Postcard from America

[hawkwing_lb]

1. matociquala and stillsostrange are most excellent people.

2. So are matociquala's roommate Alisa and their friend Jeff.

3. They have variously between them taken me climbing outside (twice), inside (once), to a goth club, to a beach, caving, some strange river sport called tubing, and kayaking. I begin to think they are attempting to kill me off.

4. They are still most excellent people, though.

5. Also. America is strange.

Comments

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

American is strange. When I travel, I see so many places that look somewhat similar, only more mature. In many senses.

Parts of America will resonate with more familiarity than this -- for example, Portland, Oregon, a very walkable city. Connecticut is too much a part of the Greater New York Metropolitan Area, which stretches from Boston to Washington, DC. And I'm only partly exaggerating. I grew up in the Mid-Hudson Valley, lived in New Haven, Baton Rouge (Louisiana), Stillwater (Oklahoma), Winston-Salem (North Carolina), and the Metro DC area -- and none of them were exactly pedestrian-oriented, although Stillwater and Baton Rouge had large parts of their urban areas dedicated to large State University campuses.

But yes, the cars -- and the driving mentality! Irish drivers are much nicer. I was pleasantly surprised.

And nothing old, until you find the right cities. The Anasazi ruins come to mind. As Eddie Izzard once pointed out, anything older than 50 years is considered "historic" in this country. ("No, surely not! No one was alive then!")

I'd love to see America through your eyes.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

I have decided I hate New York. :P

Museums are great. Fantastic. Fabulous. Can we just concentrate the museums in one easily walkable spot now, please?

[etumukutenyak.livejournal.com]

They are! They're all in Manhattan, eh?

I think New York City is very concentrated, which makes it overwhelming.

[hawkwing-lb.livejournal.com]

Not nearly concentrated enough for easy walking. London, I forgive you all!