zarathustra
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« Reply #90 on: June 30, 2007, 04:52:25 PM » |
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What is with you people who think all of New York state is New York City? Get a grip.
Because the rest of NY is really Maine, which is only one step removed from Alabama. Upstate? That's everything above Yonkers, right ?Where's the lobster? I must be fishing in the wrong areas of the state for that. Hmmm, I think you have to get above Poughkeepsie/Kingston and such. Lots of people there, too. Further north and west. Chenango county has more cows than people. A stones throw from here. I think I drove through it earlier today. Can you say podunk? That's cause lobsta's in Maine, which is nothing like upstate NY as far as I can tell. Or maybe I'm just coastal. And I still define podunk by how recently the majority of the residents acquired running water and electricity. In the last ten years? You're probably podunk. So is there anyplace that's really podunk in upstate NY? |
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« Reply #91 on: June 30, 2007, 04:58:57 PM » |
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What is with you people who think all of New York state is New York City? Get a grip.
Because the rest of NY is really Maine, which is only one step removed from Alabama. Upstate? That's everything above Yonkers, right ?Where's the lobster? I must be fishing in the wrong areas of the state for that. Hmmm, I think you have to get above Poughkeepsie/Kingston and such. Lots of people there, too. Further north and west. Chenango county has more cows than people. A stones throw from here. I think I drove through it earlier today. Can you say podunk? That's cause lobsta's in Maine, which is nothing like upstate NY as far as I can tell. Or maybe I'm just coastal. And I still define podunk by how recently the majority of the residents acquired running water and electricity. In the last ten years? You're probably podunk. So is there anyplace that's really podunk in upstate NY? That would be yes. Map of NY: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states/new_york_90.jpg |
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« Reply #92 on: June 30, 2007, 05:04:03 PM » |
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What is with you people who think all of New York state is New York City? Get a grip.
Because the rest of NY is really Maine, which is only one step removed from Alabama. Upstate? That's everything above Yonkers, right ?Where's the lobster? I must be fishing in the wrong areas of the state for that. Hmmm, I think you have to get above Poughkeepsie/Kingston and such. Lots of people there, too. Further north and west. Chenango county has more cows than people. A stones throw from here. I think I drove through it earlier today. Can you say podunk? That's cause lobsta's in Maine, which is nothing like upstate NY as far as I can tell. Or maybe I'm just coastal. And I still define podunk by how recently the majority of the residents acquired running water and electricity. In the last ten years? You're probably podunk. So is there anyplace that's really podunk in upstate NY? That would be yes. Map of NY: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states/new_york_90.jpgHahahaha. I regularly drive on seasonal roads where people live (no electric or running water, unless the stream counts). Saw some buffalo one day (they were fenced in). I had a client years ago who lived in a cabin with no electric. I think he had running water. That would be yes. Again. |
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zarathustra
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« Reply #93 on: June 30, 2007, 05:05:23 PM » |
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What is with you people who think all of New York state is New York City? Get a grip.
Because the rest of NY is really Maine, which is only one step removed from Alabama. Upstate? That's everything above Yonkers, right ?Where's the lobster? I must be fishing in the wrong areas of the state for that. Hmmm, I think you have to get above Poughkeepsie/Kingston and such. Lots of people there, too. Further north and west. Chenango county has more cows than people. A stones throw from here. I think I drove through it earlier today. Can you say podunk? That's cause lobsta's in Maine, which is nothing like upstate NY as far as I can tell. Or maybe I'm just coastal. And I still define podunk by how recently the majority of the residents acquired running water and electricity. In the last ten years? You're probably podunk. So is there anyplace that's really podunk in upstate NY? That would be yes. Map of NY: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/united_states/new_york_90.jpgNice map. I'm just biased, I guess. |
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« Reply #94 on: June 30, 2007, 05:09:35 PM » |
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Nice map. I'm just biased, I guess.
I think we all are to some degree. I know I am. There, I said it. Half the solution is admitting you have a problem. LOL |
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« Reply #95 on: June 30, 2007, 05:10:54 PM » |
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Nice map. I'm just biased, I guess.
I think we all are to some degree. I know I am. There, I said it. Half the solution is admitting you have a problem. LOL What?! I don't have a problem! j/k ;) |
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« Reply #96 on: June 30, 2007, 05:18:49 PM » |
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Alaska is too damn cold and Hawaii is too damn expensive, alas.
