This City Was The Blue Print For Hell

[Discomfort]

I love this line in Armor For Sleeps Williamsburg and it made me think where does every one live and it would be fun to read a little brief description of weather or not your city was the blue print for hell.

I live in Burien Washington just south and bordering Seattle, in fact just one house down the street is the city line. I am about ten minuets from down town and I love it here. The city sky line is amazing, we have cold wet winters and nice hot summers so everything stays lush and green. I live five minutes away from lakes and mountains, half an hour away from the ocean and only one minute from Puget Sound. On any given day if I so chose I could walk a rain forest or explore a desert, I could hike a glacier or fish for large steal head, go swimming in a lake or the ocean.

I really do feel blessed to be living in such a diverse part of the US, and that's not all, Seattle has amazing fine dinning and all the big and little acts roll through here, we also have SIFF and Bumbershoot and the new festival that is pretty awesome most years Sasquatch.

So Burien or I guess I would say Washington but I like to called it "The PN Dub" "PNW" The Pacific North West is not the blue print for hell but the blue print for a beautiful safe haven.

[JasterIsFett]

I live in a nice little town called Covina, California. Not the blueprint for hell, but usually I have to drive at least 20 minutes to find anything to do on a given night.

I don't have rain forests or anything around me. Its about a 5 hour drive to get to anything close to that, but I do have vast expanses of suburban houses and various small mountains surrounding my valley area. I'm about 40 minutes out of Los Angeles (but I hate going there) and there aren't many landmarks in my area that are less than an hour drive away.

Bonus: I got to school about 15 minutes away from Disneyland and I have a season pass. :D

I am about ten minuets from down town and I love it here.

In the PN-Dub you measure distance with musical numbers?

[Discomfort]

In the PN-Dub you measure distance with musical numbers?

HA! That's just my retarded ass spelling and since it is technically spelled right spell check never caught it so that means hell if I would catch it. I'm lucky I spell my own name right. Discomfort taint easy to spell you know

[Shäne]

I live in a small town called Campton, Kentucky. This (http://books.google.com/books?id=YmB3nvbofy8C&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=10+worst+cities+in+the+US+campton&source=bl&ots=2NES6-NHhY&sig=nquUxbxdnXxhMM-bkk4372aLlfk&hl=en&ei=Ok_qSeH2PIPUNOjMsPMF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4#PPA48,M1) is pretty accurate actually. :rolleyes:

[neon vomit]

I live in a small town called Campton, Kentucky. This (http://books.google.com/books?id=YmB3nvbofy8C&pg=PA47&lpg=PA47&dq=10+worst+cities+in+the+US+campton&source=bl&ots=2NES6-NHhY&sig=nquUxbxdnXxhMM-bkk4372aLlfk&hl=en&ei=Ok_qSeH2PIPUNOjMsPMF&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4#PPA48,M1) is pretty accurate actually. :rolleyes:

That's fucking harsh.

[Shäne]

That's fucking harsh.

Sounds lovely doesn't it? :rolleyes:

[Sweet_Adeline]

I live right outside of Washington DC. As soon as its financially possible I'm moving. It's like the suburbs on steroids.

[joep144]

I agree, I was just there.

[Sweet_Adeline]

And everything is expensive!

[Scottbob75]

Eagan, Minnesota. 20min away from the Twin Cities and five mins. away from 4.2million sqft Mall of America
http://www.travelpost.com/MainImages/NA/USA/Minnesota/Minneapolis/Minneapolis_46093_1_08192006_0708202187_500.jpg
Thats right, that is a roller coaster in THAT mall!

[By-tor]

And everyone is expensive!You talking about hookers?:confused::p

[ZBarclay]

Thats right, that is a roller coaster in THAT mall!

And a Hooters...AND the nicest movie theatre I have ever been in.

[Sweet_Adeline]

You talking about hookers?:confused::p

Yes, the price of hookers and blow is just atrocious. ;)


It was 4AM what can I say.

