Where Do You Wish You Lived?

[KatieDidIt]

The Outer Banks, North Carolina.  "Nothing could be finer..."

http://www.cape-fear.nc.us/Home/PhotoGallery.asp

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Hey Red, I'm a Carolina gal. We still have summer home in the mountains. I don't know if I would want to live there full time, I might go stir crazy! But it is the most beautiful state in the country, in my opinion.

[KatieDidIt]

Spring and her comment on inner city houston being destroyed.  So that then her suburb can thrive.  Sorry if it sounded like it was aimed at you.

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I lived in Tanglewood for 15 years, LOVED IT, but the public schools were overwhelmed and below par. I avoided inside the loop at ALL costs. It was so congested and muddled. HOWEVER, I would kill myself to get to a good resturant in there!

[jmancuso]

Tokyo.  I'm trying really really hard to pay off my bills so I can move there.

after a year in tokyo, you're gonna wnat to live in a shack in teh middle of the woods. i would love to go back and see more of it (i didnt get a chance to see much) but the level of humanity there would make me nuts. i would prefer a much slower pace...maybe like new york or london.

[J.A.S.O.N.]

WTF?

That said - Id live in Downtown.

[SpringTX]

Spring and her comment on inner city houston being destroyed.  So that then her suburb can thrive.  Sorry if it sounded like it was aimed at you.

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Let me rewind the and reply to Yakuza and her questions...

("Also judging by your last post, you wan't Spring to grow so would it not become the inner loop cesspool you hate so much.")

Au contraire, I'd like to see Spring grow to the size of downtown. High-rises would be fine for Spring. My commute to (the "new") downtown would be shorter. And my property values would skyrocket, of course. I could probably cash out of my house and retire early so I could devote myself full-time to pastimes like posting on this board.

("With around 4 of our 5 million people dead, why would anyone want to live in Spring? Also do you know anyone who would want to move to the suburbs of a metro that was mostly destroyed?")

First of all, it would partly be a shifting of population from other parts of the metro Houston area. For example, those who lived in Northampton and who survived the blast would now commute to Spring instead of the (old) downtown. And, yes, I think more people would keep on moving to the Houston metro area. Did 9-11 give Manhattan "the cooties" such that people don't move there any more? Ever heard of Phoenix, rising from the ashes? Cities are meant to be rebuilt. The entire inner loop, or should I say, the devastated barren wasteland that was formerly the inner loop, could be made into a national park. A radioactive one, of course. But that would just add to the fun: I'd pay $5 to see a tree growing purple striped oranges the shape of tootsie rolls. Heck, a squirrel with 2 heads would be a crowd-pleaser, too.

And as I re-think this whole radiation thing, I can see its advantages for Spring as well. For example, perhaps the contaminated water that I'd be drinking in Spring would act as a natural Viagra supplement. I could go for that! That would definitely save me some pocket change. Perhaps my grandchildren could gain lucrative employment in the circus-related industries. I think there are openings for two-headed men all over the country. I see it as a growth industry, honestly.

Of course, no offense intended to the pretentious urbanites and culture-vultures who live inside the loop and who must perish for the sake of an unfortunate choice of zip codes. Remember, as you sip your cappucino in one of those trendy inner-loops cafes, it could be costing you your life someday. It's not too late to join the superior beautiful people with the brilliant foresight who are living just outside the blast radius. We shall rule with grace and corruption when the crown is passed on to us.

By the way, reagrding Hiroshima and Nagasaki, we should all take a moment to silently remember those in Hiroshima and Nagasaki who lost their lives. It was a tragedy like none other the world has seen. And of course, we all know that the biggest tragedy of all was that we didn't zap more of those fellers...ok, now that's a joke, by the way, for any of you that are sharpening your knives right now. Along with everything else I've written about the bomb dropping on downtown Houston, including this whole post. I seriously don't even like Spring that much - I'm moving to The Woodlands anyways. Who wants gum?

[YakuzaIce]

First of all, it would partly be a shifting of population from other parts of the metro Houston area.  For example, those who lived in Northampton and who survived the blast would now commute to Spring instead of the (old) downtown.  And, yes, I think more people would keep on moving to the Houston metro area.  Did 9-11 give Manhattan "the cooties" such that people don't move there any more?

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Just to say a few things before I respond to your whole post. 9/11 was just a scratch compared to what you want to happen to houston. Also it would would likely be at least fifty years until Houston was even inhabitable, much less people actually wanting to move here. And you will be long dead before spring becomes a downtown and your property becomes worth more. Also in your sick fantasy land, what is stopping other metro areas from becoming "downtowns" Can you name any company that wants to move to a city that was destroyed.

BTW I am a guy.

[SpringTX]

Just to say a few things before I respond to your whole post.  9/11 was just a scratch compared to what you want to happen to houston.  Also it would would likely be at least fifty years until Houston was even inhabitable, much less people actually wanting to move here.  And you will be long dead before spring becomes a downtown and your property becomes worth more.  Also in your sick fantasy land...

