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City versus Suburbs.....
    #19246609 - 12/08/13 06:53 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Which do you prefer given the choice?

I think I've kind of grown out of the city and am more into chill isolated areas, preferably where there things happen though.... I haven't lived in the city or next to it for a while now but I don't think I would want to get a place there either.    The city has a lot to do but I'm not into the crowdedness of it and all that.



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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: skatealex2]
    #19246632 - 12/08/13 06:57 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

fuck the city!! I can't shoot guns and set things on fire in the city!!
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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: the mad machinest]
    #19246655 - 12/08/13 07:02 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

The country is the place to be. Nobody bothers you, people are nice, parties are a hell of a lot better. The burbs are next best choice  and the city sucks dick.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: King Klick]
    #19246711 - 12/08/13 07:14 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I don't think I could ever live in a big city, just too much going on and too many unhappy/rude people everywhere.

A few miles out of town is where I like to be.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: dodgem]
    #19246724 - 12/08/13 07:19 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I live in the suburbs, but I'd much rather live in the country. I have zero interest in living downtown, not a fan of crowds.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: psi]
    #19246753 - 12/08/13 07:24 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I was raised in a small town, I lived downtown for university and now I'm in the suburbs.

I had the most fun when I was downtown, but I guess I like them all equally.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: psi]
    #19246754 - 12/08/13 07:25 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: skatealex2]
    #19246775 - 12/08/13 07:30 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I'd rather live close to the city so I can have both.  I hated living in the boonies, there isn't enough shit to do nor music to go see.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: skatealex2]
    #19246807 - 12/08/13 07:37 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Cities are super expensive. In just about every category. The only way to enjoy yourself is to spend oodles of cash. Mostly on taxes and transportation.

at least drugs are usually cheep and plentiful. And you can find a edm show just about every week.

to clarify im only speaking of Chicago and my experience in it.

I'm sure some cities are much more pocket friendly.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: collie man]
    #19246821 - 12/08/13 07:39 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Lived in both.

traffic sucks!!!!!

Suburban life might be quiet, but it sure beats traffoc!


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: collie man]
    #19246827 - 12/08/13 07:41 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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The only way to enjoy yourself is to spend oodles of cash. Mostly on taxes and transportation



What?  That makes literally no sense.  When you are downtown any big city there is usually fantastic public transit including a subway system - you don't even need to own a car.  How do you figure that you spend a lot on transportation?

Suburbs blow.  All the disadvantages of the country with none of the advantages of the city.

Downtown FTW.


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    #19246850 - 12/08/13 07:45 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

suburbs suck
cities suck
people suck

i get almost sick driving around the suburbs with the big $300k kit homes that look like they jumped straaight out of a fucking catalogue, all look the same and are ridiculously closed together jammed in with huge drive in-drive out round driveways with water features and huge grand double doors but with like .001 square meters of actual lawns so it just looks fucking ridiculous and all these cloned out yuppie wankers driving jeeps and cheap bmw's thinking the're living the high life when they're stuck in a sad perpetual loop of middle class mediocrity

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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: pwnasaurus]
    #19246883 - 12/08/13 07:51 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Suburbs blow.  All the disadvantages of the country with none of the advantages of the city.



This, plus: all the disadvantages of the city with none of the advantages of the city.

Suburbs are basically a conglomeration of everything wrong with both the city and the country. Fuck'em.

Me? I prefer a legit wilderness to be walking distance from my home--but I enjoy having friends living in downtown city cores, so I can visit them occasionally to get my fix of urbanity.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: shivas.wisdom]
    #19246890 - 12/08/13 07:52 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: pwnasaurus]
    #19246934 - 12/08/13 08:01 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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PASSES
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1-Day CTA Pass $10   
3-Day CTA Pass 20   
7-Day CTA Pass 28   
7-Day CTA/Pace Pass 33   
30-Day CTA/Pace Pass 100 $50**





http://www.transitchicago.com/fares/

feel free to read there chart and foot notes. This doesn't include the new toll way hikes we got recently. Or our sales tax,food tax, sin tax.

and if that doesn't seem expensive to you id sure like your job.

oh and how many Chicago politicians are in prison? A few mayor's and a senator or two.

