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olides84 · 16th Mar 2009, 03:21 PM

Hey, I am about to move next month, somewhere I know I will like better. Thought I'd ask:

So what about your neighborhood? How would you describe it? If you don't like where you live now, what type of neighboorhood do you want to live in?

kettleoffish · 16th Mar 2009, 03:36 PM

I live in a relatively rich, small town (~8000 people) in rural Scotland, although I'm not in any way poor, I feel poor here, and I hate the place. I'm the only openly gay person even close to my own age.

Cool Beans · 16th Mar 2009, 03:50 PM

I live out in the country, so it's not really a neighborhood. The few neighbors I do have are fine, and there's a clothing-optional resort half a mile down the road.

Greggers · 16th Mar 2009, 04:14 PM

I live in a small town that is the suburb of a suburb of a suburb of vancouver. The only reason anyone lives here is A) to commute to somewhere else for work B) to die.

We have no movie theater and the only place of entertainment is an old bowling ally thats always full. There are more churches than anything else here, and since its quite a small community nearby everyone kinda knows everyone somehow.

...and this place is hell on earth. Hell. On. Earth. I am fully out now, but because of it my old church and old Christian high school have basically shunned me and spent the last two months washing there hands because they cant stand the thought they may have touched me. Its not a very good place to live for me at all. Sure its small, quaint, cheep, and peaceful. What im looking for is big, load, cheep and busy! Thankfully, i drive for just over an hour or so and im in vancouver

a place that there is room for everyone in. And im sure you dont have to drive to another city for the movie theater...

16th Mar 2009, 07:23 PM

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Originally Posted by Greggers

...and this place is hell on earth. Hell. On. Earth. I am fully out now, but because of it my old church and old Christian high school have basically shunned me and spent the last two months washing there hands because they cant stand the thought they may have touched me. Its not a very good place to live for me at all. Sure its small, quaint, cheep, and peaceful. What im looking for is big, load, cheep and busy! Thankfully, i drive for just over an hour or so and im in vancouver

a place that there is room for everyone in. And im sure you dont have to drive to another city for the movie theater...

I've always wanted to live in the states but Vancouver is the only other Canadian place that appeals to me. I live in shithole, Ontario right now, I want out

Greggers · 16th Mar 2009, 07:33 PM

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Originally Posted by tazz

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Originally Posted by Greggers

...and this place is hell on earth. Hell. On. Earth. I am fully out now, but because of it my old church and old Christian high school have basically shunned me and spent the last two months washing there hands because they cant stand the thought they may have touched me. Its not a very good place to live for me at all. Sure its small, quaint, cheep, and peaceful. What im looking for is big, load, cheep and busy! Thankfully, i drive for just over an hour or so and im in vancouver

a place that there is room for everyone in. And im sure you dont have to drive to another city for the movie theater...

I've always wanted to live in the states but Vancouver is the only other Canadian place that appeals to me. I live in shithole, Ontario right now, I want out

Ah so you live in Barry?

Anyways, Vancouver is -THE- bomb, but so is Toronto

16th Mar 2009, 07:59 PM

The house on the left is a rental house so i get new neighbours every 4-6 months, the family in the house on the right is pretty cool, single mom with daughter and her uncle but the daughter has become one of those snotty, preppy girls. We don't talk as much now. As for general people on my street, as kids we used to play together, one of my good friends lives down the street from me but a lot have moved away.

L|L · 16th Mar 2009, 09:29 PM

I swear my town is Native-American for "gay hell."

I have dogs next-door who wake me up at 6:30AM. Most of those East of the tracks are condescending. The cops are asses. No one knows how to drive. Bars are old.

