Hooray for Lynchburg! (Chester: closing, shop, area)
Roanoke areaRoanoke - Salem area
Please register to participate in our discussions with 1.5 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
Only when you live on the crappy side of town--like every city has.
How is going to a game supporting any particular agenda? It's sports. You really need a high colonic.
If you want big-time theater etc you need to move to a city with 1,000,000 people. Or drive to DC for a weekend. Be realistic. There is theater in town nearly every weekend but it's obviously not good enough for your refined taste and beer budget. Have you ever even been to one show? You might even meet some other refined classy people like yourself.
Sports vs Agenda - the ticket price DOES benefit the school in question, right. LU is hardly a "standard" school by any meens. (Please explain the high colonic remark.)
I spent much of my childhood in a city with a poppulation of 45.467. Quite decent theatre.....
I have tickets for EG glass take on Phantom of the Opera in March. Does that count? (Beer budget??? Please explain.)
If I have ever said I was a refined classy person, I appologize. I do not remember ever saying that, I am born in a small mining town (poppulation 8 480) after all - sometning I am not embarrased to say. Not exactly Martha's Vineyard.
I try hard to enjoy it here. Why does it have to be so hard??
This past fall Muse played in Charlottesville. Bing such a big band I figured I should be able to find SOMEONE who enjoyed them. Bust most people my age here sadly seems to enjoy country too much so they had never heard of them. (Last album sold gold and peaked at no 3 on the Billboard album chart, hardly an obscure fringe band)
Why do I even try? What is the point? How long can one try and hope that things will get better, when all I encounter is dissapointment.
Tickets to LU football games are far below the cost to LU of having the team. I think they were $10 last time I went.
Was that city in the USA? Most cities that size in the US have very little theater--or much of anything else. You might also look at shows at LU as they are well done and not political--unless Hairspray is political (well it is a little in a mocking the past way) Also RC, SB, and LC plus two local groups have regular productions.
LU has a very grand new theater--but if their beliefs bug you too much--your loss. They also are doing Phantom--better make sure you bought the right tickets.
New $7 million stage set to open soon at LU | The News & Advance (http://www2.newsadvance.com/news/2010/aug/25/tower-theater-fills-former-warehouse-lu-ar-473438/ - broken link)
Never heard of Muse either but I stopped getting new albums about the time Nirvana came out big. I still pay to see The Eagles, CSNY, Fleetwood Mac, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, and Led Zeppelin
Most of them are my age.
I am 37 so seeing me in a night club would be embarrasing
I want theatres, art exhibitions, museums and non-pretentious/self rightous people who can talk about other stuff then gossip and whatever Glen Beck is hung up on at the moment. Sporting events that one can attend WITHOUT supporting a specific religious & political agenda.
Just spent 2 weeks away from Lynchburg.....and after being back for 48 hours makes me want to leave again. You drive to work and see how crappy everything looks......sob, sob..
Mr. Jonas, I'm not sure where you live or work, but you need to take a different route to work.
Even if it is 10-15 miles out of the way, try 501 North, take Boonsboro Road (which turns into Rivermont Avenue) to get downtown. Or another day, take 501N to Old Forest, make a left onto Link Road just past McDonalds. One morning, take Link Road to a right on Rivermont and into the city. Another day, take Link Road to Cranehill and make a left on Langhorne.
Your mood and impression of how the city looks will change. Especially in the Fall . . . or a snowy winter day (okay for that one stay off the hills of Langhorne & Link). . . or the lush tree canopy of summer . . . or spring when the azaleas and dogwoods are blooming. There is a beautiful side to Lynchburg (and a crappy side, just like all cities).
But those extra 10 or so miles and minutes will be worth the serenity to improve your mood.
Was that city in the USA? Most cities that size in the US have very little theater--or much of anything else.
No, not in the US. But the United States is still the worlds richest and powerful nation....but, maybe you are right. In that regard I guess I expect too much. The same city also attracts decent national and international bands. What a shame I never realized what a cool place it was!
Quote:
Originally Posted by badger74
Tickets to LU football games are far below the cost to LU of having the team. I think they were $10 last time I went.
You might also look at shows at LU as they are well done and not political--unless Hairspray is political (well it is a little in a mocking the past way) Also RC, SB, and LC plus two local groups have regular productions.
LU has a very grand new theater--but if their beliefs bug you too much--your loss. They also are doing Phantom--better make sure you bought the right tickets.
I need to state that I do not think everyone has to have my beliefs. The world would be very dull. I do know plenty of people who graduated from LU, some who I would call quite good friends. What LU stands for and promotes is quite extreme. (Yes, I would say University of California, Berkeley is quite extreme too...but in the other direction) It just becomes too much. Were does one draw the line? My father-in-law was quite a Falwell fan (but not a TRBC member). I have watched plenty of his television programs with him. Can I really support organizations he founded? Not trying to be too difficult, but when is enough, enough? I am not someone who yells "fight the power" but when is extreme too extreme?
