Welcome to General Chat - GAW Community Area
This General Chat area started off as a place for people to talk about things that are off topic, however it has quickly evolved into a community and has become an integral part of the GAW experience for many of us.
Based on its evolving needs and plenty of user feedback, we are trying to bring some order and institute some rules. Please make sure you read these rules and participate in the spirit of this community.
Rules for General Chat
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Be respectful to each other. This is of utmost importance, and comments may be removed if deemed not respectful.
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Avoid long drawn out arguments. This should be a place to relax, not to waste your time needlessly.
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Personal anecdotes, puzzles, cute pics/clips - everything welcome
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Please do not spam at the top level. If you have a lot to post each day, try and post them all together in one top level comment
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Try keep things light. If you are bringing in deep stuff, try not to go overboard.
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Things that are clearly on-topic for this board should be posted as a separate post and not here (except if you are new and still getting the feel of this place)
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If you find people violating these rules, deport them rather than start a argument here.
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Feel free to give feedback as these rules are expected to keep evoloving
In short, imagine this thread to be a local community hall where we all gather and chat daily. Please be respectful to others in the same way
In my opinion, and some is partially from experience- Chicago seems like a horrible place.
LA and San Fran are an absolute no. Ive been to both. Got my car broken into in San Fran and cops laughed at me. I don’t need to go into all the woke Hollywood stuff but ugh LA is the definition of garbage.
I’ve lived outside Baltimore and went there a lot, my dad had an office there and at one point the feds showed up at his work because they believed there was possible murder evidence on his building roof. There was a knife. It was comical sorta. But it was the only city I’ve experienced where the black folk openly call you racist names like cracker and snowflake and aggressively hit you up for money if you’re out and about and almost don’t take no for an answer. That’s where I developed my stock answer “NO! Fuk Off- I never carry cash” said in the most menacing 6’5” way possible. There are some cool places in Baltimore like Fort McHenry and Fells point but it’s a POS. Don’t go there. Ever.
I’ve been to NYC many times and I was always a huge fan but perhaps now it is one of the worst cities in the world.
That is 5.