First Time in A Metropolis

[Dosensuppen]

I always lived in a small town in Kentucky. Been there for a whole 18 years. Recently, I went to college in Nashville.

So for a half a year I lived in Nashville, but only recently got to explore downtown -- no car, and all that. It was interesting for me. Felt like an actually city seeing street performers and hobos. All of this felt like the real metro experience. I:
1. Got hit up by a street performer
2. Saw a bum sleeping under some bridge like structure
3. Saw another bum sleeping on a bench.
4. Saw the after maths of a wreck from an overpass.
5. Saw a the AT&T Building up close, thoughts went STRAIGHT to falling off of it.
6. Saw some rather good-looking chick posing for photos. Guess she was some model or something.
7. Some assumingly drunk guy started randomly talk to the photographer saying "Take my photo."
8. Went to a McDonalds around there, the Drink Fountain was busted and we got our drinks from 2 liters.
9. While at McDonalds, some retarded kid kept talking to a random person there saying "Walt Disney's Classic, he Jungle Book, and The Jungle Book 2!" Which, at first, I thought it was some foreign kid trying to sell movies -- I assumed he had limited English skills. That was until his mother told him to sit down.
10. Gave fifty cents to a one armed bum.

Yup, was definitely an interesting first experience. Metropolis - Freakshow!

So, how about you? What was your first big city experience like? Or, have you lived in metropolises your whole life?

[IncendiaryProduction]

Long live Dixie.

[Valjylmyr]

I live in the suburbs, and I went to New York City last year. It was awesome until we went to Chinatown. Fucking crowded there.

[Dosensuppen]

At 2/22/11 08:45 PM, IncendiaryProduction wrote: Long live Dixie.

Meh... I've never really connected with the Southern thing. Just never cared for it. I'd do well in New York -- fitting in, I mean. Just walk fast and look pissed off.

[keldoclock]

I've lived in New York for the last 10 years.

Do I win?

Chinatown.... I don't mind chinatown but damn it smells like fish there. ALL THE TIME. I generally stay away from it, there's good ramen and stuff but anything else in the stores is either crap or something like hardware stores and you could just as easily get that in your neighborhood. Apartments there are a bit cheaper then elsewhere in the city but moving in would be a little weird, what with me being white and all.

Anyways, what I tend to find is that most cities are pretty much the same, London, New York, Shanghai, Moscow, Dubai, the differences are minor and stuff. There are going to be more homeless because guess what, it's freakin expensive to live in a city. Particularly NYC.

:You pretty much have to choose between a 15min-2hr commute(Living in Brooklyn/Bronx/Queens/Staten Island),(Less if you take a car, probably. Traffic might screw you over on that account though) or 800k for a tiny studio apartment where you can see the entire house from your bed.

[Loki]

I've always been in a huge city.

Yep.

[zalecot]

At 2/22/11 08:44 PM, Narcissy wrote: So, how about you? What was your first big city experience like? Or, have you lived in metropolises your whole life?

I have lived in a little town all my life, except for a three month period between my juinor and senior years. I spent that time in Japan, particularly the Kanto Pefecture. Dear lord Tokyo is insane, I've visited new york, and it was like that on steroids, except everything was done to the absolute extremes.

It was a crazy and fun three months, also, finding japan gear is a lot easier when its the norm instead of habing to go to specialty stores.

[Dosensuppen]

At 2/22/11 09:16 PM, zalecot wrote: Dear lord Tokyo is insane, I've visited new york, and it was like that on steroids, except everything was done to the absolute extremes.

Well, by most statistics, Tokyo IS the largest city in the world. New York ranks 3rd.

[Gunner-D]

Drunk, poor, retarded. The best parts of metro.

[IAmCrystalHeights]

Wow really? How small of a town? A big difference between a small town in Kentucky and a larger city is that a small rural town probably has little to no minorities in it. I'm half-Chinese so I'd probably stick out in a classroom in rural Kentucky.

But the first time I've been to a big city was probably when I was one year old to San Francisco. I've been there plenty of times and have been to LA and San Diego. I'm going to Shanghai, Beijing, and possibly Hong Kong this summer. Cities are cool though I'd prefer living in a suburb near a city so the city life doesn't get too old or just in case it doesn't put too much pressure on me.

[Dosensuppen]

At 2/22/11 09:22 PM, EddyFromEEnE wrote: Wow really? How small of a town?

Well, take a look at this. It'll give you the idea.

I'm going to Shanghai, Beijing, and possibly Hong Kong this summer.

Lucky.

[Light]

I've lived in Los Angeles my whole life, so it's nothing special to me.

[Dosensuppen]

At 2/22/11 09:26 PM, Narcissy wrote: Well, take a look at this. It'll give you the idea.

Oh, and keep in mind that's a 2000 census, the town has grown out a bit, but it's still relatively white people town.

[Dosensuppen]

At 2/22/11 09:31 PM, daethdrain wrote: Seems like any normal to me.

Well, yeah. I went there expecting drunks and hobos.

[RacistBassist]

No drugs? No street violence? No sirens? No shifty looking folks?

[IAmCrystalHeights]

At 2/22/11 09:26 PM, Narcissy wrote:

At 2/22/11 09:22 PM, EddyFromEEnE wrote: Wow really? How small of a town?

Well, take a look at this. It'll give you the idea.

I'm going to Shanghai, Beijing, and possibly Hong Kong this summer.

Lucky.

I also might go to Tokyo this summer I mean... nothing. Just kidding.

;)

[SN0WC0NE17]

I went to Chicago last year for a field trip to a museum and it was quite amusing. I saw some of the tallest towers of the city and I went to the top floor in one of them. I also tasted some of the best hot dogs I have ever had! At the museum, I saw famous paintings/sculptures that only appeared in the museum. Overall, a great experience compared to living in a suburb.

[Dosensuppen]

At 2/22/11 09:32 PM, RacistBassist wrote: No shifty looking folks?

Well, there was that.