[joep144]

Yes, the price of hookers and blow is just atrocious. ;)

Glad I didn't go there 12 years ago then. ;)

[TheHangingBrain]

I live in Parkersburg, WV and it's just a step above the fictional town in Harmony Korine's Gummo (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119237/).

[Discomfort]

My god Gummo is fucked, one of my favorite films but the town and the people need some chlorine

[TheHangingBrain]

My god Gummo is fucked, one of my favorite films but the town and the people need some chlorine

I felt real fucked up watching Gummo, got a real sort of sick feeling in my stomach. It was like, shit, I see shit like this every day. It's not really that bad here, but in certain areas it's real close. You see these movies that show the big city drug scene, it's nothing like what you see in bum fuck Egypt. Nothing like sitting at a table full of dudes with mullets hitting crack out of a camouflaged aluminum arrow shaft. The stories I could tell, lol. Glad those days are behind me.

[Firestone2489]

Bremen, Indiana. Its small. Relatively crime free as far as killing and stuff like that we do have meth labs and pot-heads, thats only about 1% of the people here. Its kinda full of bible thumpers. We have 17 churches for about 5000 people. Its a very white town but we do have alot of Hispanics. Its boring but a nice place to live. You can leave your door unlocked and not fear for you belongings being stolen. Anything you might need is about 15-20 mins away.

[Shäne]

You see these movies that show the big city drug scene, it's nothing like what you see in bum fuck Egypt.

Ever look over in the middle of 10th grade history class and see somebody snorting a crushed pill off of the history book? :(

[Sweet_Adeline]

Ever look over in the middle of 10th grade history class and see somebody snorting a crushed pill off of the history book? :(

My freshman year these seniors would snort drugs (I never got confirmations as to what they were exactly) in the back of my school bus.

[Shäne]

And I just remembered, about a week before school let out this year some guy came in with a hangover (on a Monday) and threw up all over the class room.

[Firestone2489]

What a winner. I didn't do any drinking in high school. I don't know didn't appeal to me everyone thought it was the cool thing to do so I decided to go the other way.

[TheHangingBrain]

Ever look over in the middle of 10th grade history class and see somebody snorting a crushed pill off of the history book? :(

No, but I did go out in the woods every day and pass a joint before my 10th grade video yearbook class. I was also known to snort Smarties off my desk in Biology class. :D

[Shäne]

Oh, and freshmen year people would pack around Dasani bottles full of vodka so the teachers couldn't tell it wasn't water.

edit: And sitting through a lecture about the dangers of drunk driving is pretty funny when the principal was charged with DWI a few months prior.

edit 2: The mayor's son was a contestant on The Bachelorette. He spent the one episode he was on the show getting drunk. His dad, the mayor, owns and runs a liquor store.

This thread is getting me depressed.....

[TheHangingBrain]

Oh, and freshmen year people would pack around Dasani bottles full of vodka so the teachers couldn't tell it wasn't water.

Ah yes, the joys of growing up in a middle of nowhere shit hole with nothing else to do but get fucked up.

[Cuclean]

It's quite different over here. Most people are over the drinking age by the time they leave school. I was legally able to drink before I even got into my last year. The end of year graduation party was organised by three people who had turned eighteen at the end of the year and didn't know jack about going out. They decided to go to one of the worst spots in town. Amateurs. :rolleyes:

[Sweet_Adeline]

Ah yes, the joys of growing up in a middle of nowhere shit hole with nothing else to do but get fucked up.

I live in the 'burbs and it's just as bad.

[TheHangingBrain]

I live in the 'burbs and it's just as bad.

Yeah, Parkersburg is basically a suburb without a city. Glad I got out of that scene, it was crazy. All I do now is toke on some weedus and get my drink on occasionally.

[Discomfort]

What a winner. I didn't do any drinking in high school. I don't know didn't appeal to me everyone thought it was the cool thing to do so I decided to go the other way.

I also didn't drink in high school, in fact in my high school I lost a lot of my long time friends because they would get drunk every weekend and I got tired of hanging around the drunk kids being the only sober one. I still don't drink a lot and I feel better for it

[phit_demon]

I don't drink.

