mooved from portland to LA to denver to arizona baCK TO PORTLAND thean to longbeach and back to portland now im in st.hellins and i dont fitin at all

I feel your pain. Believe me...I feel your pain.

Now...try adding to that...not being a Cornhusker fan. I think that you can see my situation here.

I somewhat do. I have a close nitted relationship of friends, but other people I generally dislike since their all buisness like and don't wanna have fun. I just don't get it, they want to succeed in life but they don't have to be so serious about it.

I guess I sorta fit in, but I'm more of a sci-fi geek at heart and there aren't any of those anywhere in sight. It saddens me to think that I may never meet someone else who shares my interests.

Moved from Europe close to Austin, TX. I don't really feel like I fit in...a lot of things, cultural especially, are so different.

Re: Do You Fit In Where You Live?
 

which one? i'm still on the north side, been in the city for 12 years. we have 2 kids & every now & then start thinking about a move to the burbs.

your tales of misery have strengthened my resolve to stay put....thanks!

ps. keep fighting 'em.........don't turn into a pod!

No way and I never want to.

Grew up just outside Baltimore and spent a lot of time heading into the city. Parents moved us to small-town Pennsylvania when I was in high school.

That's culture shock. Still living in small-town PA with the wife and kids. My wife grew-up here. We can't go anywhere without her seeing someone she knows. She never really got a long with these people and they hold grudges forever. Its like they never left school.

We plan on moving to Florida, somewhere along the east coast. Need to get out of this area. Also want the kids to grow up near the beach.

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It's the well known, "kid friendliest place on earth" in the far western suburbs. :D

I keep vigilant. No sleep. They'll never turn me into a pod! No Stepford wife either for the mrs.! :lol:

suburbia beats the hell out of the city in my opinion. If you dont like your neighbors then who cares if you fit in with them. Tell your neighborhood association to get fucked!

Letters, we get lots and lots of letters
 

Got a letter from my homeowner's association yesterday, telling me to remove some items that were on my property OR ELSE!

The items in question were tucked in next to my house and could not be seen easily from the street. One of my "wonderful" neighbors turned me in to the Gestapo. It's too bad I can't find out who did this to me. If I had the money, I'd take it to court to see if I could get the name revealed, but, I know it's a losing cause. Like terrorist hot lines and other such anonymous tattling, they're protected.

I HATE MY FUCKING NEIGHBORS. Now, I have to hate them ALL since I don't know who turned me in. Let the hating begin!

I did write a letter to the homeowner's association requesting the name of the person who turned me in and instructions on how to dismantle the association, but, my wife wouldn't let me send it. Bitch! :mad: I also thanked them for reminding to throw out one of the items since I had forgot to do so the past couple of weeks.

No.

I live in suburbia, and it embodies everything I hate about society and societal conditioning. It's an affluent area, full of materialistic rich snobs with no appreciation for anything that isn't priced over a few hundred bucks.

Can't wait to get outta here ;)

Ohio State did one hell of a job picking my roomates, because most of them are exactly like me. The rest of the school seems to be pretty normal too, not to preppy, not too thug-ish, with its fair share of individualism. I absolutely loathed CT though, absolutely nothing to do there and even though I was in suburbia, 99% of the people thought they were Eminem...

If it werent for my racing buddies and the group back at the garage, I'd never want to go back there.

I live in a suburb in Melbourne, Australia. We like visit our immediate neighbors occasionally (the ones that live directly next to us). Occasionally talk for 5-10 minutes to another 2 or 3 of the neighbors, the rest just a wave hello. It works out alright.

i've lived the same place for about fifteen years. so yeah, i a lot of people in school and around town. so yes, i fit in. to a point. [i'm very hyper, so that sometimes gets me in trouble with people because it gets hella annoying.]

NOOO!! I DO NOT FIT IN HERE!

I currently live in Iowa. I grew up in a town of 600 people. I hated it. I got lucky and landed a job in San Jose, CA. I loved it. I loved the city, the activites, the people, the landscape, the ocean, did I mention the people?!?

Now, I've had to move back to Iowa. I live in the capitol city, but it sucks. There is nothing to do here that is any fun. I cannot enjoy my hobbies for 6 months out of the year, which are Motorcycling and racing R/C cars. I am surrounded by simpletons, hicks, and backwoods dumb-truck fucking good 'ol boys. It's awful. Iowa sucks. It's boring. Never move here. Don't even think about it.

I cannot wait to leave. I will never return here. I despise this place with every ounce of my being.

Not really, but I don't really fit in anywhere, and I relish in that. I'm in a hipster area of the north side of chicago, and I tend to stick out a bit in my Nintendo t-shirts and whathaveyou walking down the street, but I love it so I can't complain.

I've never been one to go along with the masses...

P.S. cartmen34: I feel your pain I grew up on the west side of IL near the IA border where it is about as bad as you describe. I hate even going home for a short time to visit patents et al because there is NOTHING there...except cornfields and ex-girlfriends ;)

Not even close!
I don't have any desire to leave, exactly, but I live in an area of Florida where almost the entire population is 60+ or 18 and under. Where are all the 20-30 somethings?
Elderly folks come up to us all the time and tell us how nice it is to see young faces out and about!

No not too well, but then again I am not really trying to.

Fit in? I started my childhood in a suburb of Denver, CO. Don't remember much though cause we moved to the middle of fucking no where KS. Small town, no more than 80 houses if even and a church. School very small, did I fit in. No!!!

College, bigger town (much bigger) fit in my own niche the first year. Now not so much. I hate dorm life and my new floor, let jsut say they are mostly the girls who joined the sororites and I am very different.

The only place I've ever felt really at home, or that I really fit in well was in cities. Manhattan, KS. Great place, not too big. Cheyenne, WY. Love it there, it's where my grandparents are so I go there a lot. Denver, not so much. Fort Collins, yeah I like it well enough. But before I move I have to graduate. : )

I think you fit in where you want to. I may not live in a place where my ideologies match those of the majority, but I find people with whom I can share commonalities. Sometimes that takes more work than you might imagine, but it's not impossible. I'm conservative on some issues but liberal on most and living in Texas, that's not mainstream. I'm in Houston and fortunately, despite its often frontier reputation, it is a very cosmopolitan city. Lots of different cultures, ethnicities, etc. Great exposure on all levels. I have lived other places that were not so, but I still have managed to find people that ground me and let me express myself and learn through them. It's all that "life is what you make it" thing... :)

Im in The Big Easy and I personally think I fit in perfectly. Down here theres tons of nice folks with great hospitality. So even if you don't fit in, the people here will make you feel like you fit in just fine. I guess my cajun accent and southern charm makes me fit in with everyone just fine. When Im out around the United States all I have to do is utter a sentence and people know exactly which state Im from.