What Type of Environment do You Like and Dislike?

[eiszeit]

For me, I'd say beaches are one of my favorite locations. I can totally relate to Kapitan, when he says he likes deserted beaches. Give me a deserted, quiet beach any day of the week over the crowded one on Jersey Shore! I love being there and standing at the water's edge, looking out at the horizon. Currently, I feel like it's the closest I have to 'home', Germany and the like. I like the little shore towns, too, and the boardwalks.

I like forests, but not as much as beaches. I love forests in the autumn or winter; springtime and summer, not so much. I love mountains, I like seclusion and quiet.

For some reason, I really, really like abandoned buildings. Any old thing will do - house, office building, hotel, farms, etc. - but my absolute favorites are abandoned hospitals, mental asylums and mansions. I'm not entirely sure where this comes from, if it comes from anything at all... and you'd think I'd want to stay as far away from hospitals as possible. XD

I really shouldn't like places like Las Vegas or Atlantic City as much as I do; they're sleazy, they're shady, they're kind of gross and pretty much the epitome of everything I should hate... but there's some irresistible quality to them. I think it's the emphasis on a hedonistic sort of lifestyle while you're there; back then, he was very much into the Weimar Berlin club scene.

As for places I don't like... city sprawl, definitely. I don't think I'd be very happy in California, except when I'm at the beach. There's something about the way that the houses are all so small and boxy and confining... it rubs me the wrong way. At least in Vegas or AC, they try to cover up the sleaze... just barely, but they try to! XD

Conversely, I'm not such a big fan of wide open areas. I feel too vulnerable and out in the open in them, and I always look for cover whenever I'm in them. That, and I'm not such a huge fan of ticks. Wide open areas tend to have tall grass, tall grass tends to have ticks, ticks tend to have lyme disease. Soooo no skipping through the meadows unless there's A LOT of bug repellent on me.

And this is very, very specific, but I have always loved Paris. Never been there in this lifetime, but I love Paris. Pictures of it either cheer me up or horribly depress me, usually both at the same time. I want to travel there eventually, and I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to deal with it. I'll either love it and never want to leave, or I'll get depressed and only stay a few days there and never, ever go back. All I feel is that it's going to be the source of a few very intense emotions.

[kapitanprien]

eiszeit:For me, I'd say beaches are one of my favorite locations. I can totally relate to Kapitan, when he says he likes deserted beaches. Give me a deserted, quiet beach any day of the week over the crowded one on Jersey Shore! I love being there and standing at the water's edge, looking out at the horizon. Currently, I feel like it's the closest I have to 'home', Germany and the like. I like the little shore towns, too, and the boardwalks.

Ah - I hear you on that! I'd love to live in a little shore town compared to this place where I happened to find myself - rural Pennsylvania. Not that it's bad or anything, but it isn't 'me' - it's just not the type of environment that is suitable for me in every way shape and form. I know some would say I should be thankful I'm not in the middle of Iowa...but that doesn't help the situation either.

I like forests, but not as much as beaches. I love forests in the autumn or winter; springtime and summer, not so much. I love mountains, I like seclusion and quiet.

Forests are nice...but I really only care for them if there is a waterfall...being the 'water nut' that I am. ;D In the area where I live there is a state park that has a waterfall: www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/rickettsglen.aspx

I also enjoy seeing the wildflowers grow in forests too. I was fortunate to see Lady Slipper Orchids grown in a forest in the town I live in!



For some reason, I really, really like abandoned buildings. Any old thing will do - house, office building, hotel, farms, etc. - but my absolute favorites are abandoned hospitals, mental asylums and mansions. I'm not entirely sure where this comes from, if it comes from anything at all... and you'd think I'd want to stay as far away from hospitals as possible. XD

I actually think they are neat too - if they're old ones. There is so much artistic potential in them - using them for reenacting photo-shoots is one idea I keep thinking of.

I really shouldn't like places like Las Vegas or Atlantic City as much as I do; they're sleazy, they're shady, they're kind of gross and pretty much the epitome of everything I should hate... but there's some irresistible quality to them. I think it's the emphasis on a hedonistic sort of lifestyle while you're there; back then, he was very much into the Weimar Berlin club scene.

*laughs* I know what you mean! I've read some good books on Weimar Berlin last year. If you're interested I could list a few. I spent my 'Weimar time' in Hamburg mostly...that is, when I was actually on land.

As for places I don't like... city sprawl, definitely. I don't think I'd be very happy in California, except when I'm at the beach. There's something about the way that the houses are all so small and boxy and confining... it rubs me the wrong way. At least in Vegas or AC, they try to cover up the sleaze... just barely, but they try to! XD

Same here.