[joep144]

I don't drink.

Guess I won't have to send that bottle of limoncello with Zac then. ;)

[phit_demon]

Guess I won't have to send that bottle of limoncello with Zac then. ;)

Let's not be hasty :D

[TheHangingBrain]

I don't drink.

http://www.grapesandgrainsnyc.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/04/drunk-urinal.jpg

Hehe ;)

[Cuclean]

I don't drink.

And I love to suck cock. ;)

[TheHangingBrain]

And I love to suck cock. ;)

As does this man...

http://www.danshollywoodtours.com/rip_taylor.jpg

[dtcb]

I live in Hong Kong. I've worked in a few cities in my time (= I'm old, not 40 yet...but too damn close). each has something special for sure. All have their warts. I would personally say Hong Kong is one of the best cities in the world I've worked in. not the greatest to live in mind you; but by far no the worst.

Pros:
-Taxes between 12-17% so, your paycheck is real.
-Government. You name it immigration papers, birth certificates, marriage licenses; they all are written in common sense. I can fill out my tax form in hong kong in less than 2 hours. (and I have about 20 different assets to claim)
-Any food type you can think of from Albanian to Zimbabwian is here. And still reasonable pricing for the most part.
-Cheap travel; you can cab it from one side of town to the other for $30USD. In Japan, that would be $100+ for sure, same trip. And did I mention all major Asian cities are a few hours away? I could be on a tropical beach drinking from a cocunut in about 2 hours. Flying to Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, etc is usually a couple hundred bucks US.
- Very little crime. Hong Kongers freak out when there is a shooting once very 3 to 4 years. (instead of every 3 to 4 hours back home)
-Money. Yes Money. Rich city = stable city. And Hong Kong was made on money. They are giving almost every citizen in need $1000USD this year to help get by. And subsidizing utilities to reduce their costs. Plus, hanging out with financial stable people is a lot more sociable than looking around and wondering who's not going to pay their end of the bar tab. Aside from the occassional stingy accountant; everyone pulls there weight and is generous. Or at least most the people I hang out with. I guess if someone was an ass and stiffed us with the bill all the time; they'd get friendless fast. It just seems to happen less in Hong Kong. Mooch. That's the term. There are a helluva lot less moochers in Hong Kong than other places I've resided. I'm grateful for it.
-AND finally; women. Not just asian women but women in general. Hong Kong is chock full of professional working women and all around attractive women in general. I find women in positions of power alluring. And, to be crass, having a lot of skinning Asian women around for competition makes all women around here keep fit in general. Just to keep the husband grabbers at bay. Even if the woman is the money maker. Nobody likes to lose in this city. An ugly banker bald, fat and 40, can still bag a 25 year old hottie. Seen it over and over ad nausea. Asia is very a lot less on looks and a lot more on influence and the almighty $$$. There is some unequality though. Whereas I have seen a lot of women in power meander from their marital vows; I see it occur 10 fold for men. And a lot men in Asia have one wife and usually a mistress or two. I'm not condoning it; but, I'm also not pissing on their 3000 years of culture that had this as an integral part. You would be amazed. In China, it was a status of wealth to be able to afford mistresses. So, most likely the guy that doesn't want to go golfing next weekend has one wife in hong kong and one in shanghai. plus a girlfriend or two in a few other cities. This was culture shock to me when I first came to Hong Kong. The most mildest guys in the office would say: "let's make a run to Shenzhen (the next town over)." No sooner had we crossed the border, they would be met by women. and sure enough, they'd be girlfriends.......even if the guy was married. No wonder there are billions in Asia. This covert machismo took me by surprise.

