Exit Plan, I know exactly what you mean on all of that. I'm about to have a talk with my old man about what really happened at ASR. Depending on how that goes, and I doubt it will go well, he'll either agree to make amends, or I'll be moving to another state and cutting all family ties. In the event that I'm cutting ties, and setting out on my own at 21, I am inviting all suggestions on where I should move. I'm looking for someplace warm, cheap, preferably liberal and non religious, with unspoiled undeveloped land, not out in the middle of nowhere, but not crammed full of people. Good colleges are a plus as I'm considering a degree in addition to technical certifications. I want to finish my education and find employment as a skilled metalworker in relative peace and quiet, with a slower pace of daily life. I'm living in Long Island, so almost anything is an improvement. Whoever pm's me with the most intriguing description of their town gets to add me to their wonderful community. I promise to be a good neighbor, and to barbecue regularly. (I make a lot of good food and drinks.) Wouldn't that be just super?
I assure you all that I'm quite serious. My family situation will most likely necessitate a move in the near future, and I really don't have anywhere else to go. Money isn't really an issue, I don't need a place to sleep, I just don't really know where to go, or where I might find a good community that fits some of the above criteria. I figure that if anyone might know where a 21 year old punk rocker, a filthy liberal atheist whose read so many books his eyes should've popped out of his skull, whose primary interests include body modification, all kinds of art shit, musical/performing/visual/whatever. History, philosophy and all kinds of nerdy science stuff (both scifi and actual science) general hooliganism and drunken silliness, intellectual debate, and a number of other things that most people don't put at the top of their lists, or even know about necessarily. Since those are the kind of things that don't go over well in certain places, I'm trying to avoid moving to a town dominated by religious fundamentalism, commerce, social status type bullshit, etc. I'm recovering from a stay in a mind control cult, my mother's recent and unexpected death, a toxic religious family environment bordering on insanity, and all the other insanity of life, and I'm trying to start over. If anybody might have a good perspective on this, I think they're probably on this site. So hey, let's get this thing going. If it really sounds good, I'll visit, and if it's cool, I'll settle down. So come on people, let's use the magic of the interweb to help me begin my exodus from Long Island, or as some call it, Orange County with seasons.
