War of the Cultures

[pinoyblaze]

So this is more of a get to know each other thread. Tell us where you're currently residing and something you would only find there (custom, food, anything really).

Let me start:

Where?: San Jose, California in the US of A

What you would find here?: The spicegirls reunion tour on December 4th, 2007 :P Also enough racial Diversity to fill a pretty large Olympic sized swimming pool.

[sewittogether]

Okay , Suffolk , Long Island
people who wear socks with sandals and who have been robbed from more than twice.

[pinoyblaze]

Okay , Suffolk , Long Island
people who wear socks with sandals and who have been robbed from more than twice.

haha well, i need to confess, my Filipino brothas already committed this fashion crime...minus the robbed part haha :p

[Nikkichiwa]

Galway ireland.


where there's crypto spreidium in the water system, but the guiness is ok. (Don't panic. lol)

[pinoyblaze]

Galway ireland.


where there's crypto spreidium in the water system, but the guiness is ok. (Don't panic. lol)

crypto whats it? I confus-ed

[hannah_DiGiTAL]

El Monte, California

This is the home of the song "Earth Angel" by The Penguins and the best little Mexican and Viet food places.

[Maluro]

Where?: Bogota, Colombia

What you would find here?: A bunch of turists in short pants and clothing for the beach thinking Bogotá is a hot climate city!! LOL!!!

(bogota is one of the coldest cities in colombia.. since there is no seasons here some cities are hotter than others... haha but bogota is cold!!)

[MamaSasss]

Chicago, Ill-ah-noise.

The new Trump Tower, which is being built outside my office window.

Stupid Trump. Way to block my view. Pfft.

[ladyjanewriter]

Hyde Park, which is a neighborhood in Chicago. Home of the University of Chicago.

Here, we have more Nobel Prize winners than you can imagine, and more books than you can possibly imagine. You simply can't read them all, and when people move away, they give away their books for free in piles on the front stoop. Books that would normally sell for good $$$ at your local used book store, just get abandoned here. It's crazy.

And Chicago is very anti-ketchup on hotdogs. I have flat-out had people laugh and goof on me when I put ketchup on a hotdog.

[Nikkichiwa]

crypto whats it? I confus-ed


tbh i'm not even sure its some strain of a virus or bacteria or something anyway it got into the city's water supply and now everyone has to either boil their water before use or buying gallons of water... which is annoying.

[Miss_Gagarin]

Sherbrooke, Québec.

You'd find Ice cider (yummy yummy) and descendants of Loyalists from new england...

[Coffee]

Glasgow, UK.

Where you'll find... Deep fried pizzas and mars bars.

[Jelfish]

Troy, NY

Home of Uncle Sam.

[ladyjanewriter]

Glasgow, UK.

Where you'll find... Deep fried pizzas and mars bars.

Which have made their way to State Fairs throughout the USA's Midwest. Thanks, Scotland, for clogging our arteries with yummy deep fried goodness! :D

The craziest deep fried thingies I've ever heard of:

Deep fried Oreo cookies

Deep fried pickles :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:

[Miss_Gagarin]

I'd like to tase deep fried oreo cookies, but I'm afraid I'd die of it afterwards!!! :p

[Nikkichiwa]

Which have made their way to State Fairs throughout the USA's Midwest. Thanks, Scotland, for clogging our arteries with yummy deep fried goodness! :D

The craziest deep fried thingies I've ever heard of:

Deep fried Oreo cookies

Deep fried pickles :eek::eek::eek::eek::eek:


pickles?? ewwww just plain ol'ewwww

[ryanmoore]

Chicago, Ill-ah-noise.

The new Trump Tower, which is being built outside my office window.

Stupid Trump. Way to block my view. Pfft.
omg i wish i was there
i went to chicago once
and its my fave
your so lucky to work there
i wish i worked there
where do you work???

[ryanmoore]

va beach virginia

ummm
you find alot of retarded surfers
seafood
SHOPPING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
UHHH
alot of schools
i think there is like 15 or 16 high schools
tons of people almost half a million
uhh
people who dont know the number one rule of fashion
DO NOT WEAR SOCKS AND SANDALS!!!!!!!!!!!!1!!!!!!!!!!!!!
yesterday i saw two people wearing that
at the phone store
what is wrong with people??????

and the home of Pharrell
and Missy Elliott lives like 30 minutes away

[Stefaknee]

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

You will find a bunch of hicks.
:o

[miss.green.tea]

san diego californiaaaaa


you will find zero seasons whatsoever and it rains about once a year...

AND YOU WILL FIND MEEEEEE

o and right now the high temperatures in the water have attracted a buttload of some rare jellyfish so they're stinging all the tourists and everyone

haha

[pinoyblaze]

o and right now the high temperatures in the water have attracted a buttload of some rare jellyfish so they're stinging all the tourists and everyone

haha

:D oh the joy haha

[Jelfish]

o and right now the high temperatures in the water have attracted a buttload of some rare jellyfish so they're stinging all the tourists and everyone

haha

We don't like tourists.

[Miss_Gagarin]

san diego californiaaaaa


you will find zero seasons whatsoever and it rains about once a year...

AND YOU WILL FIND MEEEEEE

o and right now the high temperatures in the water have attracted a buttload of some rare jellyfish so they're stinging all the tourists and everyone

haha

Hum! I really enjoyed SD when I went there! Delicious and cheap mexican food, always the sun, the cheese shop .... Ahhhh I need vacations!

[Psyche1226]

Oy, we had to do that when we lived in the Philippines...talk about culture shock, ha! And me mum STILL got some form of stomach amoeba from the ice cubes in her drink when we were at some natives' house for dinner... geez. Ice cubes.

I'm in Austin, Texas AND I WANNA GO BACK HOME TO INDIANA!!!!!!!!!
Oh. Scuse me.

Here we have world-class shopping, five minutes away from hokey (but awesome) little Tex-Mex tacos n' beer stands.

[TigerLilly1]

unearthing long forgotten topics
because i'm too lazy to work on anything:


WHERE - San Antonio, TX

WHAT'S HERE - the riverwalk, the alamo, allergy season

before i lived in Anchorage, AK
home of moose, grizzly bears, beautiful scenery, hiking trails, and snow
trust me....it sucks to live there.

[Coffee]

Oy, we had to do that when we lived in the Philippines...talk about culture shock, ha! And me mum STILL got some form of stomach amoeba from the ice cubes in her drink when we were at some natives' house for dinner... geez. Ice cubes.


Same thing in Malaysia. I never had the problem myself, but I know tourists have a lot of horror stories.

It's because they don't boil the water to make ice cubes with. I just adapted to the bacteria in KL really quickly!

[CarolineKondos]

Broken Arrow, Oklahoma

You will find a bunch of hicks.
Then we are hicks, alike.
Tulsa, Oklahoma!

[jcr235]

Where: Wellington, New Zealand.

Whats here: ahhh nothing. ok theres stuff like peter jackson and other random stuff like weta workshops. oh and loads of fish n chip shops! haha i work at one. and theres lots of sandflies. but thats probably just my room :). i hate New Zealand. i want to live in a real country.

ive decided that when the world bows down to me i will sink New Zealand and make it a sanctuary for whales! haha i have great plans!

[TigerLilly1]

Where: Wellington, New Zealand.

Whats here: ahhh nothing. ok theres stuff like peter jackson and other random stuff like weta workshops. oh and loads of fish n chip shops! haha i work at one. and theres lots of sandflies. but thats probably just my room :). i hate New Zealand. i want to live in a real country.

ive decided that when the world bows down to me i will sink New Zealand and make it a sanctuary for whales! haha i have great plans!

hahahaha
makes me think of pinnochio
all "i'ma real boy"

[klc1168]

Where: White Sulphur WV
What you can find here: A 4 star resort The Greenbrier Hotel and loads of people too poor to do anything but work there.
Local Food finds: Ballard's sausage and Spud's BBQ
The People: Close minded rednecks and hippies and a few freaks

[Auska Nova]

Asheboro NC.

The high concentration of single minded people, and a dry town.

[TigerLilly1]

Asheboro NC.

The high concentration of single minded people, and a dry town.



ack.
you should move.

[Maiflowers]

Ontario, Canada

Snow. Feel free to take some, we have pleanty.
Maple Syrup (??). Mmm we have the best maple syrup festivals.
My favorit is when they pour a line of maple syrup on snow so it gets taffy-like and role it up on a stick.. yuuummyy.

You shall also find a lack of sexy lacross players and many large groups of devoted (sp?) Hockey fans.

[Auska Nova]

XD I don't drink so i'm good, we support another town by buying their liqour. XD

[kaikai]

Eagle Rock, California



Jollibee, Bench, Seafood City, Chow King, Kareoke sitting area, Goldilocks, Filipino Beauty Salon (forgot what it's called but they sell beauty products from the philippines there), and a store where they sell things like barongs,
ALL in the same area in the bottom floor of our local mall ^___^

and there's also a picture of our jolibee in a jolibee restaurant in the philippines. it's crazy.


it's lovely [: feels like home.

[Miss_Gagarin]

Sherbrooke, Quebec (CAN)

2 universities including the famous Bishop's College.

AND next week : The Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race (www.gnctr.info)

For canadians : I think Rick Mercer will have someone cover it, but I'm not sure...

[jcr235]

hahahaha
makes me think of pinnochio
all "i'ma real boy"

haha!. oh and we have blanket man whos on drug charges lol. if u dont know hu blanket man is, search him up on wikipedia.

[megziewoodles]

Sydney, Australia.

Just a little bit weird.

[TomSawyer]

Garden City, Kansas

Bragging (yes, bragging) the world largest cow hairball.
Straight outta one of it's stomachs.

[Aurora199]

Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

The "Hub of Alberta".
Red Deer is known for its beautiful parks and its people. We'll complain about everything, but if you say anything bad about Alberta we'll defend it to the end.
Alberta has many attractions of which Red Deer is right in the middle, here are just a few:
West Edmonton Mall (Edmonton 148 km away)
The Rocky Mountains (Banff 253 km away)
The Badlands (home of the dinosaurs, Drumheller 165 km away)
The Corn Maze (Lacombe 22 km away)
Calgary (145 km away)
Sylvan Lake (23 km away)
Yes, I am bragging.

We have snow here from some time in October until some time in April. Some people will be wearing shorts and sandles long before all the snow is melted. Those same crazy people will most likely have socks in their sandles. :)

[jsedai_77]

Mountain Home, Idaho
LOTS OF NOTHING!!
some cows....suprizingly NO mountains! just some foot hill thingys
did I mention cows?
oh and an Air Force Base...the reason I'm stuck here!

origionally
Panama City, Florida
where you will find "The Worlds Most Beautiful Beaches" no really it won some time back in the 90's ....and sand so white and powder fine that well lets just say you'll find sand places you didn't know you had! and it squeaks when you walk on it...like corduroy pants when you walk!
oh and yummy seafood...

[callmespecial]

Hawaii.

What you'll find here:

The Good: A lot of diversity, the best Chinese restaurants EVER, beautiful beaches, beautiful rainforests, etc.

The Bad: The beautiful rainforests are blocked off by the government and the beautiful beaches are eroding and have rich peoples houses parked on them anyways. Also, insanely random weather, sunburned tourists, and a whole lot of reggae bands (bad in my opinion, I don't like reggae).

The Ugly: For some reason, it's cool for tough kids to wear socks with slippers (flip flops).

[tegonia]

WHERE: Asheville, North Carolina
WHAT YOU WILL FIND HERE: Men dressed in kilts or skirts as everyday normal wear with no one turning their heads or acting as though it were not ordinary....and women dressed as fairies as though that were normal wear, too.....I love it!

[Sakuralee]

I live in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada!

We are a Island! And i am proud to be called a 'NEWFIE'.

What you can find here is alot of Irish undertones. We have a cute accent and talk really fast (not so much here in the city but most of the province). We are all slowly moving to Alberta because there is more money to be made there. I really don't want to move because i like it here.


p.s. it is pronounced 'new-found-land' not new-fin-lind. alot of people make that mistake.

[Miss_Gagarin]

Red Deer, Alberta, Canada

The "Hub of Alberta".
Red Deer is known for its beautiful parks and its people. We'll complain about everything, but if you say anything bad about Alberta we'll defend it to the end.
Alberta has many attractions of which Red Deer is right in the middle, here are just a few:
West Edmonton Mall (Edmonton 148 km away)
The Rocky Mountains (Banff 253 km away)
The Badlands (home of the dinosaurs, Drumheller 165 km away)
The Corn Maze (Lacombe 22 km away)
Calgary (145 km away)
Sylvan Lake (23 km away)
Yes, I am bragging.

We have snow here from some time in October until some time in April. Some people will be wearing shorts and sandles long before all the snow is melted. Those same crazy people will most likely have socks in their sandles. :)

I wanna go to Alberta! I have a friend in Edmonton.

[lunarjade]

Where: Edmonton, Alberta
What you'll find:
West Edmonton Mall, Animethon (anime convention), several other festivals especially during the summer like the fringe festival.... and I'm sure there is tonnes more.
I've only really lived here for about six or seven months so I haven't seen everything or even a huge amount.
Strangely enough I was born here but this is my first time living here.

I lived in Grande Prairie, Alberta for most of my life and what you'll find there is mostly oilfield workers. It has a community college and it's not a bad place to live.. I liked it myself. There's just not a huge amount there or much of a special reason to go there.

[glass__onion]

Bay Area. (California)

there are soooo many different types of people here from all over the world so our culture is kinda unusual. we have lots of great food from all the different cultures. you can do anything you want here... museums, conventions, concets, parks, fairs... but almost no rural places. and no snow. it's an interesting place to grow up it.

[Brenna_Kathleen]

San Deigo, CA
where i'm the whitest person at my school
and the stupid sun always shines

it also has ComicCon! woo.
the best and cheapest real mexican food.

and you can always tell who the tourists are because they wear hawaiian shirts, khaki shorts, flip-flips, and have cameras slung about their necks.

OH! my favy part. the home of the REAL Emerald City. Coronado. Holla' to Frank Baum!

[camoxx3]

Massachusetts
Boston Marathon in April.. maybe I live at the start?:rolleyes:

[lunarjade]

San Deigo, CA
where i'm the whitest person at my school
and the stupid sun always shines

it also has ComicCon! woo.
the best and cheapest real mexican food.

and you can always tell who the tourists are because they wear hawaiian shirts, khaki shorts, flip-flips, and have cameras slung about their necks.

OH! my favy part. the home of the REAL Emerald City. Coronado. Holla' to Frank Baum!

Woot! I've been to the ComicCon there too. It's amazing. That was in 2005. I won a contest amazingly enough.

[madhag]

Seattle, WA

sleepy old hippies
over caffeinated hipsters
the South Lake Union Trolley (um, the acronym is hilarious!)
SADD epidemic

[TigerLilly1]

Seattle, WA

sleepy old hippies
over caffeinated hipsters
the South Lake Union Trolley (um, the acronym is hilarious!)
SADD epidemic


i <3 seattle.
i used to fly down
every once and again
when i lived in alaska.

[bipolarskizo]

Burington, Vermont...

the only state in the US where you can carry a weapon concealed without a permit AND have a civil union.

our fairies are "f***ing fabulous" and some beat up homophobes (well, one does that i know of... he's chill)

everyone from out-of-state is a "Flat-lander", even if they're from Colorado.

[pinoyblaze]

Bay Area. (California)

there are soooo many different types of people here from all over the world so our culture is kinda unusual. we have lots of great food from all the different cultures. you can do anything you want here... museums, conventions, concets, parks, fairs... but almost no rural places. and no snow. it's an interesting place to grow up it.

Ah the bay area...gotta love it :p

we could be our own country...:D

well that's wishful thinking...:rolleyes:

[pinoyblaze]

[quote=bipolarskizo;51948]Burington, Vermont...

the only state in the US where you can carry a weapon concealed without a permit AND have a civil union.

our fairies are "f***ing fabulous" and some beat up homophobes (well, one does that i know of... he's chill)/quote]

oh wow

lucky

all we get here in the bay area is the gay capitol of the world haha

of course the oddest ones as well... O_o neon green speedos are a no no :eek:

[pinoyblaze]

I just realized that this thread was brought up again...ah...memories...

[Berry!]

Auckland, New Zealand. Well, there's the pretty common joke here that I don't think many other countries would have: "there goes our whole airforce" when a single plane passes overhead. Other than that there's L&P, and sheep outnumber people 4 to 1. it's pretty racially diverse here, mainly in the bigger cities like Auckland and Wellington. yep- that's NZ. oh- and you're never more than 50kms from water, be it river, lake ,sea. The main predator in New Zealand are the cops on ticket blitzes, or the south Aucklander stealing your lunch. Seen it too, drove past Onehunga shops and saw some guy shoplift the owner's lunch. he he heh. But it's a great place to live here, I love it very much.

