You'd think that this was CF-Community or something. ;)
One other suggestion I did have is go to one of the salary comparison
sites and check out possible cost of living in DC vs the suburbs that
way. You can look at how much more you'd need to make as well as
seeing how much more it would cost living in DC vs., the agony of the
commute.
Believe me, commuting in this region is ugly. You need to take that
into account. Driving into the district is not recommended if you can
avoid it.
regards,
larry
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 5:19 PM, Jason Birch birchma...@yahoo.com wrote:
Well, it appears my thread has officially been hijacked. :)
JB
From:RobG sled...@gmail.com
To:cf-jobs-talk cf-jobs-talk@houseoffusion.com
Sent: Tue, November 9, 2010 9:18:00 AM
Subject: Re: Moving to DC
On 11/8/10 2:59 PM, Maureen wrote:
That is legal in California. I hate it, but apparently there have
been few accidents because of it, and no fatalities.
No offense (seriously), but here's my take on why people hate it. It's
a generalization so please try not to take it too personally. And I can
relate because years ago before I rode I felt the same way.
You hate it because it requires you to actually pay attention. You feel
like you shouldn't have to watch out for anybody but yourself. You hate
it because of the VERY FEW dweebs out there (they exist in every group)
that abuse the privilege and blow through traffic at too high a speed,
or you've had a mirror broken by one of these guys.
OR, as somebody pointed out yesterday, you hate the idea that somebody
should get there before you do. Misery spread equally, that's the
Liberal Way (tm). Instead of Power To Those Who Can, we need to put a
stop those people because it isn't FAIR that they should be able to do
something we can't.
There was an article written in San Francisco back in 2000 talking about
lane splitting. They quoted one guy saying how he hates how people can
get there sooner, and they shouldn't be allowed to. They, should just
get in line and wait with everybody else.
It's such a crock because bikes are much smaller than cars. They fit in
smaller spaces. It just makes sense to let them use that space.
Consider this... at the grocery store or Walmart. You have these big,
wide aisles. WHAT IF you were only allowed to walk single file down
these aisles? Even if somebody stopped to get stuff off the shelf, or
was standing there staring, looking for the item that didn't exist, you
COULD NOT go around them. How dumb is that? Very similar concept.
Rob
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