Massachusetts has it's ups and downs, but we are a diverse,we have a colorful and rich history, and this is the place my parents settled down in when they came here in the 60s. No place is really perfect, but I can still call this one my home.
Why You Love, Or Hate, Your Home State (Or Province)
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I live in Brighton, England - I love living here and regardless of the reputation, not every gay person is trying to get it on with you. 
BUT, I will give you reasons why I hate England:
- NO ONE is ever happy with the politics here and most of the population feel that way because the media tell them too. Ask most British people and they'll come up with reasons like 'The NHS is SHITE' or 'The bin men never come on time.'
1) The NHS is free. If you have to pay £7.20 for a prescription, boo-frickety-hoo. How about you try living somewhere if in an emergency, you still have to cough up. And you know, there is always private services. If you want to complain so much about a free service, how about you cough up? I imagine a significant proportion of British people don't even have to pay taxes yet.
2) Russell Howard says it best when British people want to complain about trivial matters. There is always someone else out in the world a hell of a lot worse off than you.
-The economy of the UK may be coming out of the recession, but I doubt it's going to come out stronger or actually ever really recover considering the level of debt the government has placed it in. One day it is going to have to pay off that debt.
-The weather really does suck.
-To become a 'professional' in most cases, you are required to go through university and as a result, you end up in thousands of pounds of debt. In Scotland, as far as I know, there are no tuition fees. Now before people flame, they have only existed for the last four years. They have gone up with inflation and beyond if the university deems it fit to raise the price. My course is four years and no less. I have ended up with £26,000+ of debt before I have even started to practise. After 15 years, this is wiped off, but along with tax (which will probably hit 40%) and national insurance, there isn't much incentive to be the professional anymore.
-No one truly respects anyone else in their community. People appreciate their boxing coaches more than they appreciate the doctors, the pharmacists, the teachers, the child minders, the electricians, the plumbers, the lawyers... The people who can really help you when you're screwed. And they're ALL just as likely to rip you off (if they could).
-You truly are 'too much' of something. Too poor. Too ugly. Too angry. Too qualified. There is always someone in the local vicinity who has a reason to descriminate in some way.
-TV generally sucks unless you pay a small fortune or you know how to use the internet.
-Servers in England generally consist of angry northerners who are too enraged to make any coherant sense.
I imagine the last four apply to most places, but I can always hope there are pastures new.
BUT, I will give you reasons why I hate England:- NO ONE is ever happy with the politics here and most of the population feel that way because the media tell them too. Ask most British people and they'll come up with reasons like 'The NHS is SHITE' or 'The bin men never come on time.'
1) The NHS is free. If you have to pay £7.20 for a prescription, boo-frickety-hoo. How about you try living somewhere if in an emergency, you still have to cough up. And you know, there is always private services. If you want to complain so much about a free service, how about you cough up? I imagine a significant proportion of British people don't even have to pay taxes yet.
2) Russell Howard says it best when British people want to complain about trivial matters. There is always someone else out in the world a hell of a lot worse off than you.
-The economy of the UK may be coming out of the recession, but I doubt it's going to come out stronger or actually ever really recover considering the level of debt the government has placed it in. One day it is going to have to pay off that debt.
-The weather really does suck.
-To become a 'professional' in most cases, you are required to go through university and as a result, you end up in thousands of pounds of debt. In Scotland, as far as I know, there are no tuition fees. Now before people flame, they have only existed for the last four years. They have gone up with inflation and beyond if the university deems it fit to raise the price. My course is four years and no less. I have ended up with £26,000+ of debt before I have even started to practise. After 15 years, this is wiped off, but along with tax (which will probably hit 40%) and national insurance, there isn't much incentive to be the professional anymore.
-No one truly respects anyone else in their community. People appreciate their boxing coaches more than they appreciate the doctors, the pharmacists, the teachers, the child minders, the electricians, the plumbers, the lawyers... The people who can really help you when you're screwed. And they're ALL just as likely to rip you off (if they could).
-You truly are 'too much' of something. Too poor. Too ugly. Too angry. Too qualified. There is always someone in the local vicinity who has a reason to descriminate in some way.
