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re: Do you ever research all about a random region or city as if you were going to live there?
Posted on 4/30/25 at 7:58 am to UnluckyTiger
Posted on 4/30/25 at 7:58 am to UnluckyTiger
If I ever hear of a city on the news or in a movie, I’ve never heard of. I will always Google it and spend about 10 minutes on its Wikipedia page.
It’s a pretty neat party trick. My wife always says how are you able to make small talk with everybody and I tell her I just ask where they’re from and 9 times out of 10 I will pick up something to talk about from there.
It’s a pretty neat party trick. My wife always says how are you able to make small talk with everybody and I tell her I just ask where they’re from and 9 times out of 10 I will pick up something to talk about from there.
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Posted on 4/30/25 at 8:55 am to UnluckyTiger
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Wherever there's a Whole Foods, you're typically in a good area for at least a mile or two.
On road trips, I use Chick-fil-A as a guide to indicate which exit to stop at for food. Chick-fil-A’s are usually only located in nicer areas.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 9:08 am to turnpiketiger
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Do you ever research all about a random region or city as if you were going to live there?
Yeah I researched Antarctica but they don’t have Canes so I’m not going anymore
This post was edited on 4/30/25 at 9:09 am
Posted on 4/30/25 at 9:24 am to i am dan
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My wife is addicted to Zillow.
I love going to check out Zillow to see what I can get when people are talking about a random place.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 9:35 am to meeple
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One of the night ones of Tokyo has put a strong desire to visit, and makes me wish I lived there.
Wherever Japan is on your list of places to visit, move it up. Recently got back from two weeks there and it was a fantastic trip and a very, very easy place to be, even with the language barrier. They deal with folks do often that don't speak Japanese, that they know how to smoothly navigate communicating with you. It's also a bit sad when you get back and realize that there are so many better ways to do things and that the US is really hampered by a few elements of our society that they culturally just won't allow.
I spent years searching about places, going on Google street view, watching Youtube tourist videos. Always thought I was kind of weird for it.
Another thing I'd do is go watch videos of folks driving around towns. I'd go to places I know really well, like Pittsburgh (my hometown) and see if the video matches up with my local knowledge and see if the "feel" is the same.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 11:31 am to turnpiketiger
Yes. I need to get a life.
I can tell we share similar viewpoints on this because we have started very similar threads lol.
I can tell we share similar viewpoints on this because we have started very similar threads lol.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 11:32 am to Gnash
Just don’t tell them how you know so much 
Posted on 4/30/25 at 11:33 am to Oneforthemoney
Boston is crazy expensive. Idk how they do it.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 11:35 am to turnpiketiger
I look into other former colonial countries but not Europe per se.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 11:36 am to HuskyPanda
Are you an old hippie? Vermont is the last place I would move I think. I think I would take any border town over any town in Vermont.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 12:07 pm to justaniceguy
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Are you an old hippie?
Naw I'm actually a 40 year old black man
Long story short, we try to visit every state and went to Vermont twice. Fall and Winter. Fell in love with the place.
Posted on 4/30/25 at 1:26 pm to BooHoo2
quote:Shreveport
Whole Foods
quote:Laurel MS
Chick-fil-A
Are two outliers to this method I have discovered
We started this years ago preparing for a move. Researching the cities my husband's company has offices in. Now we are redoing it preparing for retirement.
This post was edited on 4/30/25 at 1:27 pm
Posted on 4/30/25 at 1:28 pm to turnpiketiger
All the time
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