[Umaeril]

How do you post so fast?

[Vincent]

Let's just say I have ALOT of free time on my hands. XD
/sitting here doing nothing BUT Trisphee. XD

[Umaeril]

What country do you live in? I am just idly curious. Have I asked you before? I might have forgotten, I am sorry if I did.

[Lawtan]

*Listens in in curiosity*

[Vincent]

@ Uma ;
USA. :3
And I don't remember either. XD So you're good haha.
What about you if you don't mind my asking? :3

@ Lawman ;
The lawman is interested, huh XD

[Umaeril]

Heya Law! How's it hangin'?

Ok Vincent that is cool, I live in Maryland, north of Baltimore on the outskirts of farmland. It is very nice here, quite beautiful actually. I am going to have to sign off for a bit, I hope to be back soon. But I am going to switch to a different computer and do a couple of chores first.

[Lawtan]

I'm in a Valley in the Bible Belt...

[Vincent]

@ Uma ;
Sounds interesting o-o Must be nice, haha. x3
Alrighty. :3 Laters~ Have fun. XD

@ Lawman ;
I... don't know if I am or not. I think I am but eh. XD
I sorry, though. :c

[Espy]

Speaking of belts...I'm actually in the "Rust Belt", but not that many people refer to it as such. I call it that occasionally.

[Lawtan]

Maryland/Virginia...is different (mom was from that area)

It is not bad because of the Bible Belt...but because of the way things are here. *shrugs*

Rust Belt? O.e

[Vincent]

@ Espy ;
Uhh. Rust belt? That's... different...xD

@ Lawman ;
Virginia seems like a nice place though... hm.

Ah. :c

[Espy]

Yeah. Basically the cities that rose up during the early 1900s and had huge industrial economies, and then kind of crashed after that. So...sort of the areas in Western PA, some of Illinois, Ohio, etc that California people would like to call the East Coast and East Coast people call the "west".

[Lawtan]

Virginia is (relatively - I don't think I am a good judge for that)

[Vincent]

@ Espy ;
Following historical/political talk is not my strong point. XD
But... sounds interesting from what I could read? XD

@ Lawman ;
Well I don't think I could be a good judge of it either but I've just heard and seen some good stuff about it. XD I dunno.

[Espy]

Oh. So like, you know how in the early 1900s, the steel industry grew really, really fast? That industry was mostly funded by Andrew Carnegie, in Pittsburgh. And the banking system (as well as a lot of Edison's work) was funded by JP Morgan at around the same time, and Rockefeller has his oil companies up by then, too.

Cities sprung up to accommodate the ever-growing expanses of factories and plants, and Pittsburgh was one of these cities. So were Chicago and Detroit.

After that boom, a lot of the cities went downhill, but some cities did make a recovery, and you can see that in Pittsburgh and Detroit (although Detroit's obviously going downhill again, and a lot of people still think Pittsburgh is an industrial wasteland). Chicago never really declined much, haha...

[Lawtan]

Oh...I thought you were talking about Cali