-TV generally sucks unless you pay a small fortune or you know how to use the internet.
-Servers in England generally consist of angry northerners who are too enraged to make any coherant sense.
I imagine the last four apply to most places, but I can always hope there are pastures new.
I hate California for a few reasons.
1) The people voted Arnold Schwarzenegger for governor. I mean come on!
2) The politicians here are just making our debt worse and worse. We don't even have a budget! Basically broke.
3) Californians I've met are some of the most stupidest people ever. *Groan.* I've met country hicks that are more aware.
1) The people voted Arnold Schwarzenegger for governor. I mean come on!
2) The politicians here are just making our debt worse and worse. We don't even have a budget! Basically broke.
3) Californians I've met are some of the most stupidest people ever. *Groan.* I've met country hicks that are more aware.
I love Colorado. The mountains are beautiful, the weather is beautiful, Denver is a great city, great skiing, great hiking, great fishing, nice thin dry air, lots of wildlife, and most of all the Denver Nuggets. I'd be perfectly content spending the rest of my life here.
Well the only negative is it is really easy to get chapped lips and I'd truly rather get a swift kick in the groin region everyday then get chapped lips.
Well the only negative is it is really easy to get chapped lips and I'd truly rather get a swift kick in the groin region everyday then get chapped lips.
I'm from Indiana, USA. The northern half, about an hour away from Lake Michigan.
Pros~
1. Lake Michigan, the Warren Dunes, Chicago--so you have some nice scenery, nice beach and a big city. And where I live, there's actually a train station that runs to Chicago (trains are a damn rarity, I swear), so no hassle with driving.
2. The countryside, outside of the area where I live, is actually quite pretty as well but it is almost all farming. My grandparents live about 60 miles south of me and when I drive there on holidays, it is almost entirely farming.
3. Because there is a train that runs to Chicago, it is much easier to get other cities by train. Not many. But a couple is better than none.
Cons~
1. Sometimes painfully conservative. Normal Republicans, I have no problem with. But Evangelical Christian Republicans, I do. Because they tend to be prejudice and can be scary in groups. (They are the ones who kept saying that Haiti had made a pact with the Devil.)
2. There's a reason our state is called the "Crossroads of America" because no one stays there. They go through it to more important states, like Illinois.FIPs
3. Illinois is next door. And every person who lives in a fifty mile radius of Chicago, defines their entire existence by it. You say, "Who are you?" and S/he says, "I'm So-and-So and I'm from Chicago." So then you say, "Oh, which side?" And then they look sheepish and tell you the name of some city like Naperville or Crystal Lake or whatever. Because they're not actually from Chicago.
Since I'm almost out of college though, I've been considering other places I might go. I've heard Canada is really nice in the Winnipeg area.
Pros~
1. Lake Michigan, the Warren Dunes, Chicago--so you have some nice scenery, nice beach and a big city. And where I live, there's actually a train station that runs to Chicago (trains are a damn rarity, I swear), so no hassle with driving.
2. The countryside, outside of the area where I live, is actually quite pretty as well but it is almost all farming. My grandparents live about 60 miles south of me and when I drive there on holidays, it is almost entirely farming.
3. Because there is a train that runs to Chicago, it is much easier to get other cities by train. Not many. But a couple is better than none.
Cons~
1. Sometimes painfully conservative. Normal Republicans, I have no problem with. But Evangelical Christian Republicans, I do. Because they tend to be prejudice and can be scary in groups. (They are the ones who kept saying that Haiti had made a pact with the Devil.)
2. There's a reason our state is called the "Crossroads of America" because no one stays there. They go through it to more important states, like Illinois.
3. Illinois is next door. And every person who lives in a fifty mile radius of Chicago, defines their entire existence by it. You say, "Who are you?" and S/he says, "I'm So-and-So and I'm from Chicago." So then you say, "Oh, which side?" And then they look sheepish and tell you the name of some city like Naperville or Crystal Lake or whatever. Because they're not actually from Chicago.
Since I'm almost out of college though, I've been considering other places I might go. I've heard Canada is really nice in the Winnipeg area.
