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Where you really find the counterculture in Massachusetts. Higher-than-average concentration of lesbian couples, who probably met while they attended Smith College. The Connecticut River valley in Massachusetts is lovely, and this city is in it.
A overpriced, old, bland East Bay "suburb." Nothing remarkable. Somewhere to pass through.
In regards to Laguna Beach,
As an Orange County native, I enjoy Laguna Beach's craggy, coastal setting, hemmed in by steep canyons. It's a very artsy town. Think of it as Santa Fe by the Sea. Galleries, studios, and sculptures everywhere. It is the birthplace of American plein air painting. It was literally founded to be an artist's colony.
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Covington, LA[/QUOTE]
Wonderful suburb of New Orleans. Clean and neat unlike haphazardly planned Slidell. Quiet and conservative; worlds away from the debauchery and noise of the French Quarter. Your textbook Deep South town. Every corner of town is a scene out of Forest Gump--plantation architecture, bayous, palmettos, live oaks, spanish moss, and pine forests. The longleaf and loblolly pines so slender, elegant, and densely packed. Incredibly green and lush woods right at your doorstep. Florida-like heat and humidity, the mugginess condensing on your glasses the moment you exit the door. The pleasure of wandering through the woods in shorts and flip flops at five in the morning--summer late nights and early mornings that are always very warm and balmy, the humidity gently caressing your body, the air always crisp and fresh after the thunderstorm the day before. Dramatic afternoon winds, thunderstorms, glorious liquid sunshine, the inviting sunlight filtering through the woods, painting the landscape a hundred shades of neon green, and puffy cumulus clouds melting away into a balmy, periwinkle Gulf Coast summer sky. The most scenic town I have been to in the entire country. I have been to Jackson Hole, South Lake Tahoe, Park City, San Francisco, Seattle, Portland, and my hometown of Orange County, California, but none of them are as scenic as St. Tammany Parish during the summer. Not even Park City during the winter. Only Atlanta comes close.
Here's a piece that perfectly captures my nostalgia for those couple of summer months I spent in St. Tammany Parish. It's actually about the woods and river outside St. Augustine, Florida but St. Tammany Parish's scenery is just like Northern Florida.
Location: northern Vermont - previously NM, WA, & MA
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What do you think of Richmond, British Columbia?
Vancouver suburb with a large Chinese pouplation, essentially functions as Vancouver's NEW Chinatown. Close to the airport. Not the most scenic part of Metro Vancouver. If I were to live in suburban Vancouver, I'd prefer a north shore suburb by the mountains like North Van or West Van.
Vancouver suburb with a large Chinese pouplation, essentially functions as Vancouver's NEW Chinatown. Close to the airport. Not the most scenic part of Metro Vancouver. If I were to live in suburban Vancouver, I'd prefer a north shore suburb by the mountains like North Van or West Van.
Issaquah, WA
Just another Seattle Eastside suburb. Quiet, upscale, and nice, but boring--it's just a bedroom community. I'd prefer Bellevue or Redmond because even though they're suburban at least they have more offices and therefore feel more vibrant. Gotta dig Bellevue's skyline and their potential for some serious TOD when Eastlink comes to Downtown Bellevue in 2023. Oh, and Din Tai Fung!
Irvine, CA
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