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<blockquote data-quote="cptg1481" data-source="post: 279111" data-attributes="member: 5360">Hey, I play with Peter and Rayners.&nbsp; I also live in Columbia and agree with Peter that this area takes some getting used to.&nbsp; The people are generally rude, and stand offish.&nbsp; Everything, and I mean everything costs more than it should.&nbsp; Traffic here is a big bummer and should be seriously considered before you comit.&nbsp; Even short trips take a while, there is no running out to the store - it seems to always takes an hour to get anywhere.&nbsp; The very notion of customer service is a foreign concept here.&nbsp; I rarely wenture forth into the &quot;big city&quot; but I have had nothing but good experiances (wiht the exception of customer service - it's just not popular I guess) things to say about it.&nbsp; There are plenty of cool day trips, museums and events for all types of tastes.&nbsp; The Inner Harbor is a great place to hang out for the day. The restaurants are well worth the money, which can give you sticker shock the first few times you pay seven bucks for a beer, but the food, which is one of my great loves in life is most excellent whereever you go.&nbsp;&nbsp; I take my family to diner there every week or so.&nbsp; However, I have to admit that my oppinion may be schewed some because of my semi-retired status.&nbsp; We NEVER go on the weekend or holidays only during the week.&nbsp; With regards to gaming there I can find what ever I need or want within a 25 mile radius of our home.&nbsp; I think this place was made for gamers.&nbsp; My assesment is that there is a grand market here since there are many &quot;geeky&quot; type jobs in the area.&nbsp; I mean no offence, since I am somewhat of a geek myself but the IT, intelligence and defence industries here are the center of that market.&nbsp; I don't know if we just like those type jobs or what but we are here in droves...I've never seen anything like it.&nbsp; It's IMHO a &quot;Mecca&quot; of sorts for us.&nbsp; Hope this helps....</blockquote>

[QUOTE="cptg1481, post: 279111, member: 5360"] Hey, I play with Peter and Rayners. I also live in Columbia and agree with Peter that this area takes some getting used to. The people are generally rude, and stand offish. Everything, and I mean everything costs more than it should. Traffic here is a big bummer and should be seriously considered before you comit. Even short trips take a while, there is no running out to the store - it seems to always takes an hour to get anywhere. The very notion of customer service is a foreign concept here. I rarely wenture forth into the "big city" but I have had nothing but good experiances (wiht the exception of customer service - it's just not popular I guess) things to say about it. There are plenty of cool day trips, museums and events for all types of tastes. The Inner Harbor is a great place to hang out for the day. The restaurants are well worth the money, which can give you sticker shock the first few times you pay seven bucks for a beer, but the food, which is one of my great loves in life is most excellent whereever you go. I take my family to diner there every week or so. However, I have to admit that my oppinion may be schewed some because of my semi-retired status. We NEVER go on the weekend or holidays only during the week. With regards to gaming there I can find what ever I need or want within a 25 mile radius of our home. I think this place was made for gamers. My assesment is that there is a grand market here since there are many "geeky" type jobs in the area. I mean no offence, since I am somewhat of a geek myself but the IT, intelligence and defence industries here are the center of that market. I don't know if we just like those type jobs or what but we are here in droves...I've never seen anything like it. It's IMHO a "Mecca" of sorts for us. Hope this helps.... [/QUOTE]

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