What I like or love about my neighborhood or city or state or country....

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by Lyte

Hey y'all... please remember to keep the comments in this thread positive... positive... POSITIVE. It's nice to have a place on BFP where we can express our appreciation / gratitude / happiness about where we live.

Yes, there are reasons not to be 110% thrilled about our current location and there are other threads to express those thoughts and feelings.

Thank you!

I think since we are all adults, we can chose to write something positive or not.

Only moderators get to tell us how or what we should remember to write.

[Lyte]

Wow

I didn't think it too much to ask that we try and keep this particular thread positive since I started it and did so with that specific goal in mind.

But you're right, such a request was too much for me to ask. Thank you for making that fact abundantly clear.

Originally Posted by *Anya*

I think since we are all adults, we can chose to write something positive or not.

Only moderators get to tell us how or what we should remember to write.

[candy_coated_bitch]

That I live in a heavily populated queer area. I see butch-femme couples when out frequently.

[Gemme]

Originally Posted by Lyte

My thought for this thread is that it could be a place where anyone can express their positive feelings ... no matter how small for the place they call home. As the title suggests, it could be something you as close to you as street on which you live or as all encompassing as the country you live!

My one additional suggestion would be that when we share our likes/loves that we leave out any qualifying, clarifying, prefacing statements about whatever it is that we like/love. There are exceptions to everything... to every statement... to every opinion ... to every rule... etc. My hope is that we can keep it 100% positive... 100% gratitude... 100% appreciation ... 100% good stuff! Ya know?

I'll start... I appreciate that all my neighbors have been so friendly and welcoming since the first day I arrived!

Originally Posted by Lyte

Hey y'all... please remember to keep the comments in this thread positive... positive... POSITIVE. It's nice to have a place on BFP where we can express our appreciation / gratitude / happiness about where we live.

Yes, there are reasons not to be 110% thrilled about our current location and there are other threads to express those thoughts and feelings.

Thank you!

Originally Posted by *Anya*

I think since we are all adults, we can chose to write something positive or not.

Only moderators get to tell us how or what we should remember to write.

Originally Posted by Lyte

Wow

I didn't think it too much to ask that we try and keep this particular thread positive since I started it and did so with that specific goal in mind.

But you're right, such a request was too much for me to ask. Thank you for making that fact abundantly clear.

I agree that whoever...whomever?...starts a thread should be the captain and guide it through the murky waters of the internet and, if need be, bring it back on course when it drifts off this way or that.

Having said that, most of us just had a major, life changing event that affected the entire country and will stay with us for at least 4 years and, more likely, many after that. I get that this isn't a political thread and it's meant to be positive but I think that the couple of posts I saw weren't extreme and I think that chastising the type of responses that are less than 100% happyhappyhappy is a little much too.

There's a happy medium in there somewhere. gotoseagirl's post, for example. She expressed her sadness with her country and then some nice things. That's very real and that's where we are right now. All of us have something they like or love about the places they live and some things that aren't perfect. This isn't the place to blast off about the negative stuff but it's still part of the picture.

For thread compliance, I like that the people up here care about the environment. When I travel state roads and highways, there's a fraction of the trash and debris and junk that I would find when I drove down South. When my company built a new building some years ago, the city demanded a large percentage of the property contain grass so I now have a huge front lawn, which I have a love/hate relationship with but I prefer that over ugly concrete.

Oh and I saw a wild bunny last night! Love that.

[Lyte]

Negativity has inherently a slippery slope which can quickly build. You know... misery loves company all at that. So... no chastisement. Just a gentle reminder... a request... an entreatment... a plea... to keep things positive.

You're right, we're all pretty bummed about the recent turn of events. All the more reason to have a tiny spot, a "happy place," to refresh our memories that despite what's happened we still have things in our lives for which we can be thankful.

Originally Posted by Gemme

Having said that, most of us just had a major, life changing event that affected the entire country and will stay with us for at least 4 years and, more likely, many after that. I get that this isn't a political thread and it's meant to be positive but I think that the couple of posts I saw weren't extreme and I think that chastising the type of responses that are less than 100% happyhappyhappy is a little much.

[Lyte]

I love... that in my neighborhood... my city... my state... my county... that I can go out, day or night, and find a store open with an abundance of yummy food and drink!!

[Gayandgray]

I like how part of our property is woods and we see deer every so often.

