While most of the weather wouldn't suit me, I bet I'd love the scale of New England. For the same reasons I love the scale of Northern Europe (I haven't been to Southern Europe or Eastern Europe so I cannot speak of those). I like that there are dense, walkable cities, towns and villages and then BAM you're in the country. Having grown up in LA with its endless sprawl, it's so refreshing. I wish we could go through the West and redevelop things in a pre-WWII pattern of non-sprawl.
Mal: Okay. She won't be winning any beauty contests anytime soon. But she is solid. Ship like this, be with ya 'til the day you die. Zoe: 'Cause it's a deathtrap.
'Out Of Gas'
Natter 66: Get Your Kicks.
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Spidra Webster - Aug 28, 2010 11:45:33 am PDT #20853 of 30001
I wish I could just go somewhere to get flensed but none of the whaling ships near me take Medicare.
flea - Aug 28, 2010 11:46:47 am PDT #20854 of 30001
information libertarian
Google Maps says San Diego to Portland is 18 hours. And of course, there's never ever any traffic on I-95 on the East Coast, no sirree.
-t - Aug 28, 2010 11:47:19 am PDT #20855 of 30001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
Yay, house w/ internet and TV!
flea - Aug 28, 2010 11:48:43 am PDT #20856 of 30001
information libertarian
Houston to Las Cruces is only 12.5 hours. Boring hours, no doubt, and I am sure long stretches of no traffic at all.
javachik - Aug 28, 2010 11:52:12 am PDT #20857 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
The west coast is only three states! The east coast is like 75, 100 states!
See now? That's what ahm talkin' bout.
Cass - Aug 28, 2010 11:55:04 am PDT #20858 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
I like that there are dense, walkable cities, towns and villages and then BAM you're in the country.
That's a lot of what I like about Portland. At least bits that *feel* like country to me.
Google Maps says San Diego to Portland is 18 hours.
You know, that sounds about right distance-wise. I was just trying to think of just California so I was thinking San Diego to Crescent City, but that isn't one freeway straight up like San Diego to Portland (and Seattle). That I5, man.
Burrell - Aug 28, 2010 12:00:51 pm PDT #20859 of 30001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!
Most of the 5 through California is plug ugly. I much prefer the 101 when I have the time.
brenda m - Aug 28, 2010 12:10:34 pm PDT #20860 of 30001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
I'm here! Sorry to disappear like that. Got no good answers on the medical mystery but it seems to have resolved itself. We threw a wedding reception for my brother on Thursday so I've been at my sister's place where the internet goes to die. I just had a chance to get online and thankfully skipped the 1000 and some natter posts and realized people were worrying.
flea - Aug 28, 2010 12:15:33 pm PDT #20861 of 30001
information libertarian
Brenda! I am so glad you are not dead! (/Salah in Indiana Jones)
Have you heard the Fuck You song yet? That's the greatest moment of import in the last 1000 posts to me.
Zenkitty - Aug 28, 2010 12:24:41 pm PDT #20862 of 30001
Every now and then, I think I might actually be a little odd.
Good to see your pixels, brenda!
For a short drive that takes forever, try I81 from Harrisburg PA to Knoxville TN. The longest 550 miles in the world. It's all beautiful mountain scenery, and it's boring as hell.