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I think people down south are much more friendlier and happier people. Not Florida but everywhere else in the south.
maybe you mean just south florida.
i find (most of) the people in the rest of the state rather friendly. reserved, sure (it is a transient state after all), but approachable and generally friendly.
Nice beaches and I love Disney World, but I'm honestly not sure I would enjoy living down there myself.
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ride the dc metro during morning/afternoon commute times. not a single person will even acknowledge your existence, and if you do happen to catch a glance, they're probably looking at you like they want to steal your soul to replace the one they sold to live in dc.
Well, same applies to MUNI, BART and Caltrain in SF.
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I think people down south are much more friendlier and happier people. Not Florida but everywhere else in the south.
True.
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Originally Posted by user8
maybe you mean just south florida.
i find (most of) the people in the rest of the state rather friendly. reserved, sure (it is a transient state after all), but approachable and generally friendly.
I have an older friend from Naples. He left before all the Chicago/Cincinnati/Cleveland/Detroit/Indiana/East Coast retirees started buying up all the beachfront property. He's from the old school and also not from a larger city in the state, so he's a pretty chill guy.
ride the dc metro during morning/afternoon commute times. not a single person will even acknowledge your existence, and if you do happen to catch a glance, they're probably looking at you like they want to steal your soul to replace the one they sold to live in dc.
I had a hard time learning to like DC, and ultimately gave up, but I just don't relate to this type of complaint. Honestly, what are you expecting out of your morning commute? Isn't it nice just being able to skip the drive, and be safe and comfortable while you're at it?
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I tried to like Dallas, but I just don't. I like other cities in Texas like San Antonio, Austin, even Fort Worth but Dallas just rubbed me the wrong way. I love the skyline and the freeways were impressive but just got the vibe of it being overly materialistic, not very cohesive and too spread out, and a pretty lame and dead downtown, and tons of corporate office parks everywhere. Topographically its in the middle of nowhere also. I'm willing to give it another shot but first impressions really wern't so good.
Anywhere in South Florida. I tried, my wife and I both tried to like it here, but we just couldn't. At all. We hate it, and are very excited to be leaving soon.
I've been here for 7 years while she's been here for 6, and we still can't seem to like it.
Dallas, but I didn't try very hard. The "fashionable" part of town is on Turtle Creek Boulevard and it is a complete joke... it's clearly an invention by Dallas planners and people pay Manhattan prices to live in what looks/feels like an exurban office park.
I don't 'try' to like a place. I either like it or I don't. Some cities, like Houston, just don't deserved to be liked.
Uh-oh... Cue 20 pages of psychobabble disguised as "frank discussion" on the merits of Texas.
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