Portland, OR [sure]
Hartford, CT [mebbe]
Worcester, MA [mebbe]
Providence, RI [mebbe]
New Haven, CT [mebbe]
Baltimore, MD [sure]
Milwaukee, WI [well ... i dunno]
Boston, MA [mebbe]
Chicago, IL [sure]
Eugene, OR [mebbe]
Medford, OR [don't think so]
Danbury, CT [well ... i dunno]
Corvallis, OR [nah]
Frederick, MD [mebbe]
Sheboygan, WI [nah]
Charleston, WV [don't think so]
Madison, WI [mebbe]
Gaithersburg, MD [nah]
Eau Claire, WI [nah]
Oshkosh-Appleton/Neenah, WI [don't think so]
Bend, OR [no freakin' way]
Little Rock, AR [no freakin' way]
Washington, DC [mebbe]
I decided to say I wanted there to be a Jewish community, even if I eschew religion in general. Know what I mean? Who wants to live in the U.S. where there are no Jewish people, unless you're going rural?
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Boston, MA
Hartford, CT
Providence, RI
New Haven, CT
Baltimore,MD
Honolulu, HI
Worcester, MA
Danbury, CT
Cape Cod, MA
Charleston, WV
Frederick , MD
Las Vegas, NV
Sacramento, CA
Baton Rouge, LA
New Orleans, LA
Little Rock, AR
Portland, OR
San Francisco, CA
San Jose, CA
El Cajon, CA
Alexandria, LA
Washington, DC
Natchitoches, LA
Cambridge, MA
I'm going to make my call now. Maybe my stomach will stop doing backflips soon.
we'll have to go to El Cajon, CA, togather (have to find out where it is first)
here's what i got. the only relaly preferences I gave were GLBT stuff
Honolulu
Little Rock, Arkansas
Alexandria, Louisiana
Hartford, Connecticut
Portland, Oregon
Danbury, Connecticut
Charleston, West Virginia
Eugene, Oregon
Fayetteville, Arkansas
El Cajon
Natchitoches, Louisiana
Sacramento
Boston
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Frederick, Maryland
Corvallis, Oregon
Providence, Rhode Island
Shreveport-Bossier City, Louisiana
Washington, District of Columbia
Santa Cruz
Baton Rouge
Ventura, California
New Orleans
Baltimore
Also-- let me put a plug in for Milwaukee. If you don't mind lotsa snow. It has charm, culture, Jewish people, and a socialist past. And it's near lotsa water. Nonhumid summers. Probably your more truly midwestern friends can say more about it than I can though (I can hardly claim midwesternness any more).
You don't think you carry the Midwestern pseudo-gene in you? I was surprised to find out how much mine had remained present if dormant until called up by local culture again. (Or would it be my Plainsian pseudo-gene? I suppose there are some differences.)
Midwestern pseudo-gene, dormant until called up by local culture again
Well, that's true. Recently I assumed it was OK to make these cheddar cheese potatoes from a box for a brunch (my mom would do that). I would not be surprised to attend a funeral and see 14 different kinds of jell-O, as was the case at my grandmother's funeral in Redgranite, Wisconsin, a few years (well, 7 years) ago. I remember being in the Catholic church during the funeral service and smelling onions and being aware that the "Ladies of the Sodality" (whatever that means--I wasn't raised Catholic) were downstairs cooking sloppy joes and setting out many Jell-O salads. Some of the ingredients in the various jello salads could be: marshmallows, carrot bits, peas, canned cranberry, various fruit chunks, cabbage (Yes!). I was moved to look on the web ....
http://www.elise.com/recipes/archives/0
http://www.lileks.com/institute/gal
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