A question about the town you live in

[cityworker]

The great thing about Conceptart.org is the variety of people from all over the world. I would love to visit some of the places that I see next to people's UserIDs. My question is, if I were to visit your town, what is the thing to do? The food to eat, the place to see, whatever.
For San Diego I would have to say, try a carne asada burrito or carnitas, since we are so close to Mexico its the best mexican food I've tasted in the U.S. But thats my opinion.

[mtw]

I live in a town called Woodinville. It's a small, quiet and prosperous town. It's in the pacific northewest, so there are evergreens all over the place. There isn't too much to do. The main area of the town has stores and restaurants, but that's about it. It's more of a nice place to live in then to visit.

It's right next to Redmond, which is a similar type of town, but bigger and more prosperous. There's a lake right next to there, so if you have a boat, jetski, or canoe, you could go there. There's an expensive restaurant in town that's owned by a chef who used to work for the princess of Monoco. Good food there.

What I like to do is go to the Cascades. I like to ski and hike there.

[bizarre]

Indianapolis. best thing to do around here? go watch cars drive around really fast in circles, and occasionally crash. that's about it.

[nova]

bothell. it's very residential.

if you live here and you want to go somewhere cool, you go to seattle. the city is beautiful, so no matter what you like doing, it's a cool place to be, even just to walk around. there's plenty of gigs to go see, water to boat in, coffee shops to be trendy in, and bars to drink yourself stupid. me, when i go down usually i end up seeing an indie movie, sitting at a coffee shop or meeting people downtown. my parents go there for fancy restaurants and kayaking :)

if you're vegetarian, it's the place to go. there's meat, too if you're into that. lots of those little unique privately owned restaurants to go to.

[Kortez]

Reykjavík, Iceland.

You could come and eat icelandic hot dogs at Bæjarins Bestu (THE best hot dogs you will ever eat) and drink milk like crazy (THE best milk in the world). You could drink water from the tab (THE best water in the world). You could go clubbin g here (THE best night clubs in the world). Iceland is actually THE best country in the world. And to think that some people think that some icelanders are full of themselves. No, I'm kidding.

You could go on the "Golden Circle" which is Gullfoss (waterfall), Geysir (apparantly the most powerful hot spring in the world... ooohhh) and shit like that. Actually icelanders find iceland very uninteresting like most New Yorkers find New York uninteresting.

Ohh... you could go and see the smallest train system in the world. Our train system is about 7 meters all in all :D

I'm going to leave you with two thoughts.

"If you don't like the weather in Iceland, just wait 2 minutes." (all kidding aside, this is actually true. It's a major disadvantage, you have no idea how to dress, it can be freezing cold, but in 5 minutes, you'd have to be wearing shorts and a t-shirt to survive


If you're in Iceland and you find yourself lost in a forest.... stand up!

[gekitsu]

i live in a small town in northern bavaria in germany.
you know bavaria... oktoberfest, weisswurst, munich, lederhosen ;)

up here, it's a bit more quiet since i live basically in the middle of the largest continous wood in germany.
fun thing is, next to every small village has its own brewery and beer is handled like religion. its not rare to find people discussing things like ths brewmaster of village a working for village b now and village a brewery being sold out by village c brewery like it were politics. pretty fun.:chug:

obviously, you will have the best overall beer experience here. nah, this does not mean we're drunk all the time but we know how to make beer well.

other than that, i guess here is a nice place to hang out and relax but nothing fancy.

[jester]

Ruhrgebiet, Germany

Well, actually I'm living in one of the "middle towns" of the Ruhrgebiet (former steel & coal area, now there's almost nothing left of this industry), called (please don't laugh, and please don't ask how it's pronounced ;) ) Castrop-Rauxel. It has about 80,000 inhabitants and is sort of "sandwiched" between the larger cities Dortmund (almost 600,000 inhabitants) to the east and Essen (about 500,000 inhabitants) to the west.

