What's your town like?

[jillamanda]

I was thinking about this yesterday. I guess most of you have an idea what it's like around here - tiny little Aussie rural community, lots of cows, dogs and sheep. We have to drive to 'town' to buy anything, the closest shop is about 10 kms away and that's just a roadhouse out on the highway. Basically, it's an honest, down to earth town. There's an old guy round here who grows his own veggies and sells them from his house. He leaves them out the front in a wheel barrow with an 'honesty box' for people to leave money in. The money never gets stolen.
There's not much (make that nothing ) in the way of entertainment round here, but we do OK at making our own fun. I never hear people saying they're bored.
I've lived in the city before, both Sydney and Melbourne, and loved it at the time, but I love small town life, specially here....
So what are your towns like?

[Kim Possible]

Your town isn't much different from my town. (Although, I have a shorter ride to get to a big city.) We live in a small, village in Michigan. We have farms, animals and a couple of little 'honesty' carts in the warmer months. Our little village is beautiful with pretty street lights, lots of attention to detail with gorgeous flowers blooming during spring, summer and fall. Winter time we have festivals and special events for the kids. I can ride my bike - with the kids cart on the back and get to the grocery, library, ice-creamery, or the many parks. We live close enough to a popular city that entertainment is at our fingertips, without the hassle of living in a big-town. Just right.

[jillamanda]

:) Sounds nice Kim, slightly more sophisticated than ours, I think ;) .....

[cuda]

My town is cold. :nolike:

[jillamanda]

:) .....and BIG !!!!!

[KrzDefKat]

Toronto is big! I've lived in this same neighbourhood most of my life, so I guess I may be a little jaded, and take this city for granted. It's getting a little expensive to live here. But I have to admit, there's a lot of conveniences, and lots of things to do.
I rounded up some links for you Jill, and anyone else that's interested.

I worked here two summers ago. This is cool. :thumbsup: The core of this structure is hollow, and you can ride the elevator to the 900 ft. level, go out thru the back door of the elevator and onto a catwalk, and look wayyyyyy down to the very bottom. This is how we brought concrete up to the guys on the swingstages. We had to carry the buckets of fresh concrete around the catwalk and out to the "legs" of the tower. Not for the faint of heart, and not for the general public, either. There are also a few levels below ground where we worked chipping concrete and cleaning rebar.

See the CN Tower here: http://www.cntower.ca

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This castle is about a 20 minute walk from my house, and kitty-corner to where I went to college. The architecture is confusing, a little of this, and a little of that. (I mean, the style is not absolute) The interior is lovely. I think my favourite room is the Conservatory, with highly polished marble. I was always bugging my dad to take me there, because I enjoyed the underground walk over to the stables. Sadly, it is in bad need of restoration. I believe some of the design ideas came from the Hearst Mansion in CA.

See Casa Loma here: http://www.casaloma.org/

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This is where I did my field placement. My class also laid the brick floor in the Mill St. Brewery. The brickwork on these buildings is breathtaking, absolutely perfect. They film a lot of movies here, and their website has a few virtual tours. An architect named David Roberts designed the original stone building, and his son, David Roberts Jr. designed the truss in that building after a fire, as well as other buildings on-site.

See Gooderham & Worts here: http://www.thedistillerydistrict.com/home.html
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More attractions: This has links to other things to do here. The Beer Festival is :thumbsup: They hold it at Old Fort York. Lots of tents and you can sample all kinds of beer. Entertainment, too.
Usually around the same time is Taste of the Danforth, where you can wander up and down the street (traffic is blocked off), sample Greek food (I love Spanakopita), rest at a beer garden. Lots of entertainment. Canada's Wonderland has some real wild rides.

http://www.toronto.ca/links.htm#attractions

And here is one more that is interesting, just because I love older architecture http://www.doorsopen.org/building/index.cfm

Hope I'm not boring y'all to tears. :hehe:

[bearfoot]

I live at Phillip Island...a wind swept paddock 14k long-1k(ish) at its widest.....with a beautiful coastline and great beaches. We have alot of wildlife here..the most famous being the penguin parade. We get a heap of tourist all year and holiday makers in the summer..but over winter the place is deserted and its a quite place to live.
We don't have major shopping centres but there's plenty of small stores, a tiny picture theatre, some pubs and plenty of places to eat out..plus all the usual touristy stuff like mini-golf and the waterslide :rolleyes:.
When I go to the shops I drive back across the bridge to San Remo...a small village..(picture below is taken fromthe bridge). We also swim there alot...the pier there is great for jumping off...plus they feed the pelicans there every day..which has become yet another tourist attraction..then the giant stingrays come out for a scrounge and that's really cool too. I like it here but I wish it my own private Island for our use exclusively...and if that were possible I may as well tow the whole thing up north to get away from our ruggard winters. :)

[Barb101]

We have lots of sucky pro & college sports teams here.
Atlanta Falcons
Atlanta Hawks
Atlanta Braves
Atlanta Thrashers
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The Weather
Extremely cold temperatures are infrequent in Atlanta. Snowfall is also very rare. The wettest months are January and March with summer thunderstorms during a brief rainy season in July. Summers are usually warm and humid.