So, yeah. May 1st I go back into the city. I can't wait. *does happy dance*

Sarah · 16th Mar 2009, 10:22 PM

i dont really want to describe it so ill just say DONT MOVE HERE!! it sucks. Salinas, CA never move here

twilight lover · 16th Mar 2009, 10:34 PM

i live in oz and around my area hahahahah no fucking way im coming out there all thugs and deros and omg no way hell no i would have to be the hulk to defend my self they would proberbly bash me i hate my naborhood i wana live some were els

Ronnie92 · 16th Mar 2009, 10:40 PM

I live in the nicer part of Atlantic City. Mostly Elderly people, they are pretty nice. The only downside is that the education in my part of town sucked so bad my mom sent me to private school for years so I basically have no friends where I live. Going to a highschool where everyone comes from a different part of the county does not help either. I want to go to the west coast, living by the water so long makes me home sick if I cant see it everyday but the weather is just bad in the winter. I need more sun

ricoca · 16th Mar 2009, 11:23 PM

Westwood, CA.
It's south of the UCLA campus and it's an awesome place to live in. I mean there're lots of food places here catered to students especially. Plus it's pretty near West Hollywood so you're not deprived from the "gay" scene. I kinda feel it's a safer neighbourhood than the area where my school is which is in Woodland Hills, CA.

where are you thinking of moving?

MusicIsLife · 17th Mar 2009, 12:00 AM

I live in this teeny tiny itsy bitsy suburb called Terrasse Vaudreuil. No one knows where the hell it is, and the only thing to do around here is get high or drunk. Its mostly french, and im english so i get a lot of prejudice thrown my way cause of that. I really wanna move downtown, but alas i cannot afford it >.<

**Eleanor Rigby** · 17th Mar 2009, 12:07 AM

I live in a tiny tiny village in the country. I don't have immediate neightbour. I don't really know the people who lives around, except when they are the parents of my pupills. I like the place where I live most part of the time.

Stuie · 17th Mar 2009, 12:31 AM

I love my neighbourhood. It's possibly the most BORING suburb in the whole of Melbourne though, but it's a great place to live. All the neighbours are great and I'm within walking distance to most of my friends.

olides84 · 17th Mar 2009, 04:54 AM

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Originally Posted by ricoca

Westwood, CA.
It's south of the UCLA campus and it's an awesome place to live in. I mean there're lots of food places here catered to students especially. Plus it's pretty near West Hollywood so you're not deprived from the "gay" scene. I kinda feel it's a safer neighbourhood than the area where my school is which is in Woodland Hills, CA.

where are you thinking of moving?

Oh, I'm just moving from the docks area to a more central neighborhood of my current city - Antwerp. It's closer to a lot of my friends, don't need a car as I can walk or take trams/buses/trains everywhere. The city is quite gay friendly too, probably the best in all Belgium.

But, I used to live in Westwood!! Yep, I'm a proud Bruin

I always wondered what it was like for kids to live there, given that it seems so dominated by UCLA students.

Mana · 17th Mar 2009, 06:40 AM

I live in a lovely little village in the countryside, mainly populated by old people, and people with small children (our family comes under the second category so we fit right in). The attractions of this village are the golf course, the primary school, the church, and of course, the bus stop, where the x1 but comes whenever it feels like, to take you to the closest thing we have to civilisation - king's lynn, or, referred to by most as "up town". "up town" is the hotspot for the local chavs. One of the nearby villages - Terrington - combines the two things that this area does best perfectly - fields and chavs - what with the awful chavvy horrible lying evil High School, then approx. ...infinite fields. There are, of course, decent people here, but they're usually hiding from the chavs...

NOTE: this is just my personal opinion of the area... you might like it... I really don't though...

If I could live anywhere else it'd be a city-like area... like London. London is fun. It has tubes! O_o

davo-man · 17th Mar 2009, 06:51 AM

Well, in general, I quite like Adelaide. It's insanely peaceful, has greenery EVERYWHERE, a river that runs nears the city (when it's not just mud...damn engineering mistake sent all the water downstream), all the clubs/pubs are within walking distance/are within about a 50 m radius, great family atmosphere, great schools and an AWESOME mall, called Rundle Mall that literally has balls

Downsides are that there is very little to do for teenagers, apart from the Ica Arena, movies, shopping, beaches, pools....oh, i guess there is a bit to do.

