What my area of the world is like

[drake]

Let's share what the town/area you live in is like. What is there to do? What are there for sights? What is the climate? Are you a country bumpkin, city slicker, or a bit of both? I thought this would be kind of interesting.

The town I'm currently living in is a suburb of Boston, in Massachusetts, US. It is mostly residential, and the buildings are mostly two story colonial houses. There's approx. 50,000 people living here. I live in a 3 story 12 block apartment complex on the third floor. It isn't fancy or ritzy, but it's not low class or the ghetto by any means. It's nice. Cost of living is relatively low for the area (but still too high for my tastes!). My neighborhood is quiet most of the time, as commuters don't use the road I live on. There's not much of a view from my place, it's just houses for miles and miles, most of which are built very close to others. There is a general store and bakery right across the street and an elementary school just down the block. There's an almost equally divided number of races represented in the neighborhood. There is no predominant race.

Finding entertainment in town is difficult, for as I said before, it's mostly all residential. There are several nice resteraunts and bars, but nothing out of the ordinary. However, finding something to do is never a problem, as surrounding cities have plenty of places to go to.

The weather is seasonal. It's a very nice area of the world to live, weather wise, as we always get four very distinct seasons. Temperatures the last few weeks have been around 70-80 degrees farenheit.

Well thats a brief summary of my situation....I'd be interested in hearing what your area of the world is like, so feel free to share

 

[duke o' york]

Three river tiles, about four hills and lots of grassland with shields. There used to be a coal resource, but that's now used up.
Supplies: steel, cloth and lager louts
Demands: More beer please

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[Leowind]

Eugene, in the Southern Willamette valley, Oregon, USA. Eugene is a very nice town over all. About 120,000 pop (second largest city in Oregon). Lots of trees and green. There is a river that runs through town (the Willamette) and very nice bike trails along both banks with good parks. As an old married guy we don't bother much with things to do, but there are good movie theatres, some good local play theatres, swimming. Skiing in the mountains or playing on the Oregon Beach are both less than an hour away. The Hult Center is a very nice venue for many arts/music/cultural events. They are currently hosting the Oregon Festival of American Music, which generally focuses on jazz-about a week-long festival of concerts/classes. They also host the Oregon Bach Festival, led by the incredible Helmuth Rilling, which has become an internationally known and well-respected classical music festival. It lasts for a couple weeks and features some outstanding musicians/concerts. One of their recordings just won a grammy.
Drawbacks are all the rain (that's why everything is green

), and all the quirky little political groups/interests that are constantly squabbling over everything. Oregon is largely rural, with a bit of the redneck rural attitude, but Eugene is a very liberal town (large University-go Ducks!!), so there are lots of conflicting ideologies. Wouldn't mind a little snow now and then during the winter, too. All it does is rain

 

[Alcibiaties of Athenae]

Well, let's see. I live in the largest city in the United States, New York City.

The city has many tourist attractions, The twin Towers, The Empire States building, The Statue of Liberty, The UN, Rockafeller center, Lincoln center, The New York Stock exchange, Radio City Music hall, The museum of Natural History, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Guggenheim museum, Yankee Stadium, Shea Stadium, Madison Square Garden, Flushing Meadows Tennis center, Central Park, and many, many others.

In addition NY has many wonderful restaurants, night clubs, bars, and parks in it's five borough.

The wether here varies from season to season, very hot in summer, and very cold in winter.
The fall is the best time, though. NY in the autumn, when the leaves change, and there is a nip in the air, is the most beautiful and exciting place on earth.

I have lived elsewhere, as has my wife, but I was born in Brooklyn, and I love NY more then anywhere.

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[drake]

Well how about what your neighborhood is like? What kind of building do you live in? Do you own a house, rent an apartment? Tell tell tell

 

[BlueMonday]

A few weeks ago I was living in an apartment building right next to the University of Utah. However I was told (some time ago, I remember posting a topic about this) that during the opening and closing ceremonies of the Winter Olympics I had to vacate my apartment an allow security personnel access to my place. I didn't want the hassel of the secret service rootin around in my place and finding all sorts of interesting things so I moved out.

