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queenzelda · Oct 25th, 2024, 10:42 AM

Do you like living out here in the US? I'm sure needing a car to get everywhere seemed odd at first.

**Moonface** · Oct 26th, 2024, 11:03 PM

(Oct 25th, 2024, 10:42 AM)queenzelda Wrote:
Do you like living out here in the US? I'm sure needing a car to get everywhere seemed odd at first.

It's funny that for how much this question gets asked of me on a regular basis by customers at my job that I never have the same exact answer every time somehow. LOL

Anyways, yeah I can't say I dislike it at all. Like most places I'd say it has things it does better/similar/worse but nothing so bad that any positives become redundant.
As for needing a car, that was a real pain in the arse for me when I first moved here because I didn't know how to drive. I never needed a car where I lived in England and although I had visited the area I currently live in multiple times before moving to it I didn't realize how dire the lack of a car really is because my vacations here didn't require me to worry about getting around. It would be awesome if cars weren't so necessary in the US but from the various YouTube videos I've watched on the subject it just doesn't look like it'll ever be possible to emulate the transportation culture of Europe due to the way everything has already been built here.

Eric · (This post was last modified: Oct 29th, 2024, 09:47 AM by Eric.)

Yeah I wish we could fix our transportation system. There's a young local councilman I support who has made inroads into trying to get ordinances passed that would encourage people to move into the city rather than sprawl like we already do, that way hopefully planting the seeds for a future where discouraging outskirts living would make it easier to build needed infrastructure that can be enjoyed by everyone for cheaper.

Maybe a much less interesting question than zelda's, but I'm curious what your perspective is on Florida? I have my own opinions based purely on memes as I've never lived there. I'm sure many have similar, maybe opposite feelings about California too lol. What has been your favorite state so far?

**Moonface** · Oct 30th, 2024, 09:44 PM

(Oct 29th, 2024, 09:47 AM)Eric Wrote:
Maybe a much less interesting question than zelda's, but I'm curious what your perspective is on Florida? I have my own opinions based purely on memes as I've never lived there.

That it's a hub for old people with more money than sense to congregate into either full time or during the winter months. Just the number of Cybertrucks I've seen here alone I feel speaks volumes to the proportion of people with money and little sense.

(Oct 29th, 2024, 09:47 AM)Eric Wrote:
What has been your favorite state so far?

It's a little hard because I think visiting a state isn't the same as living in one, but I know without question the worst state I've been to is Texas. Just the weather alone is bad enough that nothing else could possibly salvage it from the bottom of my visited states pile.
As for favorite, maybe New York? A lot of the architecture and weather reminded me of being in England so it had a nice familiarness to it at times. However, I wouldn't want to actually live anywhere near NYC just because of the traffic alone.

*Karo* · Nov 16th, 2024, 07:27 AM

Just because I am up I wanted to wish you a very happy birthday Moony! I hope you have a wonderful birthday and school is giving you a short break from kicking your butt at this moment!

I also read the previous questions on this page and I yearn for a country that doesn't require cars. XD