Grand Rapids - Page 5

The North One · #81 Posted **Oct 7, 2018, 4:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by Centropolis

this thread is literally *about* grand rapids and a few of the midwestern expats seem to be really struggling with whatever bit them. its a classic case.

It's the same two very vocal and very miserable desperate trolls, you cant have any functional discussion on here when you've got literal lies being spun as facts. First GR is too sterile with no grit now it's a slum capital.

iheartthed · #82 Posted **Oct 7, 2018, 4:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by subterranean

Former Michigander here living in Portland. There are some similarities. When people back home ask about PDX, I tell them it’s sort of like a mix between Ann Arbor and Grand Rapids turned up to 11, with mountains and a better climate. My buddy visited me in Portland a few years ago and kept saying “this place is so Grand Rapids” as a joke.

I don't know Grand Rapids that well, but in my mind I likened it to a smaller Minneapolis.

subterranean · #83 Posted **Oct 7, 2018, 4:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by The North One

It's the same two very vocal and very miserable desperate trolls, you cant have any functional discussion on here when you've got literal lies being spun as facts. First GR is too sterile with no grit now it's a slum capital.

Agreed. Hyperbole from one, snark from the other.

I think Grand Rapids is perfectly content with whatever the world wants to think of them, even if not at all, because its residents are more than content with its quality of life.

I left the Midwest to be a planner in Portland, like a lot of other people who would jump at the opportunity. In all likelihod, I probably will move back to GR. For its size, it offers a lot the the amenities I want without a lot of the garbage I don’t.

the urban politician · #84 Posted **Oct 7, 2018, 5:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by The North One

It's the same two very vocal and very miserable desperate trolls, you cant have any functional discussion on here when you've got literal lies being spun as facts. First GR is too sterile with no grit now it's a slum capital.

I think it would be best to post threads like these in the Midwest subforum so that Trollford and Von Douchenstein won’t keep coming in to bashsturbate

skyscraperpage17 · #85 Posted **Oct 7, 2018, 5:08 PM**

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

I think it would be best to post threads like these in the Midwest subforum...

Works for me!

I don't even think these types of city-specific threads belong in city discussion any way.

The North One · #86 Posted **Oct 7, 2018, 5:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by the urban politician

I think it would be best to post threads like these in the Midwest subforum so that Trollford and Von Douchenstein won’t keep coming in to bashsturbate

How about we just ban trolls? Crawfrod has been walking that fine line for a decade, why are people who make the forum a shit show allowed to stay?

Buckeye Native 001 · #87 Posted **Oct 7, 2018, 6:27 PM**

We used to have an extremely vocal/active Midwest subforum until around 2004-05 when forumers from different cities and states started their own regional forums.

Centropolis · #88 Posted **Oct 7, 2018, 6:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by Buckeye Native 001

We used to have an extremely vocal/active Midwest subforum until around 2004-05 when forumers from different cities and states started their own regional forums.

speaking as a former mod on one, even those forums now aren’t as active as they were. a lot of that activity is on reddit or something, now.

subterranean · #89 Posted **Oct 7, 2018, 6:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by The North One

How about we just ban trolls? Crawfrod has been walking that fine line for a decade, why are people who make the forum a shit show allowed to stay?

+1. Long overdue.

10023 · #90 Posted **Oct 7, 2018, 7:23 PM**

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Originally Posted by skyscraperpage17

Who?

Teetotallers. People who don’t drink alcohol.

skyscraperpage17 · #91 Posted **Oct 7, 2018, 7:25 PM**

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Originally Posted by 10023

Teetotallers. People who don’t drink alcohol.

Hmmm, that just sounds like a stupid word to use. No wonder I never heard of it until you used it.

the urban politician · #92 Posted **Oct 7, 2018, 7:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by skyscraperpage17

Hmmm, that just sounds like a stupid word to use. No wonder I never heard of it until you used it.

Wow, you sure are annoying

10023 · #93 Posted **Oct 7, 2018, 7:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by skyscraperpage17

Hmmm, that just sounds like a stupid word to use. No wonder I never heard of it until you used it.

Well it’s the word that refers to a person who doesn’t drink alcohol.

the urban politician · #94 Posted **Oct 7, 2018, 7:31 PM**

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Originally Posted by 10023

Well it’s the word that refers to a person who doesn’t drink alcohol.

Saying that a word is stupid.....is......just odd. But that’s far from the first time for him, and I’m sure there will be more to come. Boy, I can’t wait

skyscraperpage17 · #95 Posted **Oct 7, 2018, 7:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by 10023

Well it’s the word that refers to a person who doesn’t drink alcohol.

It still sounds like a stupid word to use.

In any event, I still see no reason why it was even used. There's no one in this thread who said they don't drink alcohol.

Centropolis · #96 Posted **Oct 7, 2018, 7:45 PM**

i’m banging two tinnies together right now on the patio in my swimsuit.

Centropolis · #97 Posted **Oct 7, 2018, 7:47 PM**

tinnies = half liter beers it’s not a spelling error.

10023 · #98 Posted **Oct 7, 2018, 7:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by skyscraperpage17

It still sounds like a stupid word to use.

In any event, I still see no reason why it was even used. There's no one in this thread who said they don't drink alcohol.

Not at all or not often, same thing. A part-time vegan is still annoying.

skyscraperpage17 · #99 Posted **Oct 7, 2018, 8:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by 10023

Not at all or not often, same thing...

lol.

"Dude! You only drink 1 day a week instead of 5 days a week. Obviously, that means you don't drink at all!"

montréaliste · #**100** Posted **Oct 8, 2018, 12:11 AM**

I was all gung ho'ed with my young co-ed
firing up my dad's Plymouth Gran Fury,
blocks from where they built them in St-Loose Missouri
drove it up with my cutie's long legs on the dash
to a place called Grand Vapid or Grand Rabbits and back.