Apolyton Archive  |  Preserved copy of the Apolyton Civilization Site and its forums as they stood in September 2005. Read-only; nothing here can be posted to or replied to.  |  Forum index |  About this archive |  The 1998–2001 UBB forums
Today on Apolyton WARDELL INTERVIEW PROMO A.C.S. HISTORY CHAPTER 4 GET CIV4 /w FREE PLUS! A.C.S. PHOTO GALLERY GET A.O.M. V1.1
Apolyton Civilization Forums
main| civ2| civ3| civ4| smac| ctp2| ron| moo3| galciv| galciv2| alt| about|
ApolytonPLUS | register | search | faq | new posts | pm (-/-) | upload | members
hall of fame new! | civgroups | civgroups news | interviews | the column | radio | chat | directory | news | store | PLUS
Apolyton Civilization Forums : Powered by vBulletin version 2.0.3 Apolyton Civilization Forums > Miscellaneous > Archive > Off-Topic-Archive > The Midwest is the most horrible area of America.
Show a Printable Version | Email This Page to Someone! | Receive updates to this thread | Report this to Apolyton news!

bottom of page
  
Author
Thread   
Pages (9): [ <<   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   ]
< Last Thread     Next Thread > Post New Thread     Post A Reply
Alexander's Horse is offline Alexander's Horse
Deity
Panmunjon, hands up!
Jan 1970
time: 15:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 10:53 Visit Alexander's Horse's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#151 Report this post to a moderator
Full PM-box? Change here!

Chicago is a city I really want to visit one day, looks amazing the way the roads and railway lines all converge there.

monolith94 is offline monolith94
Emperor
New England
Jan 1970
time: 00:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 10:55 Visit monolith94's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#152 Report this post to a moderator
Increase Your PM Length

To a man, nearly every single easterner will say that Chicago is not a part of the midwest.
"I don't understand how this thread reached seven pages..."
It's only on the third page for me...
"The only way to improve the midwest would be to pave it over and start from scratch."
I wouldn't say pave it over - rather let the buildings crumble and return into nature.
Nebraska should be the world's largest nature preserve.

SlowwHand is offline SlowwHand
King
of The Cooler
Sep 1999
time: 23:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 10:56 Visit SlowwHand's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#153 Report this post to a moderator
Get a bigger avatar today!

You know, I'm picking up some bad vibes here.

Ming is offline Ming
Chief Minion

Donate to the Red Cross
Mingapulco - CST
Jan 1970
time: 23:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 10:57 Visit Ming<br><img src=/forums/images/staff-icon.gif>'s homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#154 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

The best way to improve New York would be to give it back to the Indians. At least they might be more polite and keep the island clean

Drake Tungsten is offline Drake Tungsten
Prince
Knee deep in alien womyn...
Oct 2001
time: 14:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 10:59
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#155 Report this post to a moderator
Get a bigger avatar today!

quote:
You know, I'm picking up some bad vibes here.


Don't take them seriously, Sloww. They're just jealous of us real American men...

monolith94 is offline monolith94
Emperor
New England
Jan 1970
time: 00:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 11:03 Visit monolith94's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#156 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton, buy Alpha Centauri

naaaah - the best way to improve new york would be to elect bill clinton as mayor!

SlowwHand is offline SlowwHand
King
of The Cooler
Sep 1999
time: 23:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 11:06 Visit SlowwHand's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#157 Report this post to a moderator
Increase Your PM Length

You know, Hussein would look at stuff like this, and laugh his ass off.

CyberGnu is offline CyberGnu
King
of the Virtual Serengeti
Apr 1999
time: 05:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 11:06 Visit CyberGnu's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#158 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

AH, Chicago is a great place to live, but kind of pointless to visit.

It is hard to explain, but Chicago is what might be called "a generic Big City". This isn't a bad thing, by any means. It is just that there is nothing that puts Chicago as THE place to visit.

It is a big city, but not the biggest. It is busy, but not the busiest. It is beautiful (particularly the skyline), but not the most beautiful . It doesn't have the best weather. It doesn't have the worst weather. It doesn't have any amazing tourist attractions. You see what I mean?

