Eh, I don't mind lava. And I like to surf

Finland is obviously devoid of colour.

Tustin over here.

I know there are a few other guys in our general area, although only Gandalf (I think?) comes to mind right now.

Florida...but...I live in Florida, so, if I HAD to move somewhere else it would be Georgia.

I'd move back to the state where I was born, Colorado.

Don't ever go to Alabama. I lived there. It sucks horribly.

I live in Long Beach.

Southern CA is horrendously overcrowded, replete with crime, and it will only get worse as our population increases. Everything is already overbuilt but it will only get worse. Making a living out here is difficult enough because of expensive housing ($500,000 is the starting point for decent property these days), but as more people come its only going to get harder. Anywhere you go in socal, you can only breathe smog in an urban environment instead of clean air. I heard on the news that by 2030 the Riverside area is going to be as populous as the Los Angeles Area is now. I don't want to live and raise a family in a place like that, so I'm heading out. For me, its mainly a matter of economics.

The only good thing that comes to mind about Cali these days is that there's a strong job market. However, that's not enough to keep me here.

Perhaps somewhere in the Northeast, upstate NY or so. Far enough away from civilization that I can have peace and quiet, but close enough that I can find all the luxury and entertainment I need. North Carolina around the Raleigh/Durham area wouldn't be bad either.

I've never been to the States, but Florida sounds kinda fun.

What's up my fellow pissed off Californians.

I share the same grief here in San Diego County. Crowded freeways, rampant out of control suburban sprawl, everything fake, yeah. Although, I wouldn't mind a stint in the NorCal.

Oregon, Maryland, are some states that come to mind

I like it where I am.

As for Alabama, I've seen videos on YouTube. Let's just leave it at that.

Seriously, what's with the self-hate of S. Cal? There's a reason it's 'crowded' and expensive: everywhere else blows chunks.

What about that one Top Gear episode?

And this is a reason to live there? does finland produce a single non-****ty band that dont spend all their time fretwanking and grunting about unicorns?

huh

I've been to many states and regions in the United States, and each have their admirable and inglorious traits. Making an objective choice corroborated by these traits, which I hope I'd make for something as important as moving, is a little too time-consuming at the moment.

If I were to go on gut instinct I imagine I'd say somewhere that was pretty, and not congested but still had a decent amount of human civilization. Based on that criteria I'd probably choose another country though.

So I'll just say Mississippi.

No you ******, Verticae was just listing the good bands that came out of Finland because that ******* Rob brought up bands as reasons NOT to live there (as always).

I can't believe so many people care about where others go anyways.

Seriously, find something better to do.

Maryland's a great place to live. Although... for some reason, we'll call it "wobal glarming", we no longer have the really snowy winters, and summers are quickly becoming unbearable.

haha, baited.

dumbass.

Your mom was baited.

Good Charlotte + Linkin Park = instant lose.

Dear God, people still fall for the "OMG ROB SAYS STUFF" Internet thing?

... Wait.

... Not surprising.

... Wow.

Thats two versus the 9 bands I could probably name from Finland that are ridiculous amounts of horrible.

THE **** WE DON'T

What do you call what happened late this winter.

This summer is mild compared to last summer, and the summer before that was REALLY harsh.

We used to have blizzards that would dump 3-4 feet on the area every couple of winters. Now we barely get a foot a winter.

Annapolis got 9 inches all winter, the February "storm" dumped about 6 inches. Lame.

Yeah, you'd think people would be used to his usual tactics. As the evolution thread and this one has shown, the answer is no. Well, maybe because, you could say, Rob's a master baiter.

Oh god I love preschool humor.

What we get in Maryland. ARE NOT. WERE NOT. Blizzards.

4 feet of snow ISN'T a blizzard. It's just a lot of ****ing snow.

We had ice problems here all last winter.

Well, Michigan and Connecticut (the only two places I've lived for extended periods of time) are both alright. If I had to choose elsewhere, though, I find Washington and Oregon rather to my liking.

No matter where the **** you go in ALL of Southern California, you hit God awful traffic. From SD to Ventura, Orange to Palm Springs. ****ing traffic everywhere. That's (one reason) why I'm despising So Cal. I remember freeways clear as the eye can see. **** my dad even had an hour long conversation parked on I-5. Parked.

Massassi disproves evolution. You would think that Massassians would grow some sort of Rob blocking organ after some time. However, it also disproves intelligent design, as no intelligent being would create such a wad of ****heads.

CA has legendary traffic and I'd be a fool to debate that. However, I don't do long commutes here, because everything I need pretty damned close, within either a 20 minute drive or a bit of a walk. If you are a commuter it's hell, but if you actually position yourself someplace convenient (i.e. not a person who lives in Riverside and works in San Diego), it isn't that bad because you don't have to drive all over the place. Seriously what do you do that you wind up on these long sojourns to hate the place over them?

Hell, at least there are places to go here. Sure the roads are free in Nowhere, Montana, because there is nowhere to go on them. In other places that aren't devoid in life, you *will* have bad traffic as well. The only exception is that these places usually have some form of mass transit to balance it out. However I'd imagine if you lived in NYC you'd be complaining instead of either a.) insane taxis or b.) being a sardine in a subway car.

Most likely where it's worth to live, affordable, and has jobs nearby for the average joe, it will be crowded and you'll have to deal with people. It just so happens that CA with its ample opportunity, endless supply of crap to do, and best weather on the planet, lots of people want to be here.

I wanted to respond to this.

I live in Oceanside and work in Rancho Bernardo. It's ~30 - 35 min drive. But my commute is anywhere 45 - 1 hr. I am trying to get a place more closer to work. But...it's trying. I was trying to get a job in downtown SD. That would be sick then I could try to find a place in DT where I could walk to work.

PW is right about the air quality though. It's getting nastier and nastier. Coastlines are not that bad but the inlands suck even down here. The problem with So Cal is that everyone here HAS to have a car. Public trans is a pitiful joke.

That is precisely the problem.

Freeways that were meant to be high-speed thoroughfares turn into bottlenecks instead because there are too many cars and the road infrastructure was not designed to handle so much traffic at once. (particularly around freeway junctions)

RE: air quality, even the coastlines are bad. Here in Long Beach, we have one of the biggest ports in the nation down on our coast. Since there is nearly always onshore airflow, all of the pollution from the port is blown inland every day, so you can't go outside without breathing carcinogenic particulate matter. It's terrible. We get taxed for "clean air" but nothing has been done about the port.

The beach in Long Beach is one big open sewer because there is a breakwater (to protect the port) that holds in all the garbage and pollution from the cargo ships, and the surf is also flat because of this. To get acceptable water, you have to go down to Bolsa Chica or Huntington. To get clean water, you have to go to Catalina Island.

So, it's like the Southern US only colder, more expensive, and with better music?

Also, it's spelled "tidal" not "title".

Nashville is going to kick you in.

Tulsa, OK is a really great place if you don't like living way out in the country, and also don't like being stuck in a bunch of traffic. It just about the perfect sized city. Lots of biking and walking, lots of trees, and plenty of bistros and shops. It's very much unlike the rest of Oklahoma.

On the other hand if I could live anywhere, I'd probably move back to Colorado Springs, or possibly Pueblo or something. Colorado is the nicest place on the planet.

first excited

I've been thinking about going to New Orleans Leezeeanna.

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southern New Hampshire