Urban Place

i’m an urban girl ,quiet ambitious abt the future,i’m pressed to get engaged to a person living in a rural place,well educated but not ambitious……we chatted and the wavelength of our coversations drifts in two planes.
my parents and relatives are really in for it.
after the initial confused "yes" i ‘m having second thoughts
should i break the engagement…
its gonna be a social question..coz we hail from a conservative family.

The guy is well educated and not ambitious is what you have perceived. Certain people, though very meticulous and well planned, generally do not exhibit it as a part of their disposition and keep a ‘happy go easy attitude’. That is the way they are! They do not beleive in being very vocal about it.

If that is not the case and you do not have any faith in the guy, you should consider your options to say ‘quits’ right now.

What are some nice areas of Seattle to live in? My husband will work at Microsoft (Redmond), and I will probably work downtown. I don’t mind a commute (I have a 30 min. – 1 hour commute now).

I have 2 dogs and will need a fenced backyard. We do not have children. I am accustomed to living in the suburbs 30 miles outside Nashville, TN. I want something not too urban, but not too rural either, with decent access to shopping, entertainment, etc.

You should just live in Redmond then or Bellevue. Bellevue is like a mini-Seattle. It’s about 10 miles from the city, but with traffic it can take you awhile to get into work. Bellevue has a ton of shopping, restaurants, movie theaters, etc.

Redmond is really nice. That’s where I live. It has the Redmond Town Center shopping mall, which has a lot of restaurants, Macy’s, Rei, etc. Plus, downtown has a lot of restaurant options too. Redmond is a little farther from downtown Seattle and with traffic (which is likely for you commuting) it can take an hour or more to get into the city. It can get a little rural in Redmond, but only if you go farther east. There’s an awesome dog park that I take our dog to weekly. Plus, they’re building condos and stuff downtown which look pretty nice.

I think Bellevue would be a happy medium for you guys, or even Kirkland. It also has a bustling downtown area, but not huge. I just mean it has a lot of restaurants and a few boutiques. Although, I’d say Bellevue by far has the best shopping, then Redmond, then Kirkland.

All three cities have plenty of housing options. I don’t know where you’re coming from, but the median house cost can get pricey. I don’t know what your budget is. We recently bought our house in Redmond on an acre and a half of land for right around $500K and that was on the cheap side. However, it is a buyer’s market right now, so a lot of places for sale have been forced to do price reductions, so you may luck out.

I hope that helps! Good luck!

I’am from California and I recently visited some family in the Dallas-Fort Worth area. I also got to see a little of East Texas (Tyler), Central Texas (Austin), and West Texas (El Paso). Anyway, I really enjoyed the time that I spent in Texas. The people seem to be pretty nice and hospitable throughout the state and their seems to be so much to see and do there (and PLENTY of space) that I’am thinking of possibly buying a vacation home there someday. I’am really into watersports and Texas seems to have plenty of good-sized lakes (I counted over 20 just in the Dallas-Fort Worth area) and a coastline where I could go. I’am an outdoor enthusiast in general. so I pretty much like anything that can be done outside the home, and Texas seem to offer almost everything. So would having a second home someday in Texas be a good idea? Where are some of the best places to have vacation homes in Texas (rural and urban)? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

If I were you I would choose Austin, Austin is a great place if your into music. We have tons of venues all around Austin. We are the live music capital. We also have beautiful hill country views that are just breath taking. Every one in Austin is extremely friendly. Traffic is so so but people since the people are nice it is easy to get around. Sandra Bullock and Matthew McConahey (sorry dont think I spelled that right) are some of the locals. Lake Travis is a beautiful blue lake that you can swim, fish and go boating in. The only thing it doesnt have is a place to surf but Galveston is only 2.5 hrs away. Trust me if you choose austin you will live anywhere else.

Less invasive techniques (endovascular coiling for brain hemorrhages, port access heart surgeries) are generally concentrated in large urban hospitals. Apparently, this takes place because the patients that require these techniques are more complex and require many specialists available 24/7. The large urban hospitals usually have more specialist available 24/7. Doctors that treat these complex patients often move them to the large urban hospitals. The fact that these less invasive techniques are concentrated in the large urban hospitals means that many patients have to travel great distances to obtain these services. Another way of looking at this is: if you have (for example) a brain hemorrhage and are in a rural area, hundreds of miles from the large urban hospitals, you probably will not get these less invasive services. The surgeons in the hospital that treats you will have to drill into your skull. Assume that we could change, whatever, we need to. What would we need to change to move these techniques to more of the rural hospitals?

One problem with what you propose is that medical personnel need lots of practice to gain & maintain special skills. I would not want a member of my family treated by someone who hardly ever does a procedure. Putting highly trained specialists in a rural setting would not be maximizing a valuable resource.

However, I do understand that when the patient is you or a family member, you want the very best medical resources. A local doctor cannot offer the same expertise available in urban or university hospitals, so he/she can only provide what procedures he/she has been trained to perform.

