA: You'd get run over by a jackass in a Hummer because no one walks anywhere

Toronto: You'll walk around wondering how in the hell do they keep the sidewalks so fucking clean. I mean do you have little magic stret cleaning elves that come out at night ?

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-09-29 10:23am

Worlds Spanner wrote:
Nathan F wrote:You would be surprised. I live in 'Hicksville' (smallest person per square mile county in Tennessee), and we have access to broadband and are an hour drive from shopping in Nashville. Our neighbors aren't just right next to us, but some people (like myself) like it that way. Our access to civilization (internet, cable/satellite TV, telephones) are just as good as someone's in NYC.
So shopping is a most of the day activity? Ug. I guess you learn to pool your trips, huh?

Not really... 4 hour's and you can be in Nashville or Jackson, do pretty much whatever you want, and be back home. I live in the city now (Knoxville, TN, at the Univ. or Tenn.), and I really find that my actual options were just as good back home. It's a 30 minute drive to the mall as opposed to a 45-60 minute drive, not that big of a difference. Plus, when you live in the middle of nowhere, you get used to it, and driving 70 miles to go somewhere isn't that big of a deal.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-09-29 10:26am

Darth Wong wrote:
MKSheppard wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:Ugh! To paraphrase Dr. Franklin, I can feel my arteries hardening from just thinking about that.
I've been eating this shit for the last 20~ years in various forms and I'm still alive
You can get away with abusing your body when you're young, but it will catch up to you as you get older. Seriously, for your own future health, think about altering your diet.

My maternal grandfather lived until his eighties and ate like that, and my paternal grandparents are both well into their eighties (and act and look like they are in their early seventies, at most) and eat similar southern cooking. You haven't had a breakfast until you have had Granny's... eggs, bacon, sausage, home made biscuits, chocolate gravy, tomato gravy, white gravy...mmmmmmm...

MKSheppard · Post by **MKSheppard** » 2003-09-29 10:32am

Col. Crackpot wrote:Believe it or not the 'diners' that serve that stuff were first opened in urban industrial centers as a way to serve laborers cheap food.

It's ALWAYS been american policy (Both official and unofficial) to have
cheep cheep food, leading to Americans in WWI and WWII being much
more big and strapping than their counterparts in Britain

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-09-29 10:43am

Nathan F wrote:My maternal grandfather lived until his eighties and ate like that, and my paternal grandparents are both well into their eighties (and act and look like they are in their early seventies, at most) and eat similar southern cooking. You haven't had a breakfast until you have had Granny's... eggs, bacon, sausage, home made biscuits, chocolate gravy, tomato gravy, white gravy...mmmmmmm...

You have a propensity for trying to contradict broad statistics (and in this case, well-established medical theory) with personal anecdotes. Do you even realize what's wrong with that?

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-09-29 11:53am

Darth Wong wrote:
Nathan F wrote:My maternal grandfather lived until his eighties and ate like that, and my paternal grandparents are both well into their eighties (and act and look like they are in their early seventies, at most) and eat similar southern cooking. You haven't had a breakfast until you have had Granny's... eggs, bacon, sausage, home made biscuits, chocolate gravy, tomato gravy, white gravy...mmmmmmm...
You have a propensity for trying to contradict broad statistics (and in this case, well-established medical theory) with personal anecdotes. Do you even realize what's wrong with that?

what he isn't saying is often people like that eat quite a bit of vegatables. My grandfather and his brothers and sisters are like that. for 70 of his 85 years he has lived on bacon, whiskey and beer, but also shitloads of vegetables. Same goes for his family. Grizzly old Irishmen never die.

fgalkin2 · Post by **fgalkin2** » 2003-09-29 12:36pm

Nathan F wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:
MKSheppard wrote: I've been eating this shit for the last 20~ years in various forms and I'm still alive
You can get away with abusing your body when you're young, but it will catch up to you as you get older. Seriously, for your own future health, think about altering your diet.
My maternal grandfather lived until his eighties and ate like that, and my paternal grandparents are both well into their eighties (and act and look like they are in their early seventies, at most) and eat similar southern cooking. You haven't had a breakfast until you have had Granny's... eggs, bacon, sausage, home made biscuits, chocolate gravy, tomato gravy, white gravy...mmmmmmm...

