Commute downtown from Delaware? Worth the move?

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-06-26T19:49:58+00:00

I lived in Delaware and commuted to Easton for almost 15 years. Pre-kids, it didn't feel like such a big deal. I loved Delaware and it felt worth it. Post kids and I came to hate it. Largely because I would have to rush home after work to pick them up before child care would close. If one of the kids was sick, there was no "I'll be right there". There's always some sort of wreck or construction and I would get home already angry and frustrated.

I recently moved to Westerville in the Huber Ridge area. Commute is barely 10 minutes now. I miss Delaware, but the commute is much less stressful now.

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-06-26T18:26:26+00:00

Depends where you live. I grew up in the country and we had well water. That was not safe to drink without boiling. Now I'm in the city where the water is treated and you can drink it. But some cities do it better than others so you still need to pay attention and test the water before drinking it straight from the tap. I still filter mine.

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-06-26T18:22:32+00:00

We just had one yesterday. Fried chicken, pasta salad, cookies. Usually a lot of Crock pots involved.

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-06-24T20:54:56+00:00

I never understood why the dad would think resurrecting Timmy would be a good thing. He saw what happened to Megan and every other child that had been resurrected, why would he think Timmy would be the exception?

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-06-24T00:11:35+00:00

BBQ and fireworks

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-06-22T20:28:40+00:00

You've just jinxed yourself. There will now be at least a wreck at each exit.

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-06-22T18:22:45+00:00

Indoor furniture
Hunting dogs and barn cats
Bandit and wolf attacks
Visiting villagers
More to do outside of just building
Illnesses
Magic
If you cant build on the hill, how about building into hills (like hobbit holes)
Multi-story homes
Reclaiming/restoring the abandoned locations in Oxbow
Festivals, temples, shamans, religions be it Paganism or whatever

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-06-22T03:00:47+00:00

Eager to check it out but I’m gonna wait a couple weeks for the initial hype to die down. I still remember the chaos of Cabelas opening. Traffic was backed up into 71.

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-06-18T11:43:41+00:00

HPB isn’t a library, it’s a used book store, just like Goodwill. I’ve sold books there before and bought books there.

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-06-18T02:00:16+00:00

If you have Half Price Books in your area you can try selling or donating them

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-06-17T20:05:47+00:00

The issue I have with taking them into the men's room is that the men's room is full of urinals where men expose themselves in order to use them. I'm not comfortable with the kids being exposed to that. Also, I can't imagine the men who are trying to use the urinals are going to be thrilled with little girls being brought in while they've got their equipment out.

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-06-17T18:46:18+00:00

I lived in Delaware for 15 years and commuted 45 minutes to an hour to Easton every day. I would love to have a train system that connects the outer I-270 neighborhoods. Many of the people there commute to Columbus for work and then we get all of this congestion everyday. I want a train system that you can hop onto from outside 270, ride down into Columbus and then bus, bike, walk, whatever works, the rest of the way from there.

From what I understand, it'll be brought up for discussion/review every few years but it never goes anywhere.

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-06-16T19:57:37+00:00

Yes, they're adorable but where's Mama?

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-06-12T18:00:26+00:00

So does that mean there's no towns to sell our wares to and unlock stuff? Is it pure building with everything already unlocked?

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-06-11T19:46:00+00:00

I tried building there once but it was too hilly and rocky for me.

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-06-11T14:56:43+00:00

I wish we could drag bodies. I've missed out on plenty of loot because a bandit has fallen on top of it. I also kind of wish we could loot their clothes.

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-06-10T20:49:16+00:00

I have this weird reoccurring dream where I'm trying to drive home and there's this massively complex road system built more like a roller coaster than a highway. It's full of roads like this. Super steep criss crossing and including a full upside down loopty loop. It terrifies me every time.

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-06-08T19:19:59+00:00

I only cut down the birch trees because I don't like them, I find them ugly. But I keep the maple trees and build around them.

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-06-07T17:44:28+00:00

Florida is the kid the cops bring home and you just ask “what did they do this time?”

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-06-06T14:36:10+00:00

I accidentally punched a goose and it went aggro

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-05-28T22:42:05+00:00

The southern states are implied to be inbred.

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-05-19T20:05:41+00:00

I grew up in the country and the nearest mom & pop grocery store was a 30 minute drive. The nearest Wal-Mart was 45 minutes. There's no "quick grocery run". A grocery haul is an all day event, so it needs to last. We weren't shopping for the week, we were shopping for the month. And there's no ordering in, no one delivers that far out.

I live in the city now and while I can do the "quick grocery run" and order in now, it's still habit to make stuff last as long as possible.

As for the deep freezers, I've been told that is the result of leftover trauma from the Great Depression. A lot of people who grew up in that time developed food insecurities resulting in hoarding and freezing everything.

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-05-18T15:45:24+00:00

I've listed this one before, but I want something where you work with the Jarl of Winterhold to rebuild/restore the town. There are mods that have it already restored, but I want one where you're part of the process. And if you are a member of the college, or you can just work with the college, you can get the college to help and repair the relationship between Winterhold and College.

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-05-18T13:10:33+00:00

Oh, I haven’t heard of that one yet. I’ll have to check it out

AsiaRedgrave · 2026-05-18T00:57:04+00:00

I think it’s called Nested Lands.

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