As a resident in a rural community I have been faced with limited medical choices. When specialized treatment has been necessary, our family has chosen to travel wherever we can find the best resource. On emergencies that has never been more than 5 hours away, & on the two traumatic occasions when time was critical, fortunately helicopters were dispatched to carry family members to a topnotch trauma center. For dentistry & elective treatments I have several times traveled abroad, not only because it was cheaper, but I received much better care than was available here in the U.S. I travel 3,000 miles each way to get new contact lenses because the prescriptions are better there. For anything less than emergency care we can be really good consumers & seek the best for the cost of airline ticket & maybe a motel.

A good medical team includes doctors as well as informed patients & their families. We have a responsibility to become knowledgeable members of this team, & to not only determine what is best for ourselves, but to know how to choose good care & to ask good questions. In your example of a brain hemorrhage, we have to know to ask if there are alternative treatments.

I don’t think rural residents are necessarily shortchanged in medical care. In my experience, local care has been exceptionally good. The one & only pediatrician in our county grew up here, & is so dedicated that she established a foundation to further assist our children. Our primary care provider actually specialized in rural medicine, & was trained to provide excellent care without resorting to unnecessary testing. Our vet actually remembers how much my cats weighed last year & has offered to make house calls because she thought that might be less traumatic for them than being transported to her office.
Do I think these docs are better because they don’t have to carry large patient loads? Yup. Do I think the American medical system could be improved? You betcha, & I also believe that it’s not going to be an easy task. The care of some patients, as in your example, is going to be compromised. Several times over the years members of my family have been advised to undergo procedures that were not as effective or were more invasive than necessary. Fortunately computer access & there is no reason today for anyone to not conduct due diligence on any care provider or procedure. Often there are options if we take the time for a bit of research. Emergencies may limit health care options, but for the most part, for those who have money & good insurance, there is little excuse for not seeking optimal care. Unfortunately for those with limited resources, there are few options. Americans die every day because they cannot afford basic life-saving care. That is truly shameful I had hope during the primaries that someone would take the lead who is devoted to providing universal health care in my lifetime, I don’t even think it’s on the table now. Medical advocates unite!

the creek is located within a rural-urban catchment where rapid development has taken place. The creek itself, has experienced years of deterioration due to industrial pollution and urban run-off. It has been heavily modified in its middle sections to provide flood protection once extensive wetland areas and also in upstream tributaries.
with measurements made, there was no phosphorus or nitrate found.. in fact the water was clear, and seems "healthy".. the only human activity found were mats and garbage..

Areas of land are divided into drainage basins (large and small) separated by divides (high points along ridges) that drain rain and snow melt to a lake or the sea, etc. Anything dumped into the drainage basin may find its way to the creak (or river) through surface runoff or movement of groundwater (especially near dumps, etc.). Flood control projects often spare land but increase the prospects of flooding downstream because upstream flooding provides a buffer. Stream velocities may increase without flooding scouring the stream beds.

1.What type of discrimination or conflicts take place between rural migrants and urban dwellers in urban areas?
2. How do you get to know information about migrants in a country?
3. Why do residential areas in an urban area have different characteristics?
Can someone pls answer now? I need to know the answers ASAP!!!

I don’t know these tbh, I’m rubbish at geography… that’s why I never picked it. I do Modern Studies LOL. But my only piece of advice to you is to google it! I would help you but i’m kinda revising atm but just try and google it, something might come up.

HOPE I HELPED! =D

Oh btw good luck on finding the answer =P x

Is China like a place where there’s a tonne of forests and grass and its a very rural place? Like there’s alot of open land, fresh air, and tonnes of trees…..with a few very urban cities in each region?

Ever since I watched DragonballZ, I always thought that China looked like the place all those people in the show went to train in.

Dragonballz is set in Japan, totally different story from China. China is a huge country with lots of mountains and desserts and plenty of huge cities. The countryside is mostly very rural and usually not nice, except for some few scenic spots. In general the natural beauty of China is shockingly little for a country this size. The cities are huge and dirty, the air is heavily polluted and in general it sucks here.

She can’t lead her own marriage much longer a country. She voted for us to be in a war against Iraq which has put our troops in harms way. Then she changes courses when things seemed to have gone downhill for the war.
Now down below I copied some good reasons why Hillary should not be elected from a website http://www.tpmcafe.com/story/2005/11/18/19734/514
1) Front Runners Always Go Down- Howard Dean was the front-runner for our nomination in 2004, and was the man to beat. As a result, he took on the vast negative attacks that stripped him of the nomination, and maybe the Presidency. In 2000, John McCain had the lead on Bush and he himself was taken down by a smear campaign. Hillary will not be spared of these attacks, and with all of the past scandals her opponents will have a lot of ammo to fire. By the time Iowa comes she will be stripped of her momentum, and will place behind in polls.

2) The Media questions her ability to be elected- The people who vote in primaries are the ones who watch CNN or any other news network each night. Anchors already question if Hillary could even win in California, one of the more blue states. The voters are going to want someone who is competent, and can win and will end up voting for John Edwards, Mark Warner, Evan Bayh, or Russ Feingold or any other leading male candidate. Like Dean the electability issue will strip her from the nomination, and unlike Dean maybe rightfully so. Could you really see Clinton winning over swing states like Ohio or a Southern state like Virginia in the national election?

3) Polls are Questionable- She may have a 30 point lead, but really are these polls right? The answer is yes and no. Yes in that amongst the typical everyday Democrat responded with Clinton. So there is no doubt that the people actually answered with the candidate with last name Clinton. No, as in the people that are polled are not the ones who necessarily vote in primaries. You know the type the ones who would vote in the main election but too busy to vote in primaries. They primarily answer by name recognition, and Clinton is one very popular name. Also, this early on no one knows the unknown candidates like Bayh, Warner or Russ Feingold whose primary campaign makes the candidates known to the public.

4) Liberals can smell a phony- One thing we do not like is a liberal maneuvering to the middle in order to win. We respect and maybe vote for legit moderates like Bayh, Warner, or Bill Clinton in 1992, but not someone who moves to the middle to prove her ability to be elected. Plus, her unyielding support for the Iraq War does not sit well in our bellies.

5) She does not have the stuff to win- Hillary is down right smart, and many people who know her personally say that she is has a charming personality. The problem is when she gets in front of the microphone she puts on an act that is total business and no personality. Voters love a candidate, who can are competent, gets serious, but can also show a more personal side in public. Bill Clinton was able to do this and won over America, as did JFK, and even a John Edwards. Also, in these desperate times, voters are looking for a competent politican to fix are ailing woes, and will be very reluctant to take a gamble with a first ever woman President. Make voters would question her ability to protect America, and to win the conflicts that we are engaged in, a voting block that we need to win over to take back the White House.

6) First primaries and Caucus are in more rural places- If the first primary state was in urban state like New York, I would say she had a pretty good shot. The first states are in more rural states. Iowa voters will want someone that represents them, and a candidate from an urban state will not. You’ll counter argue that Kerry won in this state. Kerry, did well since he was a veteran, and marketed himself as guy sitting on back porch drinking a beer, normal type guy. Also, he had the cash to put him to the top. Hillary will have the cash, but do you see her, as a candidate who could sit down with voters on the porch and have a beer, trying to win their vote? Really, try to picture it. I sure in the hell can’t. Now, you are probably thinking to yourself what in the hell does being able to have a beer on some voters porch have to do with anything? Well up front not a whole lot, but deep down it is a matter of connecting with the voters, and seeming like one of them. Iowa, like my home state is a lot like that, you farm till sundown then you go home, sit on your porch and have a relaxing beer. Hunting is also big in Iowa, and rural states. Could you see Hillary with hunting camo on, shooting at deer or ducks? New Hampshire is more moderate as well, it is one of those swing states. Plus, if we change our lineup, and add a Southern state like Mississippi, will voters want her to be the nominee there or someone like Mark Warner, Evan Bayh, Wes Clark, or John Edwards?

My aim in this article is not to question Hillary’s competence, which I respect in many ways, and she is a member of my party. I am merely showing why I think she will not win the nomination, and if she does we will be licking our wounds once again in 2008. I personally know many loyal Democrats who would say hell no to voting for Hillary. Then I hear people mention to me that Hillary is running for President, and they always ask me if she can win, you know my answer, now what is yours?

Barack Obama!!!!!

I already have a timbuk2 messenger bag. It has a flap but there’s no zipper. It’s already rainy season and I don’t want my stuff to get soaked by water so I’m getting a flap-less messenger bag. I have a Jansport backpack too but I don’t need something so bulky since I don’t need to carry much textbooks and I use it only once per week.

I’ve narrowed them down to these two: Nike and Puma.
NIKE => http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=250484589912&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

PUMA => http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260456167632&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT

So which one looks better? I’m a guy btw. Also, I live in the city/urban area, not in the rural places, and bags like these are normal and hip, so please don’t answer with childish comments like messenger bags or "man-bags" are gay/etc.

Well, seeming as the Nike auction has ended and I can’t see the item anymore, nor can you bid on it – it’d say the Puma one.

It is a nice bag, I’m just not sure how it compared.

The dentist wants to do 8 veneers, I really only want to do six since you only see 6 when I smile. But here is the thing I have already paid $5000 for my braces and I really want to fix my teeth. The veneers will cost me $7,500 that is with another procedure that I need done. Does anyone know of any cosmetic dental plans. My dental plan will not cover the veneers. I would finance it but my credit is not that good.

Plus, I also am missing two teeth on the bottom, which my insurance won’t cover and I would eventually like to replace these, that is another $6,000.

My dental plan is covered fuly by my job. But if I could find a plan that covers cosmetic dentistry I would pay it!! If you could help me I would appreciate it.

Please don’t tell me that is too much to spend b/c I have checked with 2 dentists, I live in a rural area and not that close to urban places so I am already traveling to see the dentist! Thank you!!

insurance doesn’t cover that. i would suggest saving up every penny, if yo really neeed them.