Cons
- Pollution. We're almost as bad as Mexico City. And Hong Kong would dump raw sewage on a kindergarten to build another skyscraper. they are getting it in check slowly but there is a looooong way to go.
- high property costs. 1300square foot apartment just about anywhere in town will cost you about a million dollars US.
- schools. if you have kids, you will have to fork over $1000USD a month or more to put them through a non public school. public schooling is cheaper; but a western kid in a public school is going to suffer.....a lot. Everything is in Cantonese, and they will not be popular.
- racism. its not as 'covert' here as it is in the western world. yes, i know, everyone is racist in some way. but there is supposed to be some sort of government based way of making sure we all get along. China is for the chinese and they make sure you know that. Government and personally. If you are not ethinically chinese; you are not chinese. doesn't matter one damn where you were born. You could have popped out on to Moa's lap and they'd boot you till you fell into the sea. The Chinese do not believe in genetic diversity. I've watched TV programs in Chinese where they expound about the necessity for genetic purity in order to maintain their culture. That their best atheletes are shining examples of chinese 'pure breeds' (sound familiar). Course, several Asian countries have the same idea. Could be because those darn Monguls ran through Asia raping and murdering every place they stopped. Plus, *sigh* once you learn the language a bit........well you hear the conversations they think the 'foreign devil' doesn't understand. I've heard grandmothers saying they wished all foreign people would "fucking die." not just die, but "fucking die." Nice mouth grandma. You must have been quite the "comfort woman" for the Japanese in the 40's. I've sat there with Chinese buddies who had to hang their head in shame when one of their countrymen said something like: "white people are inferior. it is obvious. he's hairy like a monkey. Does he bathe often? Don't tell your foreign devil friend I said that, I want him to like me in case we get drinks." Just one of a thousand of snippets I've caught in Asia. My skins pretty thick to it now. But, still.

[Discomfort]

I live in Parkersburg, WV and it's just a step above the fictional town in Harmony Korine's Gummo (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119237/).

http://img8.imageshack.us/img8/2950/gummo1.jpg
By at 2009-06-15

[Cuclean]

I live in Hong Kong. I've worked in a few cities in my time (= I'm old, not 40 yet...but too damn close). each has something special for sure. All have their warts. I would personally say Hong Kong is one of the best cities in the world I've worked in. not the greatest to live in mind you; but by far no the worst.

Pros:
-Taxes between 12-17% so, your paycheck is real.
-Government. You name it immigration papers, birth certificates, marriage licenses; they all are written in common sense. I can fill out my tax form in hong kong in less than 2 hours. (and I have about 20 different assets to claim)
-Any food type you can think of from Albanian to Zimbabwian is here. And still reasonable pricing for the most part.
-Cheap travel; you can cab it from one side of town to the other for $30USD. In Japan, that would be $100+ for sure, same trip. And did I mention all major Asian cities are a few hours away? I could be on a tropical beach drinking from a cocunut in about 2 hours. Flying to Thailand, Vietnam, Philippines, etc is usually a couple hundred bucks US.
- Very little crime. Hong Kongers freak out when there is a shooting once very 3 to 4 years. (instead of every 3 to 4 hours back home)
-Money. Yes Money. Rich city = stable city. And Hong Kong was made on money. They are giving almost every citizen in need $1000USD this year to help get by. And subsidizing utilities to reduce their costs. Plus, hanging out with financial stable people is a lot more sociable than looking around and wondering who's not going to pay their end of the bar tab. Aside from the occassional stingy accountant; everyone pulls there weight and is generous. Or at least most the people I hang out with. I guess if someone was an ass and stiffed us with the bill all the time; they'd get friendless fast. It just seems to happen less in Hong Kong. Mooch. That's the term. There are a helluva lot less moochers in Hong Kong than other places I've resided. I'm grateful for it.
-AND finally; women. Not just asian women but women in general. Hong Kong is chock full of professional working women and all around attractive women in general. I find women in positions of power alluring. And, to be crass, having a lot of skinning Asian women around for competition makes all women around here keep fit in general. Just to keep the husband grabbers at bay. Even if the woman is the money maker. Nobody likes to lose in this city. An ugly banker bald, fat and 40, can still bag a 25 year old hottie. Seen it over and over ad nausea. Asia is very a lot less on looks and a lot more on influence and the almighty $$$. There is some unequality though. Whereas I have seen a lot of women in power meander from their marital vows; I see it occur 10 fold for men. And a lot men in Asia have one wife and usually a mistress or two. I'm not condoning it; but, I'm also not pissing on their 3000 years of culture that had this as an integral part. You would be amazed. In China, it was a status of wealth to be able to afford mistresses. So, most likely the guy that doesn't want to go golfing next weekend has one wife in hong kong and one in shanghai. plus a girlfriend or two in a few other cities. This was culture shock to me when I first came to Hong Kong. The most mildest guys in the office would say: "let's make a run to Shenzhen (the next town over)." No sooner had we crossed the border, they would be met by women. and sure enough, they'd be girlfriends.......even if the guy was married. No wonder there are billions in Asia. This covert machismo took me by surprise.

