Reviews & Comments
San Francisco, CA
re: Thanks to east coasters..... - 9/18/2006 -
1/30/2015Quit whining! Try to move to cheaper cities such as Indianapolis, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, or some other cities where you can afford to live. You can't blame the east coasters who moved to California. If you moved to the east coast, you will not realize how people on the east coast can be very friendly and will not whine you why many west coasters, including you move to the east coast, so keep your mouth shut up!
Rochester, NY
Rochester was such a wonderful city in ages. -
1/29/2015I am a Rochester native who was born and grew up in Rochester (now I live in Washington, DC and have been in the process of moving back to Honolulu, HI). Rochester used to be a wonderful city with many good companies such as Kodak, Xerox, Ragu's, Champion (sporting gears), IBM, French's (mustard and others), Motorola, Bauch & Lomb, and some good companies until the city became a very decayed city. Do you know why? Because the former mayor named Thomas Ryan, Jr. hurt the economy in the city for years and many stupid Rochesterians always kept voting him as a existing mayor. I had no idea why they always kept voting him for years. That is why he made the city very miserable. I am telling you the truth. His father, Thomas Ryan, Sr. as the Executive Director of Monroe County, also hurt the county lots. Many stupid people kept voting him just like his idiot son. If it was not for both of them, Rochester could have been the wonderful city for sure. The mayors after Mr. Ryan, Jr. really have tried their bests to help improve the city, but nothing worked out. Yeah, maybe in years later, it will be much better. BIG SIGH! I was so MAD at the former Governor Pataski because he always gave a million dollars to his favorite best friend (and the former mayor of New York City) Rudy even the city government in New York City made lots of a million dollars (from the city tax and many tourists came to the city there to spend). I really didn't and still don't understand why Governor Pataski kept giving lots of money to Rudy. After Rudy decided to step down as the mayor, Governor Pataski was his copycat. The new Governor Elliot Spitzer promised to the cities of Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Albany, and others that he would help improving them much better. The new mayor of New York City Mike Bloomberg asked Governor Spitzer for the money for New York City, but Mr. Spitzer declined and told Mr. Bloomberg that the city government made lots of money, so he can use the money. Mr. Bloomberg had a good idea which he requested Mr. Spitzer for a million dollars to improve the education system in New York City which I heard that the education system in NYC was really very bad, especially the public schools there. Mr. Spitzer gave Mr. Bloomberg lots of money. Around half a year later, Mr. Spitzer sent some staff from the state Department of Education to check to see if NYC improved the education system which the city really never did. They reported to Mr. Spitzer and he was very angry and upset. He asked Mr. Bloomberg where a million dollars went and Mr. Bloomberg said that he (the mayor) helped improving the son-of-a-bitch NYC. That is why and how Mr. Spitzer wasn't be able to help improving Rochester as well as some other ci ties. If it was not for Mr. Bloomberg, maybe Rochester could have been improved. Who knows? I lost my respect to NYC. NYC really was a son-of-a-bitch because they made lots of money from the city taxes and tourism and the mayor "stole" a million dollars. Thanks a lot to NYC. BIG SIGH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh well......
Indianapolis, IN
Indianapolis SUCKS and it is good for families an -
1/29/2015I must tell you about my experience in Indianapolis where I lived there for two years. Indianapolis is the worst city I ever experienced living there. Why? Because it is a good city for families and religion worshippers. Downtown is cool and nice, but outside downtown, forget it! Lots of run-down houses, lots of backward lifestyles, and lots of "1970" and "early 1980's" people with their hairdos and clothes. There were not many things to do actively around the city. The city made me depressed and unhappy for two years and finally moved back to Washington, DC in 2001 where many positive things have made me very happy in Washington, DC. Myself as a gay man, the gay scene there really SUCKS! Only 2 to 3 blocks in a gay community and it also is a very small which is not like Boystown in Chicago, Castro in San Francisco, DuPont Circle in Washington, DC and other cities, that is it. It was very hard for me to meet and make new friends there. Not worth it. If you are a gay, please do NOT move to Indianapolis, trust me. If you have a family, then it is good for the kids there. As for the religion worshippers, it is good for them because the city has a blue law which I hated it at most and the blue law always makes the city very dead - just like a sleepy city. The last bus services are around 11 PM to 11:30 PM on weekends (Saturday and Sunday nights) and all I was to take a cab home from the downtown that cost me around $20 plus $2 to $3 as a tip comparing to the bus fare that cost me around $1.50. The bus system to me was okay, I guess. The Circle Centre shopping mall in downtown and Indianapolis Speeding racing place are wonderful places to be visited, but more than, NOTHING ELSE TO DO AROUND the city there. Yes, you, of course, can come to visit there which is fine, but moving there, FORGET IT or you will agree with me for sure. Yes, the crimes there were high while I was living there for two years. Bloomington, IN, the home of Indiana University is better than Indianapolis because of beautiful environment, but it is about an hour to drive each way. My old boyfriend has lived in Bloomington all his life, but it was not my thing there.
Urban Honolulu, HI
1988 comparing to present -
1/26/2015I used to live in Honolulu (in Waikiki)for half a year in 1988. Everything was so cheap except in Waikiki where they usually had the high prices at the "tourist" stores. The rent there was wonderful - two bedrooms at $900 monthly and now it should be over $1,500 or so, I guess. I've heard that the prices there now are high. Remember, years ago it was cheap and now, it is no longer. Many different people really didn't bother me because I was at that time a very open-minded guy who is a white guy. I really enjoyed meeting so many different people, including locals. I felt that we all were as same as human begins, so nothing happened to me there. Many Japanese tourists made me sick because many stores and restaurants always cut the line and let them stand up in lines behind us, including Chinese, Koreans, Filipinos, whites, and even locals. That was the most thing I hated commonly. I have been deaf since I was born. I went to fast food restaurants, especially McDonald's and Burger King and asked them for papers and pens to order, but the cashiers insulted me by brining the menu pictures with the Japanese language and I told them that I was not a Japanese. So, I urged to the managers to tell the cashiers to use papers and pens. I was a racist at that time, but they treated me like a third class citizen. Others than that, I never had any problems there. The reason why I left Honolulu was because I had lots of bad experiences from my old best friend who destroyed my new life there. If not for him, maybe I could have lived there longer. I wouldn't mind moving back there one day because of nice environment and nice weather. I've been missed and though of Honolulu terribly lots like it has been like my home in full of my heart. I have been in the process of moving back to Honolulu one day. Luckily I have some friends there.