living in hell - Page 5

All I know is that LA girls are in a entirely different league from SF girls.

I didn't know that actually happened.

Have you ever wondered why people are so religious in the US. Well, they're not really religious. They go to church and judge other people and say that others are going to hell, but don't actually follow the religious principles themselves. But that's one way they cope.

The other is crystal meth.

Me either. Imagine my surprise.

I loved SF. Granted, I lived an hour outside of it, but I spent a lot of time in the city itself too. That's also coming from Chicago and not from NYC, which I imagine is rather different. You could always be like Iammatt and claim to hate the city and the people in it but stay there forever.

Um. What?

I willingly took a paycut to move from Tampa to Tallahassee (and turned down a six-figure DC job) and have never regretted a second of it. I don't like big cities. They're fun to visit, but all the f**king people drive me crazy (although I do like anonymity it grants you). And you're encouraged to spend more to keep up, so any additional income is eaten up.

I bought a three bedroom house in Tallahassee, bordering a nature preserve, four blocks from downtown. I walked to work today, as I often do. My mortgage/taxes/insurance is less than 1/4 of my take home pay, even though I only put 10% down. I can jump on my bike and ride through beautiful scenery anytime I want. I throw the football with the neighbors most weekends, we have neighborhood barbeques/low country boils/pig roasts every month or so. Every saturday I walk to a farmer's market that sets up downtown and buy all my fruits/veggies for the week.

College football games every fall, ACC basketball in the winter, over a million acres of public wilderness within an hour's drive, as well as amazing beaches.

And I'm not trying to pick a fight, honestly, but I'm amazed that you list "boutiques" as a selling point. Seriously, that seems so counter to your macho online persona. You are actually bragging that big cities have better shopping? I'm with you on the restaurants (although I more miss the dirty ethnic places than the five stars), but missing shopping, especially in the internet age, just seems ridiculous.

Honestly - when I think living in hell, I think living in the middle a big city with no privacy and constant noise.

Agree

I agree with this - aside from books stores, food and wine stores, I can't remember being inside a store for the longest time, and I don't miss it.

Just curious, what area do you live in if you don't mind sharing? I've always thought that the Chicago area would be one of my top choices if I ever decided to have a family.

I live in the middle of nowhere. In fact, there are no restaurants or retail establishments where I live. But I do have a chef on staff. When I want to buy something ... I wait until I'm in New York or London.

It's your fault for living on a yacht and having a driver who drives you around on it.

Honest to god, the only real plus to living in LA at my age/stage in life is to eat cheap Mexican and Korean food.

I visit museums maybe twice a year, catch shows another handful of times. I never go clubbing because I'm under drinking age. I don't have the money to take advantage of boutiques and specialty stores. Everything I do for entertainment can be done at just about any college campus in America (mebbe not BYU).

Even as discretionary income gets bigger, I honestly believe most people just choose to live in the city (sacrificing convenience, comfrt etc...) because it's been ingrained into their heads that it's what you're supposed to do when you're young.

pm sent. yes, perfect place to raise a family. about 80% of what greater new york has, at about half the price

my version of hell is somewhere extremely boring. your town sounds awesome because there are loads of out door activities and a thriving community.

i once lived in an australian outback town where there was absolutely nothing to do. it was hideous. id rather live in Lagos than back there.

agree with your point on shopping. as much as i love hong kong it seems the only two past times there are eating and shopping. and you can only eat so much.