Unfortunate things about your current place of residence

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  • ourwickedlies
    ourwickedlies Posts: 46 Member
    We're in a bit of a drought right now, everything is dried out and ugly.
  • MyOwnSunshine
    MyOwnSunshine Posts: 1,312 Member
    I live in DC area, nuff said, but I will add..........................$400,000 dollar TOWNHOUSE and Single family homes with no backyards but ridiculous HOA's..........F. U. Northern Va

    DC is awesome. so many jobs and so many people wanting to live there. thats why housing is so much. :)


    Im in Phoenix and I love it. Two things that are disappointing. No close beaches. and a surprising lack of good and plentiful restaurants.

    Agreed. The only thing I'd change about Phoenix is to add a few beaches. :-)
  • knittnponder
    knittnponder Posts: 1,953 Member
    One bathroom, six people (four of which are female!)

    Young guy neighbor who is a nice guy but does not have a regular job and keeps all hours. Also hasn't a clue when his music is so loud I can FEEL it in my living room which is on the side of my house farthest from him. You can imagine how it is in the bedrooms right next to his house. At least once a week I have to go over and ask him to turn it down. I just don't think he or any of the people who live there or visit at all hours have any idea that people outside of themselves exist (until I go over there anyway.)
  • moran1917
    moran1917 Posts: 1,133 Member
    I like where I live. It is a big enough town to have tons of kinds of foods and restuarants, but still small enough that you aren't overwhelmed with huge buildings and people. There are a ton of outdoor activities close by, water within 20 minutes, and I have always felt comfortable here. I would like to own my own house, but in the same area in which I already live.
  • TK266
    TK266 Posts: 3,638 Member
    While I love being close enough to drive to what ever I want (big city, beach, mountains, skiing), I have to say I have been disappointed with the with the large number of people haven't moved into the 21st century. way to much talk about "those" people who don't look American.
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    Houston is a swamp. We have 2 seasons, Africa hot and fall.

    ...or this summer we've got Africa hot with torrential rain and flooding. WTF?

    Can I add bad Texas drivers? By that I mean "you gotcha DL out of a cereal box!"

    Yeah because there are no bad drivers from other states.... :-|

    In Lubbock it's the horrible New Mexico drivers that believe they are driving on the Autobahn... then here in the Metroplex, we have the Oklahoma drivers that couldn't be more passive and unpredictable than if they were dead... and the ALL don't use their damn turn signal.
  • CentralCaliCycling
    CentralCaliCycling Posts: 453 Member
    It seems like the people around here are in a constant competition to see who can take the most far-right fringy ultra-conservative position in life....and then insist that the rest of us blindly follow them or else endure the social-equivalent of burning crosses on our front lawns.

    I can count on one hand the number of restaurants in this area that are NOT chains.

    Intelligence, science and knowledge/appreciation of things outside this county are openly mocked, feared, and denigrated....there is an appalling glorification of the mediocre, of blind faith, and of willful ignorance here.

    Hubby has apologized over and over for moving us here in the first place. We can't wait to get the eff out.


    If you lived in most of California you would find the opposite extreme, fortunately this area is not like most of California.
  • lsjd2000
    lsjd2000 Posts: 287 Member
    It's Ohio.

    ^^^ Ditto
  • jrutledge01
    jrutledge01 Posts: 213 Member
    terrrrrrrrrrrible drivers (columbus, ohio)
  • 47Jacqueline
    47Jacqueline Posts: 6,993 Member
    It's Ohio.

    It could be worse ;-)

    I love where I live - the town is New York City, but I hate that I live in such a teeny tiny apartment.
  • polishmehappy
    polishmehappy Posts: 92 Member
    All the killer tornadoes :( I'm caught in tornado alley every friggin year. We had an EF5 tornado on 05/22/11 that traumatized our city for many years to come. I'll never forget how much blood and suffering I saw on that day.

    Also, being a progressive or indenpendent around here can be dangerous...I hate to say it.
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,984 Member
    There is no Chik-Fil-A or Red Lobster nearby.


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  • tishajo
    tishajo Posts: 142 Member
    Everything...it's Jersey...sorry.

