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Love: -Ocean is close -Mountains are close -Food is great!!(Diverse and abundant) Hate: -VERY expensive -Traffic -Lived here most of my life -Lack of decent men BEAUTIFUL, LOVED AND BLESSED"
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Geritzla said: San Francisco, CA
Love: -Ocean is close -Mountains are close -Food is great!!(Diverse and abundant) Hate: -VERY expensive -Traffic -Lived here most of my life -Lack of decent men Damn, I wish I could afford living in San Fran! 
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I live in Vallejo California... about 35 minutes from San Francisco
What I Love -the weather -the people, extremely diverse. Youre exposed to almost everythin in the Bay area. Almost nothing will suprise you if your born and raised here. -the location. Two hours to the snow, one hour to the beach. What I Dislike -the cost of living. I cannot afford to buy a house on my own. Nothing is less than $300,000 for a 1bd/1ba 600sq ft shack, and I live in one of the least expensive counties. That sh@@t is pure craziness.  | |
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Geritzla said: San Francisco, CA
Love: -Ocean is close -Mountains are close -Food is great!!(Diverse and abundant) Hate: -VERY expensive -Traffic -Lived here most of my life -Lack of decent men I loved living in San Francisco... I lived on Church and Market.. and agree with all that you have said. Luckily San Francisco has MUNI. . [Edited 10/19/04 12:01pm] ^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^*^
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Geritzla said: San Francisco, CA
Love: -Ocean is close -Mountains are close -Food is great!!(Diverse and abundant) Hate: -VERY expensive -Traffic -Lived here most of my life -Lack of decent men Can a city really have a "lack of decent men"??...I've always wondered when people say that (ok, usually it's women saying it..lol...men rarely say "lack of decent women")... | |
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Detroit, MI...
Likes: *Great Suburbs *Great Sports Town *Great Friends *Family all here Dislikes: *Corrupt City Officials *Traffic in entire Metro Detroit Area *Winters Thanks for the laughs, arguments and overall enjoyment for the last umpteen years. It's time for me to retire from Prince.org and engage in the real world...lol. Above all, I appreciated the talent Prince. You were one of a kind. | |
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Pine Island, MN
Love: -Somewhat close to Minneapolis -Close to Rochester -Cheaper to live here than either of the forementioned cities -Great small town with a good school -My house has a GREAT view of the surrounding area -The Mississippi River is only a half hour away (GREAT scenery there!) Hate: -The town has too many bottlenecked areas (i.e. only ONE way to get into the main part of town unless you go out of your way by 10 miles) -Needs a Dairy Queen or McDonald's of its own -The city road crews are really slow to get their construction done Overall, I like it.  | |
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Can I play even if I'm in Canada?
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada Likes: -the four seasons (fall is beautifull, lots of green space with multicolored leafs) -Cost of living is decent -relatively safe place to live/raise a family Hates: -Winter is too long and cold -shit salaries -limited job opportunities -People are a bit conservative here, Ottawa being the Capital & all that | |
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I'm gonna add another international one  I live in Sydney and this is what's good and bad about it...
GOOD ~ Sydney gets all the good shows, festivals etc here...so cool! Sydney is a very beautiful city and you can never get bored Sydney has the best employment environment in Australia - you can get a job here very easily Sydney is a great starting spot for travellers Sydney has wonderful nightlife, bars, cafes and social life NOT SO GOOD ~ Sydney can be quite daunting if you don't know your way because it's such a large city Public transport is good but is REALLY BAD when it's down it affects everywhere Sydney is somewhere among the most expensive cities in the world  | |
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irresistibleb1tch said: we were just up in Brevard this weekend - i love that area!
Charlotte is fine - friendly people, lots of green space, decent job market, close enough to the beach and the mountains. really can't complain, but i do miss some REAL winters! agreed, except for the 'winter' part 
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Natisse said: I'm gonna add another international one
I live in Sydney and this is what's good and bad about it...
GOOD ~ Sydney gets all the good shows, festivals etc here...so cool! Sydney is a very beautiful city and you can never get bored Sydney has the best employment environment in Australia - you can get a job here very easily Sydney is a great starting spot for travellers Sydney has wonderful nightlife, bars, cafes and social life You forgot one other good thing about Sydney...you live there..  | |
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Byron said: Natisse said: I'm gonna add another international one
I live in Sydney and this is what's good and bad about it...
GOOD ~ Sydney gets all the good shows, festivals etc here...so cool! Sydney is a very beautiful city and you can never get bored Sydney has the best employment environment in Australia - you can get a job here very easily Sydney is a great starting spot for travellers Sydney has wonderful nightlife, bars, cafes and social life You forgot one other good thing about Sydney...you live there.. awww you're sweet | |
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Revolution said: Detroit, MI...
