Thank you. You get it. That's exactly the point some many people miss. There is simply innate comfort and ease that is felt on an unconscious level. I have lived out of the States for that last 10 years; in London, Berlin and Toronto. I do not experience this anywhere but in America.

Eh, Boston is not that bad — those commentators seem to have their heads stuck in the 1950s.

dude, boston? LOL

Yup. You want to see how tolerant Berkeley really is, do one tiny thing that will fuck with property values. Then step back, fast.

Which is why I prefer Oakland, thank you very much. Hell on earth is Whole Foods or REI in Berkeley on a Saturday afternoon.

No offense, truly, but the fact that Boston is on your list of cities with positive race relations lets me know how poor your awareness of the situation is.

As I remarked in another comment on this post, Berkeley CA is one of the most intolerant cities in which I've ever lived — despite public perception.

Trufax: I went from Kate to Katharine at 12 because of Kathryn Janeway. Look upon the depth of my nerdiness, and despair.

And they said you would go blind! not in the Star Wars universe you get a replacement robot arm!

ANIKIN GETS A ROBOT ARM! LUKE GETS A ROBOT ARM! CHEWIE GETS A ROBOT ARM! EVERYONE GETS A ROBOT ARM!

I'm surprised In Bruges is not on that list

What size exactly is a "life size" Pac Man? Life size mean "of the same size as the person or thing represented." All this time I thought the arcade game was the actual size of Pac-Man.

...uh, you do know I'm a Texan, right? You do know I went to school at UT and was a member of the capitol press corps? Oh, and I did my graduate work at another Texas university in government and political science? Uh huh. I thought not.

Why is spring?

Avatar 2: Electric Gooey Poo

You get a lot of snow there? Thats cute

That's called "thursday" here in Anchorage.

Maybe not the most beautiful, but definitely one of the most memorable.