    P.s. I love Ohio!
    Yeah, I cant stand Jersey either. Jug handles, especially.
  • amybg1
    amybg1 Posts: 631 Member
    No one except myself and my mother really cleans up after themselves...Humidity in teh summer and at least 5 feet of snow in the winter - city politicians screwing with the streets and public transit system and thinking they're making things better when it's actually worse!
  • Flugangst
    Flugangst Posts: 98 Member
    I live about 40 minutes from anywhere. Oh well. The drive is nice though!
  • smaugish
    smaugish Posts: 244 Member
    All the damn vampires.
  • rachgolds
    rachgolds Posts: 75
    It's Ohio.

    My thoughts exactly

    What's up with all of the Ohio haters? What city do you guys live in? Because I love mine (Cleveland)! There are tons of things to do, great food to eat, and a variety of people. But you have to make the best of it. Life isn't going to come to you.

    I will say the weather is super unpredictable. The meteorologists can't even get it right and they have nexrad radar of whatever they call it, smh
    I agree 100%!!! I love Cleveland!
  • myfitnessisavirtue
    myfitnessisavirtue Posts: 673 Member
    capri pants
  • OSC_ESD
    OSC_ESD Posts: 752 Member
    ~ It's too far from the other side of the world .... but with that being said, if I have to live in the states ... why not live in paradise. This is home ... for now anyways.

    :flowerforyou:
  • rextcat
    rextcat Posts: 1,408 Member
    when it (rarely) rains people loose their friggin minds on the roads, and the hills all burst into flames regularly
  • Feisty_Red
    Feisty_Red Posts: 982 Member
    I think we get taxed on breathing air in this state...Or they are working on a plan to...
  • knk1553
    knk1553 Posts: 438 Member
    Everything floods when it rains, people don't know traffic laws, and Northern transplants who think we're crazy because we don't think anything of hurricanes but the entire eastern side of the state shuts down at the threat of snow.
  • tamtamzz
    tamtamzz Posts: 142
    That I live in the cess pool of reality TV (good 'ol NJ).
  • SherryTeach
    SherryTeach Posts: 2,836 Member
    It is currently 112 degrees. Enough said.
  • matchbox_girl
    matchbox_girl Posts: 535 Member
    All the damn vampires.

    Cali? Haha I'm thinking Lost Boys.
  • scloyd
    scloyd Posts: 327 Member
    The most corrupt state in the nation...Illinois.
  • ellenxmariex3
    ellenxmariex3 Posts: 165 Member
    I live in New Jersey but it's the redneck area of northwest Jersey that really is basically Pennsylvania. It's really country out here - farms, open skies, farmer's markets. Everyone owns a truck, myself included. It's nothing like any of the Jersey reality shows!

    I hate that it's so expensive though! I go to college in Florida and rents are easily half of what I pay in Jersey.

    I also hate that everyone up here has Confederate flags on their trucks or property. Last time I checked, New Jersey is a northern state.
  • CentralCaliCycling
    CentralCaliCycling Posts: 453 Member
    I think we get taxed on breathing air in this state...Or they are working on a plan to...

    Don't let people know you know about the "plan" or you might just disappear ;)

    Seriously, they keep spending and expecting us to pay for it. I could related that to someone else who seems to call asking for money like I don't have any better place to spend it but I won't go there.
  • CallejaFairey
    CallejaFairey Posts: 391 Member
    I love Edmonton for the most part, heck, I even love the long winters (true Canuck here, prefers cold to hot). I do dislike the fact that even though our winters last about 50% of the year, people still seem to be unable to drive the way this weather dictates. I spose that's everywhere though, as I can see from the mention of bad driving throughout this post! LOL. I hate the huge temperature differences between winter and summer. If it's going to be super cold in the winter, it should not get super hot in the sumer!

    Otherwise, I love it here. This city has one of the highest restaurants per capita ratio...which I spose is not so good for losing weight :) Within easy driving distance of lakes and mountains. What more could you ask for?
  • shaynak112
    shaynak112 Posts: 751 Member
    Traffic.
    Subway/transit crowds (9 AM rush hour ... you might as well plan your 45 min ride to be an hour and a half *sigh*)
    Ridiculously expensive (1500/mo for a 2 bedroom apartment?) - at least in my opinion that is expensive :p

    (Toronto)

    That being said, there are way more good things than bad things!!!

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