when you think about the town (or area) you live in, what comes to mind?

chavs, cotton mills, poles/nigerians clogging up bus stops, empty pubs, greatest concentration(per head)of Rolls Royces(oops that was in 1920), 20 minutes on the train to Manchester

Chris Nash wrote: Sam, you forgot to mention 'Alton Towers'

Oh yeah. Put that it the bad list.

Justin Lee Collins (what a prat) The Wurzels Blackthorn Massive Attack Slaves

On the plus side however the Clifton Suspension Bridge. A truly wonderful piece of Brunelian design, completely wasted on the people of Bristol

Ferrits whippets flat caps pigeon fanciers slag heaps wankest shopping centre in the u.k (apart from Wakefield)

Er cant think of owt good,apart from;

Excellent nightlife Cheap housing 20 mins from the peak district Hardest footy firm in the country 9Cardiff are fuckin wank!) sexy ladies Not too many Immigrants/lowest ethnic majority grouping as per 250k in the u.k

Think thats it,oh no......

Lord and Lady live there

Rivers Drains Fields Cows Potatoes Fishing Inbreeding Chavs Car crashes deaths from car crashes country roads

violaine wrote: hippies entitlement self righteous vegans who secretly drink the blood of newborns

mountains crippled pedesrians drunk frat boys greedy panhandlers

i grew up in estes park, so i completely understand the people's republic of boulder!

however, you forgot: VW buses people playing frisbee with their dogs hare krishnas on the pearl street mall

and i remember another one about south florida: OLD PEOPLE!

Ranked 20something-th French town when I was born. Ranked 8th or 7th nowadays...

My pub Home friends Business Drunks (Tunja is the Colombian City where people drink the most):beer2: addicts a lot of students :sex: Farmers my job :\ohwell: Cold Stupid People :hate:
Boredom Colorado Express (The Best Hot Dog worldwide) poverty :(

Hmm. What comes to mind...

Stetson University. My McD's. Thirty-minute bus ride to Daytona. Hour drive on Interstate 4 to Orlando. Caffe da Vinci. Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church. Mainstreet [Down Town] District. Boston Coffeehouse and Coffee Bistro. Three cemetaries, one I've already explored so far. Earl Brown Park. My family. My friends.

Home.

Jeffari-al-Texani wrote:

Andrès wrote:

Farmers

erm...Andrès, that's a cowboy...not a farmer...

there is a frigging difference...

yep...you're right, there are both of them round here anyway

some people do....but usually they have this kind of boots:

nice scenery rain cold neds/chavs junkies rain crap pubs small town attitude rain 30 mins from glasgow tesco town people (usally jumkies/neds) talking with a nasal drawl. people did not speak this way 20 years ago rain all the time biggotry racist homophobic it rains often and some times it rains

home family freinds studio trees Heaton park the Ostrich hotel Mark e smith in the pub metrolink M60 moors

accrington stanley the coppice mates vikki entwistle (janice battersby) ermmm ??

Been in town tonight.Ex girlfriends and ex bosses in Bar Sport.Which ones did i decide to ignore and which ones did i decide to talk to....?

I forgot about our 4/20 fest.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBWmU_CXIYc

Old Lead Foot wrote: home family freinds studio trees Heaton park the Ostrich hotel Mark e smith in the pub metrolink M60 moors

My friend lives near you!

Dodjem wrote:

Old Lead Foot wrote: home family freinds studio trees Heaton park the Ostrich hotel Mark e smith in the pub metrolink M60 moors

My friend lives near you!

but you cant see any of that nice stuff from the boot of a car

GOOD THINGS

Some nice parks Firework displays on bonfire night or last night Peace when they're not on Two good local shopping precincts People are dead genuine Salford RLFC

BAD THINGS

Trackie bottoms tucked in socks Twats parked over our driveway Too many pound shops Girls walking round streets in pyjama bottoms (WTF)

Nevertheless it's a good area

golf,

cricket,

the f.a.cup, country pubs, country walks,

country bike rides,

and this is where i want to be.

79 order wrote:

and this is where i want to be.

Even by your standards, that's a beauty

Smog

London, then? The most toxic environment I've ever experienced.

an hour's drive to the coast......or for snow skiing (why not both in the same day?)

tree huggers vs. the tree loggers (in a BIG way)

a LOT of Deadheads (Ken Kesey was from Springfield)

the movie Animal House

Steve Prefontaine

a lot of trees in the western third of the state where most of us live. Rain to keep 'em green as well.

5 Super Bowl championships

Hot, but slightly fake women

Scorching summers

Outstanding Tex-Mex

Home of the frozen margarita

Horrible baseball

Failed F1 venue

Assassination of JFK

Friendly folks

Lots of commerce