How much do you pay for housing?

[toughguy]

^^ And if I am accused of making sweeping generalizations, when has that stopped anyone else?

[seattlerain]

Originally Posted by Jenbar

What's to hate about DC? There must be something wrong with you - I loved it there.

I don't particularly like Austin, is there something wrong with me? No, I just don't care for the place...just as you don't particularly care for Seattle anymore.

I'd never make the statement that "there must be something wrong with you" because they don't like a place.

[MJinAustin]

Originally Posted by toughguy

Why would you want to live among nosey, in-your-business type people with big hair and grating Texan accents (the worst of all American regional accents, IMO...worse than Jersey, worse than Wisconsin, worse than Pittsburgh...much worse)? Obviously you don't mind it, but understand that not everyone shares your affinity. Same goes for Jenbar.

Ok...Jenbar isn't going to convince toughguy of the praises of Austin and toughguy isn't going to inspire Jenbar to move back to Seattle. Can't we all just get along?

BTW toughguy...have you been here? I don't know a lot of people with Texas accents in Austin. We sound like a bunch of Californians...no accent at all. You want the TWANG, you need to go to Waco or some podunk East Texas town.

[wannabeaTexan]

Originally Posted by MJinAustin

Ok...Jenbar isn't going to convince toughguy of the praises of Austin and toughguy isn't going to inspire Jenbar to move back to Seattle. Can't we all just get along?

BTW toughguy...have you been here? I don't know a lot of people with Texas accents in Austin. We sound like a bunch of Californians...no accent at all. You want the TWANG, you need to go to Waco or some podunk East Texas town.

I don't recall hearing much (if any) twang while I was in Dallas either.

[jwb123]

I don't know anyone with an accent, OR big hair. He's never been to Austin.

I don't particularly like Austin, is there something wrong with me?

Where should I start? Well, apparently you have a hard time deciphering a tongue-in-cheek comment....

[seattlerain]

Originally Posted by Jenbar

I don't know anyone with an accent, OR big hair. He's never been to Austin.



Where should I start? Well, apparently you have a hard time deciphering a tongue-in-cheek comment....

Well thank you Jenbar, I take that as a compliment!

[jwb123]

It's a compliment that you don't have a sense of humor? Only in Seattle.....

[cobolt]

Originally Posted by toughguy

I beg to differ, give me gloomy 50 degrees over humid 95 any day, any place. Your heaven is my hell. Why can't you get that concept through your head? I don't care how sunny it is, if it is unpleasant to be outside, then I will be more miserable than it is here when it is 40 degrees and raining. Driving from AC blasting house to AC blasting store and back to AC blasting house, sounds fantastic. That extends to the people as well. Why would you want to live among nosey, in-your-business type people with big hair and grating Texan accents (the worst of all American regional accents, IMO...worse than Jersey, worse than Wisconsin, worse than Pittsburgh...much worse)? Obviously you don't mind it, but understand that not everyone shares your affinity. Same goes for Jenbar.

Yeah....well I wasn't talking to you. I was addressing Jenbar. I don't give a rat's a@@ about your ideal weather conditions. Didn't ask you. Don't care. Nor do I care about your erroneous, sweeping generalizations about Texas, *as if* you knew. Was talking to Jenbar. Mind your own business there, mr shiney happy people guy.

[seattlerain]

Originally Posted by cobolt

Yeah....well I wasn't talking to you. I was addressing Jenbar. I don't give a rat's a@@ about your ideal weather conditions. Didn't ask you. Don't care. Nor do I care about your erroneous, sweeping generalizations about Texas, *as if* you knew. Was talking to Jenbar. Mind your own business there, mr shiney happy people guy.

People make erroneous, sweeping generalizations about Seattle on a regular basis.

I suppose it's acceptable to make generalizations about Seattle and not Texas...?

[toughguy]

Originally Posted by seattlerain

People make erroneous, sweeping generalizations about Seattle on a regular basis.

I suppose it's acceptable to make generalizations about Seattle and not Texas...?

That's actually the intent of my stereotypical description of Texas (not Austin in particular). They have such a transient population there, its impossible for everyone to have big hair and saccharine accents, or shotguns in their pickup trucks, despite that being the popular Texas stereotype. Do you get my drift?

I am actually friends with two Texas transplants, neither of whom have accents. Both of them say it is hot as "eff yoo see kay" there, so I guess that attribute can't be denied.