# 518 residents. Do you like where you live? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Off Topic\ **Created:** [June 8, 2011, 2:02pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832 "2011-06-08T14:02:13Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 7
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 9:43am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832/121 "2011-06-12T09:43:53Z")
> [@Zombies](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/zombies/42934/10): > > Can’t compare Albany to fun college campus life. Just isn’t in the same ballpark. Agreed. > [@Official SuperBowl Commercial Thread.](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-superbowl-commercial-thread/42937/10): > > First. > > You’re really going to tell me I can’t have a long boarding experience in nature locally? I wouldn’t even have to use a subway or drive for an hour to get there. Null argument. > > So you got sports and music so far as your biggest arguments for renting instead of owning for basically the same $$, almost never driving your car and having everything more expensive. And FYI I’m sure you know and seen plenty of people commuting to those things out of other areas. Maybe even done it yourself. > > And your second argument “is you just have to like it”. I won’t argue with you on that, but you’re quite right, I don’t like it. I like privacy and finance sense. I don’t like being constanly surrounded by people, waiting in lines, never being able to enjoy driving my car or bikes on a whim, I hate traffic, I hate paying a premium for something just because it’s “From the city brah”. You just don’t understand because you’ve never lived in the city. Everything is expensive as a college student, yes the city is worse but it’s what you make out of it. You have to be a little more creative with your time then just going to the bars or clubs all the time. Like Kramer said… the entertainment options are unlimited. If you like a band, any good band or music group chances are they have played or are going to play at nyc. I regret not taking advantage of this more. I hate the majority of NY sports but you have the opportunity to go to a variety of different games. There is so much to explore in the city, that you could literally never run out of places to see. It is one of the most diverse cities in the country so you will never run out of new culture to experience. Biggest downside for me was not being able to drive, I loved that personal freedom. > [@OFFICIAL: 2008 ELECTION THREAD](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/official-2008-election-thread/41192/198): > > nismo- if you think people here are generally impolite, disrespectful and rude then you got a lot to see when you venture to any large city… some people down there just have no respect at allll Depends on the city… I found people in Seattle and Bellvue to be super nice. Everyone in NYC is just in a rush and won’t let you get in there way. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 9:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832/122 "2011-06-12T09:56:59Z")
I’ve mentioned that I lived in a city, but I guess not “the city”. So “the city” is superior to other cities. Still sports and music entertainment, gotcha. I guess I just don’t value those those two high enough to change my entire life around that, especially if I can still arrange to enjoy them by visiting if needed. Haven’t heard many city folk talking about “exploring” the city, seems more like a tourist thing to do. :ponder ---
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 10:05am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832/123 "2011-06-12T10:05:20Z")
You are just the worst kind of person. ---
**Author:** ![kramerbuccs24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kramerbuccs24/32/6397_2.png) [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832/124 "2011-06-12T10:08:10Z")
It can be irritating to enter into a discussion with you vlad, it seems you like to sarcastically generalize any point your fellow members make and never come close to budging from any set-in-stone viewpoint you may have. You simply cannot appreciate the offerings of a large city until you have lived in one. That is a fact, not a crutch used by city people to “prove their point.” I’m “done” with this discussion turned argument, I’ve given plenty of tangible, relative and real reasons why I enjoy living in the city and you don’t see, admit or appreciate the advantages of any of them. I’m not ticked off or angry and I don’t dislike you, I’m just sick of feeling like I’m trying to convince a three year old that chocolate ice cream is better than vanilla 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 10:08am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832/125 "2011-06-12T10:08:58Z")
:rofl ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 10:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832/126 "2011-06-12T10:12:23Z")
At least I’m not brainwashed into thinking the city is the cats meow. One of my best friends moved to the city for a job about 8 months ago, lives in Brooklyn. Works, goes out on weekends and occasionally visits back up here. No epic stories, no experiences of a lifetime, just living. He has a blast when he visits and he loves how much cheaper it is to go out here than there. I’m just saying. > [@FS:Black Push Bar](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-black-push-bar/42902/16): > > It can be irritating to enter into a discussion with you vlad, it seems you like to sarcastically generalize any point your fellow members make and never come close to budging from any set-in-stone viewpoint you may have. You simply cannot appreciate the offerings of a large city until you have lived in one. That is a fact, not a crutch used by city people to “prove their point.” I’m “done” with this discussion turned argument, I’ve given plenty of tangible, relative and real reasons why I enjoy living in the city and you don’t see, admit or appreciate the advantages of any of them. I’m not ticked off or angry and I don’t dislike you, I’m just sick of feeling like I’m trying to convince a three year old that chocolate ice cream is better than vanilla 🙂 Sports and music entertainment and the vast experiences of “nature” in central park, I gotcha :lol ---
