@SuperGeo5999 What are you talking about??? The is nothing remotely rude or anything about suicide in post #15 and it hasn’t been edited - are talking about a different post?
@3scoutsmom They’re just being melodramatic.
OP: In response to your request for ranking the cities: San Diego is the best city on the list. I’m totally biased, as I lived near/in it for 10 years, but I Loooooove it.
@SuperGeo5999 - You can’t take every comment personal, especially if no offense was meant. He lives in a more rural area. Buses don’t run near my house and nothing goes near the farm where my mother grew up. Just facts. Not an insult at all. Also, talk of suicide is shocking, when we are all just talking about seeing a little more of the world.
I didn’t get a car until I had been married a year. My children don’t have cars and I don’t plan on buying any for college. we will all manage and who needs the expense and maintenance, when school is the focus.
I’d only ever seen bus stops in cities. In the suburbs we didn’t have any. Never had to navigate a bus route until I went to college.
That has nothing to do with having or not having a car.
@SuperGeo5999 you seem a bit sensitive about this car issue. The way I see @QuadCFreshie could be envious of you because you have the option of using public transportation in your city, heck you even have an AmTrak station in your city so you have many options others don’t have.
If not having a car bothers you perhaps it would be better to spend you the money you have for your travels, you really haven’t stated a budget yet, on a down payment for a good second hand car.
@3scoutsmom I am sensitive! It’s hard to not be envious! Even though it’s true that life isn’t always fair we should still work on goals that get us to where we are happy! There are pros and cons of everywhere! Being in the country, it’s quiet,not as many people,you see more storms(i love storms but not sure whether it storms more in the city or rural areas),it’s beautiful,and you see more animals but In the city you have access to transportation If you don’t have a car, you have more access to stores and restaurants, and you could name many other great things about both city and rural life.
I had a gig as a counselor on bicycle trips with a youth organization when I was in college. It was profoundly difficult work, and I didn’t make any money, but by the time I graduated I lacked just a few hundred miles of having crossed the country three times - twice north to south, admittedly. Getting teenagers to ride 90+ miles a day for weeks on end was … well it wasn’t always fun. It was always rewarding.
@Erichina can you offer any advice to this topic?
Sorry @Erichina I accidentally typed your name above!
@bodangles so what’s it like in the town of penn state? Are there any attractions there? So do you ride the bus or take a car more often?
The campus and downtown are very walkable, but outside of that I take the bus. There’s a mall and a movie theater on one of the bus routes. It’s very suburban/rural so there’s not a ton off-campus.
Ok I’m gonna make a TripAdvisor account, see what advice and information I get there, and tell you guys how it goes!
Can your parents help you plan a trip? They’ve probably had some experience and can help you figure out the details. I’d start with short trips to someplace local and work your way to longer, more involved trips.
I like to do daytrips or squeeze in a visit somewhere when I have had to travel for a particular reason. You can work on planning a day trip to Chicago.
* Go early in the morning, bringing your breakfast with you or eating before you leave.
* Plan some sites to see and a place to eat nearby.
* Go back home in the evening so you don’t need a hotel room.
@austinmshauri they have brought up the idea of going to Nashville tennessse in September to see Oakland raiders and Tennessee Titans play, visit my moms boyfriends brother,and sight see but I have to go to school! They wanna leave on Friday,Sep 8 and Not come back until the night of Monday,Sep 11 but I can’t miss school becuase I’m gonna be taking two math classes and it will be very hard to catch up missing one day. I’m not really interested in what Nashville Tennessee has to offer because I’m not interested in Johny Cash or Country hall of fame museum. So since they are going when it I can’t,why suffer and not get to go on a vacation on my own? I can’t suffer becuase they choose a vacation when I have schooo so I have to take matters into my own hands! I can’t depend on my parents! Does Nashville Tennessee offer anything good?
@SuperGeo, I don’t know whether or not you would like to go to Nashville, though it can just generally broaden your outlook to go anywhere…even if it turn out that you don’t particularly like the place. It wouldn’t be great to miss school for it, though. I guess it would depend on your schedule, whether you will have Monday classes.
Do you think your mother would go on a one-day (Saturday, or whenever she’s not working) trip to Chicago with you? It could be a fun outing for both of you.
The other idea I was thinking of…are there any outing-type clubs in Lafayette, at Ivy-Tech (or even something that meets at Purdue, if it’s open to a non-Purdue student.) I was thinking of something like the Sierra Club, but I looked that up and the closest Sierra Club near you seems to be in Indianapolis. Any club that has an interest you share…nature, zoology, meteorology, geology might have some outings to go interesting places…either nature outings or to museums in cities. A lot of places have astronomy clubs, too. I know you haven’t mentioned astronomy, but maybe someone in a club like that would share some of your interests (like meteorology.) I was thinking that if you eventually get to know someone around your age in a club like that who also wants to travel you could go places together. If you had someone or a group, it would be safer and more fun to go on day trips (such as train trips to Chicago.)
@bodangles what places have you traveled to? I’ve only been to five states and never traveled to anywhere outside of the country!
Choose a destination, or a group of destinations.
All- inclusives tend to make the process easier. Consider some of the Club Med locations, where transfers, hotel and food are all part of the price. Some have “family clubs”, intended to appeal more to the families than to the drink/ sleep around crowd that some of the Club Meds tend to attract. Likewise, cruises are all inclusive-- there are some cruise lines that market to a younger clientele like yourself. For location, the beaches in Bermuda are breathtakingly beautiful.
Speak to a travel agent. They work by commission, so there’s no cost to you for their services. There are some groups and tours specifically targeting singles, so they may be of interest to you.
Frankly I do not recommend you travel during the summer session while taking college classes. Summer school classes go at a faster rate and often involve more homework and self learning. You need to plan to go between sessions. Just because your mother and her boy friend go away for a weekend doesn’t mean you “suffer” because you can’t go. You need to think of your future and put your school work first (as you are doing by not missing class to go to Nashville :-bd ) , when you are at a point where you are comfortable with your math grades you can think about weekend trips that don’t involve missing classes but until you know your workload and are confident with your grades I would not worry about travel. Think of your mother’s trip as a ‘stay-cation’ for you and enjoy having the house to yourself!
I have to have a vacation this summer or else there is no point in me having a Job!