I'm thinking I'll take French first, and I'm slightly nervous, since it's been quite a few years since I've taken a French class. :S I've actually been wishing I could go back and take French again, but with my German so far along and as close to burn out as I already am, any further delay would be a very bad idea. Although I have discovered through my starts and stops with German that you can pick stuff up again pretty easily. Good luck with it.
Hell, I think something like 80% of the population in Canada lives within 100 miles of the US/Canadian boarder. It's beautiful up north, but it's really cold, and can be very expensive. I think I remember reading a statistic to that effect somewhere. But since anywhere above that is just incredibly inhospitable, I can kinda understand. I know if I had to be holed up in my home for weeks on end because the snow was that high, it would drive me mad. Although I did catch a few episodes of Ice Road Truckers back when it was on TLC (I have no idea if y'all got that show or not) and it looked interesting. Granted, they drive huge ass trucks through it, so...
Yesss! I win at LJ, I can make people talk and talk. Of course, it's not that hard to do between us. Also, I just realized how really badly I split the comments in "half" so I'm gonna rearrange.
God, it's not just you. Most of North America is going the route. I have noticed that. Although while I was in NYC last year, I got to ride on the subway and I really didn't mind it. I don't know if it was just because of timing, but it wasn't all that crowded and it wasn't as dirty as people say it is. I know subways aren't always feasible (here, we have really hard clay beneath us, so digging is an issue), but that doesn't preclude a good bus system. In College Station, Texas A&M University has a good shuttle bus system that could be used to sort of model (I'm sure there are other good systems, too, but that's the one I know). Unfortunately, it would take something of an attitude shift on the part of the population to really achieve.
Oh god, if I do move here, you're really going to have to keep an eye on me for things like that. I don't know how much of an issue it really is since I've never used it and the only information I have may or may not be all that reliable. But I do tend to be more aware of stuff like that simply because I'm soon-to-be law enforcement and I expect crap like that to happen. I'm the one whose going to be teaching anyone who spends any length of time in my home how to shoot my weapon (once I have one, of course) because I want them to be able to use it if something catastrophic happens and they have no choice.
Okay...I think that's a better split. Let's try again.
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I've actually been wishing I could go back and take French again, but with my German so far along and as close to burn out as I already am, any further delay would be a very bad idea. Although I have discovered through my starts and stops with German that you can pick stuff up again pretty easily. Good luck with it.
Hell, I think something like 80% of the population in Canada lives within 100 miles of the US/Canadian boarder. It's beautiful up north, but it's really cold, and can be very expensive.
I think I remember reading a statistic to that effect somewhere. But since anywhere above that is just incredibly inhospitable, I can kinda understand. I know if I had to be holed up in my home for weeks on end because the snow was that high, it would drive me mad. Although I did catch a few episodes of Ice Road Truckers back when it was on TLC (I have no idea if y'all got that show or not) and it looked interesting. Granted, they drive huge ass trucks through it, so...
Yesss! I win at LJ, I can make people talk and talk.
Of course, it's not that hard to do between us. Also, I just realized how really badly I split the comments in "half" so I'm gonna rearrange.
God, it's not just you. Most of North America is going the route.
I have noticed that. Although while I was in NYC last year, I got to ride on the subway and I really didn't mind it. I don't know if it was just because of timing, but it wasn't all that crowded and it wasn't as dirty as people say it is. I know subways aren't always feasible (here, we have really hard clay beneath us, so digging is an issue), but that doesn't preclude a good bus system. In College Station, Texas A&M University has a good shuttle bus system that could be used to sort of model (I'm sure there are other good systems, too, but that's the one I know). Unfortunately, it would take something of an attitude shift on the part of the population to really achieve.
Oh god, if I do move here, you're really going to have to keep an eye on me for things like that.
I don't know how much of an issue it really is since I've never used it and the only information I have may or may not be all that reliable. But I do tend to be more aware of stuff like that simply because I'm soon-to-be law enforcement and I expect crap like that to happen. I'm the one whose going to be teaching anyone who spends any length of time in my home how to shoot my weapon (once I have one, of course) because I want them to be able to use it if something catastrophic happens and they have no choice.
Okay...I think that's a better split. Let's try again.