Hometown talk - Page 4

Zilla · 02-05-2009, 09:33 PM

I currently live in Redmond, a suburb of Seattle in Washington, and it's pretty sweet. All the houses are new, it's pretty clean (a little dirtier than Fargo), and the cars are surreally free of dirt and rust (Fargo having inclement weather so often usually makes cars dirty, while here, the rain keeps them quite clean, and new paint jobs plus the area's affluence (what with all the programmers) make for shiny cars).

Everything is crazy green here because there's like no snow (There was a light dusting in late December/early January, but I went home during that to see REAL snow, piled 4 feet high). It's t-shirt weather here and it's January (note, I define T-shirt weather as anything above 40� F). There are no Wal-Mart stores, instead there's "Fred Meyer," and I'm introduced to a grocery store chain called "Safeway." No Sun Mart, no Target, no Cash Wise, no Hornbacher's (I guess this one was local to Fargo-Moorhead), and no CEC Theaters.

Also, there's hills here. Back where I came from, everything was totally flat. Seriously, the highest point in elevation in Moorhead was a 3 foot high "hill" (more of a mound) on Concordia campus.

NMR · 02-05-2009, 09:43 PM

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I just meant Ohio in general and how it's totally boring. Like, knowing that I'm stuck here for at least another couple years is just absolutely awful.

Ohio does suck on many levels, I will agree. I plan on moving out of state or nearly so when I graduate college. We do have some neat things though.

Lost in Time · 02-05-2009, 09:53 PM

Twidd, you lived in St. Paul and failed to mention it to me when I lived there? Shame.

But I currently live here. Apparently we're known for pie and basketball, both of which I have never experienced while living here. Maybe one day. Also it's boring here.

Wigmund · 02-05-2009, 10:34 PM

Greetings from Fayetteville, Arkansas in lovely, ice-ravaged Northwest Arkansas.

Fayetteville itself doesn't have much beyond the University of Arkansas and "Bikes, Blues, and BBQ", and the lovely scenery of the Ozarks. Oh, and apparently Forbes thinks Fayetteville was the 8th best place in the country to live a couple of years ago.

Northwest Arkansas is home to Wal-Mart, Tyson Foods, and JB Hunt.

Eltargrim · 02-05-2009, 10:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Zilla

also the Omni Science museum which has one of those fancy bubble surround-screen theaters that tries to really immerse you but instead results in migraines.

That bubble-screen is so bloody cool.

Cloud Strife · 02-06-2009, 01:03 AM

Man, our Wiki page is pretty small.

Still, covers the basics... sweet onions, wineries, the state penitentiary...

Oh, right, and the birthplace of Magic: the Gathering.

We also have the tallest building in the county for sure and I think for like 60+ miles, maybe more... the Marcus Whitman hotel.

Other than that, we're a farming town in a valley in the middle of a 'semi-desert' region with 'mountains' (The Blue Mountains, more like hills really) to the east.

Oh right, and we have Bluewood about an hour's drive from here, so you can hit the slopes every winter.

Vault Of Thrones · 02-06-2009, 01:19 AM

Kansas City, land of no public transportation.

It's often called the Silicon Valley of engineering and has almost no tourist destinations to speak of, as I have discovered when planning what to do for when my grandparents visit.

Buddha Fett · 02-06-2009, 02:43 AM

Well, here's my hometown.

Elkhart's a pretty boring place; the economy's also in the toilet as of late. The RV industry's all but crashed, and all of the jobs are going to factory workers.

The Jazz Festival is probably the only truly awesome thing here, and that's only for three days out of the year.

We also have (maybe had, by now?) the nation's largest train yard, which is actually pretty impressive-looking.

The Artist Formerly Known as Hawk · 02-06-2009, 07:47 AM

Oh my god, why does my town have a wiki page??!! I am genuinely amazed at this discovery.

As far as claims to fame go, we're erm... er... *quickly reads wiki*... oh, the sound of one of our streams is on a Stone Roses album! Whoop-de-fucking do! And we're the largest town in the county.

Oh and the queen came once, to open a new bridge, so that was interesting for all of 5 seconds. It's a pretty nice bridge though.

Yeah, not much else to say really, Connahs quay is boring as hell.

Selfish · 02-06-2009, 10:15 AM

There are stalkers on the forum. You are all fools to have revealed your home towns.

Now someone is going to figure out how to find you, your family, your secret or shady deals, and TAKE YOU DOWN.
Either that or TAKE YOU TO LUNCH.

Either prospect is terrifying, to say the least. Professional stalkers often do both, or so the stories on the internet tell me. I'm pretty sure that there is at least *some* falsehood to that statement, but still it's put a spin on this.

Read the posts, people. Do you really want one of these people, despite the fact that they can string English words together to form some pretty clever and impressive sentences, to find you? Do you really want to open your front (or side door, for that one of you already posted) to see someone standing there with a smile, a plate full of warm cookies, and some silk scarves in their already bulging pockets?

How about going on a bus, and detecting that "being stared at feeling" only to look up and see that one person quickly look away? Hm? THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A FELLOW FORUM MEMBER!

On the plus side, there are some pretty neat people here too that can do wonders with a flat out address.

We now return you to your regularly scheduled reveal-fest.

London, Ontario. I have only left my province once. That was to go to The Ovens Park, Nova Scotia.

We have grey squirrels in Victoria Park that are red with black tails, a pit bull ban that puts the Ontario pit bull ban to shame, and free public concerts.
There is a pervasive feel to the audiences though. We seem to have a banana up our butt most of the time, but we do tend to clap politely after.
During a solo no one says anything. Instead of pouring out our hearts and giving praise, the audiences here tend to savour the moment, then politely clap.

