Building a life in the country.

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antimatter: Feb 14, 2005

Costello Jello posted:

That is one biblical-looking storm.

Does the flatness and lack of trees of your area ever get to you? I was in Oklahoma City for awhile and while it definitely has its own kind of beauty, it was also depressing to me, and a bit mind-numbing somehow. Eventually I mostly got used to it, but when I left and moved to an area with actual trees and hills and mountains, I was SO happy.

For some of us who grew up in the plains, its... "home". Right now I'm living outside Boston and to be honest it gets a bit claustrophobic for me sometime due to the sheer amount of green, and trees and fact that you can't stand on your porch and see for miles and miles.

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antimatter: Feb 14, 2005

landis posted:

The sky is an ever-changing canvas, too often obscured. There's something to be said about being able to see the horizon; see unobstructed sunrises/sunsets; see the full storm in all of its raw, terrible, glory; and see the vastness of the Milky Way and the rest of the universe.

That is one of those things I keep on finding myself really missing all of the time here in Boston. When I was a kid I would often spend time laying on a car or truck hood and just watching the sky as our afternoon thunder storms would be forming up, it would be really pretty with quite a few colors and you could see the layers like the base, all the way to the anvil top, etc..

Another thing I keep on finding myself missing is being able to go outside on a cold crispy winter night and turn off the light at the utility pole and be able to see the milky way in its full glory.

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