Cons
- Pollution. We're almost as bad as Mexico City. And Hong Kong would dump raw sewage on a kindergarten to build another skyscraper. they are getting it in check slowly but there is a looooong way to go.
- high property costs. 1300square foot apartment just about anywhere in town will cost you about a million dollars US.
- schools. if you have kids, you will have to fork over $1000USD a month or more to put them through a non public school. public schooling is cheaper; but a western kid in a public school is going to suffer.....a lot. Everything is in Cantonese, and they will not be popular.
- racism. its not as 'covert' here as it is in the western world. yes, i know, everyone is racist in some way. but there is supposed to be some sort of government based way of making sure we all get along. China is for the chinese and they make sure you know that. Government and personally. If you are not ethinically chinese; you are not chinese. doesn't matter one damn where you were born. You could have popped out on to Moa's lap and they'd boot you till you fell into the sea. The Chinese do not believe in genetic diversity. I've watched TV programs in Chinese where they expound about the necessity for genetic purity in order to maintain their culture. That their best atheletes are shining examples of chinese 'pure breeds' (sound familiar). Course, several Asian countries have the same idea. Could be because those darn Monguls ran through Asia raping and murdering every place they stopped. Plus, *sigh* once you learn the language a bit........well you hear the conversations they think the 'foreign devil' doesn't understand. I've heard grandmothers saying they wished all foreign people would "fucking die." not just die, but "fucking die." Nice mouth grandma. You must have been quite the "comfort woman" for the Japanese in the 40's. I've sat there with Chinese buddies who had to hang their head in shame when one of their countrymen said something like: "white people are inferior. it is obvious. he's hairy like a monkey. Does he bathe often? Don't tell your foreign devil friend I said that, I want him to like me in case we get drinks." Just one of a thousand of snippets I've caught in Asia. My skins pretty thick to it now. But, still.

Jesus man. That's an eye opener. The pro's built it up so well that I nearly booked my flight. :D There is racism everywhere, unfortunately. I can imagine it sucks when its aimed at you. However if puppets can teach us anything.... as you said. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbwNSNLPIfw)

[dtcb]

Jesus man. That's an eye opener. The pro's built it up so well that I nearly booked my flight. :D There is racism everywhere, unfortunately. I can imagine it sucks when its aimed at you. However if puppets can teach us anything.... as you said. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbwNSNLPIfw)

Every place has got their dirty underbelly. Some bigger than others.

I would still tell all the pros outweigh the cons for Hong Kong. (Notice how I omitted the night life? I figured I have expounded so much on it here on QSE, there was no need).

[phit_demon]

I've sat there with Chinese buddies who had to hang their head in shame when one of their countrymen said something like: "white people are inferior. it is obvious. he's hairy like a monkey. Does he bathe often? Don't tell your foreign devil friend I said that, I want him to like me in case we get drinks."...My skins pretty thick to it now.

It should have been that prick's lip that was thick after saying something like that.

[dtcb]

It should have been that prick's lip that was thick after saying something like that.

I've heard worse.

