neko, ask robby later. he will remember. I'm terrible with names.
The Travelling Thread/ The Home Town Thread
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Back at home now, made it out before the 60cm snow would hit o_o good luck, New Yorkers!
New Yorkers ain't gonna deal with crap, Boston and Cape Cod are the ones being nuked. Us and Rhode Island are getting lesser nuked.
Can't wait for Connecticut's favorite severe storm pastime of widespread power loss
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/javiermoreno/all-hail-the-mighty-state?bffb&utm_term=4ldqpgp#.sh5zW3qgMA
Well… Galveston beaches aren't so hot, but there's some decent places along the coast.
If you do travel here and decided to relocate, keep in mind our big cities seem to have no plans for mass transit beyond widen roads and make everything a toll road.
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Lmao they've been widening I45 for the past 10 years at least. They made it through Conroe last year I think, and I remember driving through construction in 2005 to go to MoCCo in the woodlands for a grand total of like .. 30-40 miles give or take
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http://www.buzzfeed.com/javiermoreno/all-hail-the-mighty-state?bffb&utm_term=4ldqpgp#.sh5zW3qgMA
Ironic that I see this right after reading this: http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150129-editorial-capitol-spectacle-brings-shame-on-texas.ece#commentsDiv
After that editorial, I was thinking to myself "Holy crap you'll have to pay me to live in Texas" but it's quite a lovely looking state.. I mean, that's an OCELOT.
It's as if I am being reminded that every place has their minority of bad people, but that doesn't make anywhere a bad place.Hidden:
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We still haven't gotten that Chicago cold yet, it feels good. I might actually be able to enjoy this winter for once.
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Ironic that I see this right after reading this: http://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/editorials/20150129-editorial-capitol-spectacle-brings-shame-on-texas.ece#commentsDiv
After that editorial, I was thinking to myself "Holy crap you'll have to pay me to live in Texas" but it's quite a lovely looking state.. I mean, that's an OCELOT.
It's as if I am being reminded that every place has their minority of bad people, but that doesn't make anywhere a bad place.if you ever visit Austin, you'll actually find it's the most liberal city in Texas as far as citizens go haha
But yeah, if you're looking for shit heads, we definitely have our fair share, but we have a lot of really great things and people too
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hmm. tell me more. I want to learn more about texas people, good and bad. I've heard really great things about austin. not so great things about houston. I know people in dallas. All I know is what the media feeds me, and I get fed a lot of crap. It does kind of make me nervous, some of the political crap I've heard.
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if you ever visit Austin, you'll actually find it's the most liberal city in Texas as far as citizens go haha
Very true. A large portion of the rest of the state thinks we're just a bunch of godless liberal hipsters. :happy:
hmm. tell me more. I want to learn more about texas people, good and bad. I've heard really great things about austin. not so great things about houston. I know people in dallas. All I know is what the media feeds me, and I get fed a lot of crap. It does kind of make me nervous, some of the political crap I've heard.
I grew up in Houston, currently live in Austin, have been to most major cities in the state, and I even spent a few years in a small town in East Texas. What do you want to know?
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what are the people like.
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what are the people like.
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100727210338AACwKMu
They are all alcoholic drug addicts, that ride horses around everywhere shooting there guns at ****, Bunch of idiotic assholes if you ask me
lmao
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what are the people like.
It's true that you'll find plenty of backwards thinking, racism, bigotry, etc.. especially in smaller towns and in the older generation. Fortunately you find less of this in the big cities and even less as the years pass.
I'll use Houston as an example since it is the largest and arguably most important city in the state from an economic standpoint. It is one of the most diverse metropolitan areas in the nation, so naturally you'll find a very wide variety of cultural groups and political beliefs and they all seem to adopt the friendly attitude that pervades most of the state. Imagine people from all over the world working for Big Oil in a sprawling port city metropolis and you've got Houston. Unfortunately, to me at least, the most influential and powerful political voice is still your typical Southern Christian Conservative. We'll see how much that changes in the next 10-15 years.
