I just think about Nebraska or Iowa or Indiana or anywhere else in the Midwest and ewwww... I get nauseous. I would feel so disoriented being so far from the ocean. The sea is the center of the world, of life, and one needs it to feel centered and balanced.
And the Great Lakes are NO substitute for the ocean!
I live near Boston, such a fantastic city. New York's not far away, we have the awesome coastline (which gets nicer north of Boston), nice forests, smallish but scenic mountains close by, etc. Europe is only 6 hrs. away by plane--why would you ever live in the Midwest when you could live in, say, Boston?
I mean, sure, Chicago's a pretty cool city, but it's a cultural oasis--drive west from the city and soon you're in the endless, flat fields that go on forever, and there's nothing worth seeing until you hit Denver.
Is there anything to the Midwest aside from monotonous rural drudgery and grimy, depressed industrial cities? Don't you in the Midwest feel the need to escape??
2007-02-05
15:24:22
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Rissa
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