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[urbpan]

"...just when you start getting used to being able to walk down the street without tensing every muscle in your body, you get reports of an incoming blizzard. You brace for it, but instead of snow, it rains for 12 hours and then drops to the 20s, encasing the entire city in ice and gutting your hopes for an early spring.
...It's a killer, but Boston beats out warmer parts of the country in other ways. I'd rather be stuck in eternal winter, for example, than to have to stand for a minute in the company of Creationists and people who think the Blue Collar Comedy Tour is funny."
-Joe Keohane, editor of The Weekly Dig. (our alternative weekly paper, from this week's issue)

Can someone out there please refute this? Not because I don't believe it, but because I do. Must I choose between a comfortable social climate and a comfortable weather climate?

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Creationists in Oregon "God's Country"

[aemiis-zoo.livejournal.com]

Awww...did you read all the stuff on my LJ about teaching to lil' creationists? *sigh* The climate here is quite mild. I can't speak for all of Oregon, especially after only having lived here a little over a month. I live in a town of 5,000 though, so I guess it's to be expected. *shrug*
I didn't encounter too many creationists in Jacksonville, Florida (though I am sure there were some out there). Jax is very much a blue collar town though...and you'd be trading an icy tundra for a steamy swamp, where there are 2 seasons, hot and hotter.

Re: Creationists in Oregon "God's Country"

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

I spent a week in February, two or three years ago, in Jacksonville, and I kind of liked it. I remember wading in the ocean, and a woman who was bundled up from head to toe said "You're not from here, are you?"

I desperately want to see Oregon.

I haven't read about you teaching lil' creationists--I'll go look for it.

Re: Creationists in Oregon "God's Country"

[aemiis-zoo.livejournal.com]

It's not all that exciting, and hidden amongst rants. You have been warned. =)