Where do you live ?

[tetradite]

Heh, Convetry isn't totally boring Tetradite-if you're into cars, it's a bit of a special place, since it's where atleast half of all the really great British sports car brands were/are based. Such as Jaguar.

 

I live in Australia, a place the locals call "the black valley" due to the fact the whole valley was incinerated some years back in a vast fire. It was stunningly beautiful many years ago, now it's a hellscape, and a horrible testiment to what happens when a government loses control and allows industry free reign. The rseult is a toxic atmosphere full of chemicals from three immense coal fire power stations, a valley floor dotted with coalmines, rivers poluted with toxic chemicals pumped un-regulated from several borderline illegal factories, and a carbon footprint, that if filled with water, could be classed as an inland sea. I absolutely hate it, but I hate my country even more, the shear degree to which it is misgoverned is incredible, as well as the shear lack of morals or intelligent policy. Our government seems to be totally unaware of there being any lasting consequences for environmental damage, or that the not even the upper middle class can afford to own a home. Perhaps the worst part is that most of the bills they've added recently have been either new taxes, or increases to ministoral income(pushing their income now to about four times the average P/A)

 

I have every intention of leaving once my time at university is done.

 

Unfortunately it's that they were based here (or near here anyway), then either fell apart, went bust, moved out, got asset stripped and sold off etc etc (along with a lot of other industry) and nothing really replaced them. Even quite a lot of what's left is a tiny shadow of what it was (e.g MG), especially in terms of people employed. Cars are meh for me anyhow, in my 30's and don't even have a driver's license.

 

Our environment isn't as raddled as yours though, and we don't have any killer wildlife, which is nice :)

[tetradite]

then who am I?? :confused:

I haven't came from the mars, im from middle east and that's in asia

 

Sorry, didn't mean to imply otherwise.

 

It's weird, but I'd always say "the middle east is in Asia", but I wouldn't describe someone from there as an Asian. Difference between continental landmasses and people I guess, even if it's only a distinction in my own head :)

 

It's only really through exposure to Americans that I've started calling people from China, Japan etc "Asian", even though I've always known they're in Asia, because when I was at school and growing up here "Asian" was a word that (at least in spoken English) basically just referred to Indians, Pakistanis and Bangladeshis.

[brokenergy]

Unfortunately it's that they were based here (or near here anyway), then either fell apart, went bust, moved out, got asset stripped and sold off etc etc (along with a lot of other industry) and nothing really replaced them. Even quite a lot of what's left is a tiny shadow of what it was (e.g MG), especially in terms of people employed. Cars are meh for me anyhow, in my 30's and don't even have a driver's license.

 

Our environment isn't as raddled as yours though, and we don't have any killer wildlife, which is nice :)

 

Don't listen to Vin too much, he's too bitter about his life in Aus in general and as a result feels that the government is lousy and inaffective and the nation as a waste. You'll think that Aus is like some sort of nation in Europe, when it's more better off than people here think. At least I don't have to worry about hyper inflation, or a weak currency, or a depression, you know things that can actually damage the budget and economy significantly for the short to medium term but I digress. Besides, all those critters can only attack you if you live north, which you don't.

[tetradite]

Don't listen to Vin too much, he's too bitter about his life in Aus in general and as a result feels that the government is lousy and inaffective and the nation as a waste. You'll think that Aus is like some sort of nation in Europe, when it's more better off than people here think. At least I don't have to worry about hyper inflation, or a weak currency, or a depression, you know things that can actually damage the budget and economy significantly for the short to medium term but I digress. Besides, all those critters can only attack you if you live north, which you don't.

 

I was under the impression that you had big spiders (even "non dangerous" ones, Huntsman I'm looking at you) everywhere.... that's bad enough for me! I'd rather face a lion than a spider...

[brokenergy]

That's called the bird eating spider and it lives in Thailand. Oh no, in Aus, we don't have huge critters, instead we gave all the animals poison to kill a man. A great defence mechanism that can only be found at the north. I live in the middle but still, the north is worse. Croc with poisoned teeth, brids with poisoned beaks and of course, big spiders!

[ashkan33]

australia is creepy man!

Any thing is deadly there espesialy in the water(:deadly jelly fishes,deadly sharks,deadly fishes)i dunno how they even swim.

I don't know if you've ever watched national geographic but there is a guy named dr.mike (who #*!!/\ himself up to test dangerous stuffs)

his creepiest show was when he traveld to aus and I couldn't sleep that night. the creatures were everywhere. :ohdear:

[eodx9000]

Savannah, Georgia, United States of America

[mizdarby]

Plymouth Devon England.

Largely unremarkable city, with perhaps only two claims to fame (of sorts). Sir Francis Drake played bowls on Plymouth Hoe, before kicking some Spanish butt and saving England from being conquered, and The Pilgrim Fathers set sail for America from the Mayflower Steps, which I can see from my flat.

Nothing very much ever happens, no gun crime, virtually no knife crime, probably less than 2 murders a year, no rioting and definitely no poisonous animals (or bird eating spiders). There are however over 200 Pubs, which for a city of it's size is a huge amount, I plan one to of drunk in every single one of them, up to about 74 at the moment.

[ViaFernandez]

Philippines here.

[Ihoe]

Actualy its geographically west of asia

and its technically middle east to be sure! :biggrin:

I can tell by your name from where do you hail. :ninja: