http://faerye.net/post/ashland-trip-part-i-the-settingComments on "Ashland Trip Part I: The Setting" - Faerye Net2003-08-19T14:32:04+00:00http://faerye.net/post/ashland-trip-part-i-the-setting#comment-440Re: Don't forget the geek factor!2003-08-19T14:32:04+00:002003-08-19T14:32:04+00:00<p>I think he still has a point. I don’t know how it is in the brief off-season, but most of the time it’s diluted with non-hicks, so it’s still not “lots” of hicks. <br />
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Even in winter, it’s a college town. That’s something.</p>felicityhttp://faerye.net/post/ashland-trip-part-i-the-setting#comment-437Re: Don't forget the geek factor!2003-08-19T14:22:47+00:002003-08-19T14:22:47+00:00<p>Oh, honey, it’s a small town in southern Oregon, I guarantee you Ashland has hicks! It may take a while for them to surface, but stay long enough and you’ll see them. Perhaps they only come out at night to congregate furtively, chew tobacco, and inspect each other’s jacked up trucks, complete with gun racks.</p>sister sledgehttp://faerye.net/post/ashland-trip-part-i-the-setting#comment-203Re: My face is a corner?2003-07-09T18:39:41+00:002003-07-09T18:39:41+00:00<p><em>What</em> must be true, honey? Most of his rant is about how people are evil not to believe him. Unless “There are four days” constitutes a unified theory, I’m at a loss to say what he’s babbling about.</p>felicityhttp://faerye.net/post/ashland-trip-part-i-the-setting#comment-200Re: My face is a corner?2003-07-09T14:02:36+00:002003-07-09T14:02:36+00:00<p>But “Ignorance of the Time Cube is evil.”<br />
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Besides, it’s on the Intarweb. It <strong>must</strong> be true.</p>Mithrandirhttp://faerye.net/post/ashland-trip-part-i-the-setting#comment-199My face is a corner?2003-07-09T12:10:24+00:002003-07-09T12:10:24+00:00<p>Dear god. I had forgotten that site and that site’s woe so thoroughly that the name was meaningless to me. Don’t link to him! Don’t encourage the madman!</p>felicityhttp://faerye.net/post/ashland-trip-part-i-the-setting#comment-198Re: Don't forget the geek factor!2003-07-09T11:31:19+00:002003-07-09T11:31:19+00:00<p>Yes. Understanding of the <a href="http://www.timecube.com/">Timecube</a> is all.<br />
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Be not cubeless.</p>Mithrandirhttp://faerye.net/post/ashland-trip-part-i-the-setting#comment-197Re: Don't forget the geek factor!2003-07-09T09:37:21+00:002003-07-09T09:37:21+00:00<p>What does that make the fourth dimension, “the job dimension”? It’s a small town, that means few jobs. Especially in the tech sector.</p>felicityhttp://faerye.net/post/ashland-trip-part-i-the-setting#comment-196Re: Don't forget the geek factor!2003-07-09T09:18:17+00:002003-07-09T09:18:17+00:00<p>Bah. You’re just not thinking four-dimensionally.</p>wonkohttp://faerye.net/post/ashland-trip-part-i-the-setting#comment-194Re: Don't forget the geek factor!2003-07-09T08:25:23+00:002003-07-09T08:25:23+00:00<p>I think “jobs” are probably the big problem.</p>felicityhttp://faerye.net/post/ashland-trip-part-i-the-setting#comment-192Re: Don't forget the geek factor!2003-07-08T19:09:05+00:002003-07-08T19:09:05+00:00<p>Okay, answer this question for me: why don’t we all live in Ashland already? It’s like the perfect city. Small and friendly, but not full of hicks. Technologically advanced, and yet with a Shakespeare festival that lasts all summer long. Plus a comic book shop, many excellent sources for delicious pie, and one of the most beautiful locations in the entire state.</p>
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Now I’m being serious. I really do want to move to Ashland. Will you all come with me?
</p>wonkohttp://faerye.net/post/ashland-trip-part-i-the-setting#comment-191Re: Don't forget the geek factor!2003-07-08T18:24:44+00:002003-07-08T18:24:44+00:00<p>Also, tho’ they are a small town, they have a clean, bright, and attractive comic book shop.</p>felicityhttp://faerye.net/post/ashland-trip-part-i-the-setting#comment-190Re: Don't forget the geek factor!2003-07-08T17:27:15+00:002003-07-08T17:27:15+00:00<p>Dear me, it looks like <a href="http://www.ashlandfiber.net/">they went through with the fiber thing</a> after all. We all need to move to Ashland. Right now.</p>wonkohttp://faerye.net/post/ashland-trip-part-i-the-setting#comment-189Don't forget the geek factor!2003-07-08T17:23:54+00:002003-07-08T17:23:54+00:00<p>I read an article a few years ago about the city of Ashland pondering the feasability of running fiber optic lines to every house/apartment in the city and offering broadband services for all. I haven’t heard anything about this recently, but if they went through with it, that would make Ashland my favorite place EVAR. Not that I didn’t like it already.</p>
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Also, Ashland has <a href="http://www.ashlandunwired.com/Index.asp">more free wi-fi hotspots</a> than GOD. That town rocks.
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