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 10:15am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832/127 "2011-06-12T10:15:42Z")
I prefer upstate new york compared to the city, but that doesn’t mean that it wasn’t a lot of fun and I can see why Kramer enjoys it so much. He has the best of both worlds, his campus is nice and open, sort of like a park… but then he can go right into the heart of the city. Shame on you Vlad for using the term… “the cats meow” Just awful ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 10:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832/128 "2011-06-12T10:17:07Z")
> [@Did You Vote Today](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/did-you-vote-today/42981/4): > > I prefer upstate new york compared to the city, but that doesn’t mean that it wasn’t a lot of fun and I can see why Kramer enjoys it so much. He has the best of both worlds, his campus is nice and open, sort of like a park… but then he can go right into the heart of the city. > > Shame on you Vlad for using the term… “the cats meow” Just awful I’m sorry Does “is the titties” work better for you? :lol Kramer may have it good, but you agreed that a campus life experience in the city is quite different than just living in the boroughs and being broke and never enjoying your car toys. ---
**Author:** ![GATVILLE](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/gatville/32/6362_2.png) [@GATVILLE](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/GATVILLE)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 10:21am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832/129 "2011-06-12T10:21:05Z")
> [@WTB: couch](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-couch/42830/8): > > ^ In Duanesburg. I agree- I love this area, far enough away from Albany/ Schenectady etc. We can pretty much do whatever we want here and no one bothers us- Wayne pulls all nighter’s out in the shop many nights with the doors open and the music BLARING and no one complains- we have unlimited bonfires and the neighbors never complain. We are only 20-25 min from Albany so it’s not a horrible commute. When we build it will definitely be out here. Only downfall is that we are right on Rte. 7, which is a pain sometimes. Plus, as stated above, all of our family and friends are in this area so we could never move south. x2 except i really can do whatever i want out here on the farm. If i were to move anywhere it’d be Virginia, Tennessee or Kentucky, and it would be way the fuck out there in the sticks ---
**Author:** ![kramerbuccs24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kramerbuccs24/32/6397_2.png) [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 10:22am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832/130 "2011-06-12T10:22:16Z")
> [@Vovchandr"](#): > > Sports and music entertainment and the vast experiences of “nature” in central park, I gotcha :lol > [@FS:Black Push Bar](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/fs-black-push-bar/42902/16): > > **It can be irritating to enter into a discussion with you vlad, it seems you like to _sarcastically generalize_ any point your fellow members make and never come close to budging from any set-in-stone viewpoint you may have.** Boom, case in point. Have fun continuously preaching your opinion and scaring away people who view differently and are capable of having a civilized discussion on the topic without getting banned or threatening to kick your ass lol ---
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 10:25am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832/131 "2011-06-12T10:25:00Z")
> [@Never really thought I'd say this but](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/never-really-thought-id-say-this-but/42976/15): > > I’m sorry > > Does “is the titties” work better for you? :lol > > Kramer may have it good, but you agreed that a campus life experience in the city is quite different than just living in the boroughs and being broke and never enjoying your car toys. I didn’t have a campus life in the city. My school didn’t have dorms and for the spring semester I slept on a couch in the UES. This was my campus. ![http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3034/3021276550_d8e41389f0.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/5/3/53e56b37cd79dd853b22d86c90a7288e2111b6ff.jpeg) I visited Kramer at Fordham and that campus is fucking badass. Had a blast. Plan on visiting again whether he likes it or not. My experience was infinitely different than his because I didn’t have dorms or anything. I pledged a fraternity and in doing that I saw allll of the city. I left because if I stayed there I would have ended up having to take out school loans and I didn’t want to do that. I wouldn’t have been much in debt, but nothing compares to living with your parents and commuting to school when your looking to save money. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 10:27am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832/132 "2011-06-12T10:27:05Z")