More specifically, I quite like my suburb. It's right near a main road that travels directly into the city, has buses that come every 10 minutes to take you to the main bus terminal (which then takes you anywhere you want) and which also has the O Bahn, which may be my favourite thing in the city

Plus, I'm within walking distance to work and to the shopping centre, which has DVD store, bakery, fruit/veg, grocery store, pizza store, newsagent and chemist...pretty much anything I could need

I love my suburb and city, they're awesome. So if anyone wants to travel to Australia, I heartily recommend Adelaide

Mr Bojangles · 17th Mar 2009, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by kettleoffish

I live in a relatively rich, small town (~8000 people) in rural Scotland, although I'm not in any way poor, I feel poor here, and I hate the place. I'm the only openly gay person even close to my own age.

Ooooh where do you live?

I live in one of the freehold developments called The Springs. It's very homogenized and whatnot, I'd prefer to live in an appartment tbh

sdc91 · 17th Mar 2009, 09:35 AM

I like it. It's the third richest city in the U.S. after factoring in the cost-of-living and it's always really clean and safe. The only bad thing is it's pretty boring... there's just a mall, and that's about it.

Can't complain when you have houses in your neighborhood that look like this:

16th Mar 2009, 03:21 PM	#1
olides84 stranger in a strange land Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Pretty much Location: Belgium Posts: 1,042 Join Date: Jun 2008	Do you like your neighborhood? Hey, I am about to move next month, somewhere I know I will like better. Thought I'd ask: So what about your neighborhood? How would you describe it? If you don't like where you live now, what type of neighboorhood do you want to live in?

16th Mar 2009, 03:36 PM	#2
kettleoffish new avatar time! Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: all but parents.. for now. Location: Scotland Age: 18 Posts: 1,045 Join Date: Feb 2009	Re: Do you like your neighborhood? I live in a relatively rich, small town (~8000 people) in rural Scotland, although I'm not in any way poor, I feel poor here, and I hate the place. I'm the only openly gay person even close to my own age. __________________ ~~There is no way to peace; peace is the way.~~ --A. J. Muste

16th Mar 2009, 03:50 PM	#3
Cool Beans Hardly ever here Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: All but extended family, basically. Location: Philadelphia Age: 21 Posts: 551 Join Date: Oct 2007	Re: Do you like your neighborhood? I live out in the country, so it's not really a neighborhood. The few neighbors I do have are fine, and there's a clothing-optional resort half a mile down the road. __________________ You can call me Dan if you want.

16th Mar 2009, 04:14 PM	#4
Greggers Sunshine & Optimism ...also Angels. Full Member Gender: Theatre Queen Orientation: Disco Sticks Out Status: Everyone and a few more Location: BC, Canada Age: 21 Posts: 3,528 Join Date: Dec 2008	Re: Do you like your neighborhood? I live in a small town that is the suburb of a suburb of a suburb of vancouver. The only reason anyone lives here is A) to commute to somewhere else for work B) to die. We have no movie theater and the only place of entertainment is an old bowling ally thats always full. There are more churches than anything else here, and since its quite a small community nearby everyone kinda knows everyone somehow. ...and this place is hell on earth. Hell. On. Earth. I am fully out now, but because of it my old church and old Christian high school have basically shunned me and spent the last two months washing there hands because they cant stand the thought they may have touched me. Its not a very good place to live for me at all. Sure its small, quaint, cheep, and peaceful. What im looking for is big, load, cheep and busy! Thankfully, i drive for just over an hour or so and im in vancouver a place that there is room for everyone in. And im sure you dont have to drive to another city for the movie theater... __________________ "It's a male duck."

16th Mar 2009, 07:59 PM	#7
Myke Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Do you like your neighborhood? The house on the left is a rental house so i get new neighbours every 4-6 months, the family in the house on the right is pretty cool, single mom with daughter and her uncle but the daughter has become one of those snotty, preppy girls. We don't talk as much now. As for general people on my street, as kids we used to play together, one of my good friends lives down the street from me but a lot have moved away.

