Cry me a river.;)
Sofia, Bulgaria here, and am I the only one that cares to post here? *goes to look at map*
If the unthinkable happens you should also consider moving here (another from Australia - City of Adelaide).Great to hear, because if the unthinkable happens this November (and it is entirely within the realm of possibility), that is one place I'd consider moving.Great Britain...
Living here is... Well... Great!
Living somewhere where Humanity and its institutions are mostly good, trustworthy, and competent, but it's the natural world that's constantly plotting to destroy you...would be a change of pace, I'll admit. Europe might still be my first choice, though.
Anyone have anything to say about "Brexit?" I know it's complicated, but I kind of feel like it would be a move in the wrong direction. In a time when Big Business, Big Theocracy, and Big Muscle are trying to force us to believe "these are the End Times, War Is Forever, the Age of Miracles Is Over," the EU, when you really think about it, is nothing short of a big, real, modern-day MIRACLE that screams "Yes We Can" louder than President Obama ever could.
Also, are we quite certain that at least a large percentage of Britons who support Brexit aren't just doing so because it sounds like something that might be good to put on their morning toast? Because I'd heard about how the BNP tried to rebrand themselves using Marmite's official slogan....
As far as moving to get away from the possible apocalypse in November, heading North is a possibility. We Canucks are a friendly people and the social conservatism and other nuttiness (mostly) stops at the border. The only thing that might mess that up is if certain people have War Plan Red the 21st century version in their back pockets. Of course if that happens, the Brits, Aussies and Kiwis might not be in great shape afterwards either.
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As far as moving to get away from the possible apocalypse in November, heading North is a possibility. We Canucks are a friendly people and the social conservatism and other nuttiness (mostly) stops at the border. The only thing that might mess that up is if certain people have War Plan Red the 21st century version in their back pockets. Of course if that happens, the Brits, Aussies and Kiwis might not be in great shape afterwards either.
They probably do, but if they actually tried to act on it, things would get utterly hideous very quickly - like, bleak Cold War-era visions of World War III finally coming true. Hopefully there are closeted independent rational thinkers buried deep somewhere in our Military-Industrial Complex who would be willing to say no and maybe even turn the guns around at the right moment, like the Red Army had.
Canada would be great, I'm sure, but there is the issue of "it's what everyone would think of, and the rush would be horrible" - whereas my mother briefly lived in Australia in the 1970s, and liked it. Also, we've been to Europe, and we were pretty impressed with (in particular) France and the UK. As stands, maybe we'd go to Scotland or Ireland - we have old friends in Ireland, and my father picked up an affinity for scotch (whereas I think Oak-a-Cola is a drink that everyone ought to try once and just once).
Ulthar, Dreamlands.
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Once more, with FEELING!:
USA...
-...But Not Particularly Happy About It: 5
-...But Refuses to Admit It: 3
-...But a Suspected Secessionist: 3
-...Bordering On Our Resource-Rich But Disaster-Prone TMI Territory: 11
-...And Maybe a Bit Too Enthusiastic About It: 8
-...And Suspiciously Taciturn About It: 4
-...But Not For Much Longer: 3
-...True-Blue, Red-Blooded, White-Hat Citizens Remaining: 12
-...But Not Happy About It At All - Happiness Is Mandatory, Citizen!: 1
-...in Sum Total: 50
Denmark Hamletopia: 2
UK The Little Island That Could (So It Did): 21
Poland: 2
South Africa: 1
Italy: 3
Australia F***EN 'STRAYA!: 9
Sweden: 2
Canada: 8
UAE: 1
Germany Oliver Hardy: 7
France Stan Laurel: 5
New Zealand Middle-Earth: 4
Osirion Egypt: 1
Finland Coolesteverland!: 4
The Netherlands: 3
Mexico: 2
Chile (not so much a country as a vertebral column for a continent): 1
Planet of the Action Figures Taiwan: 1
Ethpaña: 2
Israel (Please clear the runway!): 1
(Somebody cry for us!) Argentina: 1
Norway Snoreway: 2
Slovakia (ancestral home of Jesse Ventura James George Janos!): 1
RUSSIA!: 1
Magenta? Columbia!: 1
Bulgaria: 1
Croatia
St. Johnsbury, VT, USA
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Dublin, Ireland
Question for the British: How long does it take to traverse the length of Albion (by various means)...and what effects might Brexit have on that (to say nothing of the Chunnel)?
Tough question to answer, actually.
Probably about 8/9 hours by car from London to Edinburgh (never done it myself), but 1.5 by plane. Train is 4-5 hours. Thing is, it depends where you're actually going, and if you want to go from (say) Oxford to Aberystwyth (less than half as far), 5 hours in the car, 8 on trains, and no possible flights.
