Posted by alexandra_k on August 13, 2013, at 21:36:23
In reply to Re: To all legal residents, non US citizens of the US » Partlycloudy, posted by Phillipa on August 13, 2013, at 21:05:13
When I first moved to Auckland I was staying at a friends house. On the outskirts of a particular suburb that is adjacent to the city. It was a little far for my tastes (for my feet injuries, to tell you the truth). A solid 40 minute walk over a not-negligable hill.
The suburb grew on me, though. A main street running through it... Cute houses. Cute houses, yeah. Over time I thought to myself... It is kind of cute and pretty. The main street had lots of independent cafes and shops more generally. Local designers. Local produce. Local fabrics. Not many chain stores.
A friend visited on his way out of the country to Adelaide... He said 'oh, you like this do you?' and laughed. I can be very naieve sometimes... It is the dream, you see. I was informed: That is the dream. One of those cottages in Ponsonby. The young couple success story. The tiniest are over a million dollars. That is the dream.
So I guess I wasn't the only one who noticed it was pretty as a picture and peaceful, yeah.
Perhaps one of the things I liked so much about Canberra... Was the lack of all those people who thought that Sydney or Melbourne were so very much better. There was a lack of pretentiousness. Some of the conversations I overhear sometimes rub me up the wrong way...
Also... I like to wear trackies. And I can't be bothered blow drying my hair (to tell you the honest truth I'm incapable of blow drying it so it looks alright - it either statics up to a frizz or needs to be ironed straight which looks freakish on me, I need some natural wave). I'm not really going for the pretty as a picture look... So... I need people to not think of me as ruining the scene at the very least... Canberra is full of grads... It is mostly that, I think. You can always talk about what they studied, or ask them about how their government department works ahahaha.
Apparently Chapel Hill is a dream to, of course. A University town, top 50, better half of that... A job there would be a dream, of course. For a great many people.
I suppose people have similar enough tastes. Sigh.
What a shame.
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