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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: collie man]
    #19246946 - 12/08/13 08:04 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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PASSES
(load onto Transit Account) 
1-Day CTA Pass $10   
3-Day CTA Pass 20   
7-Day CTA Pass 28   
7-Day CTA/Pace Pass 33   
30-Day CTA/Pace Pass 100 $50**





http://www.transitchicago.com/fares/

feel free to read there chart and foot notes. This doesn't include the new toll way hikes we got recently. Or our sales tax,food tax, sin tax.

and if that doesn't seem expensive to you id sure like your job.

oh and how many Chicago politicians are in prison? A few mayor's and a senator or two.

gota love Chicago.



It's significantly cheaper than Toronto transit.  Certainly a LOT cheaper than driving a car.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: collie man]
    #19246973 - 12/08/13 08:11 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

100$ for a month of public transit access is expensive? The TTC fares is 3$, and the monthly pass is 130$--and it's still a better deal than owning your own vehicle.

Man, I don't even own a vehicle and I know that insurance for a month alone would top that... then consider gas, parking, general maintenance--public transit is cheap when compared to the alternatives.

The only way you are gonna get cheaper is to start walking or biking.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: pwnasaurus]
    #19246978 - 12/08/13 08:12 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

You're zeroed on the transit. But unless rides on the rollercoasters we call trains is your day of fun in the city, the rest will begin to add up.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: collie man]
    #19246985 - 12/08/13 08:14 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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You're zeroed on the transit. But unless rides on the rollercoasters we call trains is your day of fun in the city, the rest will begin to add up.



Nobody ever argued that living in the city is cheaper.  I was countering the poster who claimed that transportation was more expensive in the city than out of it.

Also keep in mind that incomes tend to be higher in cities as well.  There are simply more opportunities.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: collie man]
    #19247021 - 12/08/13 08:21 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Mostly on taxes and transportation.




don't mean to nit pick but it was a package deal.

I agree its cheaper then a car in the burbs. But I have a feeling it levels itself out.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: collie man]
    #19247030 - 12/08/13 08:24 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Cities are crazy expensive.

I know people who live in New York City, and pay like $2500 for a one-room studio apartment!

I like that middle-ground where I have easy access to the city via public transportation, but enjoy lower rents and more peace and quiet.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: ch1ck3n.s0up]
    #19247043 - 12/08/13 08:27 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

concrete jungle? fuck that noise...

everything is at your fingertips though in the city


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: ch1ck3n.s0up]
    #19247045 - 12/08/13 08:28 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I lived in cities for all of my life... I think the suburbs would be more more enjoyable.


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    #19247049 - 12/08/13 08:28 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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concrete jungle? fuck that noise...

everything is at your fingertips though in the city



Everything is at your fingertips through the internet


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: SkeletalSpore]
    #19247082 - 12/08/13 08:33 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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concrete jungle? fuck that noise...

everything is at your fingertips though in the city



Everything is at your fingertips through the internet



Yeah, I hear that the internet techno scene is very strong :lol:


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: SkeletalSpore]
    #19247087 - 12/08/13 08:35 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

fuckn luv the city.  NYC train pass is like 180 a month, and it beats the HELL out of trying to drive or take a taxi anywhere.  totally worth it.

the ONLY down side to the city is you always gotta search for someplace to pee.  i pee a lot, like once an hour...  and when i lived in NYC, it was like climbing a damn mountain trying to get around.  i'd have to basically hop from starbucks to mcdonalds to starbucks to mcdonalds just to pee, and then keep moving.  and they dun have bathrooms in the subway stations because people jerk off in there and smoke crack and sleep in there n shit.

in TOKYO, it's damn perfect.  there are bathrooms EVERYWHERE!!!!!!!!!!  i'm sure i was a damn burden on the friend i was visiting there, but there are tons of bathrooms in every subway station and all over the place.

i like the burbs too, cuz of all the nice fusion restaurants n that and that's where the hottest chicks live.

i DON'T like the country.  i've tried, and no.  can't stand the country.  sorry.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: shivas.wisdom]
    #19247150 - 12/08/13 08:48 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Suburbs blow.  All the disadvantages of the country with none of the advantages of the city.



