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It's amazing how many things we see eye to eye on.

Good for you. Flex a little of that constitution-granted muscle...even if it is before the sun comes up.

Well those sound like good reasons to leave. Too bad. Philly needs more people like you and Egon.

You're right, most of the films and stories I've seen and read about LV specifically showcase desperate people in desperate situations. Whether it's drugs, or gambling, or crime, or sex, or whatever....any city has people in similar states of distress - LV isn't that special or different. For some reason, however, they're usually set in LV and it doesn't really paint a rosy picture of the overall quality-of-life there, you know? But like you said, if it sucks you can leave. I'm jealous of you for having an occupation that allows you to do that. I wish you all the best when you do move. I hope it's even better there than you think it is.

BTW - you should read the book "Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas." Don't just rely on the movie - the book is eighty zillion times better.....and that's A LOT.

Oh...right...uh, my recent move. I'm here not because I WANT to be here but because the job is here. It's exactly what I want...it's almost perfect. Almost. The major negative is that it's here in Wheeling, WV. However, putting in my time here will allow me in about 3-5 years to transfer to a similar job in a place I'd want to live in long term. Maybe back to Philly...maybe on to Seattle or Ann Arbor or Boston or Portland or Minneapolis, I don't know. But this will get me there. And so I'm willing to have an awesome job that I love in a pretty crappy part of the world if it brings me that much closer to where I want to be.

At least, that's what I keep telling myself over and over when I lie in bed staring at the ceiling trying to get some sleep.