Comments | osi: oh jacksonville..

osi

oh jacksonville..

Feb 01, 2005 12:57

how bad is thee? let me count the ways...

Jacksonville's original name was Cowford, a Timucuan Indian word meaning "hot, flat boring place by the river."
Jacksonville: Conveniently located near South Georgia.
Yes, we're small. But we are the second biggest city in the country with a "ville" in its name, behind only Hooterville, home to Uncle Joe ( Read more... )

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the small town that tried to be big litter_ladder February 1 2005, 10:29:47 UTC

I was so going to post the one about the saint john's flowing north or the one about the hurricanes avoiding us. those were my favs.

a variant of this list appeared in today's t-u.

even the wall street journal had an artilce yesterday about the security headaches (due to the river, which was apparently one of the major draws for the city to host the super bowl).

LOL!!!!!!! cookita February 1 2005, 14:54:20 UTC

Yup, that's downtown. That's all there is. There isn't any more.

Re: LOL!!!!!!! osi February 1 2005, 18:00:22 UTC

now you know why we left!!! :)

Re: LOL!!!!!!! im_not_real February 3 2005, 16:01:09 UTC

Ok. the sad part is that was Jacksonville's OWN paper writing that story. i've given up on defending, the verbal assault is just too intense.

Pete, lets say just hypothetically...one wanted to leave Jacksonville one day. to move to say...Brooklyn or some other boro/borough in ny.
hypothetically, how difficult is the finding an apt/job process?

hypothetically.

Re: LOL!!!!!!! osi February 3 2005, 18:44:52 UTC

making fun of jax is what people do there! the lj community is called 'why does jax suck' for chrissakes! :)

moving to nyc.. finding an apartment.. it totally depends on where. craiglist.org is a huge resource, and if you're looking to room with someone, there are tons of roommate wanted ads. for finding a place, there's also a ton of listings on there too. if you find a broker, they can help you, but they will generally charge 10% of a year's rent for their services. there are no-fee brokers, but generally not in manhattan. that's what we ended up doing (working with a no-fee broker.. we paid him 10% of a month's rent for helping us, not bad at all).

.. for finding a job.. really can't say, as i haven't had to look. craigslist is also a good resource for that. perhaps keep an eye on it for a bit and see how things look for whatever industry you want to work in.

Java meetup amuzulo February 22 2005, 08:09:34 UTC

Hey, it was nice meeting you at the Java meetup last night. I just added you to my LJ friends. =)

Re: Java meetup osi February 26 2005, 16:42:50 UTC

i'm a slacker, added you back :)

yes, was nice meeting you at the meetup, see you at the next one!

Re: Java meetup amuzulo February 27 2005, 14:44:40 UTC

I think I will however hold off on the Barcade poll... maybe in April. :)

i had a thought... allamodabella February 26 2005, 20:34:16 UTC

i have decided we should be friends.....partly because you're supre cute. is it a deal?

Re: i had a thought... osi February 27 2005, 06:35:31 UTC

*blush* deal.

i'll have to warn you that i'm already spoken for by the fabulous pintuck, but always on the lookout for new friends :)

Re: i had a thought... allamodabella March 2 2005, 14:49:54 UTC

*poke* add me back silly goose

Re: i had a thought... osi March 2 2005, 15:20:17 UTC

ah, sorry, i totally spaced on that!

litter_ladder March 31 2005, 00:18:41 UTC

notes from the fortress of solitude.