Wich explains why all my ancestors on the maternal (except my grandmother) side lived to be 95-105 years old.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Setzer · Post by **Setzer** » 2003-09-29 04:41pm

When my grandfather worked for Prudential, he had expense accounts for lunches while he was on business trips. A co-worker of his typically would say he ordered a decent meal, say $25.00, and meanwhile he'd go and eat at Mcdonalds. This man would pocket what he saved falsifying his reports. Or maybe he was given a certain amount which he'd pocket after meals, It's really been years since I heard this story.

Anyway, when the guy retired, he died from a heart attack. Shows where eating all that cheap food got him.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-09-29 04:54pm

Setzer wrote:When my grandfather worked for Prudential, he had expense accounts for lunches while he was on business trips. A co-worker of his typically would say he ordered a decent meal, say $25.00, and meanwhile he'd go and eat at Mcdonalds. This man would pocket what he saved falsifying his reports. Or maybe he was given a certain amount which he'd pocket after meals, It's really been years since I heard this story.

Anyway, when the guy retired, he died from a heart attack. Shows where eating all that cheap food got him.

That story is fucking hilarious. I'll have to tell Rebecca about that one tonight.

RedImperator · Post by **RedImperator** » 2003-09-29 05:17pm

Darth Wong wrote:That's one other thing about small towns: their idea of a decent restaurant is my idea of a greasy spoon.

Hey, don't knock diners. I'd like to see one of your fancy-schmancy restaurants serve waffles and a bottomless cup of coffee for less than five bucks at 2:30 in the morning.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2003-09-29 05:23pm

RedImperator wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:That's one other thing about small towns: their idea of a decent restaurant is my idea of a greasy spoon.
Hey, don't knock diners. I'd like to see one of your fancy-schmancy restaurants serve waffles and a bottomless cup of coffee for less than five bucks at 2:30 in the morning.

I don't particularly like waffles and I don't drink coffee. Coffee is the most socially acceptable chemical addiction out there, but make no mistake: it's a chemical addiction.

Post by **fgalkin** » 2003-09-29 05:28pm

RedImperator wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:That's one other thing about small towns: their idea of a decent restaurant is my idea of a greasy spoon.
Hey, don't knock diners. I'd like to see one of your fancy-schmancy restaurants serve waffles and a bottomless cup of coffee for less than five bucks at 2:30 in the morning.

And you'd need that..why?

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

StimNeuro · Post by **StimNeuro** » 2003-09-29 05:35pm

fgalkin wrote:
RedImperator wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:That's one other thing about small towns: their idea of a decent restaurant is my idea of a greasy spoon.
Hey, don't knock diners. I'd like to see one of your fancy-schmancy restaurants serve waffles and a bottomless cup of coffee for less than five bucks at 2:30 in the morning.
And you'd need that..why?

If you're a hungry college student. What, you expect us to eat breakfast at 8am?

Faram · Post by **Faram** » 2003-09-29 05:35pm

Darth Wong wrote:I don't particularly like waffles and I don't drink coffee. Coffee is the most socially acceptable chemical addiction out there, but make no mistake: it's a chemical addiction.

No kidding! I really cannot get up in the morning wo coffe.

I preload my brever in the evning so I just have to flip a switch, then I bruch teeth shover and stuff. But if I don't get my coffe I will be in a terrible mood.