Dwight Eisenhower lived in Kansas, and R. Lee Ermey is a native. Plus, it's the geographic center of the contiguous 48 states; it's home to the wildest part of the "wild West," and it's got wheat.
Lots and lots of wheat.
It's really too bad that I've never actually seen my home state. Le sigh.
Lots and lots of wheat.
It's really too bad that I've never actually seen my home state. Le sigh.
Massachusetts is awesome, for me anyway. The schools around here are filled with good teachers (at least my area) and we have colleges and universities like tufts Harvard MIT and the such only minutes or hours away. We also have some pretty nice nature around us with NH in the north you can hike ski or do whatever you want. Also were pretty liberal so I like that. Furthermore I like the beaches around here, not to bad for none tropic waters, it toughens you up when its cold. We get pretty good whether too.
the only bad is that we're near um... never mind I can't think of any cons for me.
the only bad is that we're near um... never mind I can't think of any cons for me.
Where about Massachusetts are you from? I've never met a person online that wasn't from the east.Connosaurus Rex said:
Anyways Western Massachusetts is pretty nice. It's a pretty different than the east. There are a shitload of collages in my area, and besides that. Patton Oswalt once called my town "a coven of lesbians hidden in the mountains" and they filmed part's of Edge of darkness here- out now.
Things I love about Nevada, particularly northern Nevada:
- The weather. High desert air has done wonders for my lungs, and the relative lack of vegetation keeps allergy issues at bay. Also, the dry climate means no mosquitoes.
- The vice. Not that I personally partake anymore, but gambling and whores, man! I get automatic cool points in people's books for that!
- The people in the rural counties. Rural Nevadans (at least the ones that aren't strung out on crystal meth) are hardworking, honest, independent, libertarian, don't tread on me kind of folks. They hate government and tend toward far-right-wing views on economics that are remarkable...like Adam Smith's Chosen People.
Things I don't like about Nevada:
- The defeatism. The problem with the government-hating honest folks I talked about earlier is that they tend to be against government doing things like...well, educating adults, for starters. They look askance at college-educated people and the governor's stated reason for the massive education budget cuts is "Money invested in education in Nevada is money down the rabbit hole. People with college degrees don't want to live and work here, so why educate people who will just pay taxes in other states?" BECAUSE YOU DO NOTHING TO TRY TO ATTRACT BUSINESS HERE, YOU SMARMY, PHILANDERING HALFWIT!
- The economy. The problem with casinos and whorehouses is that the governor is, for the most part, right. All the taxes are generated by people making minimum wage or turning tricks. Nevada has the second-highest unemployment rate in the country (ahead of only Michigan), and those that DO have jobs don't make a living wage or they're not getting full-time hours. As if that weren't bad enough, there are no social services for the very people who are being exploited the most egregiously. If you wanted a mighty fine argument in favor of Communism, come out to the Silver State and watch the casino owners for awhile. If I'd been born and raised here, I'd probably be a far-left socialist on principle.
- The urban people. Rural Nevadans are friendly, hardworking, honest, likable, great people to be around and talk to. The city-dwellers in Reno and Las Vegas are complete assholes to a man, with VERY rare exceptions (whom I gladly call friends.) This coming from someone who grew up in Boston, voted "America's Rudest City" by US News & World Report in 2002! Fuck yeah! Yankees suck! But seriously. Easily-offended, surly, whiny, bitchy pricks around here. Uneducated besides. Ignorant as fuck. And not even in an endearing "simple folk" way.
- The weather. High desert air has done wonders for my lungs, and the relative lack of vegetation keeps allergy issues at bay. Also, the dry climate means no mosquitoes.
- The vice. Not that I personally partake anymore, but gambling and whores, man! I get automatic cool points in people's books for that!
- The people in the rural counties. Rural Nevadans (at least the ones that aren't strung out on crystal meth) are hardworking, honest, independent, libertarian, don't tread on me kind of folks. They hate government and tend toward far-right-wing views on economics that are remarkable...like Adam Smith's Chosen People.
