Survey: Active GT posters

[onelifecrisis]

I spend, on average, about a month out of each year in the US. They always pick me for the "random" security check and baggage search.

[TarJak]

My last US visit was to the Subsim meet in Houston last year. It was really good even though I had to mix the pleasure with a bit of business in San Francisco on the way home.

I've also been on four other business trips to the US, visiting Boston, San Jose, LA and Salt Lake City.

[Torplexed]

If you can't make it to America, feel free to visit (and spend money) at one of our thousands of conveniently located embassies all over the world. *Burp!*

[Sailor Steve]

Originally Posted by karamazovnew

BTW, does Hawaii count as US? Because I plan visit it much sooner .

Yes and no. Yes, it is part of the U.S. of A. and you'll find much of it to be typically American. No, because not many non-Americans realize just how big the place is. Every state has its own individual identity, and the variety is endless. The northeast coast is full of cities, large and small, with some rivalling London or Tokyo for sheer size. On the other hand, my state of Utah has just two million people in the whole state, and one metropolitan area, Ogden-Salt Lake City-Provo, with 3/4 of the state's population living within 80 miles of each other. The next city of any size, Las Vegas, is 350 miles of desert away, and in a whole different state.

Hawaii is part of the United States, but it's also Hawaii.

[Onkel Neal]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

The perfect host....you know who you are

I wonder if you ever got around to taking that warning notice off the sliding rear door

We really enjoyed your visit, the perfect guest as well

I took the sign down but am keeping it in case a guy we know shows up for a future SS Houston meeting

[Shearwater]

Since I'm studying English at the moment, it's almost sort of an informal requirement to have been to an English-speaking country at least once. I'm still unsure where to go - UK, US, or Canada (and if I'll go to the US, it has to be on some Northern coast - don't get this the wrong way, Texans, but your state is simply too friggin' hot, even in winter ).
I'd really love to go, but it's very much an issue of time and money (or rather both), and I hate all the paperwork and appointments that go with it. On the other hand, it probably won't get any easier than now to go abroad while I'm still at the university.
A lot of my friends (and my sister) have been to the US though. They really liked it and said there wasn't much of a cultural clash one would expect from a foreign country, so I think I really would enjoy it.

[d@rk51d3]

"No, but I would like to some day in the distant future"


While I initially had feelings similar to Letum's, I have found over the last few years, that I have developed an appreciation for the American heritage, and where it came from.

If you can look past all the BS you get spoon fed on TV, I'm sure there are plenty of gems to be discovered, and good times to be had.

[GoldenRivet]

Originally Posted by jimbuna

I wonder if you ever got around to taking that warning notice off the sliding rear door

I'll never forget that.

You, my wife and I all had very front row seats to that little show

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by GoldenRivet

I'll never forget that.

You, my wife and I all had very front row seats to that little show

[Jimbuna]

Originally Posted by Neal Stevens

We really enjoyed your visit, the perfect guest as well

I took the sign down but am keeping it in case a guy we know shows up for a future SS Houston meeting

Let's hope they undergo an eyesight test first in that case

[Skybird]

just curious - what is the purpose of this poll? Any running project you hide in the background, Neal?

[Onkel Neal]

No, no projects at present. One of my professors and I were discussing tourism and internet denizens, etc. and he networked with a tourism agency who asked me to grab a sample of diverse people. I told him I could not only get a diverse sample, but some pretty intellegent replies, too. So far, so good

[Skybird]

Damn, I knew this would happen one day - now I have been turned into a rat. A naked white rat in a laboratory, running a rat-maze. Tourism, eh? You are wrong. It's about a rat-race in a rat-maze. Feels like being back at university.

You take lessons to prepare for work in the tourism branch?

Yes, lots of times.
Sometimes just for a weekend, other times on the 90 day. Was aiming for another visit before Christmas but may have to leave it till january.

[XabbaRus]

I lived in Houston, Texas for two years from 1989 to 1991.

I was 13 when we moved out with my dad due to his job.

I liked teh food, I liked Texans, weather was a little too hot.

I hated school. Awty International sucks.
several years down the line I visited Boston. That was cool especially as USS Constitution museum was free when I visited and the science museum was great. I soaked up the atmosphere. Made up for being dumped by my GF which was the reason I went over.