However, being born and raised in Dortmund, I consider myself a child of the whole area and not just a single city. I have worked in Dortmund, Castrop-Rauxel, Gelsenkirchen, Essen, Mülheim and Oberhausen (all in the area) and it's great to have one of the largest economic and cultural centers at your doorstep. Thus, I can't say where to go!

There are gorgeous restaurants from cheap to expensive ones with stars (Michelin) all over the place. Almost every city/town has theatres and museums (arts as well as historical and archaeological). I have at least four multiplex cinemas within less than 30 minutes drive around. There are universities in Dortmund, Bochum, Essen, Duisburg. Though not as various and diverse as in Bavaria, we have several local breweries around (greetings, gekitsu! :chug: ). The Ruhrgebiet offers many historical remnants like castles, Roman remains, Stone Ages settlements and so on.

We have a minimum of five or six zoos and lots of parks and swimming pools and baths around. Plus: It's very green, despite so many people living here (I think it's almost 4,000,000 in the whole area and Dortmund, for example, prides itself with having 49% of it's whole space being green!). Within half to one hour drives you can be either in the Münsterland (flat country) or Sauerland (highland country where you can even go skiing in winter). You see, it's really a place to be.

Jester

PS: If you want to know what the place where I'm living looks like - I took some photos about half a year ago on I.was.ink's request. They can be found here (http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=3705)

[nardfrog]

Woodinville, wa, usa. Right next to the guy that said bothell. This town sux, im moving back to LA a real city!
Oh yeah , Seattle is amazing too.

[DragonGX]

I have 2 homes right now:

Utah - The vast outdoors. So much to do outside here. Go dirt biking on sand dunes or camping in the mountains. people from all voer the world come to utah to see national parks, etc

Florida - florida has the ocean which is beautiful, beaches, some cool things to see..

those arent really "towns" but there arent a lot of things like that in smaller towns..

[Ant4d]

I am from Estonia, Tallinn. Best chicks in the world. seriously! Lot's of good food. Lots of trees. Wether sucks tho. It gets quite cold in the winter. Thats why I took a break and am in australia right now.

[gasmask]

Im in seattle....i think seattle explains itself, only thing that sucks about seattle is everyone seems depressed and there is starbucks on basically every block

[otis]

San Clemente, CA...all we do here is surf, eat, drink, art, and party. Seriously, San Clemente is one of California's last little sleepy surf towns on the edge of Orange County. IT IS NOTHING LIKE THAT STUPID ASS SHOW O.C. That stupid show was made by a bunch of morons from L.A.

[DragonGX]

Seattle was cool when I visited

[pconsidine]

Boston is just about the last livable city in the Northeastern U.S. (though it's getting so blessed expensive since people figured that out). If you were to come for a visit, there's only one thing I'd recommend: a late night beer binge at the Black Rose down by City Hall. There's just about always a great Irish trad band playing and just as often a crowd of college hotties looking for someone to buy them drinks (there are 11 colleges and universities within Boston city limits, and at least as many more within a 10-minute radius).

It's a great town, but we're moving in two weeks. Maybe I'll you how West Hartford, Conn., compares.

[Szyslack]

i'm from a town known as derry, new hampshire. The best thing to do here is leave.

when i'm in school i reside in the small town of new london, nh. the town consists of mostly ederly retirees who can't seem to remember which one is the gas and which one is the brake.

the white mountains are nice. too bad the old man fell down though.

[Jason Manley]

funny....someone here likes boston. i am of the opposite feeling...there are no livable towns in the northeast...lol...i only say that cuz i hate wintertime and bad roads...and i just love mexican food...so boston is not the town for me.

worst weather of any place ive ever lived...worst roads in the country....though the mfa is great...and while newberry street is for the ultra riche it is fun to go down and people watch....lots of art...expensive restaurants...expensive everything.

but...im moving to austin...escaping winter....so i will speak of that town....there is a cool little place to sit and draw called the spider house. the roads are great if you like to drive. its hot as hell..but so is the mexican food. gotta love the southwest....i do anyhow.