Atlanta average annual rainfall is 48 inches per year
Atlanta average temperature is (winter) 25-60; (spring-fall) 50-70's; (summer) 90+ degrees F.

Plus, we have great singers on American Idol. ;)

I actually live northwest of Atl. in the burbs, but downtown is only a few miles away.

[wrecker05]

Just remember that Barb lives in Georgia.:scary:

[Barb101]

Originally posted by wrecker05
Just remember that Barb lives in Georgia.:scary:

I live here, that don't...I mean...that doesn't mean I'm from Georgia!! :cry: ;)

I'm really from Washington State, heh

[Eagle3]

Originally posted by Barb101
I live here, that don't...I mean...that doesn't mean I'm from Georgia!! :cry: ;)

I'm really from Washington State, heh

Hick :rolleyes:

[Tabby]

sleepy and small

[Pistol Pete]

Tulsa proper is about 450,000 people. It's been growing faster than I like. Lots of green. Satellite photos show mostly trees in the summer, like there are no houses. We tend to go for the quickest solution to a problem and get things done. We're friendly and always give help when it is needed. We also have the world's highest rate of red light runners. The sons-of-bitches are nearly always talking on the phone! We should be able to hose those bastards whenever we see them! Take them out with bazookas! And then there's the woman in a mini van, sitting at a left turn light, digging and digging for something in the passenger seat! They make you miss the light when they all of a sudden have an inspirational moment that the light has changed, while they're excavating an unknown ruin, and then run the damned thing at the last second while the opposing traffic is coming through! :rocketwho

Oh yeah, and we're friendly and give help when it is needed.

[Ojive]

I lived in a small area, until the base closings and then about 20 thousand folks moved down here 5 years ago. Now saying that all the locals look alike and the joke is about family trees being a straight trunk! I have a county last name, but since I don't look like them they give me the cold shoulder. We have no chain restaurants besides IHOP and KFC, housing developments in the damnest places. And these yahoo’s are so stupid and stubborn they can't even look a gift horse in the mouth. I like it here alright, being from the Panhandle of Texas I miss that landscape very much, but it is very pretty here and so much history. The county seat here was started in 1638, damn no wonder everyone looks alike! But I have a very nice home with a lot of room between me and my neighbors so I really can't complain, well I can but I have everything I need, all the basics today. Taxes and stuff aren't so bad. Oh yeah a few more modern food joints would be nice, besides another WAWa or Sheetz mega gas station. I lived in large cities and very small towns and I'm a stones throw from NYC and D.C. and Philly and numerous other places. So no complaints as of yet.

[wrecker05]

I think I will discuss the neighborhood I live in rather than the community I live in.

My new neighborhood is wonderful.Very quiet and a wide range of homes. You have 4 bedroom walk out ranch style homes to 3 story waterfront homes.

A very friendly and safe place to live.Nothing happens without a watchful eye, with the emphasis on safety. Garage doors are open day and night.

We all hold the same decent American ideals.

Let me tell you about some of my neighbors.There are a few factory owners, an FBI agent, a retired FBI special agent(the 2 are next door neighbors also), a couple of retired police officers, a Judge, and a really really old retired judge from Illinois, a retired Gunny (sp? Shotglass), 7 other retired military, quite a few Police officers, an ADA , and well I have not met everyone one my circle.

We do look out for each other. Neighbors check on you if they have not seen you in a day or two.Park cars in vacationing neighbors driveways.Bring food to ill neighbors.

You know how you only know the neighbors up to about 3 houses down. In my neighborhood, they introduce you to the other 3.

And protect the neighborhood. I'll give you an example from this past weekend. A young woman was being harassed by her ex boyfriend and his friends. The police were called and in route.Concerned neighbors called each other also.

Wonderful neighborhood I live in. :D :thumbs:

[Ojive]

No wonder everything is great, all respectible folk with a varied backgrounds. I live in the country and I leave my keys in the car 3/4 of the time almost everywhere I go or under my seat. When I go up town I secure my vehicle.

Roger that on the Gunny that is a E-7 in the Marines. Sounds like a swell place you live Wrecker.

[wrecker05]

No wonder everything is great, all respectible folk with a varied backgrounds. I live in the country and I leave my keys in the car 3/4 of the time almost everywhere I go or under my seat. When I go up town I secure my vehicle.

Roger that on the Gunny that is a E-7 in the Marines. Sounds like a swell place you live Wrecker.

Thanks, sounds like a nice place you call home Ojive also. It is all about the neighbors, take care of them , they will take care of you.


Gunny is awesome.

[Ojive]

You have a very valid point. The only reason I have that circle of trust is becasue I have hella distance on one side of my place and I bought a family home, so they are on the other side, so we are kind of like family now, but I have space. My over all community needs work, because they built so fast to house the people. I've lived in better and worst places, Maryland ain't so bad, hell it's home. I think I'll stay. Ain't American great :!!!: