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Originally posted by Hooper@Mar 21 2004, 06:56 PM
we just really need a change in environment, been in austin for 20+ years and it's starting to turn into a little mini dallas.. strip malls and highways and more strip malls.. oh and a church about every 50 yards..
it's a HUGE move so we're giving ourselves a year, at the end of a year if we love it we'll stay, if we hate it we'll leave.. who knows... life is about adventure!
quite a relief that there are so many people there and pretty nearby, will be a real pleasure to make some new friends! 
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some things to understand about this great area:
if people are rude (and most of the time they are...myself included), it's usually because people dont have time to sidestep out of their schedule.
what i mean by that is if you ask for directions and someone replies, "what do i look like a f**king tour guide" and then proceeds to walk or drive away, it's because they are busy and those new to this area best know how to read a map or mapquest shit online.
last thing you want to get caught in is a contradiction (we like to call it lying) cause you will never, ever live it down (unless you move to jersey and then that's even questionable).
this is a tough place to live BUT it is also a fair place to live. the unity here is amazing when times are tough. the city is a big place where you can just disappear on one hand and be seen on another.
i moved back up here in 89 from florida (i lived in ga and then in fl). living down south until i graduated hs and then moving here were worlds apart from each other. being back here really toughened me up, showed me that common sense is the best form of sense and never, ever take things at face value. you should see the third degree i put people through now if even the slightest thing they do or say is off.
nyc and it's boroughs are a great place to visit and an even better place to live.