Where to live one of these days
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i will say decent. almost all roads in denser areas are shared lanes (unconvinced these do much in the way of [redacted] safety..) but there are enough protected [redacted] lanes that i can get most places with minimal on-street riding. protected lanes are always filled with e-scooters and sloooow [redacted] though
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I moved to Berkeley, catch me bikin' around and Bartin' around
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nyc bc I fucks with the culture of hyper-individualism
New England/Boston is too parochial, tribal, and clique-y
I do me.
New England/Boston is too parochial, tribal, and clique-y
I do me.
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seoul is pretty dam cool i love seoul
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been living a city near la for the last 18 years and i have a comprehensive list of pros and cons
pros:
great weather (except for this winter where it's super wet)
super beautiful views every day with the mountains
boba tea shop density
cons:
never going to afford a home
need vehicle if you want to do anything ever
shitty traffic at least one way when you wanna do anything ever
did i mention needing to add a car to the third highest rents in the country making the effective fixed cost of living the highest? (though i guess san jose might be about the same)
i think i'm over it here and want to move somewhere with a tighter urban fabric. not sure if i want to try moving into la proper or just leave for one of the large cities east of the mississippi
pros:
great weather (except for this winter where it's super wet)
super beautiful views every day with the mountains
boba tea shop density
cons:
never going to afford a home
need vehicle if you want to do anything ever
shitty traffic at least one way when you wanna do anything ever
did i mention needing to add a car to the third highest rents in the country making the effective fixed cost of living the highest? (though i guess san jose might be about the same)
i think i'm over it here and want to move somewhere with a tighter urban fabric. not sure if i want to try moving into la proper or just leave for one of the large cities east of the mississippi
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if ur talking about sgv there is no place in the us that is better. imo just go somewhere outside of north america at this point bc its all just a compromise
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i live in a city known for a flower that one would say is in the sgv
im just so tired of sitting in traffic
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i have moved back to france for a bit. i like this part of the world. considering getting a job and staying a few years after i graduate. feels like something i should have done earlier in my twenties but maybe it's still ok now.
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oops dupe
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I've been in Berkeley for almost a year now and it definitely hasn't been good to me as far as community goes. Haven't made any friends, it's been super difficult. Moving down to Oakland at the end of the summer and hoping that helps, closer to community spaces I'm interested in.
I've been dating someone in SF for the while now, too, and considering making the hop over the bridge. But the city just has too much energy, feels like no respite, but I'm only ever in the mission mostly. Curious about the inner richmond as a quieter alternative.
Thoughts? Advice?
I moved to Boise and knew basically no one and ended up falling into a really tight knit community and I was hopeful I could do the same here, trying to give it time
I've been dating someone in SF for the while now, too, and considering making the hop over the bridge. But the city just has too much energy, feels like no respite, but I'm only ever in the mission mostly. Curious about the inner richmond as a quieter alternative.
Thoughts? Advice?
I moved to Boise and knew basically no one and ended up falling into a really tight knit community and I was hopeful I could do the same here, trying to give it time
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ended up getting a job back in chicago. time to load up my cats for a fun drive!
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This is the time of year I pore over a map of the US, trying to find a place that's less dark, less freezing.
My basic goal is to be able to live somewhere where every day I can spend time outside, getting sunlight. I don't mind if I have to wake up at dawn to soak up a few cooler hours, or wait patiently for warmer temps by the middle of the day. In Minnesota, from December to mid-April, the air hurts your eyeballs. The snow/ice builds up so heavily it is not uncommon to admit defeat, and decide you're not leaving the house today. After 31 years in the upper Midwest, I just can't deal with it anymore.
There are a few Southern regions that are appealing to me at the moment. First would be any city in Virginia or North Carolina that lies inland off the coast. The second would be the Atlanta metro, though it seems unlikely I could afford it.
Everyone here in MN preaches about the instability of southern climates, how untenable they will be in a decade, or less, without any acknowledgment that we too are dealing with the shadow of an unpredictable future landscape. We also bemoan the degradation of their political climate, which is of course frightening. But this too seems to be a way to downplay our own precarity, our own shortcomings. Minnesota projects itself as a blue stalwart encircled by red idiots. In reality, the majority of the state IS red by area, and only the metro itself (which many of the surrounding states do not have) is democratic. Even within the 'progressive' Twin Cities we have tons of conservative policies. The government tries its best to downplay oil pipelines and low-income relief check bungles with giant Pride parades and [redacted] lanes so poorly designed, they make streets less safe for [redacted] and drivers alike.
Some may say I have lived here long enough to be jaded, and if I move away I'll regret it. But I am not signing any sort of long term contract to be a Southerner. I'd just like to give not being cold and indoors for half the year a try.
TLDR: Anyone have experience living in VA/NC or ATL?
My basic goal is to be able to live somewhere where every day I can spend time outside, getting sunlight. I don't mind if I have to wake up at dawn to soak up a few cooler hours, or wait patiently for warmer temps by the middle of the day. In Minnesota, from December to mid-April, the air hurts your eyeballs. The snow/ice builds up so heavily it is not uncommon to admit defeat, and decide you're not leaving the house today. After 31 years in the upper Midwest, I just can't deal with it anymore.
There are a few Southern regions that are appealing to me at the moment. First would be any city in Virginia or North Carolina that lies inland off the coast. The second would be the Atlanta metro, though it seems unlikely I could afford it.
Everyone here in MN preaches about the instability of southern climates, how untenable they will be in a decade, or less, without any acknowledgment that we too are dealing with the shadow of an unpredictable future landscape. We also bemoan the degradation of their political climate, which is of course frightening. But this too seems to be a way to downplay our own precarity, our own shortcomings. Minnesota projects itself as a blue stalwart encircled by red idiots. In reality, the majority of the state IS red by area, and only the metro itself (which many of the surrounding states do not have) is democratic. Even within the 'progressive' Twin Cities we have tons of conservative policies. The government tries its best to downplay oil pipelines and low-income relief check bungles with giant Pride parades and [redacted] lanes so poorly designed, they make streets less safe for [redacted] and drivers alike.
Some may say I have lived here long enough to be jaded, and if I move away I'll regret it. But I am not signing any sort of long term contract to be a Southerner. I'd just like to give not being cold and indoors for half the year a try.
TLDR: Anyone have experience living in VA/NC or ATL?
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You might like Roanoke, but you may also find it a little quiet. You might like Richmond, but you might find that though there's a lot of great things there, it also has an overarching hangover from reconstruction.
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Jumping off from the opposite point,foxtail_grass wrote: ↑Thu Nov 23, 2023 1:21 pmThis is the time of year I pore over a map of the US, trying to find a place that's less dark, less freezing.
I guess I'm just trying to say this again. I think for the last 12 months I've basically just been focused on working out and hoping it'll make me feel better and other regressive behaviors. It didn't. After coming back from vacation a few weeks ago I seized on the inspiration and I started scheduling Danish tutoring so I can finally actually learn the language (after rediscovering that using Glossika and Pimsleur just makes me scared and lonely).
Detour maybe nobody gaf about w/ a little info about how I/one can immigrate, difficulties, etc.:
Spoiler:
'I feel like I'm a messenger .. sent here by someone .. my mom, probably.'
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yeah duolingo is total ass I was a contractor for them on the German course for like a year (reviewing user reported translations, writing sentences) and they screwed all of us on hours right after the holidays last year, so I hate them like intensely lol. such a scam besides that, all the studies they had done saying you can learn to a2 proficiency or whatever were all based on the old language progression tree that they replaced with a much shittier version so they could also replace all the human contractors with AI.
so anyway the apps are evil, good luck on learning danish ! if you're in NY i'm sure there's like language groups or meetups or something like at the library or something, definitely a way better experience than talking to the computer. if you can find any "reading proficiency" style textbooks (like https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/520) those usually have good rundowns of the grammar but aren't great for much else - just try reading kid's books at first with a dictionary and finding a real person to talk to. I'm intensely jealous of anyone with any chance of citizenship outside of the usa I'd love to leave this hole
so anyway the apps are evil, good luck on learning danish ! if you're in NY i'm sure there's like language groups or meetups or something like at the library or something, definitely a way better experience than talking to the computer. if you can find any "reading proficiency" style textbooks (like https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks/520) those usually have good rundowns of the grammar but aren't great for much else - just try reading kid's books at first with a dictionary and finding a real person to talk to. I'm intensely jealous of anyone with any chance of citizenship outside of the usa I'd love to leave this hole
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I feel like getting someone to A2-level proficiency shouldn't even be impressive! It's a lot of hours for someone with a grad school reading level to make it to the language level of a toddler with a poor grasp of sound! haha
I think every language learning site that runs thru all your options reaches their conclusions and tells you to schedule Italki tutoring the minute you're at all comfortable doing so.. that was my takeaway when I was reading all the articles on it that I could on the plane back home before my in-flight IPA put me to sleep. My mom and a friend have kindly given me some books but maybe a YA book would actually help a lot. I wasn't able to find a Danish class in NYC (I'm sure there's a good reason for this, but, "Scandinavia House" in midtown Manhattan only runs Swedish and Norwegian classes right now), but thank you, hunting for a 'learner's group' might find me something.brücke wrote: ↑Fri Dec 15, 2023 4:53 pmif you're in NY i'm sure there's like language groups or meetups or something like at the library or something, definitely a way better experience than talking to the computer. ... just try reading kid's books at first with a dictionary and finding a real person to talk to.
I joined a discord from /r/danishlanguage but it's terrible inactive as far as I could see, I think it might have clogged up with people who have shelved the dream of Denmark (I did this for a year) or dispassionate polyglots or something. But I won't give up the dream of symbiotic tutoring.
It's a fun little stretch trying not to lose sight of this idea, while also not romanticizing somewhere else. NYC is wonderful, there are moments I know I'm around people like me; but also COL in Brooklyn is like 20-30% higher than in Copenhagen, and the places NYC is cheaper in tend to be bullshit I don't need to be so inexpensive (clothing*, books, food service), while housing and supermarket food are dramatically cheaper there. (And the weather's dramatically better in CPH, if you ask me, and, uh, I stopped [redacted] for my safety in NYC, and they've got pensions over there, but anyway we're getting towards the romanticizing thing here...)
*There's plenty of cheap used carhartt WIP from grailed users in Scandinavia, so, all good here.
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