That’s wild we’ve lived so close to each other, and we both ended up on Lemmy.
South Carolina isn’t my favorite, tbh. I love my family there, and the town I’m in is nice, but the area as a whole is… Depressing, I guess would be the word. I miss living in an actual city.
I love the internet for exactly that reason. I host a lot of the internet presence for Simutrans, an open source game that’s almost 30 years old. Because of that, I get to talk to people literally around the world - it’s a small community, but a global following. And then there’s times like this - finding someone who was very close in proximity that I never would have met othewise. lol. It’s awesome. :)
Well, I feel your pain on SC - that’s probably not unlike how I felt moving to Panama City. Well, not only was it a tiny community (I went from what was at the time I think 6 million down to 150,000. lol), but also I grew up inland, so it kinda freaked me out being on the water. I didn’t feel like I was gonna fall off the edge exactly, but it was weird to me not being able to just drive in any direction. lol.
Small towns definitely have some big disadvantages. I think the lack of interesting places to eat is my worst complaint. lol. But even moving from Williamsburg to Newport News has opened up - we have an African market around the corner, and apparently the Yemini community is well-represented in local restaurants. heh.
Hopefully you find sufficient comfort in the family and the town so long as you’re there. I do miss a very few thngs about Panama City. Not much. But a few. hehe
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That’s wild we’ve lived so close to each other, and we both ended up on Lemmy.
South Carolina isn’t my favorite, tbh. I love my family there, and the town I’m in is nice, but the area as a whole is… Depressing, I guess would be the word. I miss living in an actual city.
I love the internet for exactly that reason. I host a lot of the internet presence for Simutrans, an open source game that’s almost 30 years old. Because of that, I get to talk to people literally around the world - it’s a small community, but a global following. And then there’s times like this - finding someone who was very close in proximity that I never would have met othewise. lol. It’s awesome. :)
Well, I feel your pain on SC - that’s probably not unlike how I felt moving to Panama City. Well, not only was it a tiny community (I went from what was at the time I think 6 million down to 150,000. lol), but also I grew up inland, so it kinda freaked me out being on the water. I didn’t feel like I was gonna fall off the edge exactly, but it was weird to me not being able to just drive in any direction. lol.
Small towns definitely have some big disadvantages. I think the lack of interesting places to eat is my worst complaint. lol. But even moving from Williamsburg to Newport News has opened up - we have an African market around the corner, and apparently the Yemini community is well-represented in local restaurants. heh.
Hopefully you find sufficient comfort in the family and the town so long as you’re there. I do miss a very few thngs about Panama City. Not much. But a few. hehe