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Wait a minute, you still haven't caught on that my whole bit was a joke? Maybe I need to go back to putting the smiley-faces and wink-faces after every sentence when I'm not being serious. I guess this is the kind of reaction I can expect when I don't include those. Maybe you missed all the innerloop-versus-suburbs threads. This is a SATIRE on my part. It is poking fun at the silliness of the whole silly innerloop-versus-suburbs battle. And, as you didn't seem to catch on at first, I kept taking it to a more and more absurd extreme, trying to nudge you to catch on that it was all a joke. If you didn't find anything remotely absurd that caused you to question the sincerity of my purported desire to kill 5 million people, then I figured the purported desire to see a "barren wasteland" park where they charge $5 admission to see 2-headed radioactive squirrels would have definitely been the clincher. Although I guess not. Maybe this is a sore subject for you. If so, I'm sorry. A little dark humor is actually good every once in a while, in my opinion. If you can't laugh at something, then you're taking it way too seriously. The Italian filmmaker Roberto Benigni once bragged that he could make a comedy about ANYTHING. Then when someone challenged him to make a comedy about the Nazi Holocaust...he did. The movie is called Life is Beautiful, and it actually has a tender sweet humorous side to it amongst the very powerful sadness of it all. I highly recommend it to anyone. I think it also won an academy award, if I'm not mistaken.

BTW I am a guy.

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My apologies. I assumed that, since you referred to me as a "she" earlier in this thread (when you referred to "Spring and her post"), that you were using the newer politically-correct feminine gender for objects, not assuming that I was a female (which I'm not). So I figured I would use the same convention you did and refer to you in the feminine gender as well.

[YakuzaIce]

Sorry that I thought you were serious. But you never know as there are tons of sick people on the internet. Also I said she because from a few of your posts I did assume you were a woman. Because of a few posts that mentioned moms and it sounded as if you were saying you were part of this group.

I also took you slightly more seriously becaue I believe it was casual observer and a few others in the "Thoughts on the Suburbs" thread. When they were talking about which would thrive in a disaster urban or suburban.

[bachanon]

i would like to have a loft downtown and a bigger home in the woodlands. it would be great to share a loft with extended family for downtown outings and special occasions.

it is fun to dream.

[SpringTX]

Also I said she because from a few of your posts I did assume you were a woman.  Because of a few posts that mentioned moms and it sounded as if you were saying you were part of this group.

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You're actually correct on the second half of that. I work from home in the suburbs so I get exposed to the stay-at-home-mom crowd more than most others. So I know the INSIDE scoop on what those ladies do all day. It's a dirty job, but someone's got to do it. I'm lucky my wife trusts me. Otherwise, I could be up to some real-life Desperate Housewives action.

I also took you slightly more seriously becaue I believe it was casual observer and a few others in the "Thoughts on the Suburbs" thread.  When they were talking about which would thrive in a disaster urban or suburban.

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Yeah, my satirical "bomb the inner loop" tangent had no relation to that previous discussion of which would survive, city or suburbs, in a nuclear blast. As you point out: the radiation would take care of the suburbs as well as the inner-city.

On a side note, I actually used to live in the Washington, DC area and, as wacky as this sounds, 9-11 was a particularly memorable day for me. I was literally trapped in my office building, watching out the window at the smoke rising from the Pentagon in the distance, all the women in the office were crying. All I could think about was getting out of the immediate metro area as fast as possible...but all the roads were clogged and the subways were all shut down. So we just sat there, helpless, in terror, watching that smoke rise and listening to those ladies cry hysterically. I made plans to move to Houston shortly after that, and you may think I'm full of ____ if I tell you this, but the possibility of terrorism played a part in my decision. Remember the FIRST World Trade Center attack in the late 90's? Smoke filled the towers when a bomb in the parking garage went off. Everyone evacuated the building safely. That should have been a warning. I consider 9-11 to have been a warning. It may be 10 or 20 years, but I believe that, in our lifetimes, there will be a weapon of mass destruction detonated in a major urban center in the Western world (U.S. or Europe) by a terrorist group. Nukes just keep proliferating and proliferating. It's just a matter of WHEN, not IF. Be glad we all live in Houston and not NY or DC.

[RedScare]

Hey Red, I'm a Carolina gal. We still have summer home in the mountains. I don't know if I would want to live there full time, I might go stir crazy! But it is the most beautiful state in the country, in my opinion.

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I just saw your post about summers in the Carolinas. I grew up in Winston-Salem, went to RJ Reynolds High School.

You're correct about the possibility of going stir crazy, but I figure Raleigh is only a few hours away, so I could go get my NC State Wolfpack fix.

Please don't tell me you're a tarheel fan.

[KatieDidIt]

I just saw your post about summers in the Carolinas.  I grew up in Winston-Salem, went to RJ Reynolds High School.

You're correct about the possibility of going stir crazy, but I figure Raleigh is only a few hours away, so I could go get my NC State Wolfpack fix. 

Please don't tell me you're a tarheel fan. 

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Tarheel born and Tarheel bred, and when I die I'll be Tarheel dead.

[RedScare]

G*d D*mnit! I knew it!