> [@Dancing Bacon?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/dancing-bacon/42977/4): > > Boom, case in point. Have fun continuously preaching your opinion and scaring away people who view differently and are capable of having a civilized discussion on the topic without getting banned or threatening to kick your ass lol You’ve had your chance to “sell” me the city experience any way you wanted, and those were the only things you could come up with. If somebody is defending their point I would expect them to have some solid arguments to come back. I can sit here and make a list of things that you can do by living in the Cap Region that you can’t do in the city and multiple advantages along with it. I would expect you to do the same if you had a point. Arguments are all about supporting your point and not appreciating the other, you’re really going to hold that against me? ---
**Author:** ![kramerbuccs24](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/kramerbuccs24/32/6397_2.png) [@kramerbuccs24](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kramerbuccs24)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 10:35am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832/133 "2011-06-12T10:35:30Z")
> [@anyone caught in traffic this am on 90W by the 33...](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/anyone-caught-in-traffic-this-am-on-90w-by-the-33/42959/26): > > You’ve had your chance to “sell” me the city experience any way you wanted, and those were the only things you could come up with. > > If somebody is defending their point I would expect them to have some solid arguments to come back. I can sit here and make a list of things that you can do by living in the Cap Region that you can’t do in the city and multiple advantages along with it. I would expect you to do the same if you had a point. > > Arguments are all about supporting your point and not appreciating the other, you’re really going to hold that against me? Correct, that is what arguments are all about. I care enough about my point of view to have a _discussion_ about the topic but I don’t care enough about your point of view to have an _argument_ about it. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 10:37am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832/134 "2011-06-12T10:37:34Z")
Now that you put it _this_ way. Fair enough and point taken. Back to the topic at hand. So who else likes living here? :number1 ---
**Author:** ![McBitchin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ecc23a/32.png) [@McBitchin](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/McBitchin)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 11:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832/135 "2011-06-12T11:03:59Z")
Albany is great for working, I have 2 jobs making a ton of money working as many hours as I want, but Albany is boring as hell, only thing to do is go to bars every day and that gets old really quick, everything being expensive sucks to. Florida was fun, tons of stuff to do but the people are retarded and its hard as hell to find a job. The in-between seasons are terrible up here with cold rain all the time, but the summers are great and I love the snow/mountains close by. I’m going to try somewhere else once I get some more money together, not sure where yet ---
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 12:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832/136 "2011-06-12T12:26:10Z")
Kramers a bitch /thread ---
**Author:** ![Allstar\_Graphics](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/allstar_graphics/32/6287_2.png) [@Allstar\_Graphics](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Allstar_Graphics)\ **Post date:** [June 12, 2011, 5:40pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832/137 "2011-06-12T17:40:13Z")
I like the north va. area 🙂 I still own my house in the selkirk/feura bush area though too. The job market down here is just wayy better, you can make 5x the amount of money down here. ---
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 6:18pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832/138 "2011-06-14T18:18:42Z")
This thread has got me thinking about moving. ---
**Author:** ![Vovchandr](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/vovchandr/32/6275_2.png) [@Vovchandr](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Vovchandr)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832/139 "2011-06-14T19:03:07Z")
There is **no ideal best place** to live, otherwise every one would be living there. Just remember, no matter what the area is, there will be people that don’t like it, for a large variety of reason. No matter where you move to, most likely at first it will be a period of high expectations and raised happiness, then after a few months you will find out all the things that are negative about the location and you will average out in the middle somewhere between the new realistic positives and knowing all the negatives. ---
**Author:** ![Murrdog9000](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/murrdog9000/32/6391_2.png) [@Murrdog9000](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Murrdog9000)\ **Post date:** [June 14, 2011, 7:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832/140 "2011-06-14T19:09:54Z")
Place I’ve considered has many benefits and I would only move out there if I had the job that I’m seeking. [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832.md?page=6) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/518-residents-do-you-like-where-you-live/258832.md?page=8)