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.

Everybody knows New York City is an expensive place to live. But the United Nations wants to know if affordable housing is so tough to come by that it actually violates human rights.

The United Nations has assigned an official, “a special rapporteur on the right to adequate housing,” to check the city’s affordable housing. The rapporteur, Raquel Rolnik, is to tour the city for the next three days with housing advocates and city officials to “hear the voices of those who are suffering on the ground,” she said.

The United Nations Human Rights Council appoints a rapporteur, or independent experts, to investigate human rights conditions around the world. In the case of Ms. Rolnik, a professor of urban planning at the University of Sao Paulo in Brazil, her “mission” is to tour New York City and six other places in the United States and to report back to the United Nations General Assembly about housing rights violations and advances.

After that, “We send off letters to governments to ask, ‘Is this true? What’s going on?’ and to please intervene,” she said.

Housing advocates will be taking Ms. Rolnik to the Atlantic Yards site in Brooklyn to see the results of the government’s use of eminent domain to seize property; to the New York City Housing Authority’s Grant Houses in Harlem to see how public housing residents live; and to the Bronx to meet residents whose landlords are in foreclosure.
http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/10/23/special-rapportuer/

Worthless organization.

i find alot of cool places that are funky like urban, but they are all out of country, like their websites and stuff…thats what im talking about.. everything is in euros.
BTW not free people, or anthropologie…
ive been thereeeee.
not forever 21 either…
Heres some of the uk ones you wanted..

http://www.asos.com/
http://www.missselfridge.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?storeId=12554&catalogId=20555
http://www.topshop.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/TopCategoriesDisplay?storeId=12556&catalogId=19551

charlotte russe
rue 21
agacitoo
alloy
go jane
fifteen dollar store
urban behavior
delias
papaya
juniortrends
anchor blue
pacsun
rave
lulus
bluefly
revovle clothing
miss me
zumiez

hope this helps.

like a place to take a shower after jogging during lunch breaks…?
What do you think…? Have any ideas…?

Yuck – A perfect opportunity to have sexual harassment and abuse.

This is what gyms are for… Some people join a gym and use it in the middle of the day just as you are saying – but the gyms are safer and monitored. people must be members in order to use the facilities.

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!

A Sad Story

I am a single working mother and going to college for a better life for my three year child and myself. I am taking a course called "Urban Community." We were asked to do a major project on problems in the Urban Communities. I choose the topic Homeless."

Each day I would walk the streets of the homeless and offer them something to drink and to eat. I know its tough to survival on the streets. Last night I ran into a group of 30 kids who were living on the streets on NY. I spoke to a few of them. They were ages 13 to 16. My heart went out to them and I just wanted to cry. I had to be strong. One girl who is pregnant and her boyfriend was very supportive toward her but I had told all of them about the Convent House, that there is help out there.

I told her she needs the proper care for her child’s needs. She told me that she has been taken care of her child and that she will do the right thing. My heart was broken when I saw all these children on the streets of New York.

They told me they traveled all over the place as a group. Some of them said they hooker and panhandle and do odd jobs for people. None of them were high on drugs nor were they drinking. At least not this group. I asked about their families and if they contact them to let them know they were alive. Most of them said, "NO.’ They all look like a happy family and they took care of one another. I really tried to persuade them to get help and to contact their families but they did not want to. I did not want to push the issue.

All these kids were very respectful. Some of them enjoyed reading and writing. They said their education is important to them but they teach each other. Some of them enjoyed skate boarding, dancing and playing music.

One girl asked me if I could give her a hug and I did. She started to cry and said, "Thank you for not treating us as freaks like everyone else does. People don’t realize that we all have our own problems but some are worse then others." She told me that her stepfather was sexually abusing her and her mother did not believe her. She ran away." Her street name is little Mary.

They were good kids just trying to make ends meet. I told them that I don’t have much to offer because I am a single Mom just making ends met. I had offered them sandwiches and soda. They were so happy to have something to eat and told me that I can’t change the world but at least there is someone who really cares.

I cried and told them to be save and to please be careful because we all live in a dangerous world. They told me that they are moving to a new area and did not say where. God Bless these Children.

Then I killed every one of them with my machine gun

Considering the very last sentence that is several spaces below this touching story, I’d say that you have a vivid imagination. Considering that you also know how to hide your Q&A, I’d say that you are familiar with how YA works.

What that tells me is that you are someone who is very, very bored, and somehow feels that your sick story is funny. (based upon your last line that you have to scroll further down: Then I killed every one of them with my machine gun").

Someone who feels that this is funny needs to find something better to do with their time.

I’m a teenage girl, and I love jeans. But I’m not sure where to get them. I like to get my jeans at Urban Outfitters. What are other places with jeans? (I do like brand name jeans, but of course those are very expensive and not worth it because I’m still growing)

Wet Seal
Aeropostale
Hollister
Forever 21
Rue 21
Abercrombie and Fitch
Macy’s
JC Penny
Gabes

In the USA its such a problem. Large cities in Canada don’t have a million suburbs like the usa does.

Some cities themselves in the USA don’t even have an urban feel – like Atlanta, Houston, Phoenix, etc. They might have some vibrant points but the housing development is suburban all across in those places.

BQ – Are you tired of lame, talentless rock bands and rap crap dominating music? Here’s something you couldn’t forget after one hour – http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u1xrNaTO1bI

Rather, and
BQ – Yes.

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.

This is going to be a long story. Very very long story so be prepared.

Ok so, last week this girl asked me out to go shopping with her. I went to the mall with her, spent a good 6 hours walking around. I didnt know if i really wanted to date her at that time so i wasnt sure if it was a date or not…

So after going to the mall, she invited me to join her at her friend’s place. Her friend was having a sober party. So we go to the party as "friends" and the party lasts untill about 2 am… which is when everyoen else leaves and this girl tells me she’s sleeping over. She asks me to stay abit longer…

Ok so we go into the host’s room with the host and we watch a movie in the dark… up at one point, the host is kind of akward so she asks me if i’ve ever made out with anyone. I say yes i have. Then she asks the girl who asked me out if she’s ever made out. She says no.

So the host tells her. Why dont you get some practise? you have a guy right here. At that point i was kind of.. wow o_o. shocked.

But i made out with her. Then i went home.

I guess i fell in love that night…. Anyways

Two days later, we go out on a date and it was pretty crappy. I failed miserably because i didnt really plan anything out and it ended up as her taking me on the date. We went downtown and bought 3 concert tickets to a rock show fridaynight. One ticket for me and one for her and one for her friend ( i paid). After buying tickets we go back to our sub-urban neighboorhood and we have dinner etc etc…

The her friend (my good friend as well) shows up and we hang out for a bit… Eventually it gets late and i escort my new ladyfriend home. She says she’ll call friday during the day to say when we’d meet up to go down to the concert.

So on friday… I’m calling calling calling and she’s not picking up at all…

then at around 5:00 her friend (also my friend) calls and tells me to meet up. So i meet up and she comes up to me with 50 bucks and hands it to me. She says she bails out on the concert and my new girlfriend is bailing too (they were talking)… Aparently she’s having lots of trouble and not feeling well..

So i’m not sure what to do. I’ve lost some money and i have no people to go to the concert with… then at 6:18, 1 hr before we leave, my girlfriend finnally calls me. She says that she doesnt think this is the right time for a relationship and that she’s so sorry about what she’s done and she didnt mean to hurt me if she did…

I’m all like.. wtf. shocked but calm… Phone call lasted 20 seconds or less.

Later that night at around 2 am, her friend (my friend also) calls me and says that they spent the night shopping downtown… She tells me that my girlfriend was really down the entirenight and she says that she thinks my girlfriend is "unsure and confused". I ask her what the hell i’m supposed to do. She gives me her advice. She says wait it out. "if you try to talk to her, you might scare her off". she says that my girlfriend will call me when she’s calmed down. So i’m like ok.. i’ll wait…

All this time, however, i want to talk to her soo badly. I have no idea whats going on. The last time we spoke, we exchanged like 5 words. My friend is still telling me to wait it out but she isnt saying how long to wait. My other friend, however says that the longer that people wait, the more likely they’ll decide to say no to me because once you think things through, you end up saying no.

On facebook, i’ve seen that one of my friends wrote on my girlfriend’s wall asking about her "new bf"… and my gf responds with "its complicated"… Does that mean we’ve broken up or what?

To sum it up the relationship story:
We kissed our first "date"
We went out two or three times
She already said she wanted me to be with her.

So my question is… it’s been 5 days now since i’ve talked to my (ex)girlfriend. I have no idea what she’s thinking. She seems to be compromised between a break up and a relationship. I dont want to call her and scare her off… The friend who told me that actually knows her really well. But then again… should i call? if not, when should i?

Writing her is not so "in your face" or threatening. It will also peak her curiosity.

I would keep it short.

Things like: I like you. I’m thinking of you. I’d like to talk when you’re ready. I’m sorry if anything I did caused you heartache or confusion.

Good luck, man. Must of been a passionate make out session!