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Started by East Coast Hustle, March 11, 2011, 07:51:08 PM

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East Coast Hustle

March 11, 2011, 07:51:08 PM
No, seriously. I think I'm about to have had my fill of Portland. This town amuses me in the sense that a scientist might be amused by the goings-on in a particularly interesting petri dish, but I don't think it's where I should be living. I've been here for about a year and a half now (well, I've only actually been here for about 10 months because of the nature of my career, but still...) and the only friends I have made are the perverts I work with at the bear bar when I'm home, the roommates of my friend who moved here from Maine a year before I did, a handful of PD spags, and the downstairs neighbor who wears sweatpants in public. And it's not for lack of trying. I'm a friendly and outgoing person. Some might say I'm way too outgoing, but still...they hate me for it here. Polite reserve bordering on timidity is the order of the day here and I don't know how much longer I can stand it. I've been going up to Pugetopolis on my days off once every 2 or 3 weeks, ostensibly to visit friends up there but mostly to comfort myself with familiar cultural trappings. Enjoying, if you will, the relative bustle and aggression of a place that, for the 12 years or so that I lived there, I constantly felt was too politely reserved for my tastes.

I need to find a new haunt. One of my favorite things about my life is that my job is not tied to where I live, so I can live any-fucking-where I want, within reason (the company probably won't pay my airfare to and from the ship from, say, Singapore). I'm really not feeling moving back to any of the places in the states that I've already lived. This leaves out Pugetopolis, Portland, LA, Metro Detroit, Maine, and Mammoth Lakes, CA.

I'm not feeling serious winters. this leaves out New England, most of Canada, Minneapolis/St. Paul, and Siberia.

I'm just as open to the idea of moving somewhere that might not be a perfect fit for me but will offer a cultural and social challenge as I am to the idea of moving somewhere that's perfect for me.

I'm probably stuck in Portland until the end of 2011, so I have plenty of time to research suggestions and possibly even travel to/through anywhere I think is promising.

So start suggesting places already!
Rabid Colostomy Hole Jammer of the Coming Apocalypse™

The Devil is in the details; God is in the nuance.


Some yahoo yelled at me, saying 'GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH', and I thought, "I'm feeling generous today.  Why not BOTH?"

LMNO

#1
March 11, 2011, 08:05:21 PM
Barcelona.

Dysfunctional Cunt

#2
March 11, 2011, 08:15:00 PM
Do you want to stay in the US?

East Coast Hustle

#3
March 11, 2011, 08:17:57 PM
I don't really want to, but I'm probably effectively confined to North/Central America and the Caribbean.
Rabid Colostomy Hole Jammer of the Coming Apocalypse™

The Devil is in the details; God is in the nuance.


Some yahoo yelled at me, saying 'GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH', and I thought, "I'm feeling generous today.  Why not BOTH?"

Dysfunctional Cunt

#4
March 11, 2011, 08:20:35 PM
Then I would say either the Virgin Islands or Peurto Rico.  Both have the best of both worlds....

The Good Reverend Roger

#5
March 11, 2011, 08:56:15 PM
University District of Tucson.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

East Coast Hustle

#6
March 11, 2011, 09:53:12 PM
Quote from: Khara on March 11, 2011, 08:20:35 PM
Then I would say either the Virgin Islands or Peurto Rico.  Both have the best of both worlds....

Well, the VI is my permanent default backup choice anyway, since that's where I'm from. I can move back to STT anytime I want, so though it IS an excellent suggestion, I'm more looking for something that might be more interesting than moving back to The Rock. PR is intriguing. I'm not a big fan of San Juan, but I love Fajardo and Vieques.


Rabid Colostomy Hole Jammer of the Coming Apocalypse™

The Devil is in the details; God is in the nuance.


Some yahoo yelled at me, saying 'GIVE ME LIBERTY OR GIVE ME DEATH', and I thought, "I'm feeling generous today.  Why not BOTH?"

The Good Reverend Roger

#7
March 11, 2011, 09:54:26 PM
We have more perverts per square mile than Berlin or even Tokyo.

And better car wrecks.  Truly astounding, horrific car wrecks.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Sir Fronkensteen, The Hawk

#8
March 11, 2011, 10:08:43 PM
to Hell.

:D

The Good Reverend Roger

#9
March 11, 2011, 10:09:32 PM
How to Win Friends and Influence People, ITT.
" It's just that Depeche Mode were a bunch of optimistic loveburgers."
- TGRR, shaming himself forever, 7/8/2017

"Billy, when I say that ethics is our number one priority and safety is also our number one priority, you should take that to mean exactly what I said. Also quality. That's our number one priority as well. Don't look at me that way, you're in the corporate world now and this is how it works."
- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Sir Fronkensteen, The Hawk

#10
March 11, 2011, 10:11:02 PM Last Edit: March 11, 2011, 10:14:18 PM by Sir Fronkensteen, The Hawk
Quote from: The Good Reverend Roger on March 11, 2011, 10:09:32 PM
How to Win Friends and Influence People, ITT.

Course, ECH and I had our spats, but I thought it was okay to tease.



And no one said I was winning friends or influencing people when I came back..

But it's my goal not to become what I used to be.

And I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings earlier Doc, I should be more responsible with my postings. You're right.

Sir Fronkensteen, The Hawk

#11
March 11, 2011, 10:12:08 PM
ECH, if you want my honest opinion, PA is a nice area. As long as you live away from the OH side and far enough from Pittsburgh to breathe.

Freeky

#12
March 12, 2011, 12:22:26 AM
i second the motion for Tucson.  University District, is perfe3ct, too, it'd fit you like a glove, boyo.

Kai

#13
March 12, 2011, 01:36:15 AM
Challenge? Upstate South Carolina. Greenville area.
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Sir Squid Diddimus

#14
March 12, 2011, 02:01:40 AM
Don't want winter?
Guess who has no winters.
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