Bugfatty300
Buddha Squirrel
How about 120 kb download speed for $130 installation fee and $25 a month.
Better than nothing I guess.
Better than nothing I guess.
Do you like where you live?
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Renner
Warlord
$52 a month, I think mine is still worst 
Concepción is alright (except for earthquakes), but I really wish our chilean office would move to Santiago. Now that's a truly awesome city.
Chile is a pretty good country to live in, certainly the best in South America. Very low taxes, very safe, majestic natural landscapes, a cosmopolitan and very modern capital city, and excellent food.
One downside, though: women of the Southern Cone (Southern Brazil, Uruguay, Argetina and Chile) are on average some of the most beautiful in the world. Chile, from my experience, is the exception. But since I have a Brazilian girlfriend I suppose all is good.
Chile is a pretty good country to live in, certainly the best in South America. Very low taxes, very safe, majestic natural landscapes, a cosmopolitan and very modern capital city, and excellent food.
One downside, though: women of the Southern Cone (Southern Brazil, Uruguay, Argetina and Chile) are on average some of the most beautiful in the world. Chile, from my experience, is the exception. But since I have a Brazilian girlfriend I suppose all is good.
In Brazil I paid about 250 US dollars per month for my cable TV / 2 MB Internet combo.
Nobody beats Brazil when it comes to paying insane sums for crap. A Toyota Corola costs more than 40,000 USD.
Simon Darkshade
Mysterious City of Gold
Yes, I like it and wouldn't swap it for the world.
It is small and a long way from anywhere, but the bush does have a way of growing on you and holding its own unique pleasures. That, and the people, make it perfect.
It is small and a long way from anywhere, but the bush does have a way of growing on you and holding its own unique pleasures. That, and the people, make it perfect.
Simon Darkshade
Mysterious City of Gold
Somewhat symbolic, yes. When one stays long enough in a place, it grows to become a part of you just as you grow to become a part of it.
When I first visited Civfanatics over a decade ago, I'd never even heard of where I live now and certainly didn't predict I'd be here doing what I'm doing. On the surface, it lacks a lot of what I liked then and still like now - libraries, museums, theatres, cinemas, restaurants, clubs, bookshops, torture chambers and all those sort of things that you find in a decent sized city. It makes up for that in spades with the intangibles such as a close, caring community, a vibrant social culture, service opportunities, a family atmosphere and untracked acres to bury a body if necessary.
The weather and the animal denizens are somewhat interesting features at times, but pale into comparison to the useful features such as everything being within a five minute stroll, living fifty yards from work, an absence of noise and trouble and rolling fields of wheat across the road from one's front window.
When I first visited Civfanatics over a decade ago, I'd never even heard of where I live now and certainly didn't predict I'd be here doing what I'm doing. On the surface, it lacks a lot of what I liked then and still like now - libraries, museums, theatres, cinemas, restaurants, clubs, bookshops, torture chambers and all those sort of things that you find in a decent sized city. It makes up for that in spades with the intangibles such as a close, caring community, a vibrant social culture, service opportunities, a family atmosphere and untracked acres to bury a body if necessary.
The weather and the animal denizens are somewhat interesting features at times, but pale into comparison to the useful features such as everything being within a five minute stroll, living fifty yards from work, an absence of noise and trouble and rolling fields of wheat across the road from one's front window.
wolfigor
Emperor
Everytime you write about Copenhagen and Denmark you make them look like the worst place on hearth... quite strange when the place is considered one of the best on the planet where to live.
In my experience Copenhagen is a great place.
People enjoy very high quality of life, virtually free education of very good level, minimal crime, minimal violence, social security, some of the best food in Scandinavia, some of the most beautiful women on Earth, and some very good hi-tech companies to work for.
I admit that Copenhagen is very expensive and if you are not Danish it isn't easy to "get in", as typical in all small countries where everybody knows everybody else... but your complains are really far from the reality lived by almost all there.
There are more than two clubs in in the town.
Actually it's a great place to have fun and meet great people.
Without offense, but probably you should leave behind you baggage, open your mind, and try to adapt to the local lifestyle instead of expecting Denmark to adapt to you.
Anything else will lead to frustration.
madviking
north american scum
I feel entitled to explain some more.
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But the people here (specifically those who live on Rugby Road) sometimes makes me want to murder half the town it seems. For those of you unaware, Rugby Road is unofficially the nation's wealthiest slum. Where else are you going get 80% unemployment but still have 2.3 MacBooks per person? 250 BMWs and 4,000 bottles of malt liquor? Wouldn't all the roof leaks ruin all the HD TVs at some point? And if everyone is dressed like they live on a yacht, why do they all drink like they are homeless?
If you haven't guess at this point, it is the fraternity district at UVa. The epitome of douchiness.
Sigh... //madv takes another swig from his bottle of rum
SS-18 ICBM
Oscillator
Why did you move there then? Did Denmark beg you to be there? Immigrants who come to other countries and then complain about the local values irks me a bit.
Anyway, I'd rather live in a high-rise condo in downtown Toronto than a small city several dozen klicks out.
You must be somewhere that Eastlink doesn't provide service?
I wasn't too impressed with either Bell's fibre or Eastlink's docsis 3, they're both limited to 250gb/month.
I think I'd rather live near the center of a more modest size city. Wouldn't want to live in a really large one. Nor do I like to live too far from one.
Oruc
Reactionary
Familiarity breeds contempt, well my city is fine enough and I have seen the worst it has to offer. The country and the state I tire of, hopefully I can move to Iceland, Norway or Switzerland and escape the stupid class war crap and the EU.
