I may live and work in NJ.. but even I hate NYC
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June 21, 2011 9:08 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
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June 21, 2011 9:24 p.m. JohnGalt Reader
It seems like you forgot to go to all the good states on the east coast. The further south you go the better (except for the heat and bugs).
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June 21, 2011 9:33 p.m. 92CelicaHalfTrac SuperDork
mndsm wrote:
92CelicaHalfTrac wrote:
mndsm wrote:
Wally- I'll hold you to the exception because you seem to be a cool guy and all- but I swear, everyone i've ever spoken to that's been raised in NYC is a complete jackass. To the point that I once found a car in NYC for a VERY reasonable price and I still wouldn't go get it because I refuse to set foot anywhere near there. Is there a reason for this? Seems to trickle south as well, until you get about an hour north of DC where everyone mellows out a lot.
You shut your face.
Are you in NYC now? No. So you shut YOUR face. Even New Yorkers wanna leave.
Yeah well... YOUR FACE!!!!!
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June 21, 2011 9:49 p.m. Snap Understeer Reader
The only way a toll road should be legal is if gas stations located near it are allowed to sell tax free fuel to use on it...
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June 21, 2011 10:22 p.m. fasted58 HalfDork
Ain't no wonder Pa. is known as 'The Land of Taxes'. They get ya comin' or goin'.
Pa. turnpike opened in 1940 and was known as America's first super highway. Most of the highway route was built on an abandoned intrastate rail line project that was cancelled.... in the 1880's. Some of the tunnels in use today were originally bored by the railroad but enlarged for the highway.
But w/ the constant construction they may end up w/ a new highway.... in another twenty years.
Why Pa. keeps polishing that turd is beyond me.
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June 21, 2011 10:25 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
at least in NJ you only pay to get out...
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June 22, 2011 9:31 a.m. spitfirebill SuperDork
The time to stop at Krispy Kreme is when the lights are flashing. I gave up Dunkin Donuts years ago, but the coffee ain't bad.
Not sure about DD, but KK had to change the recipe due to legislation that eliminated lard. That and the Adkins Diet fad almost killed them.
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June 22, 2011 11:53 a.m. Brett_Murphy HalfDork
People from NYC are different, but it extends outward as well.
When I moved from NY to NC, I had a bit of culture shock. People at the bank would make small talk with the teller about their kids or dogs or whatever while a line was building up behind them. I found it horribly rude (and still do).
Different areas of the country have different social norms. You just have to accept it and move on.
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June 22, 2011 12:43 p.m. Thinkkker SuperDork
Bobzilla wrote:
THE fastest/easiest route is the toll road. Sadly. We were knocking out the 12hour drive in one stint.... not worth taking a 3 hour detour.
Eh.... Depends. I have gone across a couple of times since being up here. It took 30-45 minutes longer. Just saying :)
Though, its a diagonal trip that I go through.
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June 22, 2011 12:53 p.m. Osterkraut SuperDork
spitfirebill wrote: ...due to legislation that eliminated lard.
Come again?
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June 22, 2011 1:17 p.m. z31maniac SuperDork
Osterkraut wrote:
spitfirebill wrote: ...due to legislation that eliminated lard.
Come again?
Trans fat?
I don't know.
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June 22, 2011 3:13 p.m. flountown Reader
I don't know how PA can have a reputation for taxes when it borders on New Jersey. Luckily, going to school in Philadelphia, it's a quick ride across the bridge to get the only two commodities that New Jersey doesn't screw you for tax wise, alcohol and gas.
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June 22, 2011 3:17 p.m. mndsm SuperDork
Shock of all shocks, I talked to a genuinely nice New Yorker today. Wally, you don't happen to sound like a woman, do you?
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June 22, 2011 5:50 p.m. mad_machine SuperDork
Pa is known for taxes because they tax near everything.
When I lived there.. I did not even own.. I had taxes taken out for the school system... at least in NJ, that was done through property taxes.
The school system had their OWN tax office where you paid
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June 22, 2011 6:08 p.m. fromeast2west New Reader
New Hampshire targets the small strip of roads leading from MA to ME for tolls.
Personally, I think all tolls on Interstates should be outlawed, or the states should have to give up the federal funding they get for maintaining them.
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June 22, 2011 6:35 p.m. integraguy Dork
Pa. may tax nearly everything, but folks still come from the "Triple Cities" area of nearby New York state to buy clothes in Pa.
Property and income are taxed heavily in Pa. I don't believe food is taxed, or taxed all that heavily. (I haven't lived there in a long time, just visit relatives, occasionally). In Tenn. Food in many areas is taxed as high as 8%.
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June 22, 2011 6:39 p.m. wbjones SuperDork
yeah but if I've not been mislead Tenn doesn't have income tax...
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June 22, 2011 9:53 p.m. TRoglodyte HalfDork
Flashback to 78 when she pulled that rack of donuts out of the oven smokin hot and said "which one"? I LOve me some firm hard donuts ever since.....
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June 22, 2011 11:13 p.m. Osterkraut SuperDork
z31maniac wrote:
Osterkraut wrote:
spitfirebill wrote: ...due to legislation that eliminated lard.
Come again?
Trans fat?
I don't know.
From KK's website: "Our doughnuts are cooked in 100% vegetable oil shortening (partially hydrogenated soybean and/or cottonseed oil)."
Shortening is pretty much all trans fat. It's way worse for you than lard (mostly saturated fat). Neither have been legislated out of existence (though thanks to big [cooking] oil, anything marked 0g of trans fat can really have 0.5gs...bullE36 M3).
Sorta like how margarine was marketed as a healthy option to saturated fat filled butter, when it turned out saturated fat was alright and trans-fat will flat out solidify your heart.