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[dollhouse]

I'm from Sydney, Australia.

if you're here, you should eat in the little resturants in Chinatown, & hang around Kings Cross if you're into fashion &/or sexually confronting counter-culture. there are some great bars & sweet people down there.
avoid the hip Bondi Beach areas. unless you're a hipster, of course. :)

[pibb991]

don't bother with atlanta, georgia unless you love sitting in traffic and going to the mall. the only culture you'll find here is hidden downtown but dont bother unless you have $$$.

the best placed i've lived was the music city, nashville TN. many a good coffee shop, good music stores, lots to do downtown

[Blind]

Originally posted by cityworker
For San Diego I would have to say, try a carne asada burrito or carnitas, since we are so close to Mexico its the best mexican food I've tasted in the U.S. But thats my opinion.

Yeah baby! Casa de Pica!!

If you're ever in Northwest New Jersey... leave. There's nothing here. It's a quiet beautiful place to live, but... there's nothing touristy to do. Go to NYC and check out a museum, or head west in PA and go visit Frazetta at his house in Stroudsburg.

[Blind]

Originally posted by pconsidine
If you were to come for a visit, there's only one thing I'd recommend: a late night beer binge at the Black Rose down by City Hall. The Róisín Dubh?! I loved that place! Haven't been there in dog's age though. Nice dark woody Irish joint. Loved it.

[pconsidine]

Originally posted by Jason Manley
worst weather of any place ive ever lived...worst roads in the country....though the mfa is great...and while newberry street is for the ultra riche it is fun to go down and people watch....lots of art...expensive restaurants...expensive everything.


I guess it's all relative. I went to college in Rochester, NY, which had far worse weather by far. Something like 78" average precipitation (mostly snow) and all of 6 weeks of sunlight in the year.

Before that, it was NYC, where "expensive" takes on a whole new meaning. But you're right –_in the 10 years that I've lived here, it's gotten completely out of control. That's why we're moving to Hartford.

:)

[keyth]

CHICAGO: well...the winters suck of course. but other than that...it's nice. it's got everything you want in a big city. lots of great bars and music. good museums. great food (oh man...the pizza...try Barcellos). for night life: rainbow, goldstar, clubfoot, hungry brain, empty bottle is a great music venue. nice parks and a great beach on the lake.

everything is affordable and you get big city life. pretty OK so far.

Ha. i know so many people moving to Austin right now. i probably would to if i didn't live there for so long. Jason...tell'em Keith from Gut sent you.:p

[Redder]

Hollywood ( :Pimp: ), California.

We are so messed up we got a famous actor, a porn star, a midget, a guy who smashes watermelons, a billboard bimbo, and the founder of a adult magazine company running for governor.

Enough said.

[Tedsuo]

I grew up on the Big Island, Hawai'i. I recommend going to the top of Mauna Kea and checking out the observatories. Fill a cooler full of snow, then drive down to the bottom of Waipi'o valley and have a snowball fight on the beach. Camp there with a big ass bonfire while you get drunk and rowdy. Wake up at the crack of dawn and surf.


Now I live in the Mission, San Francisco. We have good burritos. Yeah.

[catterpillar]

Brisbane, Australia. don't listen to that guy from sydney - theyre all just migrating up here anyway. there's a mango tree out my window! enough said!

[DruG]

And I live in Krakow, Poland. I can`t say much `bout that place because I`ve just moved here:)

It is said to be Polish city of culture, artists and students. I think that`s true, they are everywhere (including me). ;)

Here you can see a lot of photos of Krakow:
http://www.krakow.pl/kultura/prezentacje/100/pliki/zdjecia.htm

with Wawel Castle and Market as most famous places:
http://www.krakow.pl/kultura/prezentacje/100/pliki/wawel.htm
http://www.krakow.pl/kultura/prezentacje/100/pliki/rynek.htm
http://www.bosz.com.pl/f-krakow.html
http://www.krakow.pl/kultura/prezentacje/100/pliki/droga.htm

Here is some architecture:
http://student.uci.agh.edu.pl/~pietkiew/krakow/page_01.htm

Uhg, let`s end this;) Krakow is a beautiful place. There`s lot of foreign tourists every summer, so it`s not only my opinion ;)

[Johannes]

I come from, and live in Sundsvall, in the middle of Sweden. A very borish middle-sized, small-minded town.

