NWPATSFAN
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Yep Union square area. St. Joseph's parrish.Damn... I missed out on this thread! Just getting caught up now.
@NWPATSFAN ... you lived in Somerville? I grew up the next town over. As for Thailand, I have some lady friends who grew up in nakhon si thammarat. In fact, they still have family there. These girls want to take me to Thailand and show me Bangkok, Phuket, etc but won't take me to their home town. They say ya gotta be careful in the south. Lotta Muslims and they don't take kindly to westerns visiting. Hope the area you picked is ok
@Used 2 B Hu ... Beverly is a great area. I much prefer the north shore of Boston to the South Shore (probably bc I grew up there). It's a bit of a hike to the city from there but a great area nonetheless. If that's your Boston experience no wonder you liked it.
@DirtDirtDirt ... gotta agree with about living in NYC. If you are accustomed to that lifestyle (taking trains, shops/restaurants on every corner, city life, etc) moving the burbs is like a prison sentence. I grew up in not far from Boston. Very accessible and went to college right in the Boston. I wouldn't have traded that experience for anything. Also, when talking about upstate Saratoga is da bomb! Great little town that explodes during racing season! Best horse track I've ever been to and I've been to a lot! How can you beat bring your own cooler! We need to start a thread about Saratoga race track stories if you guys Ihave some. Haha. I've got several. My best friend from Boston (and both his brothers) went to union college there and one of his brothers is pretty big in the AD. Great great area. If I had to live in the state of NY and I couldn't live in the city I'd pick Saratoga for sure!
Oh... and I see @handicappers is kicking the shit (literally) out of @Yam so nothing new there.
Go with them to Thailand. You'll love it. Look me up when you do.
The four most southern province's Songkla, Patanni, Narathiwat and Yala are dangerous. Nakhon si Thannarat province is one or two privinces just north of the four real dangerous areas. They don't target westerns per se. They target teachers and monks. Those four provinces are off limits to US government personnel without special authorization. Unfortunately, it's a civil/religous war where the minority Muslims want to secede from Thailand. So almost daily there are IEDs or shootings.
Thanks for your concern but I won't be that far South.