vermont and new hampshire are not huge suburbs for nyc financial industry
― iatee, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:16 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/1-in-7-cars-in-Greenwich-a-BMW-or-Mercedes-3340419.php
― iatee, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
i dunno that all sounds like generic lol new england stuff to me -- is there some way that vermont or new hampshire is way better or exzempt from the same kind of ire?
― some dude, Friday, April 27, 2012 11:15 PM (59 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
vt n nh r p diff than ct, none of the things on my list apply to them particularly, ct is like only half new england culturally really and even then there are a lot of differences w/in that
― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:19 (twelve years ago) link
ct has a vaguely disapproving vibe
― Lamp, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
fair enough -- i genuinely don't know that area well and am being mostly curious and only somewhat facetious and difficult here (xpost)
― some dude, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:22 (twelve years ago) link
it's just a huge foresty rich person suburb w/ some boats
― iatee, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
― Lamp, Friday, April 27, 2012 11:22 PM (12 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
well that is p generally new englandy
― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:23 (twelve years ago) link
partly i just think it's hilarious when these areas are carved up into tiny little states that people pretend are more culturally distinct from each other than they really are -- i mean i lived in delaware for years and i can go on and on about what the delaware vibe is but when you get down to it it could really easily be a shitty coastal part of pennsyvlvania or maryland
― some dude, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
vt is legit beautiful ime although nh is kinda w/e it still has a more authentic new england backwoods charm. i grew up in a really lovely part of ct but its unrelentingly square and ersatz colonial
― Lamp, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:24 (twelve years ago) link
you could make an argument for the southern ne states being somewhat indistinguishable and the northern ones too but theres a p strong rural/urban divide between the two groups that makes them quite different
― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:27 (twelve years ago) link
no way, all the southern states are a bit larger and have more obvious landmarks and cultural identities that distinguish them from each other
― some dude, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:31 (twelve years ago) link
if u see boston u know ur in massachusetts
― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:32 (twelve years ago) link
obviously, i didn't say ALL new england states
― some dude, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:34 (twelve years ago) link
im actually not clear on what youre saying tbh
― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:35 (twelve years ago) link
yeah neither am i, i misspelled exempt for fucks sake, i should quit while i'm ahead
― some dude, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:36 (twelve years ago) link
yeah theres some v real demographic differences btw at least like western/southern ct and vt/nh its just denser and more suburbanized and richer, more tied to nyc, more ahistorical.
like i can kinda see jhos points in that lots of ct is sorta indistinguishable from any rich whites and assimilated jews colony anywhere, vt and nh are a lot more rooted in new england
― Lamp, Saturday, 28 April 2012 03:38 (twelve years ago) link
what part of ct, lamp?
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Saturday, 28 April 2012 04:00 (twelve years ago) link
CT just got rid of the death penalty, so no way could it be on the list of worst anything.
― Tarfumes The Escape Goat, Saturday, 28 April 2012 04:04 (twelve years ago) link
that's not true it's the worst at having the death penalty
― pizza pizza and cult jam (crüt), Saturday, 28 April 2012 06:09 (twelve years ago) link
yeah, just in time not to execute those fucks who burned those teenage girls to death in a home-invasion robbery? Way to fucking go CT.
― frogsclovetofu (beachville), Saturday, 28 April 2012 08:30 (twelve years ago) link
am I the only ILXer who still lives in Florida?
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 April 2012 11:42 (twelve years ago) link
btw the majority of Cubans are Republicans because of a mistaken belief that the GOP strings them along less than Dems (while the older ones still complain about The Kennedy Betrayal). But Cubans could give a shit about abortion (most are pro-choice) and gay rights.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 April 2012 11:44 (twelve years ago) link
― frogsclovetofu (beachville), Saturday, April 28, 2012 4:30 AM (5 hours ago)
your reactionary rage may live on - the law applies only prospectively, unfortunately. those two aren't gonna be executed either way tho
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Saturday, 28 April 2012 13:44 (twelve years ago) link
I had a nightmare involving me living in Orlando. Sean "The Heartbreak Kid" was in it.
― EDB, Saturday, 28 April 2012 13:45 (twelve years ago) link
Florida has the Magic Kingdom and lots of beaches and cute manatees, but 95% of the people who live there are basically human shit
― suidavyvan eht nioj (Whiney G. Weingarten), Saturday, 28 April 2012 13:51 (twelve years ago) link
not sure I'd count Walt Disney World as part of Florida tbh; it's a sovereign country.