But these are usually only things you care about if you visit the city. Sure, NY has the statue of liberty, but how many New Yorkers have actually visited it?

Imran Siddiqui is offline Imran Siddiqui

Deity
The Potterverse
Jan 1970
time: 00:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 11:07
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#159 Report this post to a moderator
Browse Apolyton AD-FREE

quote:
nearly every single easterner will say that Chicago is not a part of the midwest.


That's because we want to claim it as our own.

After living in NE-lite, I'm SOOOO glad that I've come to the South. I've been missing a lot! I mean, who else has as good BBQ, Fried Chicken, and OH MY GOD Sweet Tea!

CyberGnu is offline CyberGnu
King
of the Virtual Serengeti
Apr 1999
time: 05:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 11:08 Visit CyberGnu's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#160 Report this post to a moderator
Tired of ads?

Monolith, yeah, that's true. I mean't salvage it for the people who live there.

But yes, I think everyone would be better of if we evacuated it and used it to grow food for the thirld world.

monolith94 is offline monolith94
Emperor
New England
Jan 1970
time: 00:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 11:17 Visit monolith94's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#161 Report this post to a moderator
Increase the size of your Attachments

There's more to life than food - Imran. Plus, I feel I should mention that in the city I'm in now, they make the WORST food.
Plus, how can you pass up a cuppa chowdah?

SlowwHand is offline SlowwHand
King
of The Cooler
Sep 1999
time: 23:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 11:18 Visit SlowwHand's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#162 Report this post to a moderator
Avatar Enlargement: We've got the solution

Damn, Imran. I love you more, every single day.

Imran Siddiqui is offline Imran Siddiqui

Deity
The Potterverse
Jan 1970
time: 00:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 11:21
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#163 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

quote:
Plus, how can you pass up a cuppa chowdah?


uke: NEW ENGLAND Clam Chowder is the nastiest soup in the world. MANHATTEN Clam Chowder is where it is at (which consequently is one of the best soups in the world).

Slow:

Alexander's Horse is offline Alexander's Horse
Deity
Panmunjon, hands up!
Jan 1970
time: 15:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 11:21 Visit Alexander's Horse's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#164 Report this post to a moderator
Full PM-box? Change here!

quote:
Originally posted by CyberGnu
AH, Chicago is a great place to live, but kind of pointless to visit.

It is hard to explain, but Chicago is what might be called "a generic Big City". This isn't a bad thing, by any means. It is just that there is nothing that puts Chicago as THE place to visit.



I just thought it might be fun to watch all those pork bellies being unloaded

SlowwHand is offline SlowwHand
King
of The Cooler
Sep 1999
time: 23:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 11:27 Visit SlowwHand's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#165 Report this post to a moderator
Increase Your PM Length

Not that way, Imran.

CyberGnu is offline CyberGnu
King
of the Virtual Serengeti
Apr 1999
time: 05:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 11:35 Visit CyberGnu's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#166 Report this post to a moderator
Full PM-box? Change here!

AH, is that a sexual thing?

monolith94 is offline monolith94
Emperor
New England
Jan 1970
time: 00:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 19:43 Visit monolith94's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#167 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

manhattan clam chowder is disgusting!!!

Ming is offline Ming
Chief Minion

Donate to the Red Cross
Mingapulco - CST
Jan 1970
time: 23:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 19:45 Visit Ming<br><img src=/forums/images/staff-icon.gif>'s homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#168 Report this post to a moderator
Enter the AD-FREE zone

And Bookbinder soup is better than either clam chowder

GePap is offline GePap
King
of the Big Apple
Nov 2001
time: 23:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 23:36
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#169 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton or Terrorists Win

MIng, don't you mean all roads lead out of Chicago? Having lived there for four years, I think Chicago is a nice city, with great architecture..it would be better if things stayed open past 10 at night though.. and if the trains reached more places and stayed open all night.

