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im from upstate, unfortunately. sorta wish I was from NYC or LI.
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<p>Dear lord, no. Being from Upstate is a blessing. High costs? Rude people? Smoggy air?</p>
<p>I'm applying to CMU too. Congrats on the admission! :D You deserve a pat on the back for your hard work. How -did- you find out about your admission so early, though?</p>
<p>Thanks. I did a program at cmu this summer which let me apply early action if i took 2 classes (it was really early, sep. 1st deadline).</p>
<p>thats really cool!
did you apply to cornell ED?</p>
<p>I am having absolute anxiety. I want it to be Mid-December already. I miss Cornell. It would be nice to know where I am going. Guess I just have to wait. </p>
<p>However, I am focusing my attention on other things, such as other college applications if I need to submit them. </p>
<p>And of course enjoying my senior year!!</p>
<p>Yeah, I applied to Cornell ED.</p>
<p>ah, I am from north shore LI. I love it upstate though! I have a lot of family around Utica/Syracuse. I liked growing up here, but I am positive I need to leave (and never come back) so don't say you'd rather live here! haha</p>
<p>Cayuga: Yeah, upstate is nice in terms of lower costs and less smog, but there are plenty of annoying people here too (haha). The downside is that there are a lot less interesting things to do in the Capital Region than, say, LI or NYC. But a plus side of it is that, if I do get into Cornell, it's only about a 3.5 hour drive.</p>
<p>vitae: Yeah, I'm definitely not going to live here, but visiting here is nice. How do you like LI? Up here it's basically only a myth, haha.</p>
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The downside is that there are a lot less interesting things to do in the Capital Region than, say, LI or NYC.
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<p>I'm not certain what you can do in NYC that you can't do in Albany or Troy. Read a book? Watch a movie? Get coffee? See a concert? And if you want to go to the MET, it's only a day trip away.</p>
<p>I do know that the Adirondacks are a hell of a lot closer to Albany than to Manhattan, though.</p>
<p>Let's just say you can exhaust the "fun things to do" list in Albany pretty fast.
The restaurants are overwhelmingly crappy (though there are a few nice ones that popped up where all the state workers go to lunch/dinner) and, especially in my 'burb, there's nothing to do.
I'm not going to schlep to downtown Albany to hang out, no one hangs out in the non-seedy parts of Albany for fun. When state workers aren't there, no one is.</p>
<p>NYC has a lot more opportunities for culture-seekers.</p>
<p>And I'm not a nature person</p>
<p><em>shrugs</em></p>
<p>Maybe Albany and Troy are worse than I make them out to be. I've actually been pleasantly surprised at the amount of culture in Buffalo/Niagara after living in Boston for a couple of years.</p>
<p>You should become a nature person, especially with the Dacks so close.</p>
<p>Back in my USS swim team days I had a lot of meets in the Albany/Troy area....I tried so hard to get my parents to move there b/c I loved the area.</p>
<p>Looking back on things...I'm glad they never entertained that thought :-)</p>
<p>Have you done everything/been everywhere dewdrop/Cayuga???</p>
<p>Really, dewdrop? It's really not a wonderful place to live. A few 'burbs surrounding it are awesome places to go to school and raise a family, but other than that, there's nothing about Albany that I like.
What did you like so much about Albany/Troy?</p>
<p>Yeah... be glad haha. I'm definitely going to try to leave the area after college.</p>
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Really, dewdrop? It's really not a wonderful place to live. A few 'burbs surrounding it are awesome places to go to school and raise a family, but other than that, there's nothing about Albany that I like.
What did you like so much about Albany/Troy?
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<p>Dude....I was 13 at the time and enthralled with the idea of living in a city. There is no way in heck I'd chose to live in the Albany/Troy area now. I was trying to support your notion that Albany/Troy is not that great...did you not read my last sentence? </p>
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Have you done everything/been everywhere dewdrop/Cayuga???
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<p>What is up with the attitude? I never once insinuated that I'd lived anywhere or done everything (and I certainly haven't...I only comment on what I know).</p>
<p>Whoa... I didn't have an attitude, I was merely extolling your worldliness...</p>
<p>Guess I missed it, lol</p>
<p>And I was just complimenting you two, rather than putting you down.</p>
<p>Yeah, I dislike Albany/Troy a fair amount, the suburbs are nice though.</p>
<p>I apologize.....now, moving on....</p>
<p>Actually...I'd have to say that I'd chose Albany/Troy over New Orleans :-)</p>
<p>Apology accepted.... possibly... haha jk.</p>
<p>Hmm, I probably would too just because I'd rather live in the Northeast (where I'm from) than the South. </p>
<p>Waiting for decisions is pretty much dominating my life right now, so at this point my future destination in terms of area of residence is murky.</p>
<p>hey now! respect the alums!! haha...kidding </p>
<p>New Orleans scares me because of the crime...although you'll find that in any city. But...when I turned on the news last night and heard about a beating that took place (because the victim wouldn't give a panhandler money) right around the block from an elementary school where I tutor aaaaaand there was also a murder 3 blocks from my place.....I get a little nervous :-)</p>
<p>that should make anyone a little nervous, if not very nervous. I, fortunately, one could say, come from a very quiet little town, so major crime in practically zero. No robberies, no muggings, certainly no murder (except this one case a few years ago where a women killed her husband with a candlestick in self-defense....). The worst I face here is someone taking a few dollars from my wallet in the gym locker room...</p>