Now I live in a little area not far from where my parents live called SugarHouse. Of all the areas of Salt Lake City I like SugarHouse the best. It's got a kind of a small town feel to it but in a modern sort of way. I live in a new apartment complex on 21st South that was renovated from a burned out ole schoolhouse. It's a very interesting place that used the front of the schoolhouse and yard but built new apartments on to the back. It's not too expensive either so me and my roomies can afford it.

But the best thing about living in this new place is how close it is to everything. My bank is 100feet down the street. SugarHouse Park (one of the larger park in SLC) is about a quarter mile East. All sorts of great restaurants and delis are within 100 yards of here, there a Barnes and Noble, a public library and this great little neighborhood used book store right nearby too. Not to mention a great little music shop (Jack's Drums and Guitar), a Blockbuster, a Radio Shack, a Circuit City, a Jiffy Lube. I could go on and on about this -it's just like living downtown only smaller.

Then there's my neighbors across the hall. Can you say, "Beautiful"?

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[SunTzu]

West Memphis, Arkansas, USA
3-5 Miles West of Memphis, Tennessee.
Population of 30,000
Its a strip town with 2 main roads that intersect. ITs a big spread out town with something like a 10 square mile or something or maybe its 25 squaremiles. Forgot. We have a huge ghetto

And the ghetto keeps on spreading. The Ghetto is on the South side of town. On the North East is all of the Industry, at the extreme south behind the ghetto is more industry. ON the North and West side of town is the more rich people. I live in the North West side. I have a 1 story house. With a huge front and back yard. My mom has grape vines over the terise. She grows Tomatos and Bell Peppers and Basil for our families great Pesto Pasta dish. She has many many flowers. The back yard looks like the Hanging Gardens of Babylon. On the fence to our side that our neighbors have put up. My mom planted Grape Vines there so we have alot of grapes. Every fall i pick them and my mom makes some awesome Grape Jam

I have a dog. His name is Bud(Half Scottish Terrier and Half Old England Sheep dog)
We have 3 cars. A 1990 Toyota 4-runner a 1990 Nissan Stanza and a 1996 Mustang Cobra. We have Vines growing on the front of the house. My moms has made the house very cozy looking. Its a nice hosue to live in. It gets hot alot because its a 45year old house and has poor insulation or something.

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[stormerne]

We live in the very centre of a small (size 1) town in East Anglia on the east coast of England. The climate is temperate maritime: four distinct seasons but never too hot or too cold, and the grass stays green all the year round!

The town itself has a little light industry but is most surrounded by arable farmland with wheat and rape being the major crops. We're a short car ride the North Sea and the catamaran ferry to the Hook of Holland. We're also close to one of London's many airports and there's a train service which goes the 50 miles to London where I work.

We rent our little 3 bedroomed semi-detached house. It has a postage stamp size front garden and a small enclosed back courtyard where we grow lots of plants in pots, including a golden hop that has grown up the bus depot wall and is heading for their TV aerial. On the plus side, we have a library, 2 large supermarkets, 20 takeaway restaurants and a dozen pubs all with 200 yards of our front door. On the minus side we have the busiest noisiest pub in the town right opposite (they don't even serve decent beer - but you get used to that in England) and the nearest we can park our car (a Volvo) is 400 yards away. The nearest cinema is 10 miles away and our nearest friends are 35 miles away, so we do a lot of driving.

