ESCAPE FROM MAINE - where to go?

[Shawn]

Seriously, I think you've just described, like, damn near almost all of America...

Ditto.

[AllenLowe]

believe me, it's still worse in Maine -

[tkeith]

believe me, it's still worse in Maine -

No offense taken, Allen. But NH is seriously, MUCH worse than Maine. Maine at least has folks like Ken Eisen, and the whole thing happening up in Blue Hill. NH is so parochial and corrupt within it's arts community, I think their idea of cultural film would be an Ozzie & Harriet marathon.

[Brownian Motion]

believe me, it's still worse in Maine -

No offense taken, Allen. But NH is seriously, MUCH worse than Maine. Maine at least has folks like Ken Eisen, and the whole thing happening up in Blue Hill. NH is so parochial and corrupt within it's arts community, I think their idea of cultural film would be an Ozzie & Harriet marathon.

I've heard Guam is even worse than New Hampshire.

[AllenLowe]

"an Ozzie & Harriet marathon."

now there's something I would go to - at least Ozzie led a band at one time -

[Ron S]

Forget about the music thing. Allen, bring me a couple of live lobsters--3 pounders. And a couple of blueberry pies.

Now THAT'S what Maine's all about.

[AllenLowe]

yes, that and backwoods alcoholics -

[gaston]

might try Paris, but I hate those damn sauces - also, still pissed off that those damned French wouldn't come into Iraq with us -

i hope you're kidding! on the contrary i'm very happy our guys are not currently in Irak.

[AllenLowe]

why should we take all the blame?

you guys had your chance -

[AllenLowe]

maybe I should move to Basra -

[BruceH]

it would be great to have you move south, closer to boston.

Of all the places I've lived, Boston is easily my favorite. It's expensive as HELL, though. If I could afford it, I'd move back in a heartbeat.

Same here. I regret moving to this shithole.

Are you serious? I mean, it's not like SF doesn't have its faults (annoying public transit, less than perfect jazz scene, no real summer, hippies) but I'd rather live here than 99% of America.

Seriously tongue-in-cheek.

I agree with you on the 99% thing, but it's no Boston. No summer? No FALL; no real SEASONS period! Lack of bookstores, shitty PBS affiliate, lack of trees, lousy library system...jazz scene, did you say? What jazz scene? I could go on, but I don't have all day. (And yet, the real estate here still costs MORE than Boston...go figure.)

[Big Wheel]

it would be great to have you move south, closer to boston.

Of all the places I've lived, Boston is easily my favorite. It's expensive as HELL, though. If I could afford it, I'd move back in a heartbeat.

Same here. I regret moving to this shithole.

Are you serious? I mean, it's not like SF doesn't have its faults (annoying public transit, less than perfect jazz scene, no real summer, hippies) but I'd rather live here than 99% of America.

Seriously tongue-in-cheek.

I agree with you on the 99% thing, but it's no Boston. No summer? No FALL; no real SEASONS period! Lack of bookstores, shitty PBS affiliate, lack of trees, lousy library system...jazz scene, did you say? What jazz scene? I could go on, but I don't have all day. (And yet, the real estate here still costs MORE than Boston...go figure.)

Lack of bookstores selling new books, maybe. The Mission is wall to wall with used books although I admit I haven't pored through them very thoroughly. City Lights stacks up pretty solidly against something like the Harvard Book Store. Public library systems in Boston and SF strike me as about the same...at least the branches I've visited, although maybe the main library in each makes the difference. I was spoiled from the university libraries anyway so any public library was a big step down.

I hear you on the lack of trees, though. It definitely is a bit weird that all the trees are basically concentrated in parks and "undeveloped" parcels of land on hillsides.

SF > Boston in terms of variety of good food. On a two-block stretch of 16th Street you get: 2 tapas restaurants, sushi, chinese, burgers, Breton-style crepes, 2 Indian-Pakistani joints, Vietnamese, Salvadoran, Thai, a taqueria, and a decent Italian restaurant. On the other hand, no pizza place with good and cheap slices exists anywhere in the city's 50 square miles...

Edited May 22, 2008 by Big Wheel

[Chuck Nessa]

I recommend Whitehall. I might be willing to find you guys a house.