Conversely, I'm not such a big fan of wide open areas. I feel too vulnerable and out in the open in them, and I always look for cover whenever I'm in them. That, and I'm not such a huge fan of ticks. Wide open areas tend to have tall grass, tall grass tends to have ticks, ticks tend to have lyme disease. Soooo no skipping through the meadows unless there's A LOT of bug repellent on me.

I love wide open areas - out at sea mainly though. I feel like I can 'breathe' in areas like that.

And this is very, very specific, but I have always loved Paris. Never been there in this lifetime, but I love Paris. Pictures of it either cheer me up or horribly depress me, usually both at the same time. I want to travel there eventually, and I'm not entirely sure how I'm going to deal with it. I'll either love it and never want to leave, or I'll get depressed and only stay a few days there and never, ever go back. All I feel is that it's going to be the source of a few very intense emotions.

Oh I can do Paris! Many of us U-Boat crewmen spent time there. I managed to find a tea company that has an interesting history:

www.us.kusmitea.com/en/

I bought their Green Bouquet and the Rose Green Teas - I need to get more Green Bouquet though...that's very good! ;D

[eiszeit]

@kapitan: I completely understand you about the environment being "you". Where I am doesn't exactly suit me right at the moment, but it works for now. If you get a chance, check out some of the quieter shore towns along the Jersey coast -- Lavalette and Point Pleasant are pretty nice, from what I can remember.

Oooh, very pretty orchids. You are certainly fortunate to find them; I haven't seen lady's slippers in the wild, only in bouquets and pots and the like. There's a park around where I am, with a long waterfall (goes down the entire side of a mountain) and if you follow it, leads to this absolutely huge lake at the top of the mountain. I'm not describing it very well, I know, but it's gorgeous... It's probably one of my favorite places to be around here.

Yeesss! If I had a decent camera and some film, I'd poke around the old hospitals and take some pictures. Photoshoots in old abandoned buildings seem like they'd be fun, both for the photographer and for the subject.

Recommend away! I've been wanting to read about the old Weimar Berlin clubs and all; I have vague recollections of the El Dorado (at least, I'm nearly positive it's the El Dorado), and I want to see if any of my memories are correct. Plus, it's just an interesting era; I'd love to learn more.

Wide open areas... you can definitely breathe out there, and I like the freedom! But at the same time, it's like... too much freedom, if that makes any sense. No clearly defined boundaries. You'd think I'd like that after last time

And I'm going to have to look into that tea company; I'm kind of curious now! Might order some, I'm intrigued by the green tea/spearmint infused with seaweed...

[kapitanprien]

@kapitan: I completely understand you about the environment being "you". Where I am doesn't exactly suit me right at the moment, but it works for now. If you get a chance, check out some of the quieter shore towns along the Jersey coast -- Lavalette and Point Pleasant are pretty nice, from what I can remember.

I'm kind of wary about NJ due to the current political situation - both the right and the left are driving me nutz right now. Where I live is more 'right' leaning, and I don't want to wind up in the other extreme either where common sense goes out the window. I need to be in a place where things are 'removed' as best as can be from all the craziness of the situation. That's why I like Delaware's coast. It's quiet - although I haven't been there in 4 years, and only got to experience a small amount, I liked what I experienced.

I'm just sick of the politics and religion (I live in a small town with 22 Christian places of worship in its tele. listing - no offense to Christians or Christianity...but I am SICK of being around ONLY that! If there were less churches, it wouldn't be so bad...but 'spiritually' I feel like I'm suffocating. And I wasn't the only one that feels like this I learned. On an old forum I used to belong to, someone actually brought up the same sort of feeling due to the 'religious beliefs' of that area. It's an 'oppressive' sort of feeling.

Oooh, very pretty orchids. You are certainly fortunate to find them; I haven't seen lady's slippers in the wild, only in bouquets and pots and the like. There's a park around where I am, with a long waterfall (goes down the entire side of a mountain) and if you follow it, leads to this absolutely huge lake at the top of the mountain. I'm not describing it very well, I know, but it's gorgeous... It's probably one of my favorite places to be around here.

Oh that's neat.

Yeesss! If I had a decent camera and some film, I'd poke around the old hospitals and take some pictures. Photoshoots in old abandoned buildings seem like they'd be fun, both for the photographer and for the subject.

;D

Recommend away! I've been wanting to read about the old Weimar Berlin clubs and all; I have vague recollections of the El Dorado (at least, I'm nearly positive it's the El Dorado), and I want to see if any of my memories are correct. Plus, it's just an interesting era; I'd love to learn more.

