I'm in between Philadelphia and New York City. Similar distance, but it takes less time to get to Philly because the traffic up north is insane.
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Sounds like you're slightly northeast of me then. I'm in the middle of Jersey...Flemington to be specific. So yeah. New York and Philly would be my answers too.
As for the dream date, it's one where i don't get interrupted a dozen times by my kids in the middle of it.
~David.
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I'm on the shore, so further to the south and east. I'm in the part of NJ Sandy pretty much destroyed.
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About 15 minutes' drive from Manchester, UK (for the time being...)
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Third LA user here, although I'm not as close as the others. I'm about 30 minutes to an hour to the south. Fellow southern California residents will understand this sort of time variance in lieu of my giving an actual distance (and although downtown Philly is the worst traffic I've ever experienced, that was just plain dangerous whereas we're simply overcrowded). Haven't met anyone from SG in real life, but it could be cool.
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I would say Nantes.
But if you mean a very big city, well, i'll say Paris.
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depends if ~150k is major enough or not..
40 Min - Springfield, MO, USA - ~166,810 Pop.
3 Hr - Kansas City, MO, USA - ~470,800 Pop.
edit: miles to approx drivetime
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Ah, my favorite test of knowledge about American geography..
Kansas City, in... Missouri. Right across the border. I always wondered if they somehow lost a bet or something =)
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hehe, and ST Louis lost a bet to Illinois too. ^^
all 3x of the largest city's in missouri are pretty close to diff state borders. even springfield is only ~ 1 hr from arkansas. xD
edit: fixed drunken geography.
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Not to mention that there is also a Kansas City, Kansas about 10 minutes away.
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I really thought Kansas City would have a bigger population than that!
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actually i'm more surprised its population is technically higher then stlouis. st louis is only ~320,000, but when you include it's surrounding areas it's said to be around 2.8mill. KC + surrounding areas is approx 2mill.
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I can't be bothered to look up which places count as major cities (probably be something like London if we are going for the biggest. and that's pretty far) so Ima just say I live about two or so miles out from Maidenhead's town centre.
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I wasn't after some exact science of what's a major city. :)
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This very much depends on your definition of "major" city..
So, for me it's Berlin, maybe..
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The time of the King in yellow is nearly upon us and all of our cities shall be Carcosa.
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Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn
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I'm thinking you don't live in Manhattan then?
I mean depending on your finances isn't NYC one of the BEST cities in the world?
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That's all lies. I live about 10 miles from the city and I've been there. Except for Broadway theaters and the museums, I would NEVER go there unless I HAD to. And even then I would still be hesitant t o go there.
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Is that because you're a "local" or because perhaps you're not local enough?
It's one of the places I would have liked to have visit as a tourist.
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I used to live in NYC - Manhattan - it used to be fun to live there even if you didn't have a lot of money - not so much anymore. But it's a great tourist town :-)
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Good to hear. :) I was supposed to go to NY for my father's 60th birthday, but my mom had just had a surgery and couldn't go on such long flights. And both me and my brother have wanted to do a coast-to-coast roadtrip, but I've been struggling too much financially to be able to.
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If you do find the means, let me know and I'll provide some suggestions (including booking hotels in advance, especially in the southwest), depending on what you like to do and see.
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Think cheap motels would be what we'd go for. With those vibrating heartshaped beds. ^^
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Well have a look at this place... Feather Nest Inn.
Not sure about heart-shaped, vibrating beds - I think there may still be some in the Pocono's...
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It's... not the worst. It's just really fast here. And crowded. And kinda expensive. But of course you already know that :p
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Atlanta
//Edit: missed the "date" part the first time through... probably local breweries (big fan of porters and stouts), hiking if any one is game for hitting the trails (assuming it's not hot as balls outside), and of course the tried and true couch co-op games... maybe some D&D if schedules worked and we could get enough board game geeks together.
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Seen any walkers lately?
Sorry, I bet you get that all the time.
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hehe. actually location doesn't come up much for me online so you're the first
//Edit: and no walkers... so far. (but I got my trusty shootygun and machete just in case lol)
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I'm including the suburbs, but still probably not the largest. Anyway, I know of 3 or so within 30 minutes of where I live and several more if I go into Atlanta proper. I wouldn't be surprised at all if there are others I have overlooked.
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About 15 minutes from Osnabrück, Germany.
About 170.000 inhabitants, of which 25k are students.
It used to be the biggest british Army Garrison outside the UK. All gone since 2005 (ish)
Karmann used to build cars here which you've probably seen without realizing it. Now closed down due to bankruptcy.
Some parts were bought up by Volkswagen.
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Sounds like that city will have some really wild parties. :)
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I live in Pretoria, South Africa. There are most likely some SG users from the same city.
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Los Angeles, California, U.S. is a 2 hour drive from my house.
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I'm a lithuanian girl, who is currently living in UK (better wages, beats me). Manchester city centre is just 1 km from my house.
I don't know if I really fancy living in UK though. It gets kinda depressing, for I have no friends here, and being a gamer, I spend my free time playing at house, so yeah. Plus, I'm surrounded by poor, uneducated immigrants who lives by the motto - the more I breed, the better benefits I get. UUUUUGH.
Back in my own country I was living next to the capital - Vilnius. It was pretty awesome place with lovely neighbourhood.
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Hi, I live in America so I do not have personal experiences with immigrants there at UK.
I just want to ask you some questions. I do not know if you ever been in poverty. When you are there, the only thing your brain lets you think about is to eat and survive.
If you haven't been there, then I can understand your point of view, since it is very difficult to get the feeling of something that is alien to us.
I was born on a middle-upper class family and I used to look at poor people and asking myself: Why are they so conformists and pathetic, can't they study and make an effort to stop being poor?
Then life happened, I left my home at 12 years old. I got a taste of what an extended period of hunger, thirst and hopelessness can do into one's mind.
Have you ever tried to study while starving?
I have tried it, just to realize my brain couldn't really retain or maybe to a deeper level, couldn't create new synaptic connections storing what I was trying to learn. The brain usually prioritizes whatever things will help you survive when you are starving, leaving little to no room to philosophize or learning how the Krebs cycle works.
That's when I understood that, poverty is not only a socioeconomic status, it is a cycle. A cycle where the very act of surviving leaves no room or time to improve yourself academically, or even emotionally.
Of course there are exceptions to this rule, some extraordinary people in history have managed to break the cycle and become genius in their fields. But again, those are the exceptions. Right now you see those people, having unprotected intercourse in order to get pregnant and be able to apply for government assistance.
What I see there is a survival mechanism. Morality becomes a difficult concept to apply when your brain demands you to survive. I agree that bringing children to this world just to get money is morally incorrect, because right now I am not starving, I am not in extreme poverty anymore and I can analyze the situation calmly. But, can they?
I invite you to reflect.
I send my regards.
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Thanks for your answer. But let me explain the current situation in UK.
I'm not talking about the people who are truly in poverty - those who don't have bread on the table or have to beg for money in the streets. I'm talking about people, who came here on purpose to live on the benefits YET they still put no use for their brains and use the bugged welfare system to get all the goodies. As I said, It's not all people on benefits, it's those who can work, but choose not to, as they can't be bothered. Oh the mighty culture where Labour made it possible for those who were not in work to earn more than those who do. Hearing of families that have 5 children who get a free 4 bedroom house, free car and living fairly lavish lifestyle's funded purely by the tax payer, is quite disgusting.
Genuine people with disability and stuff, nobody looks down on them for getting benefits, unless they are actualy scroungers, the fakers. I mean, of course the welfare system is a great system and it does help a lot of people who do need it BUT it needs to be majorly reformed. If there are people who are outright lazy and don't want to hold down a job then they shouldn't be entitled to benefits. I mean I'm purely surrounded by those types. They get shit TONS of money (and breed like bunnies to get more), and never use them for education and their childrens future. No, better go to Tesco or Asda and buy some unnecessary stuff. That's why I call them poor. They are of no use for the human race.
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Thanks to you too, I really wasn't aware of all this.
I understand the feeling of unfairness for a person who spends 8-12 hours per day working while others abuse the system and get their livelihood solved for free.
My intention was only to present you another perspective of this reality we live in.
Nice artwork showcase btw.
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I find it ironic that you as an immigrant talk about "poor, uneducated immigrants"
Gutter press like to point to immigrants as if they're the reason for crime, unemployment, basically everything. Same here in Germany and particularly "Bild". Which is basically yellow press.
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Well yes, I am an immigrant, but I came here not because I want to live on the benefits and breed like a pupper. I came here, because my master degree is of more worth here than in my own country, so I fit into "brain drain" category.
As for the crime and unemployment rates - true, there are lots of bullcrap covered by the press about these issues, but there is some truth in it as well.
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When you're done with your education, will you go back to Lithuania as you don't really fancy living in the UK or do you have any other interesting plans? What's your master's degree?
If I was younger and not rooted down I would have wanted to travel and work somewhere for a while to experience another culture.
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Currently live in Mississauga (721,599) but I'm from Toronto (2,73M) which borders Mississauga. The area where I live is extremely dense pop. wise which makes me about an hour's drive from ~17% of my country's pop. Kinda crazy when you think about it.
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Im from Lisbon, currently living in Eltham, London
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Closest is Chicago (2.8 million), the city I live in has 350,000
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Me too... currently - about 2.5 hour drive to the Windy City. Already planning to meet up with some SG'ers this summer. Lemme know if you have any interest.
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Orleans. The old one in France, not the new one in Louisiana.
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just found out that there's no definition in english for a big city like we have... 500.000+ people. by that definition I'm in the largest city here. if you want an international better known city: Berlin. after that: Prague, Frankfurt
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I had also thought that this would be the defintion until I stumbled upon this Wiki article after a discussion with a few colleagues.
Then I'd already live in a big city. But I prefer the 500.000 rule, too, so I say Hanover.
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Toronto. Well, I am about an hour away, but it is the closest major city.
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NYC, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia, rochester, buffalo, syracuse I think, like almost dead center from those :D
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Just wondering, what major cities do you live closest to, and how far is it? Do you know if other SG:ers live nearby and have you ever met any of them? If not, would you like to if given the opportunity, and what would be your "dream date" if so?
For me, Stockholm is the closest major city. I live about 1 hour north of it. Only know of Fnord that lives there, and never met him. I think he's a fellow board game geek. So if I ever met him, it would probably be to do a gaming session. :)
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