Burinn's Vision Quest 2: Electric Boogaloo

[ricky]

California is fun and all, but it's retarded expensive and they have no idea what the world outside of California is like. It's whack how detached they are from the rest of the country.

[Onep]

This. I had money left over from school, my internship/job, and a very frugal lifestyle while out traveling. Leaving your little bubble at home changes you for the better, I'd thoroughly recommend it.

I can't wait to hear more about how it's Trump's fault all you idiots with women's studies degrees can't afford to pay back your $100k loans. It's a real shame they never bothered to teach financial literacy. If I didn't know better, I'd say it was a... conspiracy.

[MagicManICT]

California is fun and all, but it's retarded expensive and they have no idea what the world outside of California is like. It's whack how detached they are from the rest of the country.

Gas is higher, but not by a huge amount. Last time when I was in LA on vacation, back when gas was in excess of $3 a gallon at home, it was only about 20-30% higher out there. In the distant past, when I've travelled to LA for business, food has never been much higher (as long as you want fast food... service restaurants were a good bit more). The vacation we rented a house for about half the price of hotels, and cooked at the house most days. Prices in the grocery stores weren't much higher. It's the housing that gets you. My current home is about $120k market value. Same thing would run you $2M in the Bay area or SoCal. That huge price difference is why cities like NY, LA, SF--well, anywhere in the world with that high a population density--are so much more expensive to live. It means people need to make at least 2-3x what they'd make in Omaha, Nebraska or Birmingham, Alabama or anywhere else there's land to spare.

But for vacations or business trips... it's not really too bad (if you don't figure in hotels and such... it's why couch surfing is so popular, I think.)

As far as detached... that's everywhere you go. People here in the midwest are completely detached from what it's like to live in major areas like that... the traffic, the housing, the different environment, the different social structures. California, "San Angeles" to be precise, is completely different from NY, DC, or Boston. Dallas and Houston traffic is bad when it comes to it, but it's nothing compared to LA or NYC (I refuse to drive NYC). They're still Midwesterners and Texans.

edit: don't mean to hijack your thread, burinn. Hope you had some fun on the travels. I love roaming around myself. Always a good chance to get to see new places and meet other strange, new people.

[Potjeh]

The world is the same shithole wherever you go, so I don't really get the point of traveling. OK, I can sort of get it if you're going hiking or camping or something because nature has some variety to it, but urban areas are all the same.

[azrid]

The world is the same shithole wherever you go, so I don't really get the point of traveling.

sex tourism
can't bang a tree

[Potjeh]

You don't have to travel to find a prostitute, they're everywhere.

[MagicManICT]

You don't have to travel to find a prostitute, they're everywhere.

It's just safer in some places. Still no cure for herpes, and syphilis is becoming antibiotic resistant. Let's not forget the cost... I can fly to Las Vegas* to spend the night with a lady for less than it would cost me locally if I were willing to break the law. I understand the same is true in Amsterdam, too... at least for the richer countries in the EU.

*Pahrump, NV specifically... nice little town in the mountains, like a dozen brothels because it's illegal in the county Vegas is in.

[azrid]

You don't have to travel to find a prostitute, they're everywhere.

But then you cant delude yourself with "I went to find myself".
Clear benefit of traveling.

[Aceb]

Everyone has their own satiations for their own soul. Can personally say the same as Potjeh.
But on the other hand, cool live time Burinn.

I guess as long as nothing "bad" happens and someone is happy with their results, we shouldn't pick our noses too far but it's cool to share experience, opinion and etc.



Cool thread by the way.

[jordancoles]

ITT I learn the best places to pay for sex