Ok - I'll have to go to the Amazon site and do a search because that's how I got titles and rented them via inter-library loan in the town library. I can't remember the titles off hand so I have to do the search and view the contents, cover. etc.

There is a really good one though that I feel everyone here should read that I CAN remember off hand - Before the Deluge, Otto Friedrich:

www.amazon.com/Before-Deluge-Portrait-Berlin-1920s/dp/0060926791

( I added others in this thread in addition to the one above:

soulreconciliations.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=wwiipastlives&action=display&thread=224&page=1 )

Wide open areas... you can definitely breathe out there, and I like the freedom! But at the same time, it's like... too much freedom, if that makes any sense. No clearly defined boundaries. You'd think I'd like that after last time

I actually feel more comfortable in the 'no boundries' type of area - but I guess that comes from being out at sea probably longer than I've been on land - when I could.

And I'm going to have to look into that tea company; I'm kind of curious now! Might order some, I'm intrigued by the green tea/spearmint infused with seaweed...

I never tried that - but I bought the round tins, when I got mine, and it might not look like much by the weight, but there is quite a bit of tea in the round tins - the price was 'fair'/'decent' for the amount of tea. I also reused one of the tins to keep my crystals in.

[Laurasia]

Hi Prien.

I'm just sick of the politics and religion (I live in a small town with 22 Christian places of worship in its tele. listing - no offense to Christians or Christianity...but I am SICK of being around ONLY that! If there were less churches, it wouldn't be so bad...but 'spiritually' I feel like I'm suffocating. And I wasn't the only one that feels like this I learned. On an old forum I used to belong to, someone actually brought up the same sort of feeling due to the 'religious beliefs' of that area. It's an 'oppressive' sort of feeling.

I think that many of us who live in more rural areas feel that way a lot of the time.

Sincerely,
Laurasia

[Miss Bothmann]

Mar 28, 2011 16:43:37 GMT -5 Laurasia said:

Hi Prien.

I'm just sick of the politics and religion (I live in a small town with 22 Christian places of worship in its tele. listing - no offense to Christians or Christianity...but I am SICK of being around ONLY that! If there were less churches, it wouldn't be so bad...but 'spiritually' I feel like I'm suffocating. And I wasn't the only one that feels like this I learned. On an old forum I used to belong to, someone actually brought up the same sort of feeling due to the 'religious beliefs' of that area. It's an 'oppressive' sort of feeling.

I think that many of us who live in more rural areas feel that way a lot of the time.

Sincerely,
Laurasia

I hear you. Though I see nothing wrong with these places of worship, there should be a little more variety..especially for those of us who cannot just go to the local sangha.

[kapitanprien]

Yeah...it does nothing to help my isolation (which is due to a number of factors). I'd probably do fine in a Unitarian Universalist place of worship...but the thing that makes me the most wary of opening up is being a 'walk-in'...

[doctorwhat]

i HATE water. being in water, under water, on the water, etc. i like looking at water from far away, like the ocean. and i've lived near water for 99% of my life (all but 1 year in Georgia). i was born in a hospital room where you could see the ocean. but i HATE water. ad was in the Navy, and my husband's in the Navy. and i cant swim.

i like looking at mountains, but not being within the wilderness of mountains, or wilderness at all for that matter. if you want to go camping, i'm not your best bet if you want to get out of the wilderness alive lol. i'm not a survivalist, and i'm pretty sure i'd lead us to drink at parasite-infested water and eat poison berries lol.

not too big on hot humid weather, or the tropics. i like temperate climates, not too hot or too cold. i like looking at glaciers.

i'd say the bigger the city, the better. i love cities, crowded cities. i've never been, but i like the look of French & Italian countrysides and Moscow, and the old timey German looking towns, like in Bavaria.

[doctorwhat]

Mar 25, 2011 20:53:44 GMT -5 eiszeit said:

For some reason, I really, really like abandoned buildings. Any old thing will do - house, office building, hotel, farms, etc. - but my absolute favorites are abandoned hospitals, mental asylums and mansions. I'm not entirely sure where this comes from, if it comes from anything at all... and you'd think I'd want to stay as far away from hospitals as possible. XD

same here i LOVE abandoned buildings. especially asylums and hospitals and mansions too. there's Waverly Hills TB Asylum that's like 45 minutes away (i think Ghost Hunters did a special on it, it was 1 of those types of shows) but it's too expensive so i havent been

[kapitanprien]

Re DrWhat: Oh I love being out on the water, under the water (which is incidentally my little sort of 'hidey hole' - submerging in the water for rest) and do hope to move closer to the coast...so I can see either the Atlantic coast or Delaware Bay at the very least!