Does a place like this exist?

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I can understand extreme weather. I decided to leave Houston due to being involved in the evacuation from Hurricane Rita, in September 2005. It took 19 hours to get to our destination, which was a very small town 100 miles north of Houston (the trip would normally take 2 hours).

Rita ended up missing Houston, and made landfall in extreme southwestern Louisiana.

Tim

I'm convinced

AND WIDDLE JOEYS!

If I spoke the languages of those countries, I would have considered Brazil, Argentina, and Sweden.

Then again, evolution in the U.S. will resume once Bush leaves office, and that gets me going.

Tim

actually, forget the Koalas and Kangaroos, it's those lesser-known animals we have that are really cute...

like sugar gliders...

Two broken images...

But what the hell is that thing?!? It's adorable! Give me one!

Yeah but tell her why all the cars have "cattle catchers" on the front.
What was really amazing about Australian cars was how many El Caminoes I saw . ( is that right, the pick up truck car hybrid the us had in the 70s)
Still I was camping in the outback one week, I woke up in the middle of the night and had the crazy calling to go running off into the desert, evrn though I knew it would kill me.
I settled for skinny dipping at midnight a few days later, my one and only time.
Coober Peady(spell?) the opal town was pretty cool too. All the houses are underground and i went climbing on the spaceship left over from when they filmed Pitch Black there.

The Pacific Northwest is awesomely beautiful, and the people there are wonderful. Vancouver is the best city I've been to in several different ways.

But there are two problems. First, since you mentioned catastrophes, note that the fault lines in California go right up to Alaska. That whole coast is in constant geologic turmoil. That's why it's so darn beautiful.

Second, many places up there such as Seattle can go for over a hundred (even close to 200) days without ANY direct sunshine. That's why they drink so much coffee and have such high suicide rates. That and the loooong winter nights.

Really great otherwise though.

I think Minneapolis matches this very well. It's just a tad cold there in the winter.

Another amazing thing about the Pacific Northwest is that food grows everywhere. My sister was unemployed during the summer but said that there were so many apple trees, cherry trees, filbert trees, pear trees,walnut trees, plum trees and blackberries growing wild that she was exactly starving.

No firefiles out here but some really cute banana slugs. The main reason I live here is because I can't stand high humidity. I like this climate.

Wow I guess sunglasses arent a big seller.
How big a problem is S.A.D. disorder?
(other than the suicides that is.)
Hmm and what about Alaska?
Too cold? Too expensive because everythings imported?
How crowded is the Pacific Northwest?

Yeah, very true about Austin. I haven't been there in about 3 1/2 years, but even the first time I went there in the mid '90s this was true. I'm sure the feelings have only intensified.

The interstates are now busy all the time so, I guess that the Pacific Northwest is catching up to California. SAD is studied a lot by our university hospital. I think it's the main place in the country where they study it but one thing I was surprised to see by so many WP posters is that they don't easily find other AS people. Seems like they're everywhere here.

Interseting. You have any theory why there are so many there?

If there is, indeed a mercury connection, Mt. St, Helens was full of ash and spewed it all over the place. Portland was awash in dusty mercury emissions and the eruption was REALLY COOL! It looked like a giant grey cauliflower in the sky!

Apart from that, I think that the west attracts restless, differently thinking people from parts east. When I lived in Chicago, the pressure to conform was huge compared to out here. Also, I wonder if the people focused on lots of money move to areas where they can make lots of money, even if the scenery is bad and the weather stinks and the people are no fun. Maybe spectrum people want to stim more on nature's beauty.

If you don't mind sometimes cold and snowy winters, Madison, WI may be what you are seeking. It has a big research university at its heart so that is a huge factor.

Yeh Tim, Its called Australia, but now that we've had a change in government maybe we wont be classed as a new US state for much longer.

Actually, Australia is a horrible place, don't come here. No one come here. Stay away. Save yourselves. Leave it to us poor Aussies, we'll take care of it for you. We don't mind the sacrifice. Someone's gotta do it.