maybe so, but good luck finding a gas station if you're driving by on the 101
― the wheelie king (wk), Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:19 (twelve years ago) link
but if you do, they have beautiful spanish tile on the roof
wk - i grew up in G1lroy.
Coyote = gone
the road that used to just go to the dump now has tract homes and a golf course
― sarahel, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:19 (twelve years ago) link
goleta *is* gross, there's a small downtown area that was once its own little town, now the street's basically a non-place and the rest of goleta is big box stores. that's why the border-suburbs don't even want to be associated w/ it. that and the name, probably.
― iatee, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:20 (twelve years ago) link
nice! I was in almaden. not too far awayxp
― the wheelie king (wk), Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:20 (twelve years ago) link
so would gilroy be an exurb? kind of a suburb but more rural?
― the wheelie king (wk), Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:21 (twelve years ago) link
goleta used to get covered in maximum rock & roll, can't remember which seminal early 90s HxCx band was from there
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:21 (twelve years ago) link
G1lroy was a small town when i grew up; it might as well be a suburb now.
― sarahel, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:21 (twelve years ago) link
gilroy's a small town that became a de-factor exurb
― iatee, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:22 (twelve years ago) link
sup bros
― fart nosie (Lamp), Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:22 (twelve years ago) link
Can't believe I'm going to pop in just for this useless information, but I think there are still a whole lot of unincorporated sections around San Jose! Like areas around and along Bascom and elsewhere.And the US Census must have a weird way of determining "urban areas" cuz San Jose definitely isn't dense!From Willow Glen, btw.
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:22 (twelve years ago) link
otoh, i probably would've been stoked as a teenager if there'd been a Guitar Center cross town.
― sarahel, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:23 (twelve years ago) link
Baby, don't ya go, don't ya go to GoletaI've been there and I've seen them drinkin' nowThinkin' all the time that they're going to schoolWell, maybe some day they might learn somethingBut being fascist rich kids just ain't cool
― markers did 7/11 (buzza), Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:23 (twelve years ago) link
408 representing itt
aerosmith played in santa barbara a couple months ago and somebody showed up to the show as soon as we were done and was mad she missed it, busted into the "dressing room" (a closet in which there was, hand to God, a live mouse eating the rider food), demanded that we play some more, and when somebody from our opening band coaxed her away screamed at me as she was led off that I/we had "ruined [her] fucking life"
also when I was a kid we used to stay at the Miramar there, family vacation type deal before the family imploded
that's what I know about santa barbara
― pathos of the unwarranted encore (underrated aerosmith bootlegs I have owned), Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:23 (twelve years ago) link
it has nice architecture, also
― iatee, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:24 (twelve years ago) link
lol. willow glen. ANNEXED
― the wheelie king (wk), Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:24 (twelve years ago) link
I used to go to a comic shop there
― the wheelie king (wk), Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:25 (twelve years ago) link
I think there was a recent annexation attempt with Campbell too maybe? Pretty much how San Jose was built.
― lou reed scott walker monks niagra (chinavision!), Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:26 (twelve years ago) link
And the US Census must have a weird way of determining "urban areas" cuz San Jose definitely isn't dense!
yeah, on this, ultimately the line you draw is going to be arbitrary and the further out you go, the less dense the metro area is gonna be. so if you include far out rural connecticut in nyc, nyc is less dense. if you don't, it's more dense.
a better way to look at density is weighted density - basically it's the sum of the (density of neighborhood x) (pop of neighborhood x / metro area pop). you don't have to worry about the arbitrary metro area lines so much this way.
http://www.austincontrarian.com/austincontrarian/2008/03/weighted-densit.html
― iatee, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:30 (twelve years ago) link
I get Campbell and Willow Glen confused, but they both have comic shops.
― the wheelie king (wk), Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:30 (twelve years ago) link
but that chart is still kind of crazy. so much of it is undeniably suburban.
― the wheelie king (wk), Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:31 (twelve years ago) link
it took 2 hrs by bus to get to Streetlight Records from my childhood home
― sarahel, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:31 (twelve years ago) link
san jose still #6 on that count, which maybe says more about america than about san jose. san jose's kinda like LA though, in that it's a huge sprawl of burbs and towns but they're much more compact than comparable metro areas, even if the area doesn't have the benefits that come w/ real density.
― iatee, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:32 (twelve years ago) link
theres a great board game shop in santa barbara
― max, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:32 (twelve years ago) link
yes
I spent my childhood there
also i saw a magician performing tricks in the street the one time i was there
― max, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:33 (twelve years ago) link
(4th of july 2006)
that was me, if by magician you mean someone playing magic cards at the gameshop
― iatee, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:33 (twelve years ago) link
mostly i remember trying to find a spot to smoke weed and failing
take california
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:33 (twelve years ago) link
nah the only guy who was at the gameshop was the czech (? something slavic ?) guy who owned (? worked at ?) it
― max, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:34 (twelve years ago) link
was it just off state street?
― iatee, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:34 (twelve years ago) link
i bought risk 2210 at his suggestion and still have not played it once
couldnt tell you
I mean afaik there is only one so it has to be the same one, euro dude definitely didn't own it when I was a kid tho
― iatee, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:35 (twelve years ago) link
90% sure it was this place http://www.game-seeker.com/
― max, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:35 (twelve years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1aGRcRPjbEA
sick ad
― max, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:36 (twelve years ago) link
ohhhh yeah that's a different one, that's next to all the bars. this was more a comic book shop.
― iatee, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:36 (twelve years ago) link
Ooooh max, did you know that I have a copy of this book?
http://cf.geekdo-images.com/images/pic29362_md.jpg
I already promised it to someone, but you could see it if you want?
― Octavia Butler's gonna be piiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiised (Laurel), Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:38 (twelve years ago) link
whoa cool book!!
― max, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:40 (twelve years ago) link
gamers: icky or dudes
― mookieproof, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:41 (twelve years ago) link
america could build more places like this:http://www.welcometosantabarbara.com/Beautiful-Santa-Barbara.jpg
and fewer places like this: http://media.merchantcircle.com/6263965/mallpic_full.jpeg
― iatee, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:42 (twelve years ago) link
that's the worst I could find, I couldn't find a pic of the goleta big box stores because who the hell would take pictures of them
― iatee, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:43 (twelve years ago) link
google streetview?
― sarahel, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:44 (twelve years ago) link
That first one looks like an overly-bright approximation of real spanish-roofed cities with bullshit. The second one is ugly but probably more practical, sorry bro
― mh, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:45 (twelve years ago) link
places with buses and crosswalks?
― sarahel, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:46 (twelve years ago) link
lol the 2nd one isn't more practical unless you like shopping at a total of 6 big box stores and only eating at chain restaurants, maybe you do so idk
http://maps.google.com/maps?q=goleta+home+depot&hl=en&ll=34.428534,-119.8732&spn=0.000009,0.009645&z=17&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=34.428534,-119.8732&panoid=2Fe3eA63EdgxtTsx50Gu7A&cbp=12,350.56,,0,0
it looks like every other off-the-freeway strip mall in ca, could be anywhere today
― iatee, Thursday, 8 September 2011 04:47 (twelve years ago) link