Posted by laurenmarie on 2007-01-12 10:24:14
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i grew up in northwestern nj, near the delaware water gap, which is actually pretty rural, and not as in-your-face new jersey/new york that most people think of. i consider myself pretty adaptable, so im sure that i would be able to make do with the culture shock for a year...i think that culture shock is actually what im going for here...i definitely need to get away from nj, esp the new brunswick area where i went to school.
so we are looking into san diego/LA area, which i know is very different from northern CA. id love to see wine country, maybe even live there, but for now I have to compromise with my roomates who want to go where its warm all the time (im not opposed to sunny weather all that much)..
i want a job in environmental conservation, or ANYTHING to do with being outside / the environment. i have the impression that CA is generally more environmentally conscious than other areas of the country, and id like to see if thats true. portland OR has always been a dream of mine, but that might be more of a permanent move than what im going for now.
its scary to think of moving all the way out there with no real idea of what id be getting into, without seeing the apt first, or how do i go in for a job interview if im on the other coast?!
anyway, jetblue will have $99 one way tickets from JFK to San Fransisco, so im sure ill be taking advantage of that to scout around.
Posted by artlady75 on 2006-02-19 08:17:23
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We went to San Frasico, that is where he proposed to me 2 years before we got married. So we reenacted our date that we had, the night he proposed. Then we went to wine country, we love wine and we took a cooking class, we love to cook together. We got a lot of wine that we mailed home. We still have some. We have one bottle for our 25th anniversary and one for our 50th anniversary. We live in Iowa but we love the west coast.
Posted by stella on 2005-06-11 16:28:02
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i understand why people in small towns aren't always friendly to tourists. i grew up in a small blue-collar town that has become more and more yuppified over the years. it's also a popular tourist destination ("wine country" and so forth)... and honestly, most tourists behave in a way that is just loathesome. so eventually, the locals just assume all tourists are assholes. not particularly Zen, but when you've had enough jerkoffs from out of town treating you like you're of subhuman intelligence, you just shut down.
