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 Posted: Wed May 23, 2012 3:58 pm
I think that's what a lot of people want when they graduate, to get away from their family.
The west coast is a lot different from the midwest, I don't think I'd be able to do what you're doing.
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Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 12:50 pm
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Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 3:09 pm
Well for one thing, drivers in California are more crazy. (Maybe that's compared to Minnesota, I have no idea what drivers are like in IL.) And a west coast lifestyle is just generally different, plus they talk funny.
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Posted: Thu May 24, 2012 4:05 pm
rofl Well, I used to live in California and Utah, so hopefully it won't be too huge of a transition.
I do, however, completely agree with you about LA traffic ಠ_ಠ Bloody insane out there without the highway already randomly forking every two minutes.
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Posted: Fri May 25, 2012 2:06 pm
You were probably pretty young when you lived in Cali though right?
What's Utah like? Is it all mormon-y?
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 6:05 pm
Yeah, still a toddler.
Well, Salt Lake City is definitely very normal and significantly more low-key than Chicago. The only thing that ever really stood out to me was that Temple Square seriously turned into the place to check out Christmas lights every year. It's bloody amazing. Hundreds of thousands of lights strung around so well - the trees' branches are all clearly outlined by lights - that it's more like everything just lit up instead of the usual suburban ritual of wrapping wires in spirals around pine trees.
Truth be told, I think people have been more in my face about religion here in Illinois as opposed to Salt Lake City.
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Posted: Mon May 28, 2012 6:47 pm
Then you were probably too young to soak any culture in.
Is it like a suburb with skyscrapers? Because that's what it sounds like.
Are Illinois people more southern than they should be for being in the middle of the country?
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 8:06 am
Except the accent somehow.
Hahahaha, skyscrapers in Utah? Nah, that's definitely Chicago. There aren't that many tall buildings in Salt Lake City - most of them are quite low, but maybe that's just coming from a Chicagoan - but you're right about the suburban feel.
Indeed. Chicago's the only thing keeping it a democrat state.
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Posted: Wed May 30, 2012 3:28 pm
I don't think I've ever heard a real Californian accent.
Are there any other cities like Chicago in Illinois?
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 11:19 am
I'm not really sure what it would sound like either. But apparently they use the word "hella" a lot.
Not really. Chicago's our only major city, and it's really the only one with an urban feel.
But Minnesota has two, right? St. Paul and Minneapolis?
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Posted: Mon Jun 04, 2012 1:13 pm
Huh, when I was in middle school kids used to say that.
That's about it. I'm not sure why Minneapolis isn't our capital but it should be.
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 8:02 am
I remember I saw this Yahoo news article that was ranking cities about something - I don't really remember what - and I found it kind of funny that Minneapolis made the 'best' list, and St. Paul made the 'worst' list xD Aren't they like right next to each other?
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 2:12 pm
Uh huh, they're separated by the Mississippi River. They're a lot alike too so I'd be interested to see why Minneapolis was the best and St. Paul the worst.
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 6:11 pm
I can't find the article, but I doubt there was much credence to it. I mean, it's Yahoo News.
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Posted: Fri Jun 08, 2012 10:11 am
They're sometimes right, but most of what Yahoo news reports on is useless anyway. The other say I saw an article they had about how Justin Bieber wore a new scarf.
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