I have to say, being gone 28 years has taken a lot of the starch out of me and my entire Wolfpack family (my granddad helped build the clocktower). We even rooted for the heels in the NCAA finals. Congrats, by the way.

I think the reason why is because the heels cry harder when they fall farther.

Beautiful state, better basketball...man, I really miss NC sometimes.

[Lowbrow]

I'm with you guys on NC. Wilmington up to the outter banks is just beautiful. I'm torn between the coastal regions and the mountians out west around Hendersonville.

Those would be my two picks but unfortunately not a lot of need for petrophysicists out that way.

[KatieDidIt]

I'm with you guys on NC. Wilmington up to the outter banks is just beautiful. I'm torn between the coastal regions and the mountians out west around Hendersonville.

Those would be my two picks but unfortunately not a lot of need for petrophysicists out that way.

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We are just west of HEndersonville, in Highlands. Its getting REALLY crowded up there lately.

[BayouCityGirl]

Toronto Canada OR Beverly hills CA (with the cash and success to go with it!)

[YakuzaIce]

Wait a minute, you still haven't caught on that my whole bit was a joke?

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I just read the post that I responded to Thursday, August 11th, 2005 @ 11:09am. I only read the first couple sentences. Which I responded to. Now that I have read the rest it is obvious you are joking from that post. But your previous posts could easily have been serious. OK that is the last of that subject.

[Lowbrow]

We are just west of HEndersonville, in Highlands. Its getting REALLY crowded up there lately. 

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Ah, I used to do quite a bit of back packing up at Pisqua. Ever been to the Devil's Chimney, Shining Rock or Cold Mountain?

I have family in Hendersonville still and Ashville too.

[RedScare]

lowbrow, do you mean Pisgah National Forest, or is there a Pisqua, too? I've been to Pisgah and done the Blue Ridge Parkway, too. Grandfather Mountain with the mile high swinging bridge is cool.

http://www.grandfather.com/

[KatieDidIt]

Ah, I used to do quite a bit of back packing up at Pisqua. Ever been to the Devil's Chimney, Shining Rock or Cold Mountain?

I have family in Hendersonville still and Ashville too.

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Sliding Rock you mean? Yes and the real Cold Mountain in not too far fromo ur home.

[Lowbrow]

lowbrow, do you mean Pisgah National Forest, or is there a Pisqua, too?  I've been to Pisgah and done the Blue Ridge Parkway, too.  Grandfather Mountain with the mile high swinging bridge is cool.

http://www.grandfather.com/

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Yeah Pisgah.. I couldnt remember the spelling.. I even ran it through google and it came up with a bunch of hits so I kept the spelling. LOL. Yeah the parkway is a nice drive. I hitchhiked it once and got a ride in a 911 and the guy had a foot of lead... what a fun but scary time.

Sliding Rock you mean?

That is vaguely familiar but actually I do mean Shining Rock...

http://www.hikewnc.info/trailheads/pisgah/...ah/shining.html

[Houstonian in Iraq]

HOUSTON

[HeightsGuy]

If we are talking Houston and money were no object, I'd like to live anywhere on North or South Blvd near Rice U.

[Nothing but me and my Cadillac]

IN HOUSTON OF COURSE!

I would have to say in the Penthouse at Commerce Towers, but I picked River Oaks

[monkeemaven]

I'm not going to say because I don't want anyone else moving there.

Brilliant!

Anywhere - Pensacola. Grandparents live in a gorgeous old neighbourhood just of Navy Blvd. ... but I wouldn't want to live next to them.

Anywhere north of I-10 - middle of nowhere, Missouri. Shelbina was nice.

Houston area - Surfside Beach.

Houston area which is actually Houston and not 50 miles down the coast - is it a bad sign that I *like* the neighbourhood in which UofH is?

[Vertigo58]

Boy these are OLD topics but what the hell.

I would totally leave the US and find my new life in Como, Italia situated right on a lake. I think Clooney has a pad nearby?

Second choice, anywhere near the ocean in Spain.

3rd choice, Argentina

[Daniepwils]

It is funny how River Oaks is higher than the others (besides "Other") ~ I think if you have lived in River Oaks and pay the god-awful taxes you would think otherwise. Downtown Houston taxes are a bit high compared to the suburbs, but it is manageable.

I picked Tahiti ~ I love the US and Houston ~ but I am sick of the US ~ Tahiti or Australia please!

Commerce Towers is very nice (I wish the area was "clean" though)

[west20th]

Savannah Ga.!

[Pumapayam]

Boy these are OLD topics but what the hell.

I would totally leave the US and find my new life in Como, Italia situated right on a lake. I think Clooney has a pad nearby?

Second choice, anywhere near the ocean in Spain.

3rd choice, Argentina

Ah HA, so it is you voting on all these old polls , like which city is the largeest land wise and the nmainguy birthday poll!

[Vertigo58]

To be honest with everyone, my dream place to live is on the movie set or soundstage of any major movie studio. Especially this one from the scene of DW Griffith's - Intolerance. Right next to the huge plaster elephant's!

Well, the Animaniacs live in the water tower at Warner Brothers Studios so why not me?