Likes: *Great Suburbs *Great Sports Town *Great Friends *Family all here Dislikes: *Corrupt City Officials *Traffic in entire Metro Detroit Area *Winters I grew up in detroit 
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Melbourne, Victoria...
STUFF I LOVE ABOUT IT... 
*shopping!! (see interior of the Royal Arcade above...very special )
*lotsa venues to choose from for entertainment!! *cafes *restaurants *ferry rides *the Art Exhibition *the vibe *the fact dat it's da one of da best cities in Australia to be in if you wanna get into the music industry *multicultural *the Victoria Market- not the meat section  but where u get all fresh produce and even individual businesses dat sell all kindsa leather goodz n stuff...oh yeah..and da Spanish Donut standz 
*the chocolate shopz dat have just opened
*pretty chilled city with just the right kinda balance in pace. STUFF I HATE ABOUT IT... 
*the transport system kinda suckz major if u ask me!! *the weather is SCHITZ!!! But dat can be a good thing too 
*it can be boring if you've lived here all your life 
*i'll get back 2 u on any other crappy thingz... No hablo espanol,no! 
Pero hablo ingles..ssii muy muy bien...
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lilmissmissy said: Melbourne, Victoria...
STUFF I LOVE ABOUT IT...
*shopping!! (see interior of the Royal Arcade above...very special )
*lotsa venues to choose from for entertainment!! *cafes *restaurants *ferry rides *the Art Exhibition *the vibe *the fact dat it's da one of da best cities in Australia to be in if you wanna get into the music industry *multicultural *the Victoria Market- not the meat section but where u get all fresh produce and even individual businesses dat sell all kindsa leather goodz n stuff...oh yeah..and da Spanish Donut standz
*the chocolate shopz dat have just opened
*pretty chilled city with just the right kinda balance in pace. STUFF I HATE ABOUT IT...
*the transport system kinda suckz major if u ask me!! *the weather is SCHITZ!!! But dat can be a good thing too
*it can be boring if you've lived here all your life
*i'll get back 2 u on any other crappy thingz... awww I miss Melbourne  The Royal arcade has a REALLY COOL new age shop in it I had a tarot reading done there once before! and the markets are awesome!! there's so much about Melbourne that's is fantastic!!
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Natisse said: lilmissmissy said: Melbourne, Victoria...
STUFF I LOVE ABOUT IT...
*shopping!! (see interior of the Royal Arcade above...very special )
*lotsa venues to choose from for entertainment!! *cafes *restaurants *ferry rides *the Art Exhibition *the vibe *the fact dat it's da one of da best cities in Australia to be in if you wanna get into the music industry *multicultural *the Victoria Market- not the meat section but where u get all fresh produce and even individual businesses dat sell all kindsa leather goodz n stuff...oh yeah..and da Spanish Donut standz
*the chocolate shopz dat have just opened
*pretty chilled city with just the right kinda balance in pace. STUFF I HATE ABOUT IT...
*the transport system kinda suckz major if u ask me!! *the weather is SCHITZ!!! But dat can be a good thing too
*it can be boring if you've lived here all your life
*i'll get back 2 u on any other crappy thingz... awww I miss Melbourne The Royal arcade has a REALLY COOL new age shop in it I had a tarot reading done there once before! and the markets are awesome!! there's so much about Melbourne that's is fantastic!!
Melbourne ROCKS!! I think i've seen that new age shop Therez even a nice walkway onto that little italy type strip called Block Arcade..nice cafes there!! Da markets are a great place to spend the day Ur more than welcome back Tisse!! No hablo espanol,no!
Pero hablo ingles..ssii muy muy bien...
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lilmissmissy said: I think i've seen that new age shop Therez even a nice walkway onto that little italy type strip called Block Arcade..nice cafes there!! Da markets are a great place to spend the day Ur more than welcome back Tisse!! you might be seeing me again sooner than you think, hon I'll let you know in the next few days | |
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Natisse said: lilmissmissy said: I think i've seen that new age shop Therez even a nice walkway onto that little italy type strip called Block Arcade..nice cafes there!! Da markets are a great place to spend the day Ur more than welcome back Tisse!! you might be seeing me again sooner than you think, hon I'll let you know in the next few days AWESOME!!! Lemme know babez!!  No hablo espanol,no!