Only bad thing that I know of coffe is the risk of increased blood preassure and I googled for coffe and health risk but did't find anything in particular

Post by **fgalkin** » 2003-09-29 05:43pm

StimNeuro wrote:
fgalkin wrote:
RedImperator wrote: Hey, don't knock diners. I'd like to see one of your fancy-schmancy restaurants serve waffles and a bottomless cup of coffee for less than five bucks at 2:30 in the morning.
And you'd need that..why?
If you're a hungry college student. What, you expect us to eat breakfast at 8am?

No, 10. At least, that's what I do.

Have a very nice day.
-fgalkin

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-09-29 05:47pm

Col. Crackpot wrote:
Darth Wong wrote:
Nathan F wrote:My maternal grandfather lived until his eighties and ate like that, and my paternal grandparents are both well into their eighties (and act and look like they are in their early seventies, at most) and eat similar southern cooking. You haven't had a breakfast until you have had Granny's... eggs, bacon, sausage, home made biscuits, chocolate gravy, tomato gravy, white gravy...mmmmmmm...
You have a propensity for trying to contradict broad statistics (and in this case, well-established medical theory) with personal anecdotes. Do you even realize what's wrong with that?
what he isn't saying is often people like that eat quite a bit of vegatables. My grandfather and his brothers and sisters are like that. for 70 of his 85 years he has lived on bacon, whiskey and beer, but also shitloads of vegetables. Same goes for his family. Grizzly old Irishmen never die.

Yep, and alot of those vegetables come straight from the garden or from the previous years garden (through the art of canning your excess vegetables and fruts). So, you don't have to worry about tons of processing or genetic engineering or pesticides.

And they also work instead of sitting around getting lethargic.

Wicked Pilot · Post by **Wicked Pilot** » 2003-09-29 08:00pm

*sniff

I live on a small Air Force base off the Rio Grande out in the middle of nowhere Texas. It's hot, dirty, deserted, and everybody speaks Spanish. You have to cross the border into Mexico to find anything to do around here. This place doesn't even have fucking broadband!

Just one year though, just one year.

HemlockGrey · Post by **HemlockGrey** » 2003-09-29 08:10pm

Out of curiosity, Mike, what is your diet like?

Post by **LadyTevar** » 2003-09-30 02:30pm

How did this thread go from "where I live" to "what I eat"

ANYWAY.....
As Nitram said, while Charleston is the State Capitol, we have only 250,000 living within city limits. Since we're on a floodplain, between the river and the mountains, the City is 8 blocks at the widest, and 10 miles long. Most buildings are under 4 stories, and those above are never over 15. "Downtown" is only 5 blocks square. We do, however, have a bus system that's top-notch. For 75cents you can cross the city, and 25c each extra 5 miles out to towns 25miles away.

While we have our clubs, the streets are still very quiet after 7pm. Sunday after five, hardly any cars are on the road.

Iceberg · Post by **Iceberg** » 2003-09-30 02:58pm

I live in Winona, MN and I hate it. As soon as I graduate from this little slice of hell and get a decent job, I'm moving back to the Twin Cities, where I can get to some decent restaurants without driving for an hour.

Col. Crackpot · Post by **Col. Crackpot** » 2003-09-30 05:27pm

and for the record, i could never live outside the city for extended periods of time. I like the night clubs, i like the hustle and bustle, i like shopping and i like access to exotic foods from around the world. i could never live in the boonies.....except for a week or so on vacation.

Nathan F · Post by **Nathan F** » 2003-09-30 05:31pm

Best thing about the boonies:

You can go out back and shoot your shotgun all day without anyone giving a rats arse. In general, you can do whatever the heck you want to (within reasonable limits) without anyone ever caring or finding out.

StimNeuro · Post by **StimNeuro** » 2003-09-30 05:34pm

Nathan F wrote:Best thing about the boonies:

You can go out back and shoot your shotgun all day without anyone giving a rats arse. In general, you can do whatever the heck you want to (within reasonable limits) without anyone ever caring or finding out.

And none of those silly 'You can't start a fire on your property' laws that seem to be common in cities. Not to mention the ramapnt use of fireworks.

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