As for Nebraska: if people love the Mid-west so damn much, why do they hemmorage people to the East and the West Coast? Mid-westerners vote with their feet, and its surely the hell out of those little towns in Kansas and Nebraska. As for having the "real men"..we don't need white-bread breed red-necks..we immigrate out tough guys

As for Food: here in NYc I can find any cuisine, including good southern slaw and chicken and so forth (its called Harlem). You try to find the same range in Omaha. Good luck.

Boris Godunov is offline Boris Godunov
King
Portland, OR
Aug 2001
time: 00:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 23:45
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#170 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton, buy GURPS/ Alpha Centauri

NYC has the advantage of every type of food being available any time of year. Everything's always in season.

All this silly chest thumping over particular regions. Pfff. There are only a few indisputably terrible, awful, irredeemable places in the U.S.:

AL-MS-LA (The stinky, musky armpit of America)
Los Angeles
Gary, IN
Eastern Shore of VA
St. Louis
The stretch of Texas between Dallas and El Paso
All that forgettable stuff in the middle...

Zero is offline Zero
King
Bouncing back and forth
Sep 2002
time: 00:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 23:46
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#171 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

Gepap--> Sure if you are willing to dish out mucho dinero for tiny strip of raw fish... otherwise you dont have alot of options.

Boris Godunov is offline Boris Godunov
King
Portland, OR
Aug 2001
time: 00:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 23:48
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#172 Report this post to a moderator
Help yourself to an AD-FREE life

quote:
Originally posted by Calc II
Gepap--> Sure if you are willing to dish out mucho dinero for tiny strip of raw fish... otherwise you dont have alot of options.


Are you seriously trying to say that sushi is the only cuisine available in NYC?

GePap is offline GePap
King
of the Big Apple
Nov 2001
time: 23:26
  Old Post 06-03-2003 23:56
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#173 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton, buy Call to Power 2

quote:
Originally posted by Calc II
Gepap--> Sure if you are willing to dish out mucho dinero for tiny strip of raw fish... otherwise you dont have alot of options.


There is affordable sushi in NYC, though as i said, for thr money I found Chicago to be better in the affordable Sushi category. Yet Sushi is not the only food available, and for cheap. I knw great Indian places where a whole meanl goes for under 10 buch as person..Salvadorean, Ecuadorean, Cuban, Dominacn,. PuertoRican places galore, great Thai, incredible Chinese (made with damn fresh seafood at Chinatowan), top notch Italian, good soul food (harlem), fine French and german (though they are not too cheap), so forth an so on...

And thats just in Manhattan...try Queens and Brooklyn (things are even cheaper there).

Boris Godunov is offline Boris Godunov
King
Portland, OR
Aug 2001
time: 00:26
  Old Post 07-03-2003 01:33
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#174 Report this post to a moderator
Increase Your PM Length

In the U.S. You won't find better Italian food in the than in Little Italy or American Chinese food than in Chinatown, NYC.

Imran Siddiqui is offline Imran Siddiqui

Deity
The Potterverse
Jan 1970
time: 00:26
  Old Post 07-03-2003 01:42
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#175 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton, buy Civilization 2

Re: Chinese Food, what about San Francisco, with isn't numerous people of Chinese descent?

And you won't find better soul food than in those areas you despise, Boris . They are good for something .

And Mexican is wonderful down in the South as well.

Ming is offline Ming
Chief Minion

Donate to the Red Cross
Mingapulco - CST
Jan 1970
time: 23:26
  Old Post 07-03-2003 01:49 Visit Ming<br><img src=/forums/images/staff-icon.gif>'s homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#176 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton buy from Amazon

And Imran, you forgot to mention Chicago Pizza

New York has an excellent selection of many different kinds of food. Much of it is over priced, but there are some great reasonable places to eat as well. When ever I'm in New York, the food is the one thing that makes me glad I'm in New York.

But Imran is right. Chinese food... go to SF... Cajun food, go to the source in New Orleans... Mexican Food... forget New York or even Chicago for that matter... If you want a steak or a good piece of meat, you will find it in Chicago, Kansas City, or Omaha... not in New York.

Solver is offline Solver
Apolyton Duke Of Something
Latvia, Riga
Sep 2000
time: 07:26
  Old Post 07-03-2003 01:51 Visit Solver<br><img src=/forums/images/staff-icon.gif>'s homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#177 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton, buy Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition

Ming, any place to get a nice borstch in Chicago?

Boris Godunov is offline Boris Godunov
King
Portland, OR
Aug 2001
time: 00:26
  Old Post 07-03-2003 01:58
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#178 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton, buy Civilization: The Boardgame

quote:
Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui
Re: Chinese Food, what about San Francisco, with isn't numerous people of Chinese descent?


So does China, but I wouldn't want to eat food there.

quote:
And you won't find better soul food than in those areas you despise, Boris . They are good for something .


Huh? The best soul food can be found in GA, which wasn't on my list at all.

quote:
And Mexican is wonderful down in the South as well.


Which is why I didn't have San Antonio on my list.

But that's just food, anyway. There's a lot more to a region than that, of course.

Imran Siddiqui is offline Imran Siddiqui

Deity
The Potterverse
Jan 1970
time: 00:26
  Old Post 07-03-2003 02:02
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#179 Report this post to a moderator
Support Apolyton, pre-order Civilization IV

quote:
So does China, but I wouldn't want to eat food there.


What is wrong with San Fran?

quote:
Huh? The best soul food can be found in GA, which wasn't on my list at all.


I'd actually say Alabama or Mississippi is better. Of course, going there is the problem .

NY has a lot, but the only thing which I'd say it is the BEST at, is Pizza, of course .

Sten Sture is offline Sten Sture
Emperor
SF, CA don't call it frisco... Striker!!
Mar 1999
time: 21:26
  Old Post 07-03-2003 02:12 Visit Sten Sture's homepage!
Edit/Delete Message Reply w/Quote
#180 Report this post to a moderator
Increase the size of your Attachments

Chicago pizza is better. Any pizza served by the pound and eaten with a steak knife is a winner.


SF is about 30% Asian varietals, so we get a pretty good variety. 3400 restaurants in the area iirc.

 
Pages (9): [ <<   3   4   5   6   7   8   9   ]
< Last Thread     Next Thread > Post New Thread     Post A Reply
All times are GMT. The time now is 05:26.
Apolyton Time is 00:26.
    top of page
Rate This Thread:
archivepost
Forum Jump:
Forum Rules:
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is ON
vB code is ON
Smilies are ON
[IMG] code is ON
 




Contact Us - Apolyton Civilization Site - Support Us!

Building a better Apolyton through better information. Click here and take our poll!
Non-US visitors, click here!

Powered by: vBulletin Version 2.0.3
Copyright ©2000, 2001, Jelsoft Enterprises Limited.

Page generated in 0.0658 seconds (90.04% PHP - 9.96% MySQL) with 31 queries
Page Loading Time:

Support Apolyton: Amazon USA | Amazon UK | Amazon DE | Amazon FR |
Support Apolyton and get FREE PLUS, Buy from Chips&Bits: Galactic Civilizations | Galactic Civilizations: Deluxe Edition | Call to Power 2 | Civilization: The Boardgame | GURPS/ Alpha Centauri | Alpha Centauri | Civilization IV | Civilization III: Complete |


Front Page | Civilization IV | Civilization III | Civilization II | Call to Power II | Alpha Centauri | Master of Orion III
Rise of Nations | Galactic Civilizations | Galactic Civilizations II | Misc
Alt.Civs | Civ I | C:CtP I | About | News | Directory | Apolyton Store | Forums | Chat | Columns | Interviews | Newsletter
Scenario League | CSC | Clash of Civs | Spanish Site | CtP Maps | Cradle of Civ | WesW's Ctp1/2 Site | Civ3 Haven

apolyton.net | apolyton.com | civilization2.net | civilization3.net | civilization4.net | civilizationiv.info | calltopower.net | galciv.net | galciv2.net | moo3.net