Still No Place Like Home

PA is great – People seem generally educated and pleasant to be around. There's a lot of cool stuff going on here, and it's absolutely beautiful. I can't get over the post-card like settings of farms and trees. The craftsmanship and overall high level of maintenance seems to stem from the Amish influence. Overall – great time! Also, it's great to see Jesse, Karlin, Owen, and Eli!!

NYC – Absolutely Nuts, in a nut shell. It was a lot better once I peed after holding it for over an hour in a traffic jam through the Lincoln tunnel, Times square, and wrong GPS directions. There was never a quiet moment, and it was exciting for a long weekend, but I think that's about all I could do. It was cool to see the uniqueness of all the neighborhoods, but I would get exhausted just existing.

DC – Also very cool. Much more beautiful than NYC. I loved seeing all the neighborhoods there too, and everything was impeccably well kept. It better be for the nation's capital. Maryland was also well kept but a lot more realistic. After I learned how to maneuver a round-about, I felt a lot better. Driving wasn't necessarily the death wish I made it out to be. I also enjoyed that people were fit and active. I don't think I could keep up with the DC political yuppie social scene. I am just not the type to go out every night, but it sure was fun for a while. I totally dug all of the restaurants and the fact that you could get any type of food imaginable. I liked that people seemed to have it together there. I'm a big fan of competency if you couldn't tell.

Baltimore – Woah…. This place is sketch town, and amazing. Like Sarah said, it changes from block to block. This place was definitely real life… maybe a little too much like an episode of cops. All of the neighborhoods were cool though, in terms of having unique quality. People did not put up a front there, which I liked. I guess it's a good compromise for being close to both the DC and NYC scene without being submerged in the chaos. Baltimore seems like a place that desperately needs some love. Competency is in question here but I guess it could feel nice to be toward the top of the mental food chain… as long as I don't get arrogant about it. It would be a good place to live for a short amount of time. I guess the same could be said about all these east coast destinations.

Not sure what else I will see on the east coast… the sun is in question right now.

There's still no place like home. I left being willing to plant if God called me somewhere else, but right now nothing has tripped my trigger enough to pack up the Uhaul just yet. Time to get back to exploring Pennsylvania!