[JJ Rodriguez]

Originally Posted by The Dark Wolf

^ Yep.

Chill out a bit, Frenchy. JJ wasn't making blanket generalizations about Montrealians or whatnot. He was just passing on information.


It's not like the honor of all Quebec is at stake here or something. So, in a word - chill.

Whoa, we were still being cival I appreciate the sentiments though, because now I take it you want to bear my love children, but me and PSP are cool. It's probably just a matter of 2 different sets of people, and these guys working low paying jobs so the boss's are just sketch bags who are just looking for any outlet for their aggression. I still felt it needed to be said though, because I don't know what kind of career he would be picking up if he moved to Montreal, and I respect PSP's defense of his home city. Now let's all get together for a group hug, and never mind the hands on your bum...that's just the Canadian way...

[kmanick]

ah............. back on topic....
How about the Carolinas? (specifically south)
there seems to be a thought that they are up and
coming and would be a good place to relocate to.

[Naren]

Originally Posted by Jason

Your such a smart ass.. Ya I meant thinking

I also totally agree 100% it chaps my ass when people expect everyone to speak english when your outside the US. Actually I think it's bullshit that alot of Europe speak there native language and english and here in the US were like "We only speak english and if you don't speak english your shit"

I think immigrants should learn english AND by the same token I think in school we should learn a second english say.. Spanish?

Well, most schools do teach a second language, but the US education system isn't that great. I learned Spanish for 3 years at a private school and I can still read it to a small degree (can't really speak practically any of it), but I was actually trying to forget it. There weren't too many native Spanish speakers where I lived and I had no plans on moving somewhere where there were.

It's a good idea to learn another language just because it makes you a better rounded person, but some people just aren't interested in it. All Japanese learn English for 5-6 years in junior high and high school, but there are very few Japanese who can speak functional English. My girlfriend learned English for about 6 years in school, but she can't speak it or read it practically at all. A lot of it has to do with motivation and whether you actually plan on using it or not.

And, yes, I am a smart ass. I think most people should know that by now.

Originally Posted by JJ Rodriguez

Whoa, we were still being cival I appreciate the sentiments though, because now I take it you want to bear my love children, but me and PSP are cool. It's probably just a matter of 2 different sets of people, and these guys working low paying jobs so the boss's are just sketch bags who are just looking for any outlet for their aggression. I still felt it needed to be said though, because I don't know what kind of career he would be picking up if he moved to Montreal, and I respect PSP's defense of his home city. Now let's all get together for a group hug, and never mind the hands on your bum...that's just the Canadian way...

I understand PSP's point of view (because he's a PlayStation Portable!!!) and I agree that Montreal is too big of a city to be stereotyped like that, but just like JJ, I too have known a lot of Americans who have gone to Quebec and been discriminated against - either for not being able to speak French or for being American. They don't know why they were being discriminated against, but they were. My parents went on vacation there when I was 3 years old and at one restaurant, they waited an hour while people who had arrived after them were seated ahead of them and some of the people there pretended to not be able to speak English (but then soon afterwards found out they spoke fluent English).

So JJ is not talking out of his ass here. And you can't blame it on the people being discriminated against. "If they treated you bad, it's because you're a bad person." Maybe the people treating you bad are assholes. In a city of that population, not everyone's gonna be Mr. Rogers.

I would defend Tokyo if someone said "I went to Tokyo once and they were all assholes." But I wouldn't claim, "If you were discriminated against, it was your own fault." There are people here who discriminate against foreigners and I run into them every now and then. That doesn't mean that everyone's that way or even that most people are that way, but those people are here. And I know there are those people in Montreal.

I assume that Playstopause does not run with that crowd. He's a really nice guy and a film director, so I'm guessing that everyone he knows is completely different than the jerks that the people me and JJ know have run into.

[Zepp88]

Originally Posted by kmanick

ah............. back on topic....
How about the Carolinas? (specifically south)
there seems to be a thought that they are up and
coming and would be a good place to relocate to.

That has been a passing consideration. Though I have a problem with the south, the "Redneck/White Trash Per Square Mile Density" I'm in too dense an area as it is

[garcia3441]

I also looked at Washington and Oregon.

[Zepp88]

Originally Posted by garcia3441

I also looked at Washington and Oregon.

Isn't Oregon where Variant ended up? I think he settled somewhere around there?

[garcia3441]

Originally Posted by Zepp88

Isn't Oregon where Variant ended up? I think he settled somewhere around there?

I think he wound up near Portland.
You and I are in the same boat, we're trying to get the hell away from where we are.

[Zepp88]

Originally Posted by garcia3441

I think he wound up near Portland.
You and I are in the same boat, we're trying to get the hell away from where we are.

Yeah, I think I'm as frustrating as I am frustrated though, since I'm not quite sure what I want.

[garcia3441]

Originally Posted by Zepp88

Yeah, I think I'm as frustrating as I am frustrated though, since I'm not quite sure what I want.

Oh I don't know.

Before cancer: I was set to buy 4 apartment complexes (1 in Honolulu, 1 in Portland, and 2 in Seattle) and have millions in debt, but with rents have more than enough income.

Since cancer: My credit is shot and I have no idea what I'm gonna do. The only thing I'm sure of is that I am going to get as far away from Arkansas as possible.

[Zepp88]

Well, you kicked cancers ass and that is

As far as the credit...mines useless as well..