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Detroit does not have the unhappiest people in the U.S.!

post #1 of 25
3/4/09 at 5:21am
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It only ranked fourth!

http://realestate.msn.com//slideshow...52&GT1=35000#5

Portland Oregon was number one? Clearly the most forlorn denizens of Detroit were too feral to be approached for such a survey.
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post #2 of 25
3/4/09 at 7:16am
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Originally Posted by Overlord View Post
Portland Oregon was number one? Clearly the most forlorn denizens of Detroit were too feral to be approached for such a survey.
That's surreal -- I know someone moving back to Portland to "start over".
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post #3 of 25
3/4/09 at 9:42pm
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It only ranked fourth!

http://realestate.msn.com//slideshow...52&GT1=35000#5

Portland Oregon was number one? Clearly the most forlorn denizens of Detroit were too feral to be approached for such a survey.
Or perhaps they're happy in their feral-ness?
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post #4 of 25
3/4/09 at 9:54pm
How the fuck does Portland with it's easy mass transit outrank Detroit aka The Urban Wasteland? And Portland has worse weather than Detroit or Cleveland?! Fuck this noise. This is a bullshit poll.
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post #5 of 25
3/5/09 at 4:24am
Yeah, I really do not understand the Portland thing. I love that city...easily my second favorite after Austin.

No sales tax for crying out loud!
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post #6 of 25
3/9/09 at 12:56am
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/Housi...7034770&page=1
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post #7 of 25
3/9/09 at 1:00am
Only hang up I have about Portland, you're unable to pump your own gas.
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post #8 of 25
3/9/09 at 1:53am
So Cleveland's number 5, seems about right.
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post #9 of 25
3/9/09 at 2:23am
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Only hang up I have about Portland, you're unable to pump your own gas.
Oh, that shit pisses me off...
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post #10 of 25
3/9/09 at 2:31am
Then drive through NJ. (Hey, Newark and Camden didn't even rate!)
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post #11 of 25
3/9/09 at 2:34am
Only two states in the Union that do that, right?
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post #12 of 25
3/9/09 at 2:39am
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Only two states in the Union that do that, right?
There's a Getty station near King Of Prussia, PA that's still full service. I stop there when it's too effing cold to pump my own.
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post #13 of 25
3/9/09 at 3:01am
There's also a station in Lapeer, MI (about two hours northwest of the dreaded D) that offers this. They don't ask for tips or anything, so I never saw what the problem was - I get to sit in my car while someone else pumps the gas.
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post #14 of 25
3/9/09 at 3:04am
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There's a Getty station near King Of Prussia, PA that's still full service. I stop there when it's too effing cold to pump my own.
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There's also a station in Lapeer, MI (about two hours northwest of the dreaded D) that offers this. They don't ask for tips or anything, so I never saw what the problem was - I get to sit in my car while someone else pumps the gas.
The problem is that, in Oregon and Jersey, it's against the law for you to pump your own.
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post #15 of 25
3/9/09 at 3:05am
There are full service stations in the BFE areas of Florida. I've passed by them but never stopped at one.
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post #16 of 25
3/9/09 at 3:15am
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The problem is that, in Oregon and Jersey, it's against the law for you to pump your own.

That's... weird. I'm not really sure which side to fall on with this - on the one hand, my self-deterministic side wants to say "Fuck that, let the people pump their own gas how they want to!", but my lazy, let-someone-else-deal-with-it side is saying "It's obligated by law that someone else must do this for me? I love this place."
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post #17 of 25
3/9/09 at 3:16am
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That's... weird. I'm not really sure which side to fall on with this - on the one hand, my self-deterministic side wants to say "Fuck that, let the people pump their own gas how they want to!", but my lazy, let-someone-else-deal-with-it side is saying "It's obligated by law that someone else must do this for me? I love this place."
Also, they offset the cost of paying those attendants by incorporating it into the price of gas.
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post #18 of 25
3/9/09 at 3:19am
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Also, they offset the cost of paying those attendants by incorporating it into the price of gas.

A Forced Gratuity? I take back everything I said; those places are utter wastelands of depravity and get-rich-quick schemes.

Fuck 'em.
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post #19 of 25
3/9/09 at 10:27am
Is it cheaper to pump your own? I paid $1.75 a gallon this morning to fill my car, so how much would I save, if I could, if I pump my own?
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post #20 of 25
3/9/09 at 10:36am
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Is it cheaper to pump your own? I paid $1.75 a gallon this morning to fill my car, so how much would I save, if I could, if I pump my own?
None... that station I visit in KOP has regular at $1.94/gal. The Wawa down the street has regular at the same price. The markup is negligable.
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post #21 of 25
3/9/09 at 11:24am
That's cheaper than here.
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post #22 of 25
3/9/09 at 12:47pm
Well, it's New Jersey, Ed. We have so much gas here, some of the young men around here use unleaded for hair care.

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post #23 of 25
3/9/09 at 1:59pm
Jersey is also the major port of entry for a lot of gas, so it would kind of make sense that their gas would be cheaper because the transportation costs to get it there (as opposed to middle of nowhere Wyoming) would be a little cheaper. That's all hearsay and speculation, though.

But we do get this out of the deal:

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post #24 of 25
3/9/09 at 2:27pm
That shirt does indeed a deserve a "Fuckin A'".
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post #25 of 25
3/9/09 at 4:22pm
But it i also cheaper then Cal, and we have oil coming out of the fucking grown. it only cost about 9$ to bring a barrow of oil to market in Santa Barbra county, which is the fucking greenest place on earth. Most of that 9$ cost is fucking regulation.
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