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Donald, Danny is his uncle
Danny and Donald are unrelated.
Man, I should have actually checked when someone told me that D:
Where's the fastest place to put my server? How much does it matter?
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Like the Alameda Weehawken Burrito Tunnel? (Since somebody else has already mentioned the pinboardiness of these comments... https://idlewords.com/2007/04/the_alameda_weehawken_burrito_... )
This is fiction? Right? Please tell me there is no actual tunnel that transports burritos from west to east coast of the United States.
You've never eaten a piping hot El Farolito burrito in the snow in Central Park? You haven't lived!!!
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I lived there in the early 90s and loved it. Coming from a small Canadian city, the idea that I could get somewhere good that wasn't rural and return home in a day, on a train, was just mind blowing. I also made 4x my Canadian wage as a cook. I was only there for 18 months but I seriously considered renewing my visa and staying. Ended up moving to Anaheim, CA. Big mistake. ;)
You don't like SoCal? Curious why you feel that way.
Combination of factors:
- job sucked - grew up in a place where the weather changes all the time, daily sun was driving me nuts - got mugged at gunpoint by the gang members (fourth was in a running car close by) who stole my bike as backpack (full of filthy underwear and socks from a 12 shift in a kitchen!) - probably an initiation - apartment was cockroach infested - the 7/11 near my place had groups who stayed outside watching you pay to see how much cash you had (not related to previous mugging) - the pollution was staggering - the nearest place up buy books was a mall 45 minutes away by bike, the library near me just had children's books and car manuals - when I biked to that bookstore, on the way home I got egged by some jerks in a car who called me various names related to what the thought my sexuality must be because I was riding a bike - and so forth
Just wasn't a good experience for me. Living as a cook, you are on the very low end of the income spectrum. If you aren't willing to have roommates, you live in terrible places. I'm sure if I were to live there with my current career, I'd like it much more. :)