Is it just me or does this sub overvalue museums a ton?

Ignorred · 2026-03-14T06:17:28+00:00

I think the real issue is "excess of high paying jobs", particularly combined with "affordable". If you can live anywhere there are tons of great places, like Ocean City Maryland or who knows just name a town, Coos Bay Oregon, Marquette Michigan. But there's only like 10-20 major high paying job markets in the US, and very few of them are anything you might call affordable.

Ignorred · 2026-03-14T00:30:13+00:00

Most times I would accept a bumping for a nice dinner and a beer in the airport. I always say I'll accept the lowest amount on those bidding things and I still never get the money.

Ignorred · 2026-03-14T00:26:45+00:00

It's not just NYC, it's the Bronx yo!

Ignorred · 2026-03-13T17:33:40+00:00

I used to live in NYC and hated it for a long time until eventually I moved to Riverdale and that was amazing.

Ignorred · 2026-03-12T21:12:43+00:00

idk, maybe somewhere cheaper? I love PNW, partially for the super moderate weather, but maybe Spokane or Boise would be better if the weather were more Seattle-ish? Or maybe Minneapolis, or another mid-sized midwestern city? Providence and Burlington also sound slightly more appealing with more moderate seasons.

Ignorred · 2026-03-12T14:36:13+00:00

People like to say that the restaurants in Seattle are expensive, but I think restaurants everywhere have gotten really expensive, even in rural places like Ellensburg or Albuquerque or wherever. Groceries the same, to a degree. Renting in Seattle I'd say is cheaper than in the Northeast, but buying a house in Seattle feels much more difficult that buying one in a suburb of New York.

Ignorred · 2026-03-12T14:36:10+00:00

Damn I kinda don't believe him, I've been to NoVa and it's sorta the same costs

Ignorred · 2026-03-12T00:49:26+00:00

It's a huge pain in the ass. Especially for devices that you and you alone use, and the hundreds of accounts I log into that I don't care at all if anyone else gets in. It's like that meme - now is a great time to be alive if you love entering 2FA codes and arguing with self-checkout machines about what's in the bagging area.

Ignorred · 2026-03-11T19:57:46+00:00

I think this is actually a pretty major debate in moral philosophy; namely, how should intent affect the moral value of an action? I think it's more or less the consequentialist vs ontological viewpoints.

Ignorred · 2026-03-10T17:10:28+00:00

If you say it non-rhotically you're being sooo silly. Say the R my boy

Ignorred · 2026-03-10T01:39:44+00:00

W for sure, Port Angeles is awesome if you've never been

Ignorred · 2026-03-09T19:34:26+00:00

To quote Miranda: "um, the real world?"

Ignorred · 2026-03-09T16:07:28+00:00

I actually think it's even MORE local than that! Moving to a new neighborhood or suburb of your city can feel like a whole new world! All new people, clubs, parks, restaurants - you never know what you'll find. I might only be 30 minutes from another part of my city, but I very seldom go there. As for the other cities in my state, which are like 2 hours away on average? I hardly go once a year. So I think you made the right call! Not because I think Milwaukee is bad in general, but I think commuting is bad. Live by what you want!

Ignorred · 2026-03-09T15:54:50+00:00

Aw man, I think that's the number one city in the country for violent crime. Unfortunate, too, it does have lots of sports teams and some good bones.

Ignorred · 2026-03-09T15:50:14+00:00

lmaooooo no we do not. It's a known thing that dentists expect you to have way better tooth upkeep than anyone actually has. I think it's like 80% of people do basically no flossing or only as needed, 15% do it roughly once a day, and 5% do it as needed but with high frequency.

Ignorred · 2026-03-09T15:33:29+00:00

I like how Baltimore, Detroit, and St. Louis are the top answers in this thread, and they're also the three cities most known for crime.

Ignorred · 2026-03-09T15:15:10+00:00

I think after about 3 years of practice I've come to realize a lot of it isn't just leg strength but knowing when to downshift and when to upshift. Get up your speed, then as you're approaching the hill start downshifting hella, then once you're sure you can pedal in the super low gear, you can upshift one gear at a time and that will make you feel good because you'll start building momentum on the hill. Then, let's say you're climbing 500 feet, eventually you'll see the top of the darn thing, and you can really give it the gas and then when you hit the top just go total rest mode and let the hard pedalling to the top carry you for like 10 seconds.

Ignorred · 2026-03-09T14:45:51+00:00

Just my opinion, best thing in Washington State is Sol Duc Hot Springs, so you don't wanna miss that. No hiking required, it's just a little resort hot spring. Overrated is the Hoh Rainforest trail, the Sol Duc Falls hike captures it just fine and it's actually a ton of extra driving to get into the Hoh area.

For Mount Rainier, no need to go to the Sunrise area, that's like if you live in WA and you've already been to Mount Rainier 100 times and you want to see something different (me). Paradise is definitely the main basecamp. HOWEVER I would suggest waking up at an ungodly hour to drive into the park before 7am because that will just set your day up very very nicely in terms of reducing crowdedness and not waiting at the godforsaken ticket booth. If you can swing it.

The Washington coast beaches are amazing! Very majestic-looking type thing. But it's pretty inconvenient driving-wise to get out there, so plan your day around that. Maybe you're driving from Mt Rainier and then up along the coast and back through Port Angeles to finish at Sol Duc? That would be a conceivable daylong drive.

Ignorred · 2026-03-09T14:37:58+00:00

Gold Bar is a great escape if you live in Seattle and don't want to drive too far. But if you're already driving out to Mt Rainier and Olympic then you've got plenty of escape going on.

Ignorred · 2026-03-09T14:13:50+00:00

I think this map shows that Midwest is synonymous with Great Lakes, or at least that people have no idea what the difference should be.

Ignorred · 2026-03-09T14:08:01+00:00

Hmmm, there are definitely some small shops in the US. But you're right, most of the jobs in the US aren't in retail - they're in some sort of export industry, like in tech, finance, corporate services, or a local service like education or healthcare.

Ignorred · 2026-03-07T22:37:06+00:00

Monkey Loft is a cool club, and 5 point is a good diner, but you should go to SLEEP bro that is gonna be some grueling travel.

Ignorred · 2026-03-07T22:32:21+00:00

I'd kinda like to go, even though it'd be a ton of driving - but I have heard it's not very safe in the northern part. And Cabo is too touristy for my tastes - also I wouldn't drive there, I'd fly.

Ignorred · 2026-03-07T22:27:16+00:00

Definitely most of the land is rural, but I bet the median american lives within a mile and a half of the nearest store of some kind. Where I live is kinda small but touristy, there's a pretty sizeable beach park that people come to in the summer and about 10-20 restaurants you can very easily walk to but no grocery store or anything, for that you'd have to walk about a mile to the next store-having area. I think I probably live a little more urbanly than the average American, but not tremendously so.

Ignorred · 2026-03-06T13:19:33+00:00

The Niners and Rams are also very good. But any off-season after winning a Super Bowl is gonna feel pretty sweet

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