ShrubberyDragon

ShrubberyDragon t1_jacsojk wrote

Speaking as someone who has been to every state in the US other than Hawaii...there is no "Real America" as far as I see it.

America is a huge country with vast differences between the states and coasts.

That said, I don't think you can go wrong with Connecticut or New England in general for your first visit.

Just got done hosting 3 friends from England here in Connecticut and a trip up to Maine/Boston and they had an amazing time. They couldn't get over how friendly everyone was and the lack of drama.

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ShrubberyDragon t1_ix7lti3 wrote

Same, it's gotten so bad I have to use a rescue inhaler on the regular.

Problem is, when I use my rescue inhaler too much it weakens my esophageal muscles so I end up breathing stomach acid at night from my acid reflux so I end up in the hospital with asthmatic bronchitis...yay.

I have no idea what's going on but I'm pretty sure it's environmental, maybe mold in my house since we went to Nepal for 3 weeks and all of my symptoms went away. Days after getting home and they are back and getting worse every day it seems.

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ShrubberyDragon t1_ivhsufw wrote

I don't know, I come back from trips after posting photos and videos of what I have seen and always get quite a few people saying how they love seeing all of the photos of my travels because they will likely never get to go to these places.

I've found over the years that a lot of people live vicariously through the photos I take, at first It made me sad because they should be out there living life and experiencing things first hand but now I have realized not everyone can for one reason or another so I keep posting, for me it isn't showing off or that I have an expectation that people will see and "like" a photo...it's really for those who enjoy seeing it and also as a memory bank for me...I have a terrible memory so I take a lot of photos of what I experience and can experience it all again when I see the photo in the future

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