Re: Redelurk and the importance of place (longish)

[http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)]

 > From: http://dummy.us.eu.org/robert (robert)
 > Date: Tue  Jul 20,  1:18am
 >
 >  > From: "Peter D. Varley" <http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/~pvarley>
 >  > Date: Tue  Jul 13,  9:40am
 >  >
 >  > Really from: "Peter D. Varley" <http://www.suffolk.lib.ny.us/~pvarley>
 >  > Leslie wroted:
 >  > >>Which takes precedence for you -- your immediate surroundings (i.e., your
 >  > apartment, house, workspace), your city/region, a particular geographical
 >  > feature (such as the ocean, the mountains, etc) or your headspace (meaning
 >  > as long as you have your freaky internal INTJ world with you, you're
 >  > happy?)  Or is your homebase dictated by people?  And whatever your home
 >  > base is, how often do you need to check in to maintain your equilibrium?
 >  > Are you a traveler or a homebody or both?<<
 >  > 
 >  > Freaky internal INTJ world?  Er, am I on the right list?
 >  > 
 >  > My F, I, INFJ world only is strong enough to carry me through  certain
 >  > situations - bus rides, train rides, etc.  My immediate surroundings do take
 >  > precedence, ie my apartment and workspace, and, while messy sometimes, are
 >  > mine, mine, mine.  I have finally found a village on Long Island (NY) to
 >  > call my own; Sayville, and it extends out my sense of territory quite
 >  > nicely.  I've often thought of moving to Boston, I city I love, but money
 >  > has been tight, so relocating is not in the picture.
 > 
 > You probably don't want to live in Boston.
 > 
 > In general, I feel that (generally) people here are mean, nasty, and blunt.
 > When living on the west coast, people there were nicer.  It felt very
 > different.  (I said this before and got yelled at by the east-coastians (I
 > grew up on the east coast), but I still feel this way.)
 > 
 >  > Which brings me to a question of my own:  Are certain cities or towns more
 >  > INFJ than others?
 >  > 
 >  > peter v
 >  > Peter D. Varley
 >  > Personal email: http://www.webtv.net/~SoberPoz     AIM: SoberPoz
 >  > Website: members.tripod.com/~SoberPoz
 >  > 
 >  > "Do or do not.  There is no try." - Yoda

Also look at

http://www.boston.com/dailyglobe2/186/metro/Survey_shows_many_drivers_feel_victimized_by_others_aggression+.shtml

I was especially disturbed by the quote "You couldn't survive in this
world without being aggressive."  It seems to me it's just the opposite --
one could not survive in this world without kindness.

...anyway...