Raleigh: forest with a city inside
2003-01-05 08:41 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
archershipsAlthough there are beautiful forests in the Bay Area, the forests aren't as integrated with the cities as they are in Raleigh. Palo Alto's a city with trees; Raleigh's a forest with a city inside.
A nearby footbridge after the 2002 winter ice storm:
Raleigh is littered with small parks like this one, a 10 minute walk from home:
Shelly Lake (15 minute walk from my office):
Trail around Shelly Lake:
A nearby footbridge after the 2002 winter ice storm:
Raleigh is littered with small parks like this one, a 10 minute walk from home:
Shelly Lake (15 minute walk from my office):
Trail around Shelly Lake:
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Date: 2003-01-05 06:37 pm (UTC)Man, we must live within spitting distance of each other.
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Date: 2003-01-05 06:55 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-01-05 07:03 pm (UTC)Small world, huh?
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Date: 2003-01-05 07:40 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-01-05 10:05 pm (UTC)This IS the South you know. Wimmen here glow, they don't sweat. They speak politely, never cursing. They dress and act demurely, never inappropriately.
BWAH HA HA HA
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Date: 2003-01-06 04:30 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-01-07 12:04 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-01-05 06:59 pm (UTC)Now I'm homesick.
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Date: 2003-01-05 07:08 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-01-06 12:46 am (UTC)Flagstaff, Arizona has a similar "feel" to it, though the trees are mostly evergreens.
But both of them have that sort of "This is a city?" air to them...
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Date: 2003-01-07 12:05 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-01-06 11:44 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-01-07 12:33 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2003-01-06 08:37 pm (UTC)Centered on Palo Alto
Centered on Raleigh (I don't see a city!)