Weird.

02-05-2009, 09:33 PM	#31
Zilla Lakitu Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 2,378	I currently live in Redmond, a suburb of Seattle in Washington, and it's pretty sweet. All the houses are new, it's pretty clean (a little dirtier than Fargo), and the cars are surreally free of dirt and rust (Fargo having inclement weather so often usually makes cars dirty, while here, the rain keeps them quite clean, and new paint jobs plus the area's affluence (what with all the programmers) make for shiny cars). Everything is crazy green here because there's like no snow (There was a light dusting in late December/early January, but I went home during that to see REAL snow, piled 4 feet high). It's t-shirt weather here and it's January (note, I define T-shirt weather as anything above 40� F). There are no Wal-Mart stores, instead there's "Fred Meyer," and I'm introduced to a grocery store chain called "Safeway." No Sun Mart, no Target, no Cash Wise, no Hornbacher's (I guess this one was local to Fargo-Moorhead), and no CEC Theaters. Also, there's hills here. Back where I came from, everything was totally flat. Seriously, the highest point in elevation in Moorhead was a 3 foot high "hill" (more of a mound) on Concordia campus. __________________ MENCHI Pink It's cowboy time, I'm so MENCHI right now. Metroid is a great man because his friends don't rape him.

02-05-2009, 09:53 PM	#33
Lost in Time Fungus Among Us Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: On Your Nightstand Posts: 1,967	Twidd, you lived in St. Paul and failed to mention it to me when I lived there? Shame. But I currently live here. Apparently we're known for pie and basketball, both of which I have never experienced while living here. Maybe one day. Also it's boring here. __________________ Eat me!

02-06-2009, 01:03 AM	#36
Cloud Strife Stranger in a strange land. Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Walla Walla, WA. Posts: 2,846	Man, our Wiki page is pretty small. Still, covers the basics... sweet onions, wineries, the state penitentiary... Oh, right, and the birthplace of Magic: the Gathering. We also have the tallest building in the county for sure and I think for like 60+ miles, maybe more... the Marcus Whitman hotel. Other than that, we're a farming town in a valley in the middle of a 'semi-desert' region with 'mountains' (The Blue Mountains, more like hills really) to the east. Oh right, and we have Bluewood about an hour's drive from here, so you can hit the slopes every winter. __________________ You know, I'd put up something witty and clever right now, but eh. I'm lazy.

02-06-2009, 01:19 AM	#37
Vault Of Thrones A Threat to the District Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: /dev/null Posts: 444	Kansas City, land of no public transportation. It's often called the Silicon Valley of engineering and has almost no tourist destinations to speak of, as I have discovered when planning what to do for when my grandparents visit. __________________ Twitter!

02-06-2009, 02:43 AM	#38
Buddha Fett Pretty Sweet Hat. Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Behind You Posts: 353	Well, here's my hometown. Elkhart's a pretty boring place; the economy's also in the toilet as of late. The RV industry's all but crashed, and all of the jobs are going to factory workers. The Jazz Festival is probably the only truly awesome thing here, and that's only for three days out of the year. We also have (maybe had, by now?) the nation's largest train yard, which is actually pretty impressive-looking. __________________ "I think perhaps the most important problem is that we are trying to understand the fundamental workings of the universe via a language devised for telling one another when the best fruit is." -Terry Pratchett

02-05-2009, 10:34 PM	#34
Wigmund Lakitu Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Northwest Arkansas Posts: 2,139	Greetings from Fayetteville, Arkansas in lovely, ice-ravaged Northwest Arkansas. Fayetteville itself doesn't have much beyond the University of Arkansas and "Bikes, Blues, and BBQ", and the lovely scenery of the Ozarks. Oh, and apparently Forbes thinks Fayetteville was the 8th best place in the country to live a couple of years ago. Northwest Arkansas is home to Wal-Mart, Tyson Foods, and JB Hunt.

02-06-2009, 10:15 AM	#40
Selfish mammothtank send me that link again Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Canuckistan. Posts: 356	There are stalkers on the forum. You are all fools to have revealed your home towns. Now someone is going to figure out how to find you, your family, your secret or shady deals, and TAKE YOU DOWN. Either that or TAKE YOU TO LUNCH. Either prospect is terrifying, to say the least. Professional stalkers often do both, or so the stories on the internet tell me. I'm pretty sure that there is at least some falsehood to that statement, but still it's put a spin on this. Read the posts, people. Do you really want one of these people, despite the fact that they can string English words together to form some pretty clever and impressive sentences, to find you? Do you really want to open your front (or side door, for that one of you already posted) to see someone standing there with a smile, a plate full of warm cookies, and some silk scarves in their already bulging pockets? How about going on a bus, and detecting that "being stared at feeling" only to look up and see that one person quickly look away? Hm? THAT COULD HAVE BEEN A FELLOW FORUM MEMBER! On the plus side, there are some pretty neat people here too that can do wonders with a flat out address. We now return you to your regularly scheduled reveal-fest. London, Ontario. I have only left my province once. That was to go to The Ovens Park, Nova Scotia. We have grey squirrels in Victoria Park that are red with black tails, a pit bull ban that puts the Ontario pit bull ban to shame, and free public concerts. There is a pervasive feel to the audiences though. We seem to have a banana up our butt most of the time, but we do tend to clap politely after. During a solo no one says anything. Instead of pouring out our hearts and giving praise, the audiences here tend to savour the moment, then politely clap. Weird. __________________ Eastern Daylight: the place where I am. "The internet: where you can show the world that you're doodling on your flesh and receive tangible rewards." - sekrit persun on NPF.