I'll post some more later.
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I know you hear about the gay marriage stuff, but I know Houston and Dallas both have thriving gay communities
we get an influx of californians moving here every year, and a good amount of my college buddies from texas are either democrat, gay, or at least will respect your world view. you can definitely find people who fit your world view to be friends with.
i've only seen a gun in public once, and it was an ex-marine art student/classmate who was moving stuff around in his car and warned me in advance
Even if you go prancing through the streets singing excerpts from the Quran and doing the most gay dance you can think of (which would probably be considered normal in Austin) i really think people would probably just stare at you tbh. they might ask if you're drunk
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thanks guys. that really does help. Robby wants us to move back to Texas in the years to come. That really paints a clearer picture for me. Everyone likes to talk about the bad. It's good to hear about the good too.
The other thing that makes me nervous, other than the people is the health care. :S
Is Houston really the biggest? I woulda thought it was Dallas.
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Even if you go prancing through the streets singing excerpts from the Quran and doing the most gay dance you can think of (which would probably be considered normal in Austin)
Sounds like a Sunday stroll down South Congress.
The other thing that makes me nervous, other than the people is the health care. :S
Healthcare isn't so bad, but I'm biased since I work in the industry and I probably don't know any better and I'm not poor.
Is Houston really the biggest? I woulda thought it was Dallas.
Houston is the 4th largest city in the US. Dallas is the 9th.
What makes Dallas seem huge is the enormous Dallas-Ft.Worth Metro area, which I think is bigger than the Houston Metro area. Houston just keeps expanding out and out though…
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Houston is the 4th largest city in the US. Dallas is the 9th.
What makes Dallas seem huge is the enormous Dallas-Ft.Worth Metro area, which I think is bigger than the Houston Metro area. Houston just keeps expanding out and out though…
Metro area is an overall better gauge of population than city limits because some city limits are bullshit.
Jacksonville and Ottawa are both far smaller cities masquerading as big ones because their city limits cover an enormous amount of nothing and suburbs that would normally be dozens of other towns.
My understanding is that Houston is also kind of bullshit in that regard.
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@Monkey:
My understanding is that Houston is also kind of bullshit in that regard.
What do you mean exactly?
I wouldn't say the city limits of Houston cover enormous amounts of nothing. There isn't much that isn't developed or heavily populated, at least for the South since we're just now starting to build up instead of out.
What do you think of this?
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What do you mean exactly?
I wouldn't say the city limits of Houston cover enormous amounts of nothing. There isn't much that isn't developed or heavily populated, at least for the South since we're just now starting to build up instead of out.
What do you think of this?
It's not a matter of nothing versus populated.
But Houston has city limits drawn over stuff that in the case of the cities being compared to….well it's nonsense because those cities are surrounded by far far larger metro areas and densely populated areas. Or even in their city limits have more people than metro Houston lol.
That article is so busy harping on how "big" Houston is when it has significantly less inside those limits than all five things it's being compared to (Paris, the Bay area, NYC, London and the entire island of Oahu).If those cities went by the same city limit logic as Houston they would just devour their suburbs (as in some cases they already have, Brooklyn used to be independent of NYC).
It's silly to me when cities like those try and make points like that article, they're false advertising as heck. Though it's hard to beat Ottawa on being false as that.
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Yeah, you're right. To your point, the way the city is built makes it frustrating to get around. I'm not sure Houston, or any other Texas city, could ever become as dense as places like NYC. There just hasn't been enough planning around infrastructure and mass transit. Austin is about to hit a wall on the number of people it can support.
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So, just a random question here, but how is the shoe situation where ya'll are from?
Like do you walk around indoors with your boots on, American style, or do you take 'em off when you go inside?
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I don't think there's an American Style when it comes to shoes on or off
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I'm sure you guys vary from state to state, or within sub-culture
but i reckon that the first nation one thinks of when you think about wearing shoes indoors is the US.
