1 reason to live where i live

**krese** · 02-29-2008, 10:36 AM

just thought i'd share this:

in the firebird/ws6 thread somebody posted a topic about how bad the snow was in their area and how poeple who live in warm climates should be happy.... then i started to say how i live in a messed up place that is the "snowiest" city in the US and how the weather goes from -20s in the winter to 100s in the summer with damn near 100% humidity.

i ended my post going... why the F do i stay here?? and after thinking about it i came up with this as ONE of the reasons... i live only about 10 miles from it and sadly i really don't visit it enough:

how often do you see such a place? i can only imagine the reaction of the first native americans to see it or the first europeans to see it... it looks like a tropical sea in the middle of a forrest...

this is a VERY rare lake in the world.. read up if you like:
wiki Green_Lakes_State_Park

this spring i'll go and take good pics if anybody has interest

**Neo** · 02-29-2008, 11:24 AM

Other side of the story, though...How often do you think you can look at that? In the Winter I'd assume it's not much to look at.

This coming from a Buffalonian who just can't fucking wait to get outta here.

**Spaz** · 02-29-2008, 11:27 AM

ummm duh... because that water is to clear and people can find the bodies... hello?!?!

now on the other hand... the skuykill river in philly... prime spot!!!

**Nhra Firebird** · 02-29-2008, 11:32 AM

Originally Posted by Spaz

ummm duh... because that water is to clear and people can find the bodies... hello?!?!

now on the other hand... the skuykill river in philly... prime spot!!!

I like to bury all my dead bodies in the swamps

**Spaz** · 02-29-2008, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by Nhra Firebird

I like to bury all my dead bodies in the swamps

i got a swamp (for real) behind my parents house... about a mile in it there is these areas where the water looks shallow cause of the leaves that are about 2" under the water... make the mistake of walking on there and you might not come back up... cause of the sticks in there it's like being under an icy lake...

**Neo** · 02-29-2008, 11:35 AM

Originally Posted by Spaz

ummm duh... because that water is to clear and people can find the bodies... hello?!?!

now on the other hand... the skuykill river in philly... prime spot!!!

Or Lake Erie...Or as I call it, Lake Sludge. You could be right on the beach, at the edge of the water, and you couldn't see your feet, it's disgusting. The smell of it, too....Oh dear god, I'd rather sandpaper the asshole of an aligator in a phonebooth than have that gunk enter my body...

**Ryans99LS1** · 03-01-2008, 10:24 AM

Been swimmin in lake erie since i was a kid and im not a mutant yet haha. The smell is pretty bad in spring when all those damn dead fish wash up though and its sad when they close the beaches cus of biohazards hahaha. And actually i made that thread he's talking about. I absolutely love it here, i love snowboarding and all that but it just sucks when you have a nice car you wanna drive.

**SeVeReDiStOrTiOn** · 03-01-2008, 11:17 AM

whoa...that water is really blue

**GTP231** · 03-01-2008, 03:52 PM

Originally Posted by Spaz

ummm duh... because that water is to clear and people can find the bodies... hello?!?!

now on the other hand... the skuykill river in philly... prime spot!!!

Home sweet home

***doberman 152*** · 03-02-2008, 07:04 AM

Originally Posted by Neo

Or Lake Erie...Or as I call it, Lake Sludge. You could be right on the beach, at the edge of the water, and you couldn't see your feet, it's disgusting. The smell of it, too....Oh dear god, I'd rather sandpaper the asshole of an aligator in a phonebooth than have that gunk enter my body...

and you never went tubing in lake erie like everybody else?

**Neo** · 03-02-2008, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by doberman 152

and you never went tubing in lake erie like everybody else?

Why would I do that? So I can get some fresh syringes thrown up into my ass?

**GTP231** · 03-02-2008, 10:10 AM

Originally Posted by Neo

Why would I do that? So I can get some fresh syringes thrown up into my ass?

Its why I avoid the Jersey shore myself

**FSANE** · 03-02-2008, 05:13 PM

There is Blue/Green water here in NY ????? WTF?

**krese** · 03-02-2008, 06:35 PM

Originally Posted by FSANE

There is Blue/Green water here in NY ????? WTF?

not sure if you are kidding or not but if you have never been out of the city to visit upstate i'd suggest it... it is a whole different world up here....

**FSANE** · 03-02-2008, 07:04 PM

Originally Posted by krese

not sure if you are kidding or not but if you have never been out of the city to visit upstate i'd suggest it... it is a whole different world up here....

I was serious.

Damn Hudson river and Coney Island the only (nasty) water I seen in NY.

**Neo** · 03-02-2008, 07:13 PM

That's pretty much the only blue/green water in NY. It's supposed to be really, really rare.

Trust me, upstate NY is a shithole. I'd bet that Lake Erie is worse than your hudson.

**Zedicous** · 03-03-2008, 07:12 AM

Originally Posted by krese

just thought i'd share this:

in the firebird/ws6 thread somebody posted a topic about how bad the snow was in their area and how poeple who live in warm climates should be happy.... then i started to say how i live in a messed up place that is the "snowiest" city in the US and how the weather goes from -20s in the winter to 100s in the summer with damn near 100% humidity.

i ended my post going... why the F do i stay here?? and after thinking about it i came up with this as ONE of the reasons... i live only about 10 miles from it and sadly i really don't visit it enough:

how often do you see such a place? i can only imagine the reaction of the first native americans to see it or the first europeans to see it... it looks like a tropical sea in the middle of a forrest...

this is a VERY rare lake in the world.. read up if you like:
wiki Green_Lakes_State_Park

this spring i'll go and take good pics if anybody has interest

You being in NY have no ideal what humidity is..

**00 formula** · 03-03-2008, 09:12 AM

Originally Posted by Ryans99LS1

Been swimmin in lake erie since i was a kid and im not a mutant yet haha. The smell is pretty bad in spring when all those damn dead fish wash up though and its sad when they close the beaches cus of biohazards hahaha. And actually i made that thread he's talking about. I absolutely love it here, i love snowboarding and all that but it just sucks when you have a nice car you wanna drive.

+1
I haven't touched the car since early November, moved it out of the garage for a few hours on Saturday to get some stuff moved around and man was it nice sitting in it again, can't wait for April.

**basballny2** · 03-03-2008, 09:16 AM

didnt know places like that existed in new york

**Neo** · 03-03-2008, 09:54 AM

Originally Posted by Zedicous

You being in NY have no ideal what humidity is..

Ohhhhhhh hellz yeah we do!

All that "Lake Effect Snow" in the winter that we get from the Lakes turns into 95% humidity during the summer. Can't go outside without breaking a sweat.