Nate Straz <nate at techie.com> writes: > On Fri, Apr 06, 2001 at 01:23:59AM -0500, David Dyer-Bennet wrote: > > Nate Straz <nate at techie.com> writes: > > > Do you consider Burnsville and Eagan the boonies? It's not a problem of > > > > Yes, those are definitely the boonies. > > > > Burnsville, for example, is something like half an hour south of me, > > and I'm south of downtown; it's a *long* way out. > > You must drive really slow. I can get into downtown Minneapolis or St. > Paul in about 20 minutes. I rarely drive more than 5 or 10 mph over the limit. > Compared to where I lived in Maine and New York, this is definately not > the boonies. If you're 20 minutes from an Interstate and a majority of > your neighbors are farms or gravel pits, then you're in the boonies. > You city slickers need to get out more. Why? Is there anything interesting there? :-) -- David Dyer-Bennet / Welcome to the future! / dd-b at dd-b.net SF: http://www.dd-b.net/dd-b/ Minicon: http://www.mnstf.org/minicon/ Photos: http://dd-b.lighthunters.net/