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NightDragon83 on 21 March 2016

Welcome to my neck of the woods! (NJ resident, but work in NYC).

NYC is great, but I almost view it as like a theme park these days... it's a blast while you're there, but at the end of the day you're exhausted and just want to go home. Plus it's like half the price living across the Hudson as it is in the city itself, although certain parts of northeastern NJ where I'm at are starting to creep up to Manhattan-lite prices in terms of rent and overall cost of living.



On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.

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HintHRO on 21 March 2016

Wait until Trump doesn't get elected



NightDragon83 on 21 March 2016
homer said:
Don't drink the water.

Actually the NYC metro area has some of the cleanest tap water in the US.

Not every city here is like Flint, Michigan.



On 2/24/13, MB1025 said:
You know I was always wondering why no one ever used the dollar sign for $ony, but then I realized they have no money so it would be pointless.

Olivernintentoal on 21 March 2016

Welcome man!  I'm actually studying in Paris right now, but I'll be back in the US in May.  I hope you have a great experience!



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Can they announce a new Fire Emblem? A remake of Genealogy or Tellius would suffice !

Cloudman on 21 March 2016

Glad to hear you're fulfilling one of your goals/dreams. I remember when I was moving to live in Japan. I was so excited, and I had such a wonderful time there. Hope you have a good time here in the US : )



 

              

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Ultrashroomz on 21 March 2016

Congrats, and I hope you enjoy it here.

Hopefully, the internet hasn't tainted your views of the country.



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tokilamockingbrd on 22 March 2016

Welcome to USA.

I recently spent 10 days in Cambodia which was wonderful. In the US our big issues are things like college tuitions too expensive and people wanting to make a middle class income by working at McDonalds flipping burgers. Being in Cambodia gave me some perspective. For example I bought a beer, can of soda, and some chips at a local shop and they gave me a total of $1.50, I gave her $2.00 and declined to take my change. I did it because I did not want 50 cents worth of their currency (they don't have US coin), the lady was extremely grateful. I learned later that 50cents was enough for her to live on for 1 day.... As bad as the media tries to make the US seem it is still amazing.

I have spent alot of time in other countries the past few years for work, and with the exception of enjoying some activities that are illegal in the US, I am always happy to come back.



psn- tokila

add me, the more the merrier.

SamuelRSmith on 22 March 2016
sc94597 said:

Love all of the people posting about how horrible the U.S is and probably haven't had any type of first or even secondhand account of life here in various regions. @Op Congrats! NyC might dissapoint ya as a libertarian, but you should definitely explore the country. New Hampshire is a few hours away and probably the most libertarian minded place in  the country.

I know all about NH I signed the FSP pledge, this is a step towards me keeping the pledge.



SamuelRSmith on 22 March 2016
NightDragon83 said:

Welcome to my neck of the woods! (NJ resident, but work in NYC).

NYC is great, but I almost view it as like a theme park these days... it's a blast while you're there, but at the end of the day you're exhausted and just want to go home. Plus it's like half the price living across the Hudson as it is in the city itself, although certain parts of northeastern NJ where I'm at are starting to creep up to Manhattan-lite prices in terms of rent and overall cost of living.

Yes, we're in Jersey City, and literally right on the Hudson, it's not a cheap area, but still starkly cheaper than Manhattan.



SamuelRSmith on 22 March 2016
tokilamockingbrd said:
Welcome to USA.

I recently spent 10 days in Cambodia which was wonderful. In the US our big issues are things like college tuitions too expensive and people wanting to make a middle class income by working at McDonalds flipping burgers. Being in Cambodia gave me some perspective. For example I bought a beer, can of soda, and some chips at a local shop and they gave me a total of $1.50, I gave her $2.00 and declined to take my change. I did it because I did not want 50 cents worth of their currency (they don't have US coin), the lady was extremely grateful. I learned later that 50cents was enough for her to live on for 1 day.... As bad as the media tries to make the US seem it is still amazing.

I have spent alot of time in other countries the past few years for work, and with the exception of enjoying some activities that are illegal in the US, I am always happy to come back.

I had a similar experience with my family in Morocco. My dad wanted to make sure that we had good seats around the pool each day, and he noticed that the pool cleaners were out every morning a few hours before anybody else woke up. When he tipped one guy the equivalent of 9 usd to reserve seats every morning, he was extremely excited, turns out that it was roughly equivalent to his weekly salary at the time.