16th Mar 2009, 09:29 PM	#8
L\|L EC Addict Regular Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Age: 32 Posts: 351 Join Date: Mar 2007	Re: Do you like your neighborhood? I swear my town is Native-American for "gay hell." I have dogs next-door who wake me up at 6:30AM. Most of those East of the tracks are condescending. The cops are asses. No one knows how to drive. Bars are old. So, yeah. May 1st I go back into the city. I can't wait. does happy dance

16th Mar 2009, 10:22 PM	#9
Sarah my mind just blanked Full Member Gender: birth certificate says im a F(w/e tat means) Orientation: bisexual(more guys than girls) Out Status: people who hav asked Location: the place around where i am Age: 17 Posts: 527 Join Date: Nov 2008	Re: Do you like your neighborhood? i dont really want to describe it so ill just say DONT MOVE HERE!! it sucks. Salinas, CA never move here __________________ "Walk Proud and we will walk with you. Stumble and we will lift you up" stilsurchin, EC member,I don't know if they thought of it on their own or heard it from someone else, but who ever said it is very thoughtful and insightful

16th Mar 2009, 10:34 PM	#10
twilight lover Banned Gender: men in my case boy. Orientation: to cute to be strate lol(said by my friend). Out Status: out of the closet. Location: australia N.S.W Age: 16 Posts: 110 Join Date: Mar 2009	Re: Do you like your neighborhood? i live in oz and around my area hahahahah no fucking way im coming out there all thugs and deros and omg no way hell no i would have to be the hulk to defend my self they would proberbly bash me i hate my naborhood i wana live some were els

16th Mar 2009, 10:40 PM	#11
Ronnie92 Musical Comic Geek Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Bisexual with a preference for guys Out Status: So much better than before Location: Atlantic City,NJ Age: 19 Posts: 732 Join Date: Aug 2008	Re: Do you like your neighborhood? I live in the nicer part of Atlantic City. Mostly Elderly people, they are pretty nice. The only downside is that the education in my part of town sucked so bad my mom sent me to private school for years so I basically have no friends where I live. Going to a highschool where everyone comes from a different part of the county does not help either. I want to go to the west coast, living by the water so long makes me home sick if I cant see it everyday but the weather is just bad in the winter. I need more sun __________________ "Why should I apologize for being who I am when I am just being true to my self."-Ororo Munroe Xx Marie,Oswaldo,Tim,Igor Kenny,Amy,Sarah My EC Besties Forever xX Member of the Sailor Moon Made Me Gay Club

16th Mar 2009, 11:23 PM	#12
ricoca EC Addict Full Member Location: Los Angeles, CA Age: 20 Posts: 647 Join Date: Nov 2008	Re: Do you like your neighborhood? Westwood, CA. It's south of the UCLA campus and it's an awesome place to live in. I mean there're lots of food places here catered to students especially. Plus it's pretty near West Hollywood so you're not deprived from the "gay" scene. I kinda feel it's a safer neighbourhood than the area where my school is which is in Woodland Hills, CA. where are you thinking of moving? __________________ i can never fit into any crowd, wanna know why?

17th Mar 2009, 12:00 AM	#13
MusicIsLife EC Addict Full Member Gender: Not even sure anymore. Something in between. Orientation: I like girls :) Out Status: Everyone on orientation 7 people on trans issue. Location: Montréal, QC Age: 23 Posts: 1,595 Join Date: Dec 2007	Re: Do you like your neighborhood? I live in this teeny tiny itsy bitsy suburb called Terrasse Vaudreuil. No one knows where the hell it is, and the only thing to do around here is get high or drunk. Its mostly french, and im english so i get a lot of prejudice thrown my way cause of that. I really wanna move downtown, but alas i cannot afford it >.<

17th Mar 2009, 12:07 AM	#14
Eleanor Rigby Filip's sidekick EC Advisor Gender: Female Orientation: Straight Out Status: Out as straight ally Location: France Age: 32 Posts: 5,400 Join Date: Feb 2009	Re: Do you like your neighborhood? I live in a tiny tiny village in the country. I don't have immediate neightbour. I don't really know the people who lives around, except when they are the parents of my pupills. I like the place where I live most part of the time.