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[Simon Darkshade]

I reside in Adelaide, a small village on the planet Mars, near the capital, Wubble.
In a more serious vein, it is a city of about a million located between the hills and the sea. Very good climate, very good overall. Some say it is the best place to live in Australia, and the world, and i tend to concur with them.
Very green, with the city proper surrounded by parklands.
Not as busy as other cities in Aussie, and therefore much better than America in traffic terms. I live 5 minutes from the beach and 15 minutes from the city centre.
It takes about 40 minutes max (more in peek hour) to drive from coast to outer suburbs.
Bigger lengthwise, as urban sprawl kicks in.
Mostly suburbia, quarter acre blocks.
I don't live currently in what could be described as a good suburb, as all the scum are being heaped into trust homes in the area. But still quite nice.
Shops just round the corner, and down the street. There is a race track a few streets away (horsies).
Mainly middle aged to old whitefellas, with some abovementioned indigenous types.
Weather is good. Today, in the middle of winter, it was approaching 20 Celsius, and it stays in the 20s virtually all year round, excepty summer when it is between 30 and 40.
There are a lot of pubs, restaurants and all that jazz in town, and all over the place. A football (AFL) arena, and several suburban grounds. Cricket is at Adelaide Oval, which is as beautiful as they say, with cathedral in background.
Used to be called "City of Churches", and there are still lots.
Hills comprise wine region, if you like that. A lot of toffs and snobs do, as with their weirdo haute cuisine.
I reside in a small 1 storey house ( ie only ground floor), with my honourable parents, 180 servants and army of bodyguards (also have hairguards and soulguards).
All me mates are on other side of town (east, me on west), so drive and travel a lot.
Even so, can quickmarch it to their places in 90 minutes (17 km), so it is cool.
Like a small town, except with all the benefits of a city, and few of the detriments.
Might add more later.

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[willemvanoranje]

.......flat and below sea level.

And except for that: I live in a little town, about 1600 people, about 1km from the real city Amsterdam (we are a part of Amsterdam). The town is build at a crossing of 3 rivers (it got it's name from that), the Gein, the Gaasp and the Vecht. A canal has been digged next to our town, called the Amsterdam-Rijn-canal. a lot of big ships move over it, and a bridge connects the two sides. I go to school in Weesp, the city (10.000 people) on the other side of the canal, and I go there by bike (about 15 min.). I play basketball in Weesp as well, and most of my friends live there (not all).

About the landscape, it's flat, flat, flat. Only the dikes are a change to the landscape. To the north and south, there are a lot of farmers, which have some cows. To the south there is also the road to Abcoude, next to the Gein; it's really beautiful. East and West there are cities (Amsterdam and Weesp), and to the North, after 2 farms and a small forest, there is the city of Diemen.

You know, I think it's pretty much the same as Stormerne. We live about 25km from Holland's largest airport, and it's a short ride to the North sea for us too. The only thing is; it's FLAT around here. But I don't care.
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[drake]

Wow, some of these descriptions are really interesting! Good job on the writing all

Keep it coming!

 

[Flatlander Fox]

I live in Nuernberg Germany, which lies in upper Bavaria (Frankenland!!!). I reside about 100 meters away from the Main-Donau (Danube) canal, and Autobahn 73. We live in a little corner of Nuernberg that is just starting to be developed, so it is very peaceful.
The apartment building I live in is brand new, and they are building more all around us. The construction is annoying, but not so terrible that I would want to leave the area. The Hausmeister keeps gardens in front of the buildings, and in summer it is quite a sight.
A short walk will take you to an U-bahn (Subway) station, where it is a 15 minute ride into the center of town. I never can get over how pretty the old city is. It was flattened during the war, but rebuilt to look almost exactly as it did before.
There is always something to do (whenever me or my wife aren't working!!!) and there are numerous bike and walking trails next to our house. Or we will catch a subway to some part of the city we have never been before, and just explore for a few hours. The nightlife is pretty fantastic, and there is a club or pub for whatever your taste might be.
My favorite city in the world, and I live in it, who could be so lucky???

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[Juize]

Ok, this section is propably old, and nobody excpects any answers anymore, but I'll tell
you still about Helsinki. I live in 2nd floor of 3-floor house. The neighborhood is
nice & silent, this is the most-peaceful areas in the city. Everything here is
expensive, except the water, which is drinkable from the sewer(Computer games cost newly 60-70 USD).
City is big but it has only 500 000 pop. What else... We have free
libraries which you can be freely on the net 60minutes/DAY

This city is very nice indeed.
(Sponsored by Finnair&SAS)

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[Duke of Marlbrough]

I'm originally from San Diego, California, USA. Born and raised there. For those who don't know, it is on the coastline of Southern California, just above (actually on) the border of Mexico.