You guys are kind of the stereotypical posterchild of indoor shoewearing. That and carpeted floors.
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…I take my shoes off if I'm at someone's house longer than a half hour.
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I want to go to Norway and Sweden and Finland, like really bad.
Canada and Alaska too.
Less cold, I'd love to also visit Australia or Dubai.
I've never been out of the country though.
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I'm sure you guys vary from state to state, or within sub-culture
but i reckon that the first nation one thinks of when you think about wearing shoes indoors is the US.
You guys are kind of the stereotypical posterchild of indoor shoewearing. That and carpeted floors.
we're the typical poster child for a lot of things i imagine
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I'm sure you guys vary from state to state, or within sub-culture
but i reckon that the first nation one thinks of when you think about wearing shoes indoors is the US.
You guys are kind of the stereotypical posterchild of indoor shoewearing. That and carpeted floors.
I don't think anyone in America unless they're completely rural does that.
That's simply not a thing at all. I have no bloody clue where you got that impression lol.
Everyone takes their shoes off in the foyer or front hall or whatever.Maybe not in like the…sunroom porch or front deck with a roof or...uh...seriously what are you talking about.
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I know people who wear shoes inside, those ingrates.
It really depends from household to household I guess.
In general though shoes off
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I'm ashamed to say shoes indoors isn't all that uncommon here. It depends on the household of course.
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I want to go to Norway and Sweden and Finland, like really bad.
Canada and Alaska too.
Less cold, I'd love to also visit Australia or Dubai.
I've never been out of the country though.
You know, if you're keen, you may be able to find a super cheap flight to Alaska for a weekend. The whole reason me and my husband went to NY was because flights were super cheap. He also found a flight to Abu Dhabi for 200 bucks and quickly booked 2 tickets for us for 4 days.
TL;DR - Get to know US Travel Hackers and you may be able to find super cheap domestic flights.
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@Monkey:
I don't think anyone in America unless they're completely rural does that.
That's simply not a thing at all. I have no bloody clue where you got that impression lol.
Everyone takes their shoes off in the foyer or front hall or whatever.Maybe not in like the…sunroom porch or front deck with a roof or...uh...seriously what are you talking about.
Mostly from interaction with American dudes and dudettes. It's an annual campus tradition to explain to the exchange students from the US and Australia that you shouldn't just walk right on in with your dirty boots. Which at times lead into pretty harsh arguments about why it's the height of rudeness, mean and just stupid to ask them to remove their shoes.
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Mostly from interaction with American dudes and dudettes. It's an annual campus tradition to explain to the exchange students from the US and Australia that you shouldn't just walk right on in with your dirty boots. Which at times lead into pretty harsh arguments about why it's the height of rudeness, mean and just stupid to ask them to remove their shoes.
Sorry dude, you're telling me "Ha man you Americans and your painting of your dogs in wild colors, is there anything more American than painting their dogs like tropical parade floats?".
It's just absolutely not a thing anywhere I've ever lived including the South. -
Doing a quick googling of the phrase why do Americans wear shoes indoors yields a bunch of discussions, where about half the people go no what? That's dumb as shit and totally not an American thing, and the other half goes hell yeah i do, feet are gross and like foot odeour or feeling naked without 'em.
Seems to add up to our case of Zeph and Tabby versus Cedar Rapids Uni lol
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It is true that there are people in America who are wrong, but such is life
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Oh you guys and your quaint insistance that the US isn't a borg hivemind
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wolfwood do you get your information on America off 90s sitcoms.
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No but i assure you all that i draw from other, equally terrible, sources.
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Wearing shoes inside is common in North America!
Like I've been to places and I'm like taking my shoes off at the door and they're like "no it's okay you can keep your shoes on" and I'm like ehhhh it feels so wrong.
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Wearing shoes inside is common in North America!
Like I've been to places and I'm like taking my shoes off at the door and they're like "no it's okay you can keep your shoes on" and I'm like ehhhh it feels so wrong.
