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Post by Aj_June on Aug 19, 2018 22:56:37 GMT
I have often called New York the greatest city in the world. Two of the biggest stock exchanges in world are located in New York. The activities that take place in New York have a huge impact all through the world. But the impact may be both positive and negative. For that reason I consider it the greatest but not the most ideal. A few days ago I successfully completed level 1 of CFA Exam. As a person who is determined to be a charter holder in Finance I believe New York is my ideal professional destination and I would definitely be in that city in two or three years time. But don't think I will remain there for long. It's just the passion of my field of work that would drive me to New York. But as soon as I will have experienced it I would lose interest in the place. I believe a city like Cambridge would always remain a more ideal and liveable place for me in the long term. I do not know any American equivalent of Cambridge or Oxford. But I am sure there would be such cities in US.
The closest I can think of to an "American Cambridge" would probably be either New York or San Francisco/Bay Area, particularly Berkley and Manhattan. Wow...I just found out on quick googling that MIT is located in a place called Cambridge! Lol. |
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Post by Arlon10 on Aug 20, 2018 0:39:11 GMT
The closest I can think of to an "American Cambridge" would probably be either New York or San Francisco/Bay Area, particularly Berkley and Manhattan. Wow...I just found out on quick googling that MIT is located in a place called Cambridge! Lol. I can't believe I almost forgot to mention VCU also has a "clean room" where microchips are made. The room must be dust free and people who enter must wear special suits that prevent dust from getting in the room. If you join an electrical engineering track you can design your own microchips for class projects and they will build those for you in their facilities. |
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Post by Arlon10 on Aug 27, 2018 22:44:26 GMT
Another thing I remember about that part of the country is that everyone had part of their backyard fenced in and had a dog there. When you walked down the sidewalk in front of the houses each yard's dog would start barking in turn. You knew when someone was at the door before they rang the bell by the pitch of the barking dogs. You could tell from which direction they came, like the postman. I am not aware of any dogs living in backyards in Richmond. They all stay inside at night and need to be walked in the morning.
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Post by Aj_June on Aug 31, 2018 8:06:52 GMT
That is a big factor too when I think about a truly beautiful city. Normally, a happy society is a positive society. Usually, a happy city is a result of positive people and higher ethical values among its people. Although there can be extrinsic factors such as temporary growth of a particular business sector that can make a place economically well off and thereby increase the happiness temporarily. But more usually social happiness is something that arises from ethical values that are shared by community at large. But a question arises about what is happiness? Satisfaction from life? Feelings that one is enjoying his of her life? In a large survey recently, my current city (Melbourne) was ranked as the happiest city in the whole world. It was from a survey across 32 cities worldwide that included cities like Tokyo, New York and Barcelona. But now what is my personal experience? I have seen no reason to believe that people in Melbourne are more ethical or even more happy than people of other places. Yeah, the wages are very high and cost of living is not that high. So may be people confuse satisfaction with economic condition with happiness. May be. I am not sure. CITY SNAPSHOT ACCORDING TO TIME OUT * Melbourne - happiest * Dubai - longest working hours * Washington - most singles on the dating scene * New York - best nightlife scene, most stressed * Paris - most sleep-deprived, most sex * Chicago - most exciting |
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Post by Arlon10 on Aug 31, 2018 10:56:59 GMT
That is a big factor too when I think about a truly beautiful city. Normally, a happy society is a positive society. Usually, a happy city is a result of positive people and higher ethical values among its people. Although there can be extrinsic factors such as temporary growth of a particular business sector that can make a place economically well off and thereby increase the happiness temporarily. But more usually social happiness is something that arises from ethical values that are shared by community at large. But a question arises about what is happiness? Satisfaction from life? Feelings that one is enjoying his of her life? In a large survey recently, my current city (Melbourne) was ranked as the happiest city in the whole world. It was from a survey across 32 cities worldwide that