Comments | substitute: I did the findyourspot.com thing.

substitute

I did the findyourspot.com thing.

Jul 21, 2005 14:01

They pegged me as a book-hugging liberal who demands other rootless cosmopolitans, but without huge chunks of money. The results are pretty obvious.

( guess what's first? )

these things are not memes, quiz, portland, geography

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nosrialleon July 21 2005, 21:11:21 UTC

It of course could be because all the people I've seen fill this out have similar ideals, but the number of cities that have appeared in ALL of them makes me wonder if there's not some sort of civic bribery going on here.

Also: my uncle is a life-long Portlandian. He told me to tell my friends to STOP MOVING THERE.

Where to Live anonymous July 21 2005, 21:17:44 UTC

Providence -- Did you mention that you'd vote for a mayor while he was in jail?

Hartford -- You like traffic problems?

Danbury -- Trader Joes and Stew Leonards. There's a big awful mall there, but you'd eat well.

For either Boston or Cape Cod, you'd have to win the lottery. And if you won the lottery, you'd move to San Francisco, so...

:;snort::
Laura

Stew Leonards mr_flippant July 21 2005, 22:55:30 UTC

I always wondered who thought animatronics would be a natural fit for a grocery store.

Also, they have good carrot cake.

Disgruntled former New Englander rance July 21 2005, 21:51:57 UTC

I find the people of Boston as cold as the winters.

Ditto Worcester, with an even uglier accent, and minus the rootless cosmopolitans.

Providence has the ill judgment to want to be Boston. It also sports the ugliest accents of all.

Retirees from New Hampshire are the only people who want to live on Cape Cod year-round.

In lieu of the above, I would offer Northampton, MA or Burlington, VT as superior alternatives. Cosmpolitan, progressive, and free of ugly accents.

Re: Disgruntled former New Englander substitute July 21 2005, 21:56:12 UTC

That makes sense. I think my nostalgia for Boston is misplaced and comes from being 18 and hanging around with college students, of which they have a wonderful oversupply there, and doing fun college student things. I have no idea what it's like to be middle-aged with middle-aged people there except for the life of rpkrajewski who is so cool that he probably has this amazing cool bubble around him and his family at all times.

Re: Disgruntled former New Englander rance July 21 2005, 22:09:35 UTC

I suspect findyourspot takes payoffs from the boards of realtors in some of these places. How else to account for Honolulu and Little Rock turning up no matter what criteria I enter. Or could these be America's own Shangri-Las?

Re: Disgruntled former New Englander srl July 22 2005, 21:23:54 UTC

There's a plentiful crowd of rootless geeks of all ages in the Boston area, though really the suburb/city cultural divide is what'll bite you. If you were actually thinking of relocating, catch up with me for more details.

mendel July 22 2005, 01:03:16 UTC

OREGONG. I'll have to try this thing.

flipzagging July 22 2005, 01:31:59 UTC

Portland, Hartford, Providence, Little Rock (??) SF didn't even make my list.

By the way, I was just comparing craigslists and the OC personals are terrifying.