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What is United States of America like?

AIR

AIR

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Probably I'm posting this into the wrong section if so, please move it to the right section.

What is U.S.A. like? I'm thinking of travelling there for 3 months to explore New York city. I've been dreaming of living in Queens, NY with a lovely wife and three children. I'm from Europe and I'm 18 in a month.
 
AIR said:
Probably I'm posting this into the wrong section if so, please move it to the right section.

What is U.S.A. like? I'm thinking of travelling there for 3 months to explore New York city. I've been dreaming of living in Queens, NY with a lovely wife and three children. I'm from Europe and I'm 18 in a month.
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(Hi; I'm in Canada!) :)
 
What is attracting you to Queens? The reason I ask is because it is part of a large metropolitan area. Do you currently live in that type of area in your country?
 
Great question, but I don't think Queen's represents America as a whole lol! It's much different than podunk Nebraska lol!

I can speak for a short stint back in the mid 80's and early 90's when I spent some quality time in Los Angeles. Tell ya what, I'd take 3 months in L.A. than 3 months in the Big Apple! New York is busy, crowded and non stop 24X7. I suppose that would be luring to an 18 year old. But I'd much prefer kicking back on a sunny beach ;)

Hopefully somebody more familiar with Queens can chime in!
 
StoveBolts said:
Great question, but I don't think Queen's represents America as a whole lol! It's much different than podunk Nebraska lol!

I can speak for a short stint back in the mid 80's and early 90's when I spent some quality time in Los Angeles. Tell ya what, I'd take 3 months in L.A. than 3 months in the Big Apple! New York is busy, crowded and non stop 24X7. I suppose that would be luring to an 18 year old. But I'd much prefer kicking back on a sunny beach ;)

Hopefully somebody more familiar with Queens can chime in!
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I'd like to travel across U.S. but settle in Queens. I'm a bit afraid of flying so I'd explore the country by a car.
 
Yeah, not everyone in Queens has an eccentric father/father-in-law living in their basement. Of course if you already have one to bring with you, then more power to you.
 
USA is extremely diverse...

From mountains to desert . I live in California where i live for hundreds of miles around is NOTHING like what folks see on TV...
 
From what I heard New York is not quite representative for the USA. I've never been there my self, but I've been told NY has something very European to it.
 
StoveBolts said:
Great question, but I don't think Queen's represents America as a whole lol! It's much different than podunk Nebraska lol!

I can speak for a short stint back in the mid 80's and early 90's when I spent some quality time in Los Angeles. Tell ya what, I'd take 3 months in L.A. than 3 months in the Big Apple! New York is busy, crowded and non stop 24X7. I suppose that would be luring to an 18 year old. But I'd much prefer kicking back on a sunny beach ;)

Hopefully somebody more familiar with Queens can chime in!
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did somebody mention a beach? yeah theres a down side to that here. its called hurricanes. and well pollution. i will take florida from lore at times. my father in law raced on the beach. they do it in daytona from time to time. oh no but the snowbirds had to ruin it
 
The US has many many many varieties of lifestyles and landscapes. Everything from the busy busy metro areas like NYC and LA and Chicago to rural towns of 100 people with no police, stop lights, grocery store ...

It all depends on what you are looking for really.

My suggestion to you is take your 3 months and drive around. Oh, and I don't know where you're from, but the US is flippin huge. It takes *days* to drive from east coast to west coast. So take the time to go around and see different climates and life styles. If you like having all four seasons and a city life, NYC might not be a bad choice. If you prefer a more summer all the time type climate, Miami or LA. You might find that where you should be is a more rural area. Don't forget to look into the availability of employment and cost of living too.

I was born/raised in Connecticut and have lived all over New England, Nebraska, North Carolina, and now live in Georgia. *WIDE* variety.
 
If I was impressionable, that Sex & The City show would make me despise New York. But that would be so very naive.
 
New York is great if you have a friend there. You can do the touristy thing or you can do the local thing, both are fun. Williamsburg might be a more tolerable experience that is a bit closer to Manhattan. Hour long train rides in the AM stink. Hour long train rides at night are even worse at night when you find out that your train skips your stop cause you aren't express (or you have to wait 30 mins for the train to come). New York is one of the few places that has 4 complete seasons. Winter is very wintery and summer is very much summer. Plan accordingly. During the summer there are many free concerts and events all around. There is a lot to new york, but don't make assumptions based on TV. Very rarely does TV get it right.
 
NYC is closer to Europe. Everything is clumped together. Overpay for everything and live in a closet. Don't need a car to commute. Also can't afford the $30,000 a year parking space. Urine soaked subways. If you drop some food on the street it should go into a biohazard bag for disposal.
 
I wouldn't want to live in New York City. The midwest is sort of neat, though it can get pretty cold.
 
I'm used to cold. In my country we've got 4 seasons and the winter is sometimes very crazy!
 
I'll share a little about the state I live in, Minnesota. Our state has one of the most diverse environments in the country. The northeastern part of the state is our forest region with primarily mixed forest. Low population density. There are areas up there where you can drive for miles without seeing human evidence aside from the road you're on. The northwest part of our state is the Red River valley and the southern end of ancient Lake Agassiz. The land up there is extremely fertile. The central part of the state where I live is on the transitional area between the northern forest and the southern prairie. This is where most of our lakes are found. If you look at our state on a map you'll see this band of lakes that arches from the twin cities northwest to just east of Fargo, ND. I live on a farm near a small town (pop. 84). Within a 20 mile (32km) radius of my home there are over 200 lakes. From here going to the south and southwest is the prairie country, which is primarily farming. Finally, the southeastern portion of our state is our bluff country with its hardwood forests and deep river valleys.

Our weather can also be quite diverse. Southern MN is tropical compared to northern MN. I grew up in the northeastern part of our state. The winters can be quite harsh where temperatures dropping to less than -40F is not uncommon at all. Wind chills reaching to -90 or less is also expected. I remember one winter about 30 years ago when it dropped to -20 and we never saw above 0F for five weeks straight. Daytime highs were -5 to -10 degrees F. That year was brutal. Summertime highs in this area are typically comfortable but can get up into the 90's F occasionally but usually accompanied by high humidity. The lakes feed this humidity quite well. As you go south in MN the temperatures can get a bit warmer with winters not quite so harsh. Where I live now (been here for 22 years), it is rare to see see winter temps below -20F.

Minnesota is slightly smaller than Germany but only has about 5 million people compared to 85M in Germany. Most of our population (about 3/4) is in or near the Twin Cities metro area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. A large town outside the metro may boast 20,000 population but most towns in the out state region are fewer than 3,000.
 
This is my part of America as I live in the NW corner of Pennsylvania out in the country.

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