included cities like Tokyo, New York and Barcelona. But now what is my personal experience? I have seen no reason to believe that people in Melbourne are more ethical or even more happy than people of other places. Yeah, the wages are very high and cost of living is not that high. So may be people confuse satisfaction with economic condition with happiness. May be. I am not sure. CITY SNAPSHOT ACCORDING TO TIME OUT * Melbourne - happiest * Dubai - longest working hours * Washington - most singles on the dating scene * New York - best nightlife scene, most stressed * Paris - most sleep-deprived, most sex * Chicago - most exciting Another thing and the way you know people are happy is how friendly they are. People in the Midwest have long had a reputation for being more friendly than generally. I can testify that was very true when I was there twenty years ago. It might not be exactly the same now. Relatives who still live there say things are changing. It can depend where you meet people. Usually at football games people are friendlier. |
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Post by Aj_June on Sept 2, 2018 4:57:51 GMT
Just to mention - Even if I live in supposedly the happiest city in the world, I personally find it extremely boring. While Melbourne is a very friendly place with nice people I find nothing in it as I would like in my type of city. I am trying to move to Singapore. I think the idea of city-state appeals to me. I have lived in 3 countries in last 6 years but 4 of my last 6 years has been in Australia. Just desperate to move out of here.
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Post by Arlon10 on Sept 2, 2018 5:22:50 GMT
Just to mention - Even if I live in supposedly the happiest city in the world, I personally find it extremely boring. While Melbourne is a very friendly place with nice people I find nothing in it as I would like in my type of city. I am trying to move to Singapore. I think the idea of city-state appeals to me. I have lived in 3 countries in last 6 years but 4 of my last 6 years has been in Australia. Just desperate to move out of here. I think you'll do well enough wherever you live. You have a patience others might benefit just seeing. A wise old man spent his days at the city gate. One day a traveler approached him and asked him what sort of people lived in the city.
The wise man asked the traveler to first describe the people in the city the traveler had just left.
The traveler said they were kind and considerate.
The wise man said they were the same in this city.
Later another traveler asked the wise man the same question.
The wise man made the same request of the second traveler, that he describe the people in the city that traveler just left.
The second traveler said they were evil and cruel.
The wise man said they were the same in this city. |
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Post by Arlon10 on Sept 3, 2018 11:36:30 GMT
Another interesting fact about the area is that Oklahoma City is one of the few "planned" cities in the world. Curiously it is no longer listed on Wikipedia as a planned city, but it was certainly planned and I would guess has the largest plan of them all.
It did not exist before the land run of 1889 and could therefore be planned more so than other so called planned cities. There is a grid of streets that run north and south each a mile apart and streets that run east and west each a mile apart. The grid divides the city into "perfect" (more or less) square mile sections. The pattern is consistent through several hundred such square mile sections, obvious on Google Maps, unlike other planned cities.
Navigating the city is very easy. It is obvious which directions are exactly north, south, east, and west. The pattern is very rarely interrupted. You can plan a trip across the the whole thing with very few street changes. Later development has made that a little less obvious, but the pattern is still there.
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Post by Aj_June on Oct 11, 2018 10:29:22 GMT
Just to mention - Even if I live in supposedly the happiest city in the world, I personally find it extremely boring. While Melbourne is a very friendly place with nice people I find nothing in it as I would like in my type of city. I am trying to move to Singapore. I think the idea of city-state appeals to me. I have lived in 3 countries in last 6 years but 4 of my last 6 years has been in Australia. Just desperate to move out of here. I think you'll do well enough wherever you live. You have a patience others might benefit just seeing. Thanks, Arlon. Just to mention all of a sudden I decided I want to live in India for next couple of years. Australia has been great but I need a bit more buzz and India is where I can find that. I don't know which city I will be moving to as I have to find a new job. I have previously lived for 6 years in Delhi and I won't mind living there again but the new job may send me anywhere in India. Moving back to home country in just 14 days. |
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