I Hate Everything About You...Why Do I Love You? (1106 hits)
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Submitted by Phoenix <volklcess.at.aol.com> (View user info) at 2004-03-04 13:58:06 EST
I always speak with quite a bit of abhorrence when talking about my hometown - the people here are absolutely insane; it's a city scarred over with the repercussions of gambling addictions, shady men in dark corners staring out at you with beady eyes, raspy voices asking you if you could spare a dollar, the stench of solicited sex. I often speak of my city as hell on earth.
Everywhere you go you're cascaded with the sound of coins clashing into metal slot machine trays, the digital beeps of the video poker machines, angry shouts of losses, and joyous squeals of wins.
There is nothing normal about the way this city is run. There is nothing commendable about making money off of people's weaknesses. Prostitution is illegal in this county of Nevada, but no one lets onto knowledge of deals that are exchanged in unlit alleys behind dilapidated casinos.
If you've never lived in a town where gambling is legal and prostitution is rampant, the scene is obnoxious, the atmosphere is greedy, and no one ever smiles in this forlorn town. Hotel lobby - what's that?
Reno, Nevada is not a clean city. But I digress because Reno was never meant to be a clean city. Reno is a place where the young and the old come to drown out their problems, where the poor rub shoulders with the rich, where everyone has the same common goal: win. Reno is a town of competition, and while it can never measure up to its younger and more aesthetically-pleasing brother, the City of Sin itself, it doesn't really try to. Vegas has its down-scaled version of the Eiffel tower, its roller coasters and off-the-wall clubs, its fountains of Bellagio, its boisterous Pirates of the Caribbean - a whole city based on themes, America's Playground - but Reno has Lake Tahoe. Reno has its majestic mountains, its snow, its fresh air.
After ruthlessly bad-mouthing the town, I have to show off a little hometown pride because Reno's not that bad of a place, and if you look deeply enough you can find beauty in everything.
User Reviews
Submitted by Zod (user info) at 2004-03-09 16:03:21 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Stop bitching...just hurry up and get your ass on the corner so I can legally rape you.
Love,
Steve
Submitted by Y3D (user info) at 2004-03-04 20:22:04 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
Reno: the Retarded Step Brother to Las Vegas.
Submitted by ihatethepeople (user info) at 2004-03-04 17:37:19 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Meow
Submitted by ihatethepeople (user info) at 2004-03-04 17:37:05 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Woof.
Submitted by beer-turtle (user info) at 2004-03-04 16:52:16 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
damn you woman... making me wanna go skiing...
-Turtle
Submitted by volklcess (user info) at 2004-03-04 16:23:03 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I hate Three Day's Grace just as much as the next guy, but the title fit the post so well....:::sigh:::
Kristen - will you come to Reno if I *bribe* you with the Jetta?
:-)
Phoenix
Submitted by Kristen (user info) at 2004-03-04 16:19:42 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I dunno...I'm in the mood for a Jetta.
Submitted by bob (user info) at 2004-03-04 16:12:51 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
-1 for using Three Days Grace lyrics.\
+1 for a cute little post.
Total: 0
Submitted by volklcess (user info) at 2004-03-04 16:04:46 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Kristen - Those are all excellent ideas. Except for the part where you carjack my Jetta......
:-)
Phoenix
Submitted by Kristen (user info) at 2004-03-04 15:58:37 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
I wanna take a roadtrip to Reno, hang out with Phoenix, and carjack her Jetta.
Submitted by BongZilla (user info) at 2004-03-04 14:39:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Reno also has UNR, Ewww. "RENO:" as I would have called it, "the biggest little shithole in the world."
-BongZilla
Submitted by smokymtcsw (user info) at 2004-03-04 14:39:00 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
Phoenix it is koolmang. Pause and reconsider what you posted if he ever gives you a positive review. I feel bad your town is depressing. And now I am somewhat depressed because I want to go skiing BAD. Oh well. Back alley whores have it worse than I do.
Submitted by volklcess (user info) at 2004-03-04 14:15:56 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
It's alright Mr-Boo - I'm just having one of "those" days. No offense taken.
loki - This wasn't meant to be similar to yours at all because your post was more about what a tacky place Reno is.
Phoenix
Submitted by WillZone (user info) at 2004-03-04 14:12:23 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
just cause you are the hottest chick in the world...or at least in Reno.
Submitted by loki (user info) at 2004-03-04 14:09:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
I did this better.
Submitted by Mr-Boo (user info) at 2004-03-04 14:08:24 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Sorry Phoenix, I normally enjoy your writing, but this one was out in left field.
Submitted by jumpinjellyfish (user info) at 2004-03-04 14:07:40 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
I went skiing at Lake Tahoe...great snow and scenery.
Submitted by volklcess (user info) at 2004-03-04 14:05:49 EST (#)
Ranking: 0
Submitted by KoolMang (user info) at 2004-03-04 14:00:56 (#)
Ranking: -2
-2 because Three Day's Grace are fucking flaming fags.
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Three Day's Grace weren't the first ones to coin that title. Anyway, thanks for rating me on the title. That totally sucks.
Phoenix
Submitted by reallybored (user info) at 2004-03-04 14:02:59 EST (#)
Ranking: 1
St.Petersburg fucking pwns Reno.
Submitted by Phinch (user info) at 2004-03-04 14:01:35 EST (#)
Ranking: 2
reno is a short drive from the slopes, and they have good buffets and cheap hotel rooms.
Submitted by KoolMang (user info) at 2004-03-04 14:00:56 EST (#)
Ranking: -2
-2 because Three Day's Grace are fucking flaming fags.