[Lyte]

Recently... since I've joined BFP ... I've been doing a lotta mailing! It's been a while since I've mail anything! So, I was curious to see what other countries pay for like a 1st class letter.

I love the fact that our USPS is so dang cheap and still pretty damn efficient!

"The price of a first-class stamp in the U.S. is vastly lower than postage within other countries. This bar graph is in euros. But the price of a first-class stamp in the cheapest country on the table--the island of Malta--would be about 50 cents U.S., which is more than a 44-cent standard stamp. The 44-cent U.S. stamp is about one-third of the average price charged for postage in Europe."


This bar graph is in euros.

[*Anya*]

Originally Posted by *Anya*

I think since we are all adults, we can chose to write something positive or not.

Only moderators get to tell us how or what we should remember to write.

I want to apologize for this. I don't usually write pissy posts but it was right after the election and I was not feeling good about most things.

I still hate Trump and am still very upset that he won the electoral college votes but I did not need to take it out on a really nice thread.

Forgive me?

PS: No one made me write this, it was the right thing to do.

[Martina]

Where I live is truly green all year round. Just drove through Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas. Made me appreciate how lovely where I live is in winter.

[BullDog]

It is so peaceful and quiet here, amazing sunsets every night that I can see from my bedroom window or the backyard, good Mexican food and burgers, a big dollar store for such a small place, and everyone is super nice and helpful in my little town (population 800 - I think that includes the goats!).

[Lyte]

What?!?! Forgive?!?! But of course!!!

Your feelings are very understandable.

*imagine a group hug emoticon here*

Originally Posted by *Anya*

I want to apologize for this. I don't usually write pissy posts but it was right after the election and I was not feeling good about most things.

I still hate Trump and am still very upset that he won the electoral college votes but I did not need to take it out on a really nice thread.

Forgive me?

PS: No one made me write this, it was the right thing to do.

[Lyte]

In 2001 I drove an RV from S. CA to up state New York. I felt lucky to have seen SO much of this country. But now... now, I'm thinking that I'm WAY overdue for a road trip and that there is SO much more to see! I gotta get on this!

Anyone else dig road trips??

Originally Posted by dark_crystal

The part of town (south central Houston) that we currently live in is a very unique place to be-- we are located within sight of the NRG stadium and wecan go from our kitchen to butts-on-gayborhood-barstools in about twenty minutes, but there are pastures all around us and you see people riding horses, etc.

Also, it is a historically minority area so the riders you see are mostly POC. Further down the road there is a Spanish rodeo arena, and at Houston rodeo time you see all of the POC/Latinx ranchers at the gas stations with their stock trailers, and out on the feeder roads in trail rides.

I like it because my family is very country and I feel at home in the environment, but the extreme diversity of the area makes it feel safer than the towns my relatives live in.

There is actually a museum all about minority cow"boys" down the road:

The American Cowboy Museum

The American Cowboy Museum is a twenty-one-year-old 501(c)(3) non-profit organization that educates people far and wide about the contributions of African Americans, Hispanics, Native Americans, and Women to the development of the American Western culture.

Having been bestowed the honor of induction into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame with My Mother, Mollie Taylor-Stevenson Sr., I am keenly aware of the importance of carrying forth the grand heritage of those that are so often overlooked.

Mollie Taylor-Stevenson, Jr., President

The area is historic, but our actual subdivision is not technically a product of gentrification, as the actual land was long-unused when they built it. It's actually even more diverse than the ranches because a large Asian population has purchased here. Our realtor says this is due to easy access to the Medical center.

I think gentrification will reach here and we will be glad to have held on to the property, but the actual house will probably have fallen over by then. It's totally a cardboard box with designer paint colors slapped on.

Originally Posted by Arden

I appreciate being able to hear the ocean from my house. I enjoy the amazing sunrises on my drive to work. Being able to, weather permitting, go on a run through my neighborhood dodging elk and coyotes on my way to the beach. Depending on my mood my run may become a walk and the roar of the ocean may serve to dampen the sound of my tears or hide the questions I lift up.

Originally Posted by Martina

Where I live is truly green all year round. Just drove through Illinois, Missouri and Arkansas. Made me appreciate how lovely where I live is in winter.

Originally Posted by BullDog

It is so peaceful and quiet here, amazing sunsets every night that I can see from my bedroom window or the backyard, good Mexican food and burgers, a big dollar store for such a small place, and everyone is super nice and helpful in my little town (population 800 - I think that includes the goats!).