Things I don't like about Nevada:
- The defeatism. The problem with the government-hating honest folks I talked about earlier is that they tend to be against government doing things like...well, educating adults, for starters. They look askance at college-educated people and the governor's stated reason for the massive education budget cuts is "Money invested in education in Nevada is money down the rabbit hole. People with college degrees don't want to live and work here, so why educate people who will just pay taxes in other states?" BECAUSE YOU DO NOTHING TO TRY TO ATTRACT BUSINESS HERE, YOU SMARMY, PHILANDERING HALFWIT!
- The economy. The problem with casinos and whorehouses is that the governor is, for the most part, right. All the taxes are generated by people making minimum wage or turning tricks. Nevada has the second-highest unemployment rate in the country (ahead of only Michigan), and those that DO have jobs don't make a living wage or they're not getting full-time hours. As if that weren't bad enough, there are no social services for the very people who are being exploited the most egregiously. If you wanted a mighty fine argument in favor of Communism, come out to the Silver State and watch the casino owners for awhile. If I'd been born and raised here, I'd probably be a far-left socialist on principle.
- The urban people. Rural Nevadans are friendly, hardworking, honest, likable, great people to be around and talk to. The city-dwellers in Reno and Las Vegas are complete assholes to a man, with VERY rare exceptions (whom I gladly call friends.) This coming from someone who grew up in Boston, voted "America's Rudest City" by US News & World Report in 2002! Fuck yeah! Yankees suck! But seriously. Easily-offended, surly, whiny, bitchy pricks around here. Uneducated besides. Ignorant as fuck. And not even in an endearing "simple folk" way.
I am from the east but me and my family go around to western mass a lot and NH and The Cape. I have to say the sceneary out west is beautiful, but suprisingly were I live, even though You can see Boston off my roof, it is calm and has a really nice wooded park. Once you step over the beer cans on the most visited inside part it is beautiful and calm, just the perfect place to listen to nature around my area.aimhellfire said:
I don't have a governator. I also can never tell who or what he's looking at.
Northeasterners, take a guess.
Oh, God, you don't live in Waco, do you?
Northeasterners, take a guess.
Did you just finish taking any, perchance?Captain Schpack said:
I love the Cape. I've been summering there for the last fourteen years up in a cottage up near North Truro/Provincetown (though I tend not to say the latter, if you know what I mean...).Connosaurus Rex said:
Whereabouts in Texas? I was under the impression that the Austin area isn't too shabby. Can't pass judgement on any of the other bigger cities, though.fluffybacon said:
Oh, God, you don't live in Waco, do you?
Jacksonville, Florida.
Biggest redneck shithole this side of...well anything. There is literally nothing here. The downtown area is completely devoid of all life. Sure, you won't get mugged or hit by a car but it's seriously creepy and oppressively depressing; a bit like a zombie movie, actually. Oh, did I mention it's really redneck? Yea, completely redneck. Kansas, Texas, basically every state in the nation is more progressive than we are. The only state with a worse education system than ours is Kentucky, and they teach their kids that Jesus magically created the earth, and two Anglo-Saxon humans exactly 5,000 years ago.
And on top of all that, the Florida capital building is a giant wang. Google it.
Biggest redneck shithole this side of...well anything. There is literally nothing here. The downtown area is completely devoid of all life. Sure, you won't get mugged or hit by a car but it's seriously creepy and oppressively depressing; a bit like a zombie movie, actually. Oh, did I mention it's really redneck? Yea, completely redneck. Kansas, Texas, basically every state in the nation is more progressive than we are. The only state with a worse education system than ours is Kentucky, and they teach their kids that Jesus magically created the earth, and two Anglo-Saxon humans exactly 5,000 years ago.
And on top of all that, the Florida capital building is a giant wang. Google it.
To be honest, the place where i live is fantastic. My area is fairly posh or at least polite. There are some areas which are rough and more likely to find chavs and drug dealers. I love my area, its calm and the neigbours around my street are really kind when they want to be (although my next door neighbour is a git i have to say... pompous toad he is. Infact, me and my mum had knicknamed him "moaning Myrtle" after the ghost on Harry Potter. He might not be female but he sure does winge a lot).