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, 28 April 2012 13:56 (twelve years ago) link
Alfred, Christine Green Leafy Dragon Indigo lives in Florida.
― ljubljana, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:30 (twelve years ago) link
― Exile in lolville (Alfred, Lord Sotosyn), Saturday, April 28, 2012 7:42 AM (2 hours ago) Bookmark
how many have been killed by "stand your ground" laws so far?
― some dude, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:31 (twelve years ago) link
Bookmark Execute Ban Permalink
― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
think bojax lives near orlando
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:33 (twelve years ago) link
no jaymc
vt is legit beautiful ime
― Lamp
― omar little, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:39 (twelve years ago) link
yeah I drove through either NH or VT on my way to montreal once and it was a really beautiful state
CT, otoh, well I'm only familiar with southern CT but it's pretty blah
― dayo, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:40 (twelve years ago) link
*looks out window* its p nice
― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:41 (twelve years ago) link
texas is pretty outstanding. fla is terrible. not as bad as AZ, which admittedly has tucson and good scenery but not much else.
― omar little, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
I still think it's hilaire that NJ has the highest population density out of all the states, despite having no major cities, america is just so big man
― dayo, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:44 (twelve years ago) link
arizona is amazing for the natural beauty alone
― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
if you were going ct>mtl that wouldve been vt dayo
arizona has steve nash. he'll probably be in florida next year tho
― dharunravir (k3vin k.), Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:45 (twelve years ago) link
I was going PA -> montreal xp
― dayo, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
Alaska 1.264 inhabitants per square mile
― omar little, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
i would like to visit alaska
― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
remember crossing some cool bridges, very cool, would cross again
a rerun of the 30 rock episode "i heart connecticut" is coming on comedy central in a few minutes, as it happens
― some dude, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:46 (twelve years ago) link
― dayo, Saturday, April 28, 2012 10:46 AM (17 seconds ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink
new york state? p short detour to vt tho
― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:47 (twelve years ago) link
― lag∞n, Saturday, April 28, 2012 10:47 AM (10 seconds ago) Bookmark
it's all coming back to me... I think we had to pick somebody up in springfield MA so we went a little more easterward - if that's true, then we probably drove through VT
― dayo, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
yep
― lag∞n, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:49 (twelve years ago) link
The old run up 91 to 89 to Montreal. Good times.
― EZ Snappin, Saturday, 28 April 2012 14:56 (twelve years ago) link
not as bad as AZ, which admittedly has tucson and good scenery but not much else.
― omar little, Saturday, April 28, 2012 7:44 AM (33 minutes ago)
Tucson is great and I dig living here but it's not some kind of oasis from the issues the rest of Arizona is facing. Por ejemplo, Tucson Unified School District has been part of a desegregation case since 1978:
In 1978, plaintiffs Mendoza and Fisher were told that TUSD would be required to remedy the ill effects of past segregation within the district. They could not have known that their fight for equality was only just beginning. What was initially presented as a five-year desegregation plan stretched into 30 years. In 2009 TUSD was granted unified status and released from court supervision despite the court finding it had “failed to act in good faith in its ongoing operation of the District under the Settlement Agreement.”TUSD began operating under its Post-Unitary Status Plan, which promised that the district’s MAS program would be expanded. TUSD did support the existing MAS program, but it failed to follow through on its promise of expansion. Because TUSD also abandoned other important policies outlined in the plan, the court revoked the district’s unified status in 2011, saying it had failed to act in good-faith compliance with the order to integrate schools-yet again.
TUSD began operating under its Post-Unitary Status Plan, which promised that the district’s MAS program would be expanded. TUSD did support the existing MAS program, but it failed to follow through on its promise of expansion. Because TUSD also abandoned other important policies outlined in the plan, the court revoked the district’s unified status in 2011, saying it had failed to act in good-faith compliance with the order to integrate schools-yet again.
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Saturday, 28 April 2012 15:19 (twelve years ago) link
sorry, it was originally filed by the NAACP in 1974.1974!
― Dale, dale, dale (Abbbottt), Saturday, 28 April 2012 15:23 (twelve years ago) link