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lilmissmissy said: Natisse said: you might be seeing me again sooner than you think, hon I'll let you know in the next few days AWESOME!!! Lemme know babez!! cool I wasn't going to say anything in case it doesn't work out but I couldn't help myself I MIGHT be coming down to see the Tea Party's second show on the 3rd December but I don't know yet I'm gonna think long and hard about it because it's a couple of hundred dollars I could be saving | |
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Natisse said: lilmissmissy said: AWESOME!!! Lemme know babez!! cool I wasn't going to say anything in case it doesn't work out but I couldn't help myself I MIGHT be coming down to see the Tea Party's second show on the 3rd December but I don't know yet I'm gonna think long and hard about it because it's a couple of hundred dollars I could be saving Dat soundz fantabz Tisse!! U should treat yourself, but i know what you're sayin..if it's a couple of hundred dollarz Lemme know, we can all hang out again!!! No hablo espanol,no!
Pero hablo ingles..ssii muy muy bien...
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hans appears to be on a picture posting kick this evening.
we are here: 
you are there. pros to this surrounding: the weather remains crisp. the trees are soothing. cons: the constant and unending night terrors i must hear. hans runs out of ketchup. sadly it is often. it is all a mixed blessing i must tell you. i cannot divulge our actual coordinates as we are highly suspect to security. experiments are purely for educational purposes. | |
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Good shit about New Jersey:
Close to NYC Atlantic City No sales tax on clothes Lots of different cultures Lots of different food Deleware water gap Jersey Shore Bad shit about New Jersey: Everyone makes fun of it over crowded high car insurance the mafia In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular. |
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Psycho, you said it: CLEVELAND BITES!!!!  Where should I start?
* Cleveland is consistently among the nations Top 10 most segregated cities. * Bad Environment: The weather is awful / One of North America's gloomiest cities/ our river -- our WATER -- caught on fire!!! That's how polluted they allowed the city to get! * Poor public transportation: Rude, dangerous bus drivers/ no subway and only three train routes (two of which service the SAME suburb!) * Undeveloped lakefront: Access is about 55% private residential, 30% private industrial, and the public beaches, with only about 2 exceptions, are swimming in filth * No economic vision: Cleveland is one of few major cities wherein suburban real estate is more expensive than the city's. But still residents choose the burbs for better schools and services, less crime, better housing stock, better shopping; businesses choose the burbs for better tax incentives, which the city should be able to blow out of the water! Businesses and are leaving the city in droves, causing unchecked suburban sprawl and a dying metropolitan core. * Our medical facilities are world-renowned, but the two premier ones are given free reign to buy up everything in our midtown area, displacing other business and residents. * No culture: Museums are fair, but underpublicized. We have a TINY theatre district. Restaurants can't survive. We have a weak local music scene. Cool, old ethnic or Bohemian neighborhoods are being gentrified by yuppies who make them sterile caricatures of what they used to be, and the people who gave these areas personality are being displaced. * Poor infrastructure: Ohio has some of the worst roads in the country, and Cleveland specifically has awful municipal facilties. The classic architecture here is foresaken (we board up and eventually tear down our great older buildings, except recently there is a trend of converting old warehouses into apartment space that no one either wants or can afford). Our convention center and airport are outdated. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has to have the big events in New York, because we can't support them. * Ohio is losing jobs by the boatload. Need I say more? I only stay here because my wife is so attached to her parents, and they are too comfortable to leave. ...Oh, and I forgot another reason: Clevelanders suffer from major inferiority complex: They either readily admit the city sucks, or they break their necks trying to find tiny redeemable things about it or acting unjustifiably snobbish as if to illustrate that despite this town sucking, they're still "posh."  [Edited 10/19/04 21:21pm] Ὅσον ζῇς φαίνου
μηδὲν ὅλως σὺ λυποῦ πρὸς ὀλίγον ἐστὶ τὸ ζῆν τὸ τέλος ὁ χρόνος ἀπαιτεῖ.” | |
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Oakland, Ca.
Likes: - You can see the bay from the deck on my house. - Weather. - I grew up in the Bay Area so it's "home". - NO SMOKING in bars! Yay! - There's always something to do (mountains, casinos, camping, street fairs, etc, you name it, it's probably witin driving distance). Dislike: - While we're "close" to the mountains, I lived in Boulder, Co for 5 years and went snowboarding 30 times a season....it's tough to do that where I am now.... - Too many damn people - Expensive (housing, gas, etc, etc) | |
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I live in Tampa, FL. It is one of my favorite cities in the world. I am not native to Tampa though I've lived here 8 years now and have no intentions of moving unless I can find a loft in South Beach, Miami. It is simply paradise here and I can't imagine myself living anywhere where Disney isn't in my backyard, or the beaches aren't nearby, or that has to deal with real wheather. Tampa is the tops. Good Things: 1) Climate. Very mild winters 2) Sugar white sandy beaches 3) It is the most racially integrated city in AMerica of it's size (approx. 2 million metro & surrounding) 4) Ybor City (cuban version of the french quarter) 5) Sexy Sexy ladies on Bay Shore Drive's 7 mile unbroken waterside sidewalk. 6) Gaspirilla parade 7) Guavaween 8) 1 hour from Disney world 9) 3.5 hours from Miami 10) Safe property value. YOur property goes up quickly in value. 11) Good job climate 12) Very diverse age demographics Bad Things 1) Mosquitos 2) Traffic - Our highways are all being upgraded, but years too late | |
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Lammastide said: Psycho, you said it: CLEVELAND BITES!!!!
