coastal living: rural vs. urban: whats better and why? , and where i 've been lately

swell info = people from VT and b009ie board3rs from CT

nobody even surfs here. im going to find a great lakes surf forum where they at least admit they dont surf. 1.

 

Idk... I live in jersey, not much rural area around wee.


Have you considered just moving to the best surfing board break in the USA,
#belmar

 

Go home your drunk.

 

S. Pacific all the way, then figure everything else out. For sure

 

I would like to add U2B, if, as you posted responding to my advice, that you have traveled far before, you then have an advantage of experience. But I will say it again--traveling through a paradise (travel brochure type place) and living there are 2 different worlds. Having said that, it is worth the experience. But I would NOT listen to assholes that suggest you abandon everything and move permanently anywhere THEY think is so great--if they are so wonderful with advising others to do so, ask yourself, why are they still here? Only a louse would advise you so if they have not done so themselves; their lives suck and their advise reflects that. There is a saying from Thoreau, "All men live lives of quiet desperation". Make sure you leave an open door to return no matter what you choose.
If you have the finances to carry you to the Indonesian/Malaysian surf spots, that would be cool for sure. Six months, perhaps a year, sure...but forever?? Try a year first, then re-evaluate.
just opinion....
Now "go kill yourself"!!

 

This is good advice, and why I said U2B won't be going anywhere. Pretty much nobody from the insular East Coast can stand to ride a tiny-ass moped down a potholed dirt road in the pouring-a--- rain, between 2 "16-wheelers" driven by drunk asians, live in non-climate-controlled "squalor", or see people pooping in the gutter every day and not freak right the f--- out and run back home with their tail between their legs.

You gotta have your nice new carpet, your drywall, <70% humidity, 24/7 electricity and shower in heated potable water every day. Not to mention your late-model SUV with airbags and seat belts, 2-day amazon delivery, traffic laws, and English-language sports TV. Then sit on a leather couch in someone's man cave garage discussing board shapes and f--ing craft beer.

Actually, so do I. Haha. That's why I live here, and go there, rather than the other way around.

I don't know what skills he has, so I can't say if he's going to make it work or not. I'm saying he should go with the attitude that he's going to work and stay, bailing in a year, or whatever, if he can't figure out a way to make money and surf better than he does now. If you go thinking it's a 12 month vacation, you're just going to lose money in exchange for memories and STD's, like every other touron.

 

speed bump is offering solid advice, but nothing wrong with a 12 month vacation, could make it a lifestyle though

u2b, srsly, get the sh1tty rentals in order, become a slumlord (just think of the possibilities!! brazzers might even have a channel for filthy landlords or something) and then bounce around the globe. no need to pick one spot and stay there, but the world is your oyster*
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U2B, I have met a few people in my travels who bought the 'Round the World' ticket. It's good for X amount of flights circumnavigating the globe, over a year or so. Look into it. Maybe you can do this open ended. If you love one spot, stick it out, if you don't, keep going.

If you have a way of making money abroad, great, if not, there's nothing wrong with traveling for a year, and you never know what could happen. I've been offered jobs abroad. Can you imagine what you would accomplish as the gatekeeper of a hostel?

A U2B junior on every continent, in every flavor. Also STDs.

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Barry- lots of us are still here to make money or because of loved ones. If it wasn't for my girlfriend, who's finishing her PhD, I would be somewhere else, maybe Argentina. Then again, if it wasn't for my girlfriend, I would have never seen Argentina. U2B has no girlfriend. You're right, it's easier said than done, but he has that going for him.

 

The ability to earn money is one of two reasons I never returned to live in PR. And the second was, as you, my then girlfriend who is now my wife. The idea of traveling is very nice, however romanticized, but more so when young- that is the time to do it. We looked into buying a small place in PR for winters, but, truth be told, we dropped it due to the islands incredibly bad economic and problematic social issues.