It is a great place ot live. The weather is the best thing about it. Summers typically get to a good mid-80's range, winters get to a down right cold of mid-60's (really cold days it can get down to mid-50's

).

It is close enough to Mexico that you can visit it anytime you want, close enough to LA to visit it and leave quickly

. FYI, San Diego is hardly anything like LA. LA is a bit more urban than I would like. San Diego is right on the coast, so the beach is always there (just make sure the water is clean).

It's topography is mostly rolling hills, although it's hard to tell most of the time since they are all covered with houses. Speaking of which is one of the worst things here. The houses are so expensive that I moved an hour away to save around $50,000 on my house (yes, I drive over an hour each way to go to work, but I'm looking for something closer

). My brother bought his house in southern San Diego and paid almost $300,000 for it. The same size house in my neighborhood was selling for $220,000 at the same time.

Most people who visit here want to stay, but some find it too crowded (believe me, not nearly as crowded as LA though).

Driving in San Diego is different from most places also. Most people are always in a hurry and drive way too fast, especially in the rain. Since it doesn't rain too much here and never snows, each time it rains there are a lot of car crashes because nobody remembers to drive slower in the rain.

If you ever visit San Diego, just remember, always know where you are going and never ask for directions (unless oyur a woman, then you can ask for directions

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[Vrylakas]

I am currently living, for about 3 years now, in northern New Jersey along the northeastern coast of the U.S. Northern New Jersey is essentially a suburb of not New York city, but specifically Wall Street. It has the most developed passenger rail system I've seen in the U.S., comparable to Europe - but all rails lead to New York here. (There is a northeast axis that goes up and down the whole East Coast but raillines outside this "Northeast Corridor" all lead to Newark & New York. Our own town's rail is a half hour from Penn Station in mid-town Manhattan.)

Every morning and evening the trains are filled with investment bankers and stock analysts who are fed up with living in Manhattan heading to and from Wall Street. In their extremely expensive suburbs here (among the most expensive in the U.S.) have grown many "Wall Street leech industries" which either cater with financial or research industries to Wall Street or provide "support" services for them when they come home to NJ - concierge services, 24 hour dry cleaners, etc. I can't point any fingers; I work as a research analyst at one of those leech industries.

At the moment it's bloody hot here, but that seems to be the case just about everywhere this week. We broke 37 degrees (100 F) here today, with lots of humidity to boot. (I'm not doing too bad but my cat is a furry puddle. The wife and I are drinking more water than fish.)

Once you get away from this northern part of NJ, you get away from the superficial "gentrified" suburbs and into real Jersey country. I spend a lot of time exploring New Jersey's considerable history-strewn landscape, a major plus for an aspiring historian like me.

Another great plus for NJ is its international mix. I'm not sure what the population % is, but if you're a foreignor in the U.S., you'll definitely fit in here. No matter who you are, someone from your country is living here - and not in small numbers. I've seen entire shopping plazas where everything was written in Japanese, Russian or Khmer. Much of it is spill-over from New York City; it's cheaper and safer to live in NJ.

Still, when all's said and done, we're just living in NJ to pile up some $$$ (paying off American student loans) and save up for a house - somewhere else. My wife loves & misses Toronto, but there are other possiblities. And the in-laws want us to move into an apartment in their building in Poland... [For those not married, you should scream Homer Simpson-style at this point.]

So that's home for now...


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[dreadhead7]

The trees dance a waltz with the breeze, their leaves an emerald gown that swirls and glints in the sunlight....
Peonies and roses in purple and crimsom finery lift joyous faces to the sky, giving thanks for life and nourishment...

I live in a garden-level apartment in a quiet tree-lined neighborhood in Denver.