Places being…like businesses? Because we're talking about people's houses.
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It's not considered rude to wear shoes indoors unless someone tells you not to and you do it anyway, or your shoes are really muddy. But it's not expected of you to wear your shoes indoor either
It's just not a 'thing' people consciously think about
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@Monkey:
Places being…like businesses? Because we're talking about people's houses.
No I mean houses. Honestly, it's more common than you think.
Obviously this happens in the summer time rather than the winter time.Hidden:
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No I mean houses. Honestly, it's more common than you think.
Obviously this happens in the summer time rather than the winter time.Summer can be just as dirty as winter, sometimes much more.
People have rugs and wood floors, it's just not normal anywhere I've ever lived to go in with shoes.
People don't get all Japan about it or anything, but it's just not done. -
No I mean houses. Honestly, it's more common than you think.
Obviously this happens in the summer time rather than the winter time.i get that it happens but i just feel like some people are making it into a thing
i was never allowed to wear my shoes indoors as a kid any time of the year 100% because it tracked dirt in the house, and my dad who is a very american redneck native texan was the biggest stickler about it. he'd get pissed if i spilled a little sugar on the floor while making breakfast.
its literally just some shitty unfounded generalization some tourist might make like 'some americans wear shoes indoors sometimes = all americans wear shoes indoors all the time'
idk why this keeps coming up. like why does the rest of the world give a fuck. do you guys not experience shoe on/off FREEDOM or wait i guess youre all barefoot shoe hippie communists
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idk why this keeps coming up. like why does the rest of the world give a fuck. do you guys not experience shoe on/off FREEDOM or wait i guess youre all barefoot shoe hippie communists
Lol you guys are right, some families are like this in their homes, but they're the minority.
People generally don't like dirty shoes in their homes, cuz you don't have to be any nationality to not want disease all over your floors.
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It's not considered rude to wear shoes indoors unless someone tells you not to and you do it anyway, or your shoes are really muddy. But it's not expected of you to wear your shoes indoor either
It's just not a 'thing' people consciously think about
We try to keep shoes off when we are in the house, mostly because of the carpet. Also, the fact that the weather is wet here most of the time, it's just better to keep the place clean. Honestly, I used to wear shoes indoors, it didn't seem like a huge deal. But if I am at a friend's house and I see shoes at the door, out of respect, I do the same.
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Cyprus was a genuine "shoes indoors!" culture.
And hey it's…
A. A dry place most of the year.
B. 99% of the homes/buildings have some sort of hard non-wood flooring like marble or what have you. With rugs not so common.There is lots of wetness in much of the populated US. And even where there isn't there's still plenty of wood.
Maybe the plains and desert southwest have some sort of common indoor shoe culture.
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Are you guys talking about not wearing shoes worn outside, or being barefoot?
Wearing shoes that were worn outside seems kinda silly, even though it's ok for the guests to do so over here :sad:
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@Monkey:
Summer can be just as dirty as winter, sometimes much more.
People have rugs and wood floors, it's just not normal anywhere I've ever lived to go in with shoes.
People don't get all Japan about it or anything, but it's just not done.So how does the Japanese way differ from what your used to?
idk why this keeps coming up. like why does the rest of the world give a fuck. do you guys not experience shoe on/off FREEDOM or wait i guess youre all barefoot shoe hippie communists
It was really just a casual, silly, conversation starter. I had not expected it to be the sore spot it apparently is.
But yes we absolutely are.
http://blogs.sweden.se/expat/2012/01/11/no-shoes-indoors/
Are you guys talking about not wearing shoes worn outside, or being barefoot?
Wearing shoes that were worn outside seems kinda silly, even though it's ok for the guests to do so over here :sad:
I feel your pain sister. No one, apart from rescue services, should be able to get away with that.
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I don't wear shoes in my house but I've been tempted to after finding a live scorpion skulking about on more than one occasion.