Plus, kicking the shit out of someone weaker than you are is uncouthe. Not that there are guys here that can't kick my ass. I'm out of shape. But, I could have crushed the guy like a tin can. His mouth was writing checks his body couldn't cash. He was 40 pounds behind me on muscle alone. I'm sure he never got in a fight in his life. probably never threw a punch. there are tons of guys here who have never fought. that amazes me some times. Course it does provide a better environment. People will hurl insults but, the whole time i've been in hong kong I've probably been in no more than 4 or 5 fights.

But, in Korea I got into a lot of fights. some crazies, most were drunks. I was there 3 years and I'd say some one fucked with either a friend or me almost every other week. And I'd have to settle it with the hands and feet at least once every 2 or 3 months. More than a few outnumbered. Koreans get drunk and then fight the foreign guy because he sticks out in the crowd. And I'd often be in districts full of bars where drunks would be piling out in groups. These are not tourist stops by the way; locals and expats only. No USA Military; off limits to them.

Most of the time, they were so drunk you didn't have to do much but put the guy on the ground. Then his friends would apologize and drag them away. Often enough, they'd come at you 2 or 3. They never knew how to properly surround a guy and attack as a group though. Usually, one guy would do the babbling and they'd all be right in front of you. I'd put a wall or alley behind me and just wait for the idiots. A few brawls required the other party be punished. Anything that involved offending women, or throwing shit at our heads meant breaking something. edit: I'll not go into detail but, at least one bar room brawl that occured in Korea required tear gas to break up.

But, remember, I had way more fun than trouble in Korea. And for every pain in the ass I encountered; there were 30 or 40 really nice people. I go to Korea every year. I love the place.

[JasterIsFett]

I've heard worse.

Plus, kicking the shit out of someone weaker than you are is uncouthe. Not that there are guys here that can't kick my ass. I'm out of shape. But, I could have crushed the guy like a tin can. His mouth was writing checks his body couldn't cash. He was 40 pounds behind me on muscle alone. I'm sure he never got in a fight in his life. probably never threw a punch. there are tons of guys here who have never fought. that amazes me some times. Course it does provide a better environment. People will hurl insults but, the whole time i've been in hong kong I've probably been in no more than 4 or 5 fights.

But, in Korea I got into a lot of fights. some crazies, most were drunks. I was there 3 years and I'd say some one fucked with either a friend or me almost every other week. And I'd have to settle it with the hands and feet at least once every 2 or 3 months. More than a few outnumbered. Koreans get drunk and then fight the foreign guy because he sticks out in the crowd. And I'd often be in districts full of bars where drunks would be piling out in groups. These are not tourist stops by the way; locals and expats only. No USA Military; off limits to them.

Most of the time, they were so drunk you didn't have to do much but put the guy on the ground. Then his friends would apologize and drag them away. Often enough, they'd come at you 2 or 3. They never knew how to properly surround a guy and attack as a group though. Usually, one guy would do the babbling and they'd all be right in front of you. I'd put a wall or alley behind me and just wait for the idiots. A few brawls required the other party be punished. Anything that involved offending women, or throwing shit at our heads meant breaking something. edit: I'll not go into detail but, at least one bar room brawl that occured in Korea required tear gas to break up.

But, remember, I had way more fun than trouble in Korea. And for every pain in the ass I encountered; there were 30 or 40 really nice people. I go to Korea every year. I love the place.

Why do I get the feeling that this man was based off of you Dan?

http://idology.files.wordpress.com/2009/05/most_interesting_man.jpg

[LucVas]

it would be fun to read a little brief description of weather

I'm living in Leeds at the moment: Cloudy with periods of light rain. High 58F. Winds NW at 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 60%.

[joep144]

It should have been that prick's lip that was thick after saying something like that.

Then he would have just proved that he is a "white devil." The best revenge is living well. ;) HOWEVER: There are times when it is totally called for to knock someone the fuck out. :cool:

[ZBarclay]

And I love to suck cock. ;)

I thought your purpose was to be facetious...

;)

[Cuclean]

I thought your purpose was to be facetious...

;)

I never said I was into poop. :D