Founded in (hmmm, I think it was) 1649. Its claim to fame was that it was the major woodmilling city of Sweden in the 1800eds. In 1888 the whole shebang (made of wood...) burned down, but because all the major players had over-insured their properties, the whole city was rebuilt, this time in stone. Because of that, the whole city has one of Swedens best selection of late 19th century stone-buildings.

Now-a-days, this city has some heavy industries (wood-pulp and also swedens only aluminum plant) but mostly it is a big place for different branches of the swedish state and all kinds of insurance companies.

The city has about 100.000 inhabitants. And I usually say - all the curses from major cities AND small villages at the same time! O_o
Crackheads at the busstation, open drugtraffic, yugoslavian mobsters, knife-stabbings to death in school, as well as an "everybody knows everybody", and "no-one are worth anything", "U cant be a prophet in your home-town", usual jelausy, kinda feeling - it can all be found here.

Sundsvall is very badly placed betweeen 2 small mountains, making the gasses from the industries and cars not blow away, but rather be trapped here, in a kind of "pot". Due to this, this is the most air-polluted town in sweden, despite its vewry small size. The city councils answer to this - they dont meassure air-pollution - what U dont know...

I would recommend anyone to avoid stopping here - instead, do as most people do, go a bit outside of town and visit the IKEA-mall... :P


Oh - my compliments to cityworker for starting this good thread, very fun and interessting reading. :chug:

[rimwalker]

I live in Honolulu, Hawaii and since we're so tourism oriented there's a lot of stuff you could do. The beach is one... ;)

[minoukatze]

Bawlmer, hon'!

Baltimore's a weird city, pretty cool, pretty scary. Definitely has a personality all its own. If you ever visit, be sure to try steamed crabs in Old Bay. Trust me, it's great once you turn your brain off to tearing the crabs open and feasting on their juicy insides.

Krakow looks awesome, by the by.

[Orban]

In Belgium, an awfull village named Olne...
I think there's still witch, vampire, werewolves and others creature. Nothing to do(count the cow?) apart drawing or sculpting(fine... need to eat tonight ;))

I think this night village people will try to burn me again... heeeeeeeeeeeelp!

[hoku]

Weather in SD's really nice. Someone said something about carne asada and carnitas, or Mexican food is really good in San Diego.

Well if you think Mc Donalds is quality American Food, by all means.

There are millions of mexican fast food joints all variations of Latino names ending in -berto's . . . some good, some crappy.

El Indio's is good, and Ancira tamales rocks. . . .

SD has so much to do. Any sport . . . we've got it, from paragliding to golfing . . . Lots of restaurants . . . Zoo, Naval Bases, even chances to help out the homeless.

Weather is very nice. Nightlife is good. Touristy stuff, and Baja Calif is short distance (careful in Mexico and bring lots of bribe $$ and someone fluent in Espanol)

I like the part about in the winter, you can surf in the morning, and in the afternoon drive 2 hours and snowboard at local ski resorts. Or the variety of climes and weather conditions.

Oh and surf is the best, the only thing keeping me here.

Outside of that, expensive cost of living, over population, fast track to becoming Los Angeles II, coffee job waiting every college graduate, and looming fact of every job you're applying for has forty some odd people with twice as much experience, education, enough personality and charism to land acting gigs up in Hollywood, and skill sets as you do.

And given the fact the local government likes to suck by choosing to do things like lavishly spend money on a new stadium, upgrade a modern convention center, while our 1920 water and sewer system needs replacement, then hit up the taxpayers for the services.

Yes like those guys that put fancy rims upon a 1978 pinto. Chrome, and the car is dirty and dented, breaks 102 emissions laws, with sun faded paint job. But the rims look spic and span, and really nice.