This, plus: all the disadvantages of the city with none of the advantages of the city.

Suburbs are basically a conglomeration of everything wrong with both the city and the country. Fuck'em.

Me? I prefer a legit wilderness to be walking distance from my home--but I enjoy having friends living in downtown city cores, so I can visit them occasionally to get my fix of urbanity.




I live in the suburbs and I'm a pretty short distance from what I would consider some pretty legit wilderness (considering the location anyway.) Deer, coyotes, foxes, rabbits, herons, turtles etc etc are pretty common to see.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: psi]
    #19247190 - 12/08/13 08:57 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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pwnasaurus said:
Suburbs blow.  All the disadvantages of the country with none of the advantages of the city.



This, plus: all the disadvantages of the city with none of the advantages of the city.

Suburbs are basically a conglomeration of everything wrong with both the city and the country. Fuck'em.

Me? I prefer a legit wilderness to be walking distance from my home--but I enjoy having friends living in downtown city cores, so I can visit them occasionally to get my fix of urbanity.




I live in the suburbs and I'm a pretty short distance from what I would consider some pretty legit wilderness (considering the location anyway.) Deer, coyotes, foxes, rabbits, herons, turtles etc etc are pretty common to see.




We have that shit in the middle of the city. I was working out in rock creek park in downtown DC about a month ago and walked up to a bunch of deer grazing. Then, leaving the park there were deer coming out of VP Biden's residence (not the residence.. The property lol). I've seen foxes on the mall in front of the Lincoln memorial and heard owls in the middle of the city.

Apparently, deer are a problem at the VP residence. Dead Deer Lays on Cheney's Lawn for Days


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: koods]
    #19247209 - 12/08/13 09:01 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

It's also quite an expansive forest.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: psi]
    #19247233 - 12/08/13 09:04 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I had a black bear in my back yard once. Inner suburbs. That created quite the frenzy in the media.

Rockville Area neighborhood Gets Visit From Black Bear


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    #19247244 - 12/08/13 09:06 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

:lol: That sounds pretty nuts.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: psi]
    #19247258 - 12/08/13 09:09 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

fuck big cities. i lived in seattle and got fucking sick of all the noise, traffic, homeless, just constant bullshit.

I like living in the sticks in flyover country. Shit, still get amazon delivered to my door, still have tv/internet, big stores within an hours drive.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: psi]
    #19247283 - 12/08/13 09:14 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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:lol: That sounds pretty nuts.




It was my second bear sighting. I went with my roommate to the Halliburton scout Camp in Algonquin provincial park. He had worked there for ten years and never seen a bear. We pulled into the parking lot, and there was a bear walking in between the cars. It was pretty hilarious.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: psi]
    #19247293 - 12/08/13 09:16 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

My idea of wilderness probably differs from what you are thinking of. I talking about pristine wilderness,  mountains, clean rivers and lakes, animals not acclimatized to human contact, and no easy road access.

I think you live in the GTA, no? I'm in the same area right now, so I think I know what you are talking about--it's not far to get to some green space around here. But in my mind, I'm thinking of northern Canadian wilderness--a horizon almost unbroken by human development.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: koods]
    #19247295 - 12/08/13 09:16 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I had to commute on a bus for a month.

I like driving my own car.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: koods]
    #19247314 - 12/08/13 09:20 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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He had worked there for ten years and never seen a bear.



Whaattt? Ten years in Algonquin--or just about anywhere in northern Ontario--without sighting a black bear is insane--it's like black bear central up there.

