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WCDT 28-32 March 2011 (1891-1895)
Heliphyneau:
Ah, the hyperbole of Penelope. It's ridiculous for her to assume that they'd never see Dora if she's 20 minutes away, but as others here have pointed out, the incidental/unplanned encounters will drop off considerably. This may actually be what Dora needs -- to get out of the Northhampton fishbowl and start running into some people she hasn't been seeing every single day of her life. Even if she doesn't move to Amherst, looking for apartments there could remind her of the obvious fact that the world is much bigger than one town. Perspective = yay!
Plus, think of the art possibilities if she does move -- in addition to a new apartment background for her, we could get to see various cast members in cars/on bikes/riding the flying Roombas. It could be fun!
Alternately, Tai could pull some strings to help Dora get near-campus housing . . .
Carl-E:
...or on campus housng. It's de rigueur that there are usually at least a few non-students shacking up living in the dorms!
Spectreofwar:
--- Quote from: philharmonic on 29 Mar 2011, 06:47 ---I was thinking is this took place here in BC. The shop might be in New Westminster and they would be complaining that she found a place in Surrey. Surrey here also goes by "Slurry" "Sorry" and "Slurvy".
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Hey, another Lower-Mainlander! :D I'm actually often surprised at how lazy my friends are in Vancouver when I moved to New Westminster... I still don't get it. If it takes longer than an hour to walk someplace then maybe I'll use a vehicle, but I feel like I'm the only one going anywhere... >.<
... but if they were complaining about Surrey, they'd have more reasons than geography! *hides*
--- Quote from: Xader on 29 Mar 2011, 09:25 ---And on the note of geographical disbelief, I've personally spoken to Easties who are genuinely surprised to find that it's no longer the "wild west". We have indoor plumbing. We don't fight "Injuns". :roll:
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To be fair, of the American friends I have, both East and Westerners have a few among them who honestly believe that most of us live in igloos just an hour north of the border (in BC, of all places), that the "great Canadian seal hunt" takes place on Vancouver Island, and at least two of them thought that the temperature really DOES drop that much once you're in Canada and THAT's how the Americans decided to do up the borders. True story.
jwhouk:
I've had people think that I live in Canada. I point out that no, I live in the part of the state that isn't north of most of the population of Canada.
At least, not yet. :? :|
Akima:
--- Quote from: JackFaerie on 29 Mar 2011, 13:18 ---All you big-state Westerners who think it's crazy to be able to drive across a state in less than a day, etc etc... should look at a map of Europe sometime.
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I've been a city-girl all my life, and it's amazing how "village-y" city people can be. I was born in Shanghai, which has a population roughly equal to the whole of Australia. I'd never left the city before I came to Sydney, and indeed hardly travelled outside my local neighbourhood. In a big city, everything is right there! Now I live in what passes for a big city in Australia, and it's much the same, with most Sydneysiders staying within surprisingly small territories. I have friends in Newtown who regard me as having made a long journey to see them (it's about 15km). OK, that's partly because people who live in he Inner West regard anywhere on the Lower North Shore as hopelessly unhip and suburban, but mostly it's just the city mindset.
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