Like I said, the only thing holding me here is the surf.

[amphex]

uh..youd probably have to go out and get some Birkenstock sandles and Abercrombie and Fitch collared shirts (Unless your a girl of age 10 or younger, in which case it would have to be a A&F Tshirt with some sexually implicit slogan on the back) at the local mall. Then have your mom buy you a mustang and drive around acting cool.
Then upon realization that there is nothing to do in my town, you would go to someones basement, and listen to Guster and/or Phish.

Can you tell that I dont like life?
Namely my own?


EDIT:
PS : Yes, I realize that I sound all too cheesily 16, even for being 16.

[Duchess]

Johannes & Orban, You guys need to move! :bars:
Where I live Ya never know wether it's gonna pour or Bake ya to death, We have poor voting:rolleyes: , Immigrants pouring in on a daily basis, Bad drivers, lots of accidents caused by them bad drivers, lots of canals, alligators roaming into peoples yards, mosquitos galore, MIAMI (self-explanatory):barf: , The Keys:beer: :flower: :btu: , downtown Ft.Lauderdale is good for Art shows, concerts, plays and museums and club hopping.
I've lived here 95% of my life and it's overcrowded with the wrong kinda people for the most part, but all in all it's not that bad, just wouldn't mind the country for a change.
Was in Asheville, NC recently (where the Blueridge Parkway is), It was Gorgeous

[OLSEN]

I live in Sweden in a town called, Malmö. (or Malmoe if your computer cant handle the swedish alfabet).

Its fairly big by swedish standards with a population somewhere around 300 000.

Eating: My place, i share a sweet flat with three friends, and all of us are great makers of food. I would recomend my vegetarian lasagna with cashew nuts, indian spices and enough cheese to stop your heart in an instance. Im not rich enough to have eaten at any of the finer places in town, but theres pizzashops and falafel places to be found at almost every street.

Seeing: Theres some fine parks around, and if youre into evenly tanned blond people, Sweden is the place to visit.

(and now im thinking about giving up the whole artist thing and devote my life to turist information..)

[fish~]

old topic :P..
gotta say hawaii..is unreal if you can afford to waste all your time with hot girls and the beach..avoid the tourist traps you can find those anyware...


after 7 years in oakland, CA the only good thing i can say is the .....um....Hawaii is awsome

[AfroLaxMan]

i live in AUstin, and been here most of my life. This is a place of great music, even better mexican food (but here, it's called tex-mex, because anything mexican about it has been bastardized all to hell), and even better margarhitas. this is also a place where most game companies just sort of fade away... But it is becoming more stable as more people mover here to work in high tech (semi conductors, Dell, and 3 decent "big game" companies, although, each company seems to be spreading rumors that the other is about to go under).
It is hot during the summer, and excellent during spring and fall. Tons of stuff to do here, and there is always someone partying their ass off, and usually more than willing to invite you along.

a good place, Austin is.

[Andrew]

A small city/large town (pop 25,000), in SE Iowa. Not a great deal to do here. There are several good traditional Mexican and Central American restaurants. We have a large Hispanic segment of the population. Nearby, there are several good state and county parks for camping, hiking, and fishing. Ottumwa is close to Fairfield, which is a large art community, and has several good galleries. It is also close to the capital of Des Moines, and to Iowa City (Univeristy of Iowa).

We also have a good Community College, a growing City Arts Council, and a fairly active gaming culture (cards, CCG, Board, rpgs, and wargames).

Andrew

[LiL QoH]

I live in Huntginton Beach California.. we're known for our beaches and surfing! :]

[fixx]

Bostonians! So cool :) I just moved here, but lived here last semester. I'm actually in Brighton, but take the T and im in Boston in 10 minutes.
My fave place is downtown Boston, around Faneuil hall (Yes, I've been to the Black Rose as well) but I love Cambridge and my own neighbourhood too.
How about a convention/get-together thingie in Boston in the summer? :D