Tell me about your town

[katiesue]

One of my good friends lives in Macon and LOVES it. They've been there about 8 years now. Housing prices are great and she loves the people.

She formerly lived in Denver and hated but another friend lived there for years and totally loved it.

[Morrigoon]

Seriously? Notecards would actually be bad?

Wow... strange profession. Then again - it is the government.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Morrigoon

Seriously? Notecards would actually be bad?

Wow... strange profession. Then again - it is the government.

I don't work in government and while getting secondary communications wouldn't be "bad" they generally would be ignored and thrown out.

[Matterhorn Fan]

I suspect sending a notecard would be viewed as "cutesy" and/or unprofessional--along the same lines as pink perfumed resume paper.

Pru, please don't use pink perfumed resume paper.

[Strangler Lewis]

Didn't it work in "Legally Blonde?"

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by Matterhorn Fan

Pru, please don't use pink perfumed resume paper.

Oh, of course not. Mine is more of a periwinkle.

[Matterhorn Fan]

Didn't it work in "Legally Blonde?"

I think you can only get away with that kind of thing if you go to Harvard.

[Prudence]

I think that if you went to Harvard you could get away with sending in a used napkin with "Harvard graduate" and your phone number scribbled on it in crayon and you'd get an interview. For the mere mortals, it's some sort of nightmare cotillion where you're wearing a hand-me-down dress, your escort is missing, and if no one asks you to dance your white picket dreams will be shattered.

[Cadaverous Pallor]

Pru, you need to do some major traveling and visit some of these places. Nothing like seeing a town for yourself.

[Prudence]

Originally Posted by Cadaverous Pallor

Pru, you need to do some major traveling and visit some of these places. Nothing like seeing a town for yourself.

I'd love to, but there's no way I could afford to go see all those places. Actually, with the current state of affairs, I can't afford to go see any of those places. If I apply and get an interview, likely that interview would be the first chance I had to scout out the area, and there would be a reasonable possibility of getting an offer on the spot, which I would be obligated to accept.

I can learn a little bit from the glorious wikipedia, but since I can't actually go to all these places myself, the next best thing is hearing from others who have been there.