Makes it difficult for me to dumpster dive, because 'bear proof' sometimes also means 'shiva proof'.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: psi]
    #19247316 - 12/08/13 09:20 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Suburbs blow.  All the disadvantages of the country with none of the advantages of the city.



This, plus: all the disadvantages of the city with none of the advantages of the city.

Suburbs are basically a conglomeration of everything wrong with both the city and the country. Fuck'em.

Me? I prefer a legit wilderness to be walking distance from my home--but I enjoy having friends living in downtown city cores, so I can visit them occasionally to get my fix of urbanity.




I live in the suburbs and I'm a pretty short distance from what I would consider some pretty legit wilderness (considering the location anyway.) Deer, coyotes, foxes, rabbits, herons, turtles etc etc are pretty common to see.



I live just outside of downtown and I'm literally 200m from a 400 acre park with all that wilderness as well.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: shivas.wisdom]
    #19247324 - 12/08/13 09:21 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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He had worked there for ten years and never seen a bear.



Whaattt? Ten years in Algonquin--or just about anywhere in northern Ontario--without sighting a black bear is insane--it's like black bear central up there.

Makes it difficult for me to dumpster dive, because 'bear proof' sometimes also means 'shiva proof'.




Yeah. Pretty funny that I was there for literally less than a minute and saw one.


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    #19247372 - 12/08/13 09:29 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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I live just outside of downtown and I'm literally 200m from a 400 acre park with all that wilderness as well.



The park I'm talking about is something like 12,000 acres (won't name it but it should be easy to guess which one I'm talking about,) but yeah Toronto does have some awesome forested parks very close to downtown as well. I've been lucky enough to do some reforestation planting work in the area over the years, which is nice because I can't really travel to remote areas for planting any more.

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My idea of wilderness probably differs from what you are thinking of. I talking about pristine wilderness,  mountains, clean rivers and lakes, animals not acclimatized to human contact, and no easy road access.

I think you live in the GTA, no? I'm in the same area right now, so I think I know what you are talking about--it's not far to get to some green space around here. But in my mind, I'm thinking of northern Canadian wilderness--a horizon almost unbroken by human development.




I've spent a fair amount of time in remote forest in the north as well and yeah it is a totally different story, but these days I have to settle for what is nearby for the most part.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: psi]
    #19247401 - 12/08/13 09:34 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

My friend grew up in a house that backed up to a beautiful ravine in Rosedale. Toronto has some awesome green spaces.


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    #19247405 - 12/08/13 09:35 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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My friend grew up in a house that backed up to a beautiful ravine in Rosedale. Toronto has some awesome green spaces.



Rosedale is one of the most expensive neighbourhoods in the city.  Houses start at like $3 million.


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    #19247415 - 12/08/13 09:38 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Oh yeah, they are mad rich. Actually, most of my friends in college were from Rosedale or nearby. I kinda got absorbed into a group of people who were friends in high school. (Their school was the one they used in that show Degrassi Jr. High)

My friends parents who lived in that house in Rosedale eventually moved to Australia and paid for my and her plane tickets to visit them in Perth.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: koods]
    #19247433 - 12/08/13 09:43 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

One of my siblings lives on Degrassi street and they were somewhat disappointed to learn that Degrassi high/Jr high are not really there.


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    #19247447 - 12/08/13 09:45 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

It's actually on church street, just south of bloor.


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    #19247461 - 12/08/13 09:48 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Cool, maybe I will check it out sometime. I think they may have done some shooting on the actual Degrassi street as well but I'm not sure.


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    #19247467 - 12/08/13 09:49 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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One of my siblings lives on Degrassi street and they were somewhat disappointed to learn that Degrassi high/Jr high are not really there.



That's funny my aunt used to own a house on Degrassi, she just sold it a few years ago.


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    #19247483 - 12/08/13 09:53 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)
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I've spent a fair amount of time in remote forest in the north as well and yeah it is a totally different story, but these days I have to settle for what is nearby for the most part.



