Have I got a place for you.
Since 1931!
Probably tastes like it too.
Camping
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So this is the hellscape that is Cooper St. in Arlington, TX, which is where the gym was (and maybe still is, I have no idea). You wouldnât really want to ride your bike around here. Alternate choices without packing the bike in a car would be the mile upon mile of suburban neighborhoods. I honestly donât recall any significant nature in that area, though there were parks I liked to rollerblade in and where my kids played on swings.
Oh, it is still there!
Iâve lived places where I could do that - currently I donât. Too narrow, much too steep to manage both my speed and the cars careening down the mountain at 50mph. Plus then you have to climb back up the mountain, haha.
Editing to add, respectfully, that I donât get liking to live in Texas, though when I did live there I liked my life pretty well. All four of my kids were born there. The people are great, the food is remarkable, etc, but the place itself, with a couple of exceptions (hill country west of Austin) just wore on me. So hot and brown and polluted. I was relieved to come back to a place with big trees and snow and hills and icy-cold rivers you can sit on rocks in the middle of.
Sorry, Texans. 
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As a transplant from PnW, this part feels great. Iâm so sick of constant rain, overgrown weeds, grass and blackberry bushes on the side of the road. I donât need pretty trees, mountains and hills, I just need:
And year âround sun and warmth⌠âŚAt least for now. That might change in time. All my return trips to west coast have reminded me of the above that I disliked. Even a recent trip to Maine had a similar terrain. While I admit itâs pretty, the thought of waking up to overgrown greenery, with a constant wet air and short days is dreadful.
I donât live in the center of DFW tho. I live on the outskirts, surrounded by fields of cattle, which probably helps a hit.
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I donât get the appeal of rural areas for young people. Everything is so far and secluded. Opportunities for career or educational advancement are very limited.
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People that complain about rich people and CEOs. Then turnaround and say an athlete deserves a $50 million contract for playing a sport.
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It depends on what your career or educational aspirations are in. Gotta go where the work is in some fields. (<- 
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Literally did this today. Theres no sidewalks where i live and everyone drives like theyre half a tard. I put my bmx bike in the truck and drove downtown. Way more stairs and âfeatures.â Same goes for my mt bike. I could just ride from my house, but id rather drive a little to a nearby mountain for some real fun.
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SAME!! Suburb of Hell.
And this. Lol
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Well I would say the ending only makes sense or has impact in the context of the story that precedes it, and in nearly all cases the ending is written with the fact that you have the knowledge of the story that precedes it.
Some stories are very formulaic and mechanical, and okay you find out that the two people get back together in the end.
But some stories absolutely are built around the idea that you are being lead down a path, so that you can then be surprised at the end. Thats the entire point of the ending.
Lets take the Sixth Sense as an example⌠The fact that (Spoiler Alert) Bruce Willis is dead is only relevant and impactful because the entirety of the movie you think he isnt, and then that information is revealed to you in the ending.
If you find that out ahead of time the entire experience of viewing the movie is changed and you can never view it as intended. Secondary viewings are possible with the knowledge of the ending, but its an entirely different experience now.
But to answer your question⌠Thats generally what reviews are for. If the general consensus, or the opinion of someone you have found genenerally coincides with yours, is that its worthwhile thats a pretty good indicator, but there is no guarantee. I fail to see in any way how reading the last page of a book tells you of the quality of the narrative that precedes it.
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Twerking.
I like big buns, little buns, gymnastic buns, all kinds.
But twerking just looks dumb to me.
. I donât get it.
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Ah gotcha. That makes sense. Youâre right, Colorado is a pretty dry climate compared to your neck of the woods.
Ha! Thank you for the awesome compliment! I just donât sweat with weight training workouts. Maybe if it was more of a crossfit wod or cardio that would be a different story, but just lifting leaves me pretty dry.
This thread is hilarious. I can understand the arguments against makeup â even outside of the gym â and theyâre perfectly logical. So I wonât judge anyone for not getting why I wear it and on rare occasions have it on at the gym. But I have gotten nasty glares and overheard conversations about women with makeup on in the gym⌠so I still donât get the vitriol. That will always be pretty weird to me.
I mean, vitriol in general is a âdonât get itâ for me. Why? Against fat people, against runners and weightlifters, against women, against men, against teens - pretty much any demographic you can identify. Why do people get so upset?
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Watching sports- i get it if youâre frozen in, but for the majority of the country go hunt, fish, ride a motorcycle play sports yourself.
Light training- you walk around all day. Lift your coffee mug to your mouth, pick up a fork, drink water for multiple reps et cetera. What has it done for you?
Carnivore diet - youâre an omnivore. Case closed. Legitimately thought yall were smarter than the next short lived trend.
Voting leftist democrat
Complaining about money but not lining up for it
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Thatâs like saying you donât understand watching plays or going to concerts. Just go act yourself. Just learn to play an instrument yourself. There are levels of skill, and I can appreciate watching those much more skilled than I am.
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This sounds like training to be a micromanager at the corporate work office.
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Shots fired, haha
Those are sports? And I donât think my commute to work makes me an F1 driver anymore than some fat dude on a motorcycle is racing MotoGP.