About the Phantom....I guess I can see both
Quote:
Originally Posted by badger74
Never heard of Muse either but I stopped getting new albums about the time Nirvana came out big. I still pay to see The Eagles, CSNY, Fleetwood Mac, Bonnie Raitt, Jackson Browne, and Led Zeppelin
Most of them are my age.
Well.......if Led Zep plays in Lynchburg, I'll be there too!
I am 100% sure you have heard Muse in TV commercials, during sportbroadcasts and in movies. Their label/publisher seems to be very good at such deals.
As I said, I have a wife and kids. Grass to cut, homework that needs my assistance, dress shirts that needs ironing (I suck at ironing, but its the only way to get it done) etc, etc......but I am not dead. Some cities you can combine family life with arts, entertainment and FUN things. I have found it VERY tricky to do here as I have to drive across the state to do what my brother can do by 30 min jumping on the subway. (not to mention that his veiw to work makes him happy...and it only takes him 10 by bike)
Mr. Jonas, I'm not sure where you live or work, but you need to take a different route to work.
Even if it is 10-15 miles out of the way, try 501 North, take Boonsboro Road (which turns into Rivermont Avenue) to get downtown. Or another day, take 501N to Old Forest, make a left onto Link Road just past McDonalds. One morning, take Link Road to a right on Rivermont and into the city. Another day, take Link Road to Cranehill and make a left on Langhorne.
Your mood and impression of how the city looks will change. Especially in the Fall . . . or a snowy winter day (okay for that one stay off the hills of Langhorne & Link). . . or the lush tree canopy of summer . . . or spring when the azaleas and dogwoods are blooming. There is a beautiful side to Lynchburg (and a crappy side, just like all cities).
But those extra 10 or so miles and minutes will be worth the serenity to improve your mood.
I have been trying to figure out another way to work. Adding on 10-15 min every once in a while would be fine..............but there does not seem to be such a way to work. With out saying too much, I live east of Lynchburg along 460. I guess I could go over Madison Heights, but that is not too uplifting either. Thanks for your concern though.
Yeah, Madison Heights is no box of chocolates! LOL.
Okay, then, you just have to move to the other side of Lynchburg (Peakland/Boonsboro/Rivermont extended/down Link & Langhorne). Much more pleasant and you'd find much more interesting, sophisticated people! And, what a great time to get a deal on a house!
Okay, then, you just have to move to the other side of Lynchburg (Peakland/Boonsboro/Rivermont extended/down Link & Langhorne). Much more pleasant and you'd find much more interesting, sophisticated people! And, what a great time to get a deal on a house!
I doubt I could get my wife to move.
But that will be close to impossible.
Imagine, I used to live in a town that I enjoyed living in, I had friends who I could just sit around and chit chat with (without having to worry if what I said could possibly be seen as “liberal” or “elitist”…I am quite far from a left wing activist having voted for who WSJ calls “the Ronald Reagan of Europe”), I had a job I enjoyed and that I hoped could launch me to something even more enjoyable and interesting (being interesting is more important to me then $$), I had fairly easy access to arts & entertainment (preferably Guitar-pop gigs), but then I had to move here.
Now, after working several low paying jobs and blood, sweat (and maybe even tears) I do have a job, but hardly a career. Most people around here seems to have very different interests and look on life then me so I have given up on making friends.
But as it already had been hinted at here, having such wants makes one some kind of elitist, right?
I get to escape once or twice a year (and with the chance of sounding like someone with mental health issues), it actually makes it easier to breath and I feel so at peace.
Wow, that last post makes me look REALLY pathetic, right?
No . . .not pathetic but I do think you'd be happier on the northwestern side of the city. There is a wide range of political and religious opinion. The residents are a much more diverse, sophisticated and well-traveled bunch than some other parts of the city. You'll even find a good number of . . . I know you won't expect it in Lynchburg but, yes, liberals.
Maybe you could look into joining an organization or church that draws primarily from the Boonsboro/Peakland area and start to make friends that way.
And, without delving into your career choices, have you considered taking a class or two at Lynchburg College or Randolph College that might lead to a more-fulfilling job?
Please register to post and access all features of our very popular forum. It is free and quick. Over $53,000 in prizes has already been given out to active posters on our forum. Additional giveaways are planned.
Detailed information about all U.S. cities, counties, and zip codes on our site: City-data.com.
Please register to participate in our discussions with 1.5 million other members - it's free and quick! Some forums can only be seen by registered members. After you create your account, you'll be able to customize options and access all our 15,000 new posts/day with fewer ads.