My archetypal image of wilderness is a solitary loon on a still lake, in the hour of twilight--it's eerie call echoing through the surrounding forested hills.


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Re: Are you more into the city or suburbs? [Re: shivas.wisdom]
    #19247494 - 12/08/13 09:55 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

And then the sound of a 12 gauge goes off. and the loon sinks like the Arizona.


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    #19247503 - 12/08/13 09:56 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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    #19247507 - 12/08/13 09:57 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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Cool, maybe I will check it out sometime. I think they may have done some shooting on the actual Degrassi street as well but I'm not sure.




It's maybe on Jarvis. It's definitely in the gay neighborhood.


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    #19247521 - 12/08/13 10:01 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Nah, not only are they a protected species--but apparently they are some of the boniest, toughest fleshed, fishiest tasting birds out there--so not likely someone would want to hunt one even if they weren't protected.

Maybe that 12 gauge got some other water fowl though--one of the benefits of being out in the wilderness is you can shoot guns without freaking everyone out.


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    #19247531 - 12/08/13 10:03 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I loved living in Toronto. Had a great little place on Carlton street in cabbagetown. That was the best summer.


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    #19247532 - 12/08/13 10:03 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Here's a common recipe for cooking loon:

PLANKED LOON
(1) Catch a Loon. (Black Lake Loon’s are best).
(2) Pluck and clean.
(3) Boil well.
(4) With sharp knife, split loon down the belly.
(5) Splay it on a well soaked hardwood plank. Nail it good and wire it securely.
(6) Place upright on plank in front of hot coals on outdoor fireplace. Cook well for about two hours.
(7) When done, throw that fishy duck away, and eat the plank!


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    #19247565 - 12/08/13 10:09 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Loons are masters at the game of chicken.
at least the ducks fly away when you are cruising in the boat.

its like they know we can't mow them down.


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    #19247584 - 12/08/13 10:11 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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The park I'm talking about is something like 12,000 acres (won't name it but it should be easy to guess which one I'm talking about,) .




I guess Rouge valley. Maybe Humber. The most underated park in GTA is Highland Creek in Scarborough, the bike path goes forever. Good place in city to grow stuff too. I miss some things about Toronto.
PS my buddy was on Degrassi, not the new one the one with joey jeramiah. He used to have to parties and the cast would be at his house. It seemed the kids who played nerds did most drugs, while the cool kids on the show were the real life nerds.


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    #19247618 - 12/08/13 10:16 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Degrassi is an institution.


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    #19247630 - 12/08/13 10:19 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

I love the city but I don't think I could ever feel at home there.  It makes me feel claustraphobic sometimes and wears me down mentally to the point where I gotta go to someplace with no city noises, no city smells, no city people.  Shit just stresses me out.

I know some people hate to be alone in the woods, but that doesn't bother me a bit even way out.  I never get lost in the woods but I am near helpless in the city I've lived around my whole life without a map or GPS.


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    #19247680 - 12/08/13 10:28 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

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The park I'm talking about is something like 12,000 acres (won't name it but it should be easy to guess which one I'm talking about,) .




I guess Rouge valley. Maybe Humber. The most underated park in GTA is Highland Creek in Scarborough, the bike path goes forever. Good place in city to grow stuff too. I miss some things about Toronto.
PS my buddy was on Degrassi, not the new one the one with joey jeramiah. He used to have to parties and the cast would be at his house. It seemed the kids who played nerds did most drugs, while the cool kids on the show were the real life nerds.



Fixed quotes. Yeah the highland creek park system is awesome, I grew up right by there. It now connects a lot better to the lakeshore trail system as well. The only Degrassi cast member I've met was Snake, talked to him for a minute outside a bar on Spadina once and my buddy gave him a hug.


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    #19247709 - 12/08/13 10:34 PM (10 years, 1 month ago)

Suburbia  :hellyeah:


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