[caitlyn]

Auckland, New Zealand. Well, there's the pretty common joke here that I don't think many other countries would have: "there goes our whole airforce" when a single plane passes overhead. Other than that there's L&P, and sheep outnumber people 4 to 1. it's pretty racially diverse here, mainly in the bigger cities like Auckland and Wellington. yep- that's NZ. oh- and you're never more than 50kms from water, be it river, lake ,sea. The main predator in New Zealand are the cops on ticket blitzes, or the south Aucklander stealing your lunch. Seen it too, drove past Onehunga shops and saw some guy shoplift the owner's lunch. he he heh. But it's a great place to live here, I love it very much.
i really, really, REALLY want to live there.
or australia. =]

[madonnaontherocks]

Nowheresville, MD

what to find here? corn as high as an elephant's eye and enough junk on trash day to pawn a new wifebeater

[BOOGLE]

Where: Houston TX

What you will find:
-that we really dont ride horses to school
-not all of us loves george bush
-big businesses
-amazing food/restaurants
-diversity
-bad traffic
-A LOT of shopping (MORE SHOPPING THAN YOUR BODY HAS ROOM FOR!!)
-a lot of theatre
-Hot weather
-Hurricanes
-Humidity like you've never breathed
- and occasionally you'll run into hilary duff

[Lithillia]

im from Norway , living south east of our capitol Oslo (wil be moving soon)

usually we have lotsa snow in the winter, and good warm summers.

and we have Grandiosa :D http://avis.skolenettet.no/skoleavis/data/b/1/98/50/3_1609_0.jpg
hehehe... might not be funn to you but to me that was kinda funny :P

[throbbingheartsic_kio176]

north brunswick, nj.
home of the famous glen burtnick from styx.

[theelectricshae]

kennebunk maine,
where the whoopie pies are the size of your head.

[Victor]

Where?: Orangevale / Fair Oaks, California USA

What you would find here?: places in which chickens are roaming around, even though it's a fairly urban city. we have chicken festivals. the rednecks come out when we have Pow Wow days.

[Grande_Cabeza]

Connecticut

Despite the common stereotype, this state isn't comprised of a bunch of rich snobs. The people here are friendly and self-absorbed (in the good way, as in they really don't care what you do as long as you're not harming anyone.) The land is beautiful and it's very easy to come in contact with nature. The air is clean (I hate smokers) and at night you can smell spruce trees in the wind and see the stars up above. I swear that the best restaurants are in Connecticut. I've been to every state along the East Coast, all the way down to Florida and NONE of the restaurants in all of those states compare to the food I get in Connecticut. Especially Italian food (Which I love!)
Connecticut is also the only place I've experienced something I like to call the "Perfect Silence", which is after a snowstorm you go outside and hear absolutely nothing (maybe a little wind). In front of you, the trees are still, the land is covered in white and there isn't a single footprint in the snow. It's such a wonderful experience! Autumn is also amazing. I went home the other day and stood at the end of my street, watching multicolored leaves gently cascade down to the road. It made me breathless. I love my state!:D
My town, early in the morning.
http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/6105/pict0005hi1.jpg

[Vikki32]

Newfoundland, Canada

Most pubs per square kilometer in all of Canada... I think even in all over the world!

[LudicrousLouisa]

Canberra, Australia.

Here you'll find the bluest skies around, hot dry crackly summers, cold frosty winters and clearly defined spring and autumn. This is also a very very white city from the looks of it....I think it's because here in the capital we are more "educated" (demographics, I'm not being snobby!)
It's also very isolated from the other cities..and it's the only capital city in Australia which is away from the coast. Not sure what else to say about it. They say it's the "backyard chook capital of Australia."
Some photos:
http://photos-f.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v216/136/24/1038466718/n1038466718_45685_5083.jpg
My yard when it is green (rarely, hahah..it doesn't rain much here.) Notice the dyeing? :P
http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=45688&id=1038466718
My backyard after it..hasn't rained for a while
http://photos-g.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v216/136/24/1038466718/n1038466718_45686_6822.jpg
My hens.
http://photos-b.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v285/136/24/1038466718/n1038466718_74849_9342.jpg
the sky is typically this colour :P

[bzarrr]

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