17th Mar 2009, 12:31 AM	#15
Stuie Hugs - $POA Full Member Gender: e^(πi) +1 = 0 Orientation: Schnoo Out Status: Moo Cow Location: Canberra, Australia Age: 19 Posts: 1,463 Join Date: Aug 2008	Re: Do you like your neighborhood? I love my neighbourhood. It's possibly the most BORING suburb in the whole of Melbourne though, but it's a great place to live. All the neighbours are great and I'm within walking distance to most of my friends. __________________ STRAAAAAAAAAAAWURUWERT AND THE LESBIANS! MADDATRON3000X's (Maddy) Fag Hag Loves Pauline in the form of the equation f(x): (-∞,2) -> R, 2^-x

17th Mar 2009, 06:40 AM	#17
Mana Well Known Full Member Gender: Female Orientation: Failed Lesbian Out Status: Just go with the flow Location: King's Lynn Age: 18 Posts: 189 Join Date: Jan 2009	Re: Do you like your neighborhood? I live in a lovely little village in the countryside, mainly populated by old people, and people with small children (our family comes under the second category so we fit right in). The attractions of this village are the golf course, the primary school, the church, and of course, the bus stop, where the x1 but comes whenever it feels like, to take you to the closest thing we have to civilisation - king's lynn, or, referred to by most as "up town". "up town" is the hotspot for the local chavs. One of the nearby villages - Terrington - combines the two things that this area does best perfectly - fields and chavs - what with the awful chavvy horrible lying evil High School, then approx. ...infinite fields. There are, of course, decent people here, but they're usually hiding from the chavs... NOTE: this is just my personal opinion of the area... you might like it... I really don't though... If I could live anywhere else it'd be a city-like area... like London. London is fun. It has tubes! O_o

17th Mar 2009, 06:51 AM	#18
davo-man Aspiring RENThead Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Completely Out (YAY) Location: Australia Age: 22 Posts: 3,709 Join Date: Nov 2006	Re: Do you like your neighborhood? Well, in general, I quite like Adelaide. It's insanely peaceful, has greenery EVERYWHERE, a river that runs nears the city (when it's not just mud...damn engineering mistake sent all the water downstream), all the clubs/pubs are within walking distance/are within about a 50 m radius, great family atmosphere, great schools and an AWESOME mall, called Rundle Mall that literally has balls Downsides are that there is very little to do for teenagers, apart from the Ica Arena, movies, shopping, beaches, pools....oh, i guess there is a bit to do. More specifically, I quite like my suburb. It's right near a main road that travels directly into the city, has buses that come every 10 minutes to take you to the main bus terminal (which then takes you anywhere you want) and which also has the O Bahn, which may be my favourite thing in the city Plus, I'm within walking distance to work and to the shopping centre, which has DVD store, bakery, fruit/veg, grocery store, pizza store, newsagent and chemist...pretty much anything I could need I love my suburb and city, they're awesome. So if anyone wants to travel to Australia, I heartily recommend Adelaide __________________ The Joker Rules all.... TwoFace comes a close second! My Friends are the best people in the world Ross: Wow, you guys sure have a lot of books about being a lesbian. Susan: Well, you know, you have to take a course. Otherwise they don't let you do it.

17th Mar 2009, 09:35 AM	#20
sdc91 Coop d'état Full Member Gender: Male Orientation: Gay Out Status: Out to everyone Location: Berlin, Germany Age: 21 Posts: 1,607 Join Date: Nov 2007	Re: Do you like your neighborhood? I like it. It's the third richest city in the U.S. after factoring in the cost-of-living and it's always really clean and safe. The only bad thing is it's pretty boring... there's just a mall, and that's about it. Can't complain when you have houses in your neighborhood that look like this: __________________ Last edited by sdc91; 17th Mar 2009 at 09:38 AM..

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