Where should I start?
* Cleveland is consistently among the nations Top 10 most segregated cities. * Bad Environment: The weather is awful / One of North America's gloomiest cities/ our river -- our WATER -- caught on fire!!! That's how polluted they allowed the city to get! * Poor public transportation: Rude, dangerous bus drivers/ no subway and only three train routes (two of which service the SAME suburb!) * Undeveloped lakefront: Access is about 55% private residential, 30% private industrial, and the public beaches, with only about 2 exceptions, are swimming in filth * No economic vision: Cleveland is one of few major cities wherein suburban real estate is more expensive than the city's. But still residents choose the burbs for better schools and services, less crime, better housing stock, better shopping; businesses choose the burbs for better tax incentives, which the city should be able to blow out of the water! Businesses and are leaving the city in droves, causing unchecked suburban sprawl and a dying metropolitan core. * Our medical facilities are world-renowned, but the two premier ones are given free reign to buy up everything in our midtown area, displacing other business and residents. * No culture: Museums are fair, but underpublicized. We have a TINY theatre district. Restaurants can't survive. We have a weak local music scene. Cool, old ethnic or Bohemian neighborhoods are being gentrified by yuppies who make them sterile caricatures of what they used to be, and the people who gave these areas personality are being displaced. * Poor infrastructure: Ohio has some of the worst roads in the country, and Cleveland specifically has awful municipal facilties. The classic architecture here is foresaken (we board up and eventually tear down our great older buildings, except recently there is a trend of converting old warehouses into apartment space that no one either wants or can afford). Our convention center and airport are outdated. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has to have the big events in New York, because we can't support them. * Ohio is losing jobs by the boatload. Need I say more? I only stay here because my wife is so attached to her parents, and they are too comfortable to leave. ...Oh, and I forgot another reason: Clevelanders suffer from major inferiority complex: They either readily admit the city sucks, or they break their necks trying to find tiny redeemable things about it or acting unjustifiably snobbish as if to illustrate that despite this town sucking, they're still "posh."
[Edited 10/19/04 21:21pm]  I agree on everything you posted. I know how your wife feels about being close to her parents, unfortunately, I'm in that same predicament, so I stay here (although I would looooove to get the hell out of here). RIP, mom. I will forever miss and love you. | |
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lilmissmissy said: Natisse said: cool I wasn't going to say anything in case it doesn't work out but I couldn't help myself I MIGHT be coming down to see the Tea Party's second show on the 3rd December but I don't know yet I'm gonna think long and hard about it because it's a couple of hundred dollars I could be saving Dat soundz fantabz Tisse!! U should treat yourself, but i know what you're sayin..if it's a couple of hundred dollarz Lemme know, we can all hang out again!!! oh if I'm coming down you're the first to know | |
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Byron said: San Bernardino, California...
The city itself (San Bernardino) isn't much at all...it can be rather depressing, actually..lol.  But Southern California is almost like one HUGE city, so what I like about living here:
~ The mountains... ~ The small towns tucked away in the mountains... ~ The Pacific ocean... ~ The scenery along the coast... ~ The towns and cities along the coast... ~ The sunsets... ~ The wide variety of landscapes... ~ The weather... ~ The diversity of people and cultures... ~ Stumbling across movie stars at Walgreens at midnight... ~ In-N-Out burger... What I dislike about living here: ~ The traffic... ~ No rainstorms of any kind... ~ Too much brown, not enough green... ~ Wildfires... ~ Earthquakes... ~ Pepsi machines...   | |
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i'm in chicago
chicagoans love chicago, but sometimes we get tired of it because their are a lot of people that hate on eachother. when a person is doing good, they get jealous. i love that i can take the "L" anywhere and do so much stuff. if your broke, its easy to find something to do without having to spend a dime. their are a lot of progams and a lot of things to see, especially in the summer time. the bad thing is that their are gangs everywhere-even in the gold coast area where most of the rich people live. the weather is crazy. one day it was 80 degrees and like the next two hours it dropped to maybe 50 degrees and yes the wind can knock you down. when it's cold, it's really cold and when its hot its really hot. one thing when i go outta town to get away from chicago, i can't wait to go back. another thing is that it's getting real expensive in chicago. cigarettes are 6-7 dollars in some stores and no less than 5.10 in all the others. but i don't smoke. and milk will soon be 4 bucks. maybe its the same in other places but thats pretty steep to me. | |
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