[paul secor]

believe me, it's still worse in Maine -

No offense taken, Allen. But NH is seriously, MUCH worse than Maine.

A friend of mine had a good line - "New Hampshire is the Alabama of the Northeast."

I've never been to Alabama and only been to New Hampshire once - wasn't impressed, to say the least - but it sounded like a good cheap shot to me.

[jostber]

http://www.google.com/url?sa=t&ct=res&...RkHePXO6GVYiBoA

I've only been to San Francisco in the U.S. A great city with a lot of good music and a good vibe.

Edited May 22, 2008 by jostber

[Kevin Bresnahan]

Southern New Hampshire should be renamed Northern Massachusetts. A majority of its inhabitants are transplanted MA people. We all moved here for the affordable real estate. A majority of us work in Mass and pay our Mass income tax. Which reminds me, whatever happened to "no taxation without representation?

Now *Northern* New Hampshire is another thing! I think a property's value is increased by the number of cars you have up on cinder blocks.

[Hot Ptah]

I recommend Whitehall. I might be willing to find you guys a house.

After reading today's thread on great used record stores in Grand Rapids, it seems tempting. Allen, think about it.

[Son-of-a-Weizen]

I recommend Whitehall. I might be willing to find you guys a house.

Is someone slowly laying the groundwork for his own little substainable civilization?

[tkeith]

yes, that and backwoods alcoholics -

Alright, goddamnit, that's *TWICE* now, Allen! :bwallace2:

how is *that* not offensive!

:rsmile: :rsmile: :rsmile:

_{(it's okay, I'm kidding... now where'd I put my can of beer?)}

Edited May 23, 2008 by Thom Keith

[AllenLowe]

sorry again - see, this is why I've got myself on my own ignore list -

[Brownian Motion]

Did someone say something?

[porcy62]

Butler, Missouri?

http://www.max71.com/

[AllenLowe]

thinking about Sweet Apple, Iowa -

[Shawn]

There's always Bucksnort, TN!

http://tennessee.hometownlocator.com/TN/Hi...n/Bucksnort.cfm

[jostber]

For a complete change:

http://www.kokogiak.com/strangetown/

Some cities with really cool names:

Bigfoot, Texas, USA

Blow Me Down, Newfoundland, Canada

Bonanza, Colorado, USA

Boring, Oregon, USA

Celebration, FL, USA

Chicken, Alaska, USA

Climax, Michigan, USA

Crackpot, England

Crotch Lake, Ontario, Canada

Cut and Shoot, Texas, USA

Deadhorse, Alaska, USA

Dildo, Newfoundland, Canada

Ding Dong, Texas, USA

Earth, Texas, USA

Egypt, Texas, USA

F**king, Austria

French Lick, Indiana, USA

Frostproof, Florida, USA

Gun Barrel City, Texas, USA

Half.com, Oregon, USA

Happy, Texas, USA

Hell, Michigan, USA

Holy Moses, Colorado, USA

Hot Coffee, Missouri, USA

Humansville, Missouri, USA

Hygiene, Colorado, USA

Intercourse, Pennsylvania, USA

Jot 'em Down, Texas, USA

Knockemstiff, Ohio, USA

Lizard Lick, Noth Carolina, USA

Last Chance, Colorado, USA

Looneyville, Texas, USA

Mary's Igloo, Alaska, USA

Monkey's Eyebrow, Arizona, USA

Nameless, Texas, USA

Needmore, Texas, USA

Ninety-Six, South Carolina, USA

North Pole, Alaska, USA

Nothing, Arizona, USA

Notrees, Texas, USA

Okay, Oklahoma, USA

Santa Claus, Indiana, USA

Shorter, Alabama, USA

Smackover, Arkansas, USA

Sopchoppy, Florida, USA

Study Butte, Texas, USA

Toad Suck, Arkansas, USA

Truth Or Consequences, New Mexico, USA

Two Egg, Florida, USA

Valentine, Texas, USA

Vulcan, Alberta, Canada

Waterproof, Louisiana, USA

Why, Arizona, USA

And:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zzyzx,_California

On the Austrian town:

http://www.snopes.com/photos/signs/austria.asp