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« Reply #97 on: June 30, 2007, 05:31:12 PM » |
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Wow. Two people said they couldn't live in North Carolina. Who couldn't live in NC? I'm a big fan of NC and I'm from VA, so that's saying a lot.
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« Reply #98 on: June 30, 2007, 05:39:07 PM » |
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I couldn't answer your poll. There's no state that I'd rule out completely, without considering the circumstances of the opportunity to live there. I couldn't vote for Florida (which might otherwise qualify) because one of my favorite places (Key West) is officially a part of Florida, even though it's nothing like the rest of the state. And I almost included New Jersey, the state I hate most in the entire world ("country" isn't big enough), but I guess I would at least consider living there, if there were high enough incentives. And there are lots of states I've never visited, so who knows what I'd really think of them, behind the stereotypes?
Since I didn't vote, I can't see the poll results! On other polls, there has been an option to "view results," even before one votes. Is it too late to do that here, CBL, or should I just vote for any three so that I can see how others have voted?
And to the New York naysayers, shadowfax and the other NY defenders are right. It's a big state, and it has something for everyone! Like big cities? NYC. Like smaller cities? Buffalo. Rochester. Syracuse. Albany. A few others. Like tiny cities? Lots of those. Ithaca is particularly nice, if you're an academic. Like small towns? We've got zillions. Surburbia? All of Long Island and most of Westchester County, plus the bedroom communities of all the small cities. Rural? Lots and lots of places between the small cities and their suburbs. Six million acres of woods, dotted with gorgeous lakes, with small towns and tiny hamlets scattered about? The Adirondacks Park, a unique resource. Proximity to another country? Canada, just up the road. Great Lakes? Ontario and Erie. Other lakes? Not only those in the Adirondacks, but also the Finger Lakes, plus at least hundreds (thousands?) of other "regular lakes." Ocean? NYC and Long Island. Rivers? We have lots more than just the Hudson!! We've got rivers small and large all over the place, including the St. Lawrence. Mountains? Both the Adirondacks and the Catskills.
See why I don't want to relocate just for a stupid job?
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« Reply #99 on: June 30, 2007, 05:43:35 PM » |
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Yer overthinkin' things, infopri. Just vote.
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« Reply #100 on: June 30, 2007, 05:46:50 PM » |
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I have lived in so many states, so many different parts of the country so my choices were based on some specific things.
Utah - lived there, it is beautiful, SLC is way cool - not mormon, raising a child, nuff said.
Texas - as has been mentioned - it is full of Texans. As someone primarialy raised in Colorado, I had an anti Texas bias bred into me, regardless, love Dallas, could never, ever ever handle the heat and humidity.
Wyoming - I was born there, its pretty empty, and red, and full of cowboys like the ones in my extended family who truly didn't appreciate Brokeback Mountain but think beating the crap out someone who is different is ok. Yup, I'll pass. I can camp there whenever I want, but live there? As with Utah - I am raising a child, no way. Did I mention the wind?
Mostly, I figure I can live anywhere, even the three states I picked, but I live in paradise right now so there you have it.
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« Reply #101 on: June 30, 2007, 05:53:13 PM » |
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Yer overthinkin' things, infopri. Just vote.
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« Reply #102 on: June 30, 2007, 08:43:18 PM » |
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Yeah, a state is just too large an area to make a broad categorization about. I've talked to folks that slam New Jersey, then learn with some prodding that their perception of the place comes from riding along a small part of the New Jersey Turnpike on their way to parts unknown. New Jersey is not all refineries, airports, highways, Atlantic City, and Newark. Head South. Head West. There are some perty rural places as adorable as anywhere.
And Mobile, Alabama is darn perty too.
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« Reply #103 on: June 30, 2007, 09:00:27 PM » |
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On the NY isn't NYC topic: isn't most of the north country pretty "podunk"? No cell service and no cable in a lot of areas... but lots and lots of lakes and trees. It always felt less empty than the Dakotas, though, because it isn't flat and there are lots of trees.
There's something about wide open (flat) spaces ....
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« Reply #104 on: June 30, 2007, 09:10:15 PM » |
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Why is North Dakota taking such a beating? Have the twenty people who bashed the state even stepped foot there?
Is it because of the cold? If so, then why not Alaska?
Poor state. Poor Pierre. No wait I mean Bismarck. Ahem.
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