Topic: Hey there american GW'ers! (Read 5942 times)

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that isn't necessarily true.  I know plenty of college students who have used trains to commute long distances for like travel or going home over breaks etc.  A lot of the younger generation without access to cars or have to share cars, etc don't use them.  IT just so happens to be though that if you are traveling with a group that is larger than yourself, it is rarely more cost effective to use a train vs. a car if you are going on a long distance trip.
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that isn't necessarily true.  I know plenty of college students who have used trains to commute long distances for like travel or going home over breaks etc.  A lot of the younger generation without access to cars or have to share cars, etc don't use them.  IT just so happens to be though that if you are traveling with a group that is larger than yourself, it is rarely more cost effective to use a train vs. a car if you are going on a long distance trip.

dont you live in the northeast though? that's really the only region of the country with any kind of practical rail system
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I've seen loads of films of american prisoners laying railway tracks... why did ya bother?
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yeah pretty much what ryan said about trains. Trains are kind of like cheap land versions of cruise ships around here in the deep south.
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last time i checked i could take a bus to DC and back twice for the same price as taking a train to DC. i live literally 5 minutes from an amtrak station. DC is only a 4 hour drive from my house
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America rules. If you ever find yourself near Denver, lemme know. Hope you have a great trip, dude.
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dont worry it mostly was. theres a few cities worth visiting in the american south, new orleans, savannah, austin, uhh. there's af ew more i'm sure haha. i've lived in the south entirely too long and i fucking hate it and hte people, so dont mind me. the usa blows unless you enjoy fat disgusting retards
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of course I'd bone velfare, somebody needs to have GW BABIES (foget iof it's a boy obviously). I've tried to hit on the girl I'm going with, but I'm not her type, though back in January, half the uni thought we were a couple (at a comedy show, the comedian picked on us because he thought we were obviously a couple), but meh, we're good friends. Hopefully we're moving in together in Denmark in september (whe's gunna do her masters there, and i dont care about my future aslong as i can play guitar and draw pictures of Doctor Who)

this is really cool, like I'd love to meet with you people in the area. I don't really inttend to engage in political discussion with people, so I should be alright on that front. I don't even do that here, as most people I know are 'moderate' liberals, which to me is wayyy to right-wing, so I am used to keeping to myself :)

we were gunna book the flights yesterday, but she's gone on a skiing trip in france, so hopefully we will book em when she comes back, but MANNNN is is expensive! Like, I will end up spending the next few months bankrupt just to go on the trip (but she is so hot that it's worth it)

obv I am kinda POLITICALLY jaded towards America, like blaghhhh, but as an englishguy, I would like to see what real rural america's like, because oover here it's painted in this romantic sepia tone, and we see things through our elitest media outlets. And the whole idea of the bible belt both scares and intrigues me. I'm a staunch athiest, yet also new-age hippy (I use string./brane-theory to justify how music can help us reach enlightenment, i am that much of a pretencious cunt) and so the whole idea of a MASSIVE AREA where everybody is like cletus from the simpsons is like soooo alien to me, and interesting. And also, I am intrigued by southern patriotism, and as my current artworks are inspired by Endtimers and their whacky beliefs, it all seems interesting.
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there is a certain romance to the southern lifestyle, its there but its buried under lots and lots of ugly things.
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If you're looking for expanses of bible thumping rednecks, you'll need to travel further away from the cities probably. Or attend a southern baptist church service, you'll find them there. I have s baptist stepfamily in Grand Prairie, and at christmas they were praying for a liquor store to close down because its location was once the location of a christian book store (which closed down on its own). Oh and my stepmom refuses to wear pants to church because she's a woman. Austin, Denton, New Orleans, maybe Dallas but I haven't really spent that much time in Dallas outside of Deep Ellum, but these are not places that are traditionally full of quaint southern folk, and the outlying suburbs are generally just less hectic versions of the major cities. Look for the towns on the map with ridiculously low populations and you might be able to find it.
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there is a certain romance to the southern lifestyle, its there but its buried under lots and lots of ugly things.

yeah if you have a thing for fat people and racism
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no dude we have our Atticus Finchs they're there just too few and far between
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Yeah there are definitely good bits you just have to go through tons of really bad bits to find them.
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What part of England do you live in, London is it? I was born and raised in the Southern US and I plan on visiting London this Summer so it's sort of like a person from each region is sort of swapping out to see how the other lives. Anyways, the Southern US wouldn't be a part of the country that I'd highly advise you to visit since it's basically the worst part of the country. I know that foreign perception of the US can be pretty harsh and basically the South takes most of these stereotypes and amplifies them.  I haven't done as much traveling as some other people and I know that northerners usually have this idea of southern hospitality which isnt always true but it does seem that sometimes we may be a little more open to random conversations with strangers than our northern counterparts. The South is mostly one giant cesspool but there are few bastions of normality to visit but take that from someone else whos actually more experienced than I am as I cant give you any specifics.

But yeah, you're not only entering into the Bible Belt, but also the unhealthiest region of the states, probably the most crime-ridden, and also the dumbest. I live in the state of North Carolina which isnt really the deep south so it's usually tolerable but I dont see myself living here for too long into adulthood. Anyways, good luck, stay safe, post pics, etc!
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DC'S nice; so is Northern VA. My home city, Fairfax - one of those suburbs earlchip so reviles  ​ - actually has some history as it was tangled in the Civil War. A few early battles were fought there though you wouldn't know it from the way Manassas steals the spotlight. Mind you my sympathies lie with the North all the way...
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If you're backpacking and don't mind not having the privacy of your own hostel room check http://www.couchsurfing.org/. It's a community where people offer each other couches to sleep on when they're travelling, I've done it a few times and can recommend. If you're interested I can tell you more, you can probably get a couch even if you just created your profile, there's all sorts of stuff about verifiying your indentity and getting reviews etc. but really it's not an obstacle. Especially if you're trying to find the less rednecky people around there, couchsurfers are a pretty good bet, and they often have good tips about what to see and do around where they live.
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again, this is kind of bizarre to me. to americans, hostels are a european/foreign thing. there aren't many, and they're pretty far apart unless you're in the northeast or the west coast. might have some luck couch surfing if there any hosts in the area
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Really, no hostels? That kind of sucks. Hostels are a great way to meet people while on a trip, whereas hotels are just little jail cells that you can sleep in for a night before moving on.
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If you are travelling on a tight budget where do you sleep?

I quickly checked and there seemed to be plenty of couchsurfers around the area, so it shouldn't be hopeless, especially if you don't have strict plans on where you need to be and when.
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best western or holiday in or those quintas

your pick
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