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elSicomoro · 11-14-2003, 10:27 PM

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Originally posted by tonksy
also, jim? visiting isn't really an issue. kinda can't.

Eh, I actually have to agree with him on that. You really don't want to move somewhere just based on what you've heard. You have to experience the sights, sounds, smells, etc.

(Oh sure, you can do it...it'll add excitement to the experience. But you don't want to take other people's words for it...you'll wind up hating them later if things don't pan out.)

tonksy · 11-14-2003, 10:33 PM

yeah, i understand, but i don't really have that option

that's kinda why i appreciate everything ya'll are passing on.

lumberjim · 11-14-2003, 11:07 PM

well, if you DO decide to move to philly, and you need a place to crash, sycamore will be glad to put you up for a month or two. he's always doing shit like that

isn't it great to have really great friends

i think it's just great

just great

tonksy · 11-14-2003, 11:08 PM

i'm sure he'll be glad you offered

lumberjim · 11-14-2003, 11:17 PM

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Originally posted by sycamore
I disagree with you, Jim...most of the people I've met in Boston are rather friendly folk...nicer than here.

NYC isn't quite as bad as some folks make it out to be...crazy drivers though.

Some people just want a change of scenery...that's why I moved to Washington, DC, then here. And since she'll need to get around by public transit and put her kids in school, those issues are going to be critical factors in her decision.

ok. yeah. I was generalizing based on a couple of isolated incidents. here's my other theory on the matter:

regardless of where you live, the average will work out. the following ratio applies to 94.2%* of the nations cities. towns, and boroughs:

the populace will be divided as follows:

15% cool people

60% stems ( people who could get through their life with only their medula)

15% assholes

5% unconsious

5% psychotic assholes

* 47% of all statistics are made up on the spot

that's all i have to say about that

elSicomoro · 11-14-2003, 11:28 PM

Jim, put the crack pipe down.

Turn around.

Walk away.

Don't look back...

lumberjim · 11-14-2003, 11:31 PM

close, but no cigar

bmgb · 11-15-2003, 02:13 AM

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Originally posted by dave
We're clean here on the DC Metro because they will ARREST you for eating, drinking or chewing gum on it. I kid you not.

Ah. So they take the same approach as Singapore. Seems to work well for both places.

11-15-2003, 05:47 AM

Uhm... well, they don't cane you for chewing the gum, but yeah... I think it's the same, but on a <i>less severe</i> scale. :P

ladysycamore · 11-15-2003, 01:21 PM

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Originally posted by tonksy
thanks everyone. it's a pretty daunting decision but i think that it is now between philly and boston....minneapolis is a little too far from where my mom is living...not that i want to be close...just not far. i don't know anything about the areas of either. i suppose i have alot of research to do but i do appreciate anything you want to pass my way i've been looking for a ranking of the nations public schools to see were PA and MA fall but i am not having much luck. thanks again for the info.

Try:
SchoolMatch Now!
or try Google and type in "national school reports" in the search box.

Hope that helps!!

tonksy · 11-15-2003, 05:51 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by ladysycamore

Try:
SchoolMatch Now!
or try Google and type in "national school reports" in the search box.
Hope that helps!!

thanks....that was very informative.

kerosene · 11-15-2003, 10:33 PM

This is probably an inconsequential antecdote, but I recently visited DC on a business trip and LOVED the metro. I actually felt safe travelling as a 20-something female (thought I may be delusional.) I stayed in Greenbelt, which is the end of the green line, past College Park. Seemed like a nice area. I don't know much about DC as a city, though.

perth · 11-17-2003, 09:39 AM

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Originally posted by case
...I may be delusional.

MAY be?

Well, I felt you were safe there, and never worried about you being on public transportation. So I guess that says a lot about it too.

elSicomoro · 11-17-2003, 08:26 PM

Rho and I lived not too terribly far from Greenbelt. Greenbelt is nice, but if you're not within walking distance of Greenbelt Road, you're in trouble.

College Park is very cool, particularly if you live near the UMD campus.

You can go anywhere on Metro and be safe. Of course, you're on your own outside the stations...

bmgb · 11-17-2003, 10:43 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by case
This is probably an inconsequential antecdote, but I recently visited DC on a business trip and LOVED the metro.

The scariest moment I've had riding the Metro was an escalator that must have been 6 blocks long/tall. Got dizzy going up and down that.

11-14-2003, 10:33 PM	#32
tonksy 100:10100 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: louisiana Posts: 96	yeah, i understand, but i don't really have that option that's kinda why i appreciate everything ya'll are passing on. __________________ ...with all of our running and all of our cunning, if we couldn't laugh we would all go insane...

11-14-2003, 11:07 PM	#33
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	well, if you DO decide to move to philly, and you need a place to crash, sycamore will be glad to put you up for a month or two. he's always doing shit like that isn't it great to have really great friends i think it's just great just great __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-14-2003, 11:08 PM	#34
tonksy 100:10100 Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: louisiana Posts: 96	i'm sure he'll be glad you offered __________________ ...with all of our running and all of our cunning, if we couldn't laugh we would all go insane...

11-14-2003, 11:31 PM	#37
lumberjim I can hear my ears Join Date: Oct 2003 Posts: 25,571	close, but no cigar __________________ This body holding me reminds me of my own mortality Embrace this moment, remember We are eternal, all this pain is an illusion ~MJKeenan

11-14-2003, 11:28 PM	#36
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Jim, put the crack pipe down. Turn around. Walk away. Don't look back...

11-15-2003, 05:47 AM	#39
dave Guest Posts: n/a	Uhm... well, they don't cane you for chewing the gum, but yeah... I think it's the same, but on a <i>less severe</i> scale. :P

11-15-2003, 10:33 PM	#42
kerosene Touring the facilities Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: The plains of Colorado Posts: 3,476	This is probably an inconsequential antecdote, but I recently visited DC on a business trip and LOVED the metro. I actually felt safe travelling as a 20-something female (thought I may be delusional.) I stayed in Greenbelt, which is the end of the green line, past College Park. Seemed like a nice area. I don't know much about DC as a city, though.

11-17-2003, 08:26 PM	#44
elSicomoro Person who doesn't update the user title Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 12,486	Rho and I lived not too terribly far from Greenbelt. Greenbelt is nice, but if you're not within walking distance of Greenbelt Road, you're in trouble. College Park is very cool, particularly if you live near the UMD campus. You can go anywhere on Metro and be safe. Of course, you're on your own outside the stations...

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