Until Brexit settles down no way of knowing the impact.
Hamilton, NJ (the one near Trenton)
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Question for the British: How long does it take to traverse the length of Albion (by various means)...and what effects might Brexit have on that (to say nothing of the Chunnel)?Tough question to answer, actually.
Probably about 8/9 hours by car from London to Edinburgh (never done it myself), but 1.5 by plane. Train is 4-5 hours. Thing is, it depends where you're actually going, and if you want to go from (say) Oxford to Aberystwyth (less than half as far), 5 hours in the car, 8 on trains, and no possible flights.
Until Brexit settles down no way of knowing the impact.
Apparently, from Land's End to John O'Groats, i.e. the length of the whole UK, takes:
* Two to three months to walk
* Nine days by bicycle
* Eleven and a half weeks by horse
* 8 days, 10 hours and 9 minutes by wheelchair
* 21 days by skateboard
* 12 hours 30 minutes by car
* 22 hours, 10 minutes and 30 seconds by JCB excavator
* Five days by ride-on lawnmower
* Two weeks, eight hours and thirty minutes using over 60s free concessionary bus pass.
* 46 minutes 44 seconds by McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phantom.
This probably actually belongs in the Did You Know? thread, and also probably tells you bugger all, but there you go.
Just for sake of clarification, move my pin to Middleton, TN.
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Happy Bastille Day to all the French pathfinders out there. :-)
Viva la France!
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Four months later, and I'm still the only one from the land of Beer, Cheese, and DnD.
Sad Captain Yesterday. :-(
Four months later, and I'm still the only one from the land of Beer, Cheese, and DnD.
Sad Captain Yesterday. :-(
Pffft, at least you have relatively close neighbors!
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Hamilton, NJ (the one near Trenton)
That's a fairly nice part of 'Jersey! Spent a bunch of time in Hamilton a couple years back, working with another office on some technical stuff.
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Apparently Canada refuses to acknowledge the Aerican empire, which puts me in Toronto. I will have vengeance.
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It's that time again:
USA...
-...But Not Particularly Happy About It: 5
-...But Refuses to Admit It: 2
-...But a Suspected Secessionist: 3
-...Bordering On Our Resource-Rich But Disaster-Prone TMI Territory: 11
-...And Maybe a Bit Too Enthusiastic About It: 8
-...And Suspiciously Taciturn About It: 4
-...But Not For Much Longer: 3
-...True-Blue, Red-Blooded, White-Hat Citizens Remaining: 14
-...But Not Happy About It At All - Happiness Is Mandatory, Citizen!: 1
-...in Sum Total: 51
Denmark Hamletopia: 2
UK The Little Island That Could (So It Did): 21
Poland: 2
South Africa: 1
Italy: 3
Australia F***EN 'STRAYA!: 9
Sweden: 2
Canada: 9
UAE: 1
Germany Oliver Hardy: 7
France Stan Laurel: 5
New Zealand Middle-Earth: 4
Osirion Egypt: 1
Finland Coolesteverland!: 4
The Netherlands: 3
Mexico: 2
Chile (not so much a country as a vertebral column for a continent): 1
Planet of the Action Figures Taiwan: 1
Ethpaña: 2
Israel (Please clear the runway!): 1
Argentina: 1
Norway Snoreway: 2
Slovakia (ancestral home of Jesse Ventura James George Janos!): 1
RUSSIA!: 1
Magenta? Columbia!: 1
Bulgaria: 1
Croatia: 1
Ireland: 1
Come one, come all! I know we've got more out there! It's a small site, after all!
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True dat. I live about 40 miles from one of my cousins, who is in a village called Kineton. About a third of the way along my route to visit her, I pass a... village called... Kineton.
We have the same problem, although generally much farther apart. Driving to visit friends in another state, we passed at least two Springfields.
Purely for accounting purposes (no map-pin update needed):
Brooklyn, NY aka God's Borough not questionable Queens - spawning ground of the Trump
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Dunedin, New Zealand...it's not as cold as they say it is.
I just hope no one thinks that Senator Sanders has a Vermont accent.
After what we went through with Palin and national perception, Alaska knows no mercy on that front. Sorry.
That's a bit charitable.
Oh yah there, you betcha she watched to much of dat dare Fargo at da fish fries, don't cha know, yah!
I just hope no one thinks that Senator Sanders has a Vermont accent.
Yeah, the Vermont accent is way more ridiculous...
