what is it like...
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- vespa0
haha yea it can make you cry and your breath stink but tastes great in just about anything
- Gorbie0
new york = the big apple
"slowly and discover they have more and more layers that build up to make an incredibly interesting personality"
london = the big onion?
- stem0
Maybe all the Donny clan should descend on London!
Hahaha!
- Gorbie0
thanks stem.. that's interesting, and exactly the sort of everyday shit i'm wondering about...
kelpie... don't read too much into it. i just want your impressions on your town. that's all.
- vespa0
london is a big shitty grey city but i love it.
every nation is represented and every activity known to humanity has a specialist club devoted to it. it's actually 5 very different towns that have all become so big they've bled into one, but once you settle in a particular corner you become so attached that we're all convinced we'll need our passports just to move a few miles to another borough.
i love big cities, and i love new york too.
i think of new york and london as being like two different people.
new york is like one of those people you meet at a party, that you like IMMEDIATELY - they are heaps of fun, easy to understand, charismatic, you can't wait to party with them again - if you hung out with them for years you'd probably end up totally wired and in lots of debt but with some gorgeous handbags and awesome stories to tell at the end of it.
london is more like one of those people that sits in the corner and doesn't really talk to anyone unless you seek them out. you keep seeing them at different parties so after a while you get to know them slowly and discover they have more and more layers that build up to make an incredibly interesting personality. london is basically a dirty old drunkard who has been everywhere and done everything.
i keep saying i'm going to leave and find a better quality of life somewhere else but i must confess i'm addicted to this filthy town.
- stem0
Leeds isn't so bad really though, it's just a shame the price of everything here is so high and the salaries don't really correspond so much to the cost of living.
jamble
(Jul 1 05, 02:59)I remember Leeds before the 'boom' (if you could call it such) in the late 80's - early 90's - i see a similar sort of thing happening here. Progress is good, but I fear for the next generation who will not be able to afford to live here if the house prices rise any higher.
- Gorbie0
i meant the northern UK kids, CaP...
why are they upset? they don't still work in coal mines do they?
what's Leeds all about anyway?
- kelpie0
same goes with you kelpie... expand on that. who is unemployed and/or pregnant? tell me who kills who with what.. cause i haven't got a clue.
Gorbie
(Jul 1 05, 02:45)re-reading this I wonder actualy what you mean by that - you want me to blame someone? or spend the entire day dissecting the socio-political make up my town? where's this getting you?
- stem0
Unemployment is not as bad as it used to be. Big mining community went tits-up in the 80's - Opening of New Airport has brought 'hope' if nothing else. House prices have dragged their arses of 'rock-bottom' and are more in-line with the rest of the north of the country. And a really strange thing is happening, people are actually moving-in as the opportunities for employment are opening up.
Population is quite mixed. Lots of Indians, Pakistani, Chinese and a big influx of Turks and Kurds over the last 5 years or so. Which, to be fair only a minority seem pissed off about.
Heavy drinking culture here in Doncaster, lots of drugs and teenage pregnancy, but I think the rest of the country has caught us up!
The weapon of choice (i'm pleased to say) seems still to be the good ol' fashioned fist.
The Rovers (football) have been promoted from the lower leagues for the last few seasons on the trot.
The town is now applying for 'city' status
But generally speaking things do seem to be on the up!
- CaP0
it seems northerners hate everyone and everything...
is this true?
Gorbie
(Jul 1 05, 02:58)+++++
couldn't tell... i was born in the southernest (?) country in the world. i had an english girflriend who loved me loads, though.
- jamble0
They're upset because they're northern. At least I only live here ;)
Leeds isn't so bad really though, it's just a shame the price of everything here is so high and the salaries don't really correspond so much to the cost of living.
- ORAZAL0
where is Deneuve? what is it like?
Gorbie
(Jul 1 05, 02:56)haha...
http://images.google.com/images?…
My pics are:
Baltimore or Paris
- Gorbie0
it seems northerners hate everyone and everything...
is this true?
- jamble0
Leeds, it's grim oop north
- Gorbie0
haha... now we're getting somewhere.
where is Deneuve? what is it like?
(thanks CaP - barcelona is high on my priorities of places to visit)
- ORAZAL0
Barcelona is like a teen with too much makeup. I prefer Deneuve.
- CaP0
Barcelona:
after being born and raised in chile, then lived in england for a while, then italy for some years... and barcelona's simply the best.
excellent for partying, being chilled if you want or just relaxed. it has beaches, it's young a lively, it has cultural activities, public transport works perfectly, and food's great. as you see, i'm a big fan.
the biggest problem is that i think is "fashionable", hence housing prices are getting too high, and actually seems that the city itself is getting a bit like a big shop window.
- kelpie0
oh christ, everyones at the killin up here, recently golfclubs have become particularly popular...
- Gorbie0
thanks stem.. but i'm quite tired and was more in the mood to read your impressions on where you live.
same goes with you kelpie... expand on that. who is unemployed and/or pregnant? tell me who kills who with what.. cause i haven't got a clue.
- kelpie0
Glasgow
UK's highest unemployment
UK's highest teen pregnancy
Europe's murder capital(I think thats a Bosch or possibly a Goya)