As an edit, slash, what you posted above tells me something important about you. It leads me to the conclusion that you are a "good person". Family and loved ones first--that is the way it should be.
And BTW, I did go to Argentina in 1995 - the females there were stunningly beautiful. Quebec has them in abundance as well.

 

Yes. All us old\married\kids havin'\job havin' losers need to live via your adventures.

I even have a title for your tell all book and follow up movie.

"Fear and Loathing in the South Pacific: The XXX version. The Story of Uncle Two Barrels."

I think you should get Bruce Campbell to play the lead role. Riley can work out the script.

 

Not sure how old you are...not sure it matters actually. I would put enough $$ away for a future decision (house/condo) that you would be relatively comfortable living in, and is in most desirable location (obviously who knows what housing prices will do in the next year but you can ball park it and be flexible when the time comes.)

I would then take what is left and travel. Not sure what you do generally to make $$ but sounds like you have some saved up. If you wanted to come back to a $200k crib put $45k in the bank and park it. Then, start to begin a serious travel budget with what you feel is totally discretionary. It may take you the South Pacific for 6 months or beyond.

Along the way you may find peace, tranquility, and life you don't know exist today...sh%t maybe even a Mrs TB somewhere epic. If not, you will get to surf and live and do cool stuff and come back to one of your other 15 options still on the table...with no regrets.

I traveled while younger and circled back to the EC....no regrets. Well...maybe a couple *surfing cold ass water sux. If you truly like to surf, I would not hesitate in your situation. I would not make a hasty real estate purchase...Go somewhere cool, surf, and make sure you tell us all about it!!! The NE will be there when you come back...if you do.

 

Agreed--I could never fall asleep there!!
But also...what??!!No garage??!!?? Where do I put the lawn mower? And the snowblower??

 

uncle two barrels like the dos equis man only drunker.

 

Pics or none of it happened.

 

LOL. Real men don't need to brag about the s--t they've done. So shut your yap and go to Sri Lanka already, douchcanoe. But you won't. You'll buy your HOA condo in knee-high yuppieville and brag to your hipster friends about how you ate some guy's hamburger eyeball while skiing down an 800' Yukon bear without cable TV.

I'm just haulin' on yer chain, U2B. If you're not skeerd to go do different ****e that most Americans won't, then you might make an interesting life four yourself.

If I were you, I wouldn't do more than a bucket list trip to ASEAN. Indo and the really good Indian Ocean breaks just don't have work unless you have that entrepreneurial spirit or you marry the Prime Minister's daughter. I'm guessing you were [un]employed by somebody else when you were STDing 50 y/o longtooth lesbo doms with your Phillipino mouthfriend.

Asia sucks because those little f--kers didn't build their cities near surf, god love 'em. So round eyes like us gotta sojurn to surf, and who wants that? You can go feral for a long arse time off American money, but that's no way to live unless you want to die from some whack parasite at 38 like a true paleo. No matter how hard you are, you're not harder than Charlie. You're a big fluffy marshmallow who needs modcons like drinkable water and a couple of hours of electricity a day, that those tiny VC who live at Burgerworld don't.

I do not know crap about Soupac islands, but I bet they're worse sh--holes than ASEAN outside of the resorts with the added bonus that you can't go anywhere and shipped-in beer is probably $10 a bottle.

So I, again suggest you take at least a year to go hunt around the sorta-1st-world Asia for cities/work near exposed coasts. Do it after you hit Soupac and ASEAN, so that squid and mopeds look like steak and teslas. Go find the surf, then figure out nearby work. Sounds like you can hack eating necks and tongues of critters, swarms of little people that you can't f--ing understand, and living in a sweaty tile box. Reward is empty HH bathwater surf every m-fing day, Indo/Phillip trips "of a lifetime" every time you can take a long weekend, and a krazee life where you sometimes forget that frozen onshore knee-high Starbux DP zoos even exist.

Oh, and remember even I only use Asia as a hedge against SoCal falling into the ocean. So buy and rent out your yupster condo so you're not totally sunk when Asia bites you in the azz and interest rates in merica are 12%.