Denver is the capital of the state of Colorado, and is exactly 5,280 feet (1 mile) above sea level. I have lived here for 10 years, and I enjoy it because it's not too big, nor is it too small. There are many cultural attractions here, and the city is very diverse. There's lots of night life here, if that's your thing, but many of us go up to the mountains for the weekend. Some go to ski and gamble. I go to see my mom. She lives in a picturesque mountain community where the wildlife is abundant. It's not unusual to step out the door and find a Bighorn sheep or deer standing in your yard. Nearby is a small, but swiftly running creek. It's so quiet and peaceful, and I love going up there and being alone with Nature.


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[Damien]

Right now,i'm in Chambourcy,little village(5000 inhabitants) near Paris(15 miles exactly).Only woods around n Parisian suckin people

i live in a flat.The RN13 is 30 meters below.
On tuesday,i'm gonna get outta here n live till the 27th with my grandparents in Le Havre.(200 000 inhabitants)
All my family lives there;near the docks or in the countryside.
It's in Normandy,got a f***in rainy climate n it's ugly moreover

It was a very nice town b4 the 2nd world war but the Brits carpet-bombed it

n the buildings were quickly built.
It's on the Channel n the beach is covered with rocks.Nothing that can attract tourists

On 27th i'm gonna move to Sint-Maarten.
It's a Caribbean island(10km X 10km).
2/3 of the island belongs to France;1/3 to the Netherlands but people actually speak english n dollar is wide-spread.
Between 27 n 32°C all the year;hurricans in summer.

 

[Aristonico]

Ummmm.... Difficult.
Onther "poster" has described part of my life

But...
-Officially I am living in Haarlem, not so far from Amsterdam-Weesp. Lovely old city with a river crossing. But I have an a room in the new area. What it is called "zolderkamer". You know, the top of the house, that when you walk two steps your head bangs the ceiling

That is my corner for my headphones, my old Mac and my vanilla Mac CIv II. I arrive, turn on Civ II, open a beer, light a cigaret and the next thing I notice is that is 3 AM and I need to wake up at 6!!!!!
-My other "residence is my girlfriend's. That is closed to The Hague (Loosduinen area). Nice and quiet surrounded by trees, but also close to a psichiatric. So you have lovely views over the people passing by

There I can not do such things but it is time for PC - Multiplayer Civ II. No so much time dedicated to it, I must recognize but enough to appreciate even more my Mac

-Future: No, no, no ToT but Zoetermeer. Now we are in the middle of the movement to the new place: a nice 2 rooms app in a very quiet and area, just in front of a basic school. Also under sea level. No Macs or Pcs available at the moment

-Now: As I don't have Internet at home I always connect from work. Actually in Schiphol-Rijk, just in the opposite part of the airport from Weesp. In the top of the building we have a magnificent view of the airport. Btw, I heard that this place, around 6 mts under sea level, was once the place of a naval battle between Spanish and Dutchies... So here I can read your posts

No more, at the moment.
Time for

 

[Leowind]

Somebody asked for more specifics than just town and area, so here is an addendum to my first post.

We just bought our first house at the end of October and are really enjoying it. It is a 3 bedroom, aproximately 1500sq. ft., one story. Lots of existing landscaping (trees, flowers, shrubs, etc) and a decent sized back yard. Very quiet neighborhood, very close to our favorite grocery store. Also much closer to the church I work at, though farther from my other job and my wife's job. Very close to the freeway, too, so access in and out of town is easier for us. It is in an area of town that is growing the fastest, so lots of new stores and things are going up all over the place. That means the traffic will get worse, but it's really not very bad. We have a very nice patio in our backyard that is very relaxing after work in the evenig to just sit out there, listen to the wind blowing through the trees, play with the dog in the yard, kick back and relax. Very, very nice. Our previous home was a duplex in a bad part of town with no backyard at all. We are extremely glad we were able to move finally.

 

[drake]

Wow, these are some really descriptive posts.....very interesting stuff guys