Mango Elephant
Deity
I live in Raleigh, North Carolina. I like it. It was voted the best city to live in America (suck on that). We're pretty diverse and most people fit in. I want to move somewhere else when I grow up, though. Atlanta, New York, Chicago, I want to meet people with looser morals because so many people here are so old fashioned.
Whiskey_Lord
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Gawd no. This is one of those parts of the country where rich people drive past soup kitchens, children's hospitals, and homeless shelters on their way to the nearest mega-church. Nothing but uppity nouveaux riches and yacht-owning Tea Party supporters.
Kennigit
proud 2 boxer
It's alright; I don't really go out much on the town so to speak, but Atlanta seems to be alright. Not a whole lot of greenery, but my campus tries to fake it. It does a decent job at some greenery/trees. I'm under 21 but I guess I'll try to check out the bar/music scene when I turn 21.
Apartments are more expensive than other universities, but that's a factor of being right next to downtown Atlanta; my internet sucks but campus internet is great, so if I need to download stuff I can do it there. My individual apartment complex is right next to railroad tracks like 40 yards away (maybe I'll take a photo for member photos thread sometime, the tracks literally next to my window) but you get used to trains all day erryday. The street I walk on is pretty clean/safe, and I almost never get panhandled (like twice or so). But when I go to public transit/other places you always do; you get used to that too. And honestly it's not bad, just I can see how it could annoy some people.
Small little assaults/robberies happen all the time nearby campus that I get clery safety act emails for ("The Clery Act requires all colleges and universities that participate in federal financial aid programs to keep and disclose information about crime on and near their respective campuses"), when sometimes they involve handguns. I feel perfectly safe but it's higher than I would like. There also also some strip clubs/adult shops like right next to places you go to and on my walk to school--I don't care about that but it's not something you're used to in the suburbs. I have a short walk, only 12-14 minutes to edge of campus and then an additional 8-10 (so 20-25) min to heart of campus.
I don't have a car but city driving would suck. Limits shopping some, but that's fine for me. I get my groceries fine.
Since most of my life revolves around school and socially I do things with other students, it doesn't really matter too much where I live. Just would like some more greenery and maybe a little safer. Weather is good though.
Apartments are more expensive than other universities, but that's a factor of being right next to downtown Atlanta; my internet sucks but campus internet is great, so if I need to download stuff I can do it there. My individual apartment complex is right next to railroad tracks like 40 yards away (maybe I'll take a photo for member photos thread sometime, the tracks literally next to my window) but you get used to trains all day erryday. The street I walk on is pretty clean/safe, and I almost never get panhandled (like twice or so). But when I go to public transit/other places you always do; you get used to that too. And honestly it's not bad, just I can see how it could annoy some people.
Small little assaults/robberies happen all the time nearby campus that I get clery safety act emails for ("The Clery Act requires all colleges and universities that participate in federal financial aid programs to keep and disclose information about crime on and near their respective campuses"), when sometimes they involve handguns. I feel perfectly safe but it's higher than I would like. There also also some strip clubs/adult shops like right next to places you go to and on my walk to school--I don't care about that but it's not something you're used to in the suburbs. I have a short walk, only 12-14 minutes to edge of campus and then an additional 8-10 (so 20-25) min to heart of campus.
I don't have a car but city driving would suck. Limits shopping some, but that's fine for me. I get my groceries fine.
Since most of my life revolves around school and socially I do things with other students, it doesn't really matter too much where I live. Just would like some more greenery and maybe a little safer. Weather is good though.
Bartleby
Remembers laughter
Cork city is OK.
Aren't there prostitutes?
I hear the oil men land in Aberdeen with a lot of money.
What he said.
As for London, it's a hellhole. The people are even worse than 'normal'; they idle along at snail's pace and spread out to block anyone wanting to go faster or in the other direction. It would be hard to be more in the way if they tried. The roads barely qualify as civilised, being mostly potholes that have had their shape maintained by tarmac. I've already broken both my bike and face in potholes.
The streets are crowded, with bus lanes barely wide enough for buses, traffic lights every few hundred metres so that a cyclist can never really get going, endless parked vehicles blocking the bus lanes so that you're always having to pull out into the cars and enough exhaust fumes to turn your lungs as black as a miner's.
If you escape to the Tube, you can enjoy a little sauna, soaking your clothes in the mixed sweat of your own and others' bodies, and breathing in their stale breath. You're guaranteed a cold at the very least if you use it for a week.
For all this joy London brings to your life, you get to pay vast sums for filthy hovels, most of which don't even have usable kitchens because you're expected to eat out at all the 'cheap' eateries. I haven't found a supermarket that doesn't call itself 'local' or similar, and charge a mark-up for the privilege of having such a prestigious name.
If you want to go shopping you have to commute for ages, because everyone assumes that London is all the same and of course you won't mind half an hour to your nearest outlet, when actually if you live in a proper sized city half an hour of travel will take you through the countryside and into the next one.
The water isn't very nice, the prices high, the accommodation awful, the travelling utterly diabolical and the people thoughtless.
I don't understand why anyone loves it.
I'm rich enough to be able to live any where in the world I want to. At this point of my life I choose to live in Switzerland because it is, by far, the best managed, most sane country of any I've experienced (and, at last count, I've visited more than 60 different countries and more than 250 different cities).
I pity all of you who cannot live here.
I pity all of you who cannot live here.
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