*ducks*
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Actually I always thought of that as the "Great Lakes states" accent.I just hope no one thinks that Senator Sanders has a Vermont accent.After what we went through with Palin and national perception, Alaska knows no mercy on that front. Sorry.
Maybe a Midwest / western Great Lakes accent? I know that the eastern half of the Northern Cities Vowel Shift is particularly grating, and doesn't have much in common with Palin's accent.
According to some people who either do this for a living or have way too much time on their hands, Palin actually does have a regional Alaskan accent. Alaska's a pretty big place, after all.
I just hope no one thinks that Senator Sanders has a Vermont accent.Yeah, the Vermont accent is way more ridiculous...
*ducks*
According to some people who either do this for a living or have way too much time on their hands, Palin actually does have a regional Alaskan accent. Alaska's a pretty big place, after all.
And Wasilla IS terrible, it's true.
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Clearly, it's time for an update:
USA...
-...But Not Particularly Happy About It: 6
-...But Refuses to Admit It: 2
-...But a Suspected Secessionist: 3
-...Bordering On Our Resource-Rich But Disaster-Prone TMI Territory: 11
-...And Maybe a Bit Too Enthusiastic About It: 8
-...And Suspiciously Taciturn About It: 5
-...But Not For Much Longer: 3
-...True-Blue, Red-Blooded, White-Hat Citizens Remaining: 14
-...But Not Happy About It At All - Happiness Is Mandatory, Citizen!: 1
-...in Sum Total: 53
Denmark Hamletopia: 2
UK The Little Island That Could (So It Did): 21
Poland: 2
South Africa: 1
Italy: 3
Australia F***EN 'STRAYA!: 9
Sweden: 2
Canada: 9
UAE: 1
Germany Oliver Hardy: 7
France Stan Laurel: 6
New Zealand Middle-Earth: 5
Osirion Egypt: 1
Finland Coolesteverland!: 4
The Netherlands: 3
Mexico: 2
Chile (not so much a country as a vertebral column for a continent): 1
Planet of the Action Figures Taiwan: 1
Ethpaña: 2
Israel (Please clear the runway!): 1
Argentina: 1
Norway Snoreway: 2
Slovakia (ancestral home of Jesse Ventura James George Janos!): 1
RUSSIA!: 1
Magenta? Columbia!: 1
Bulgaria: 1
Croatia: 1
Ireland: 1
WAKEY-WAKEY, WORLD! STAND UP AND BE COUNTED!
Question for the British: How long does it take to traverse the length of Albion (by various means)...and what effects might Brexit have on that (to say nothing of the Chunnel)?Tough question to answer, actually.
Probably about 8/9 hours by car from London to Edinburgh (never done it myself), but 1.5 by plane. Train is 4-5 hours. Thing is, it depends where you're actually going, and if you want to go from (say) Oxford to Aberystwyth (less than half as far), 5 hours in the car, 8 on trains, and no possible flights.
Until Brexit settles down no way of knowing the impact.
Apparently, from Land's End to John O'Groats, i.e. the length of the whole UK, takes:
* Two to three months to walk
* Nine days by bicycle
* Eleven and a half weeks by horse
* 8 days, 10 hours and 9 minutes by wheelchair
* 21 days by skateboard
* 12 hours 30 minutes by car
* 22 hours, 10 minutes and 30 seconds by JCB excavator
* Five days by ride-on lawnmower
* Two weeks, eight hours and thirty minutes using over 60s free concessionary bus pass.
* 46 minutes 44 seconds by McDonnell Douglas F-4K Phantom.This probably actually belongs in the Did You Know? thread, and also probably tells you bugger all, but there you go.
These will of course all be shortened a bit if the Scots decide to have another go at independence.
WAKEY-WAKEY, WORLD! STAND UP AND BE COUNTED!Map update #2-1
Slightly miffed my marker's ended up in the sticks out on the Vara plain. ;-)
Another Kiwi here, greetings from the Manawatu, New Zealand!
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As of right now the densest concentration of forum members on the map by far is located in England, with a distant second being the United States' Northeast megalopolis. Other concentrations of members are currently found in Australia's New South Wales, the United States' Mid-Atlantic and Upper South regions, New Zealand, Finland, Germany, and Europe's Low Countries.
Don't mind me, I'll just soldier on. Alone.
Don't mind me, I'll just soldier on. Alone.
Only one forum member in Wisconsin, and only one (other than staff members) anywhere near the Paizo headquarters.
Maybe start having Paizocon in London? Or New York? Wait, no, that's a terrible idea. Forget I even mentioned it.
Don't mind me, I'll just soldier on. Alone.
*Miles And Miles Of Bloody Alaska