OK i am very curious about this and I think its a good topic.
ok you guys now how we are always on here just writing about
L.As future projects and stuff like that. It's very interesting here in the forums
but when I want to share this exciting news to other people or like tell them about this site they dont care. (I am in highschool) and when people aks me what i am interested in and I tell them that I am interested in like skyscrapers and stuff they think that i am weird. Then I try to tell them how L.a would be a better place and they dont care all they say is OOOOkayyyy! I am alawys trying to find people who is interested in cities like me but i can never find anyone it gets me mad.
dose this happen to any of you.

Sorry to hear that people think your weird. Next time punch them in the nose, heck they might even start to like skyscrapers from that point on. OK, OK on the serious side now, NO nothing like that has ever happened to me.

^^people dont actually think i am wierd they just think what I like is weird.
example they start talking about myspace then i come up with a "site" like SSF then they look at me like O.K
you know what i mean dont think i am a weirdo cause i am not.

Just chill there Joey, quit trying to bite your own ear for a minute. Just stop telling your class mates about SSF.

........ and off course your not a weirdo.....no, not at all*

Joey313, development, architecture, city issues etc are a peculiar interest especially for high schoolers.

You're unique and you shouldn't be dissapointed if you can't find others who share this interest. I've been interested in city development since middle school (I would play Sim City @ school nonstop). Just be happy that thanks to the glory that is the internet you can connect with other "weirdos" who like this stuff haha. ;)

...my wife keeps calling me "dorko" whenever she sees me on this site and poking around simcity.

no biggy. dont worry about the weeners. most people would look at you the same way if you said you were on the quantum pyhisics forum. but... oh too hell with this im going to bed. good night anyone still awake

"You are very special, child" and she kissed him gently on the forehead and served him a warm glass of milk.

so what do people say when you tell them that your on SSF???

[QUOTE=Ferneynism;10136867]Just chill there Joey, quit trying to bite your own ear for a minute. Just stop telling your class mates about SSF.

........ and off course your not a weirdo.....no, not at all*[/

yeah I stoped tellling people but when i see someone i think might like SSF
or interested in the same thing. I tell them, but then i find out their not in to that kind of stuff.

well, if anyone catches you on here and says it's not that interesting, just say "hey, someone had to build our homes, the places we work, and how we get there." shopping malls for all you slaves to suburbia

you know, adam sandler was a drafter in that movie "click" and everyone still loves him

I think anyone here who still attendshigh school gets that "Dude you like weird stuff." But don't let that get you discouraged, they are just ignorant people who are going to end up earing $ 7.50 an hour.

^^ what do people say when you tell them about SSf

OMG, there's more to life than MTV, MySpace and Youtube....the built, urban environment practically affects everyone and it is right up there with politics, religion and economics as major issues we should be concerned about. It's good that at an early age you are aware of these things.....what other people think or say doesn't matter, you are in good company here!!!!

Hey......i go on myspace, youtube, listen to MTV and check this site out...lol..but yeah i really dont tell people about this website, unless its someone that likes to play sim city (awesome game).......and when i do they either say "meh......" or, which is rare "omg i love this kind of stuff thx"........

^^ what do people say when you tell them about SSf

Who cares what other people think or say?

I've always had a fascination with cities and skyscrapers as a kid. And yes, other kids thought it was a strange thing to be interested in. But you know what? Some of those kids work for me now. :D

^^ what do people say when you tell them about SSf

Joey313, is what other people say gonna change whether or not you like it here or even that you like the stuff this site talks about?

i don't tell anybody unless they ask and really, i don't even know the sites that my closest friends go to... we simply don't care about each other's sites...

i know that all of my friends know about LA LIVE and other projects, but not because of this site, we check out the posters when we walk to a lakers or clippers game...

^^ i dont really care what people think .
when they ask me why do you go on that site i just say because its cool
example
toady we had to do this thing where we write our interest on paper and ask other people in our class if they like the same thing. then someone goes, "you like skyscrapers"!!!? and i was like yes they started to laugh( but not in a mean way). so yeah i dont really care its not going to make me stop coming here.

yeah... everyone's interests are different in high school so it shouldn't be any big deal... do you know what you're gonna get into after high school? construction, concept design, doctor, burger king...

well i want to become a developer^^

Originally Posted By Joy313
what do people say when you tell them about SSF
The dont really say nothing, they just look at me wierd. But like it's not my foult they are not open minded enough to give a crap about the place they live in.

OK i am very curious about this and I think its a good topic.
ok you guys now how we are always on here just writing about
L.As future projects and stuff like that. It's very interesting here in the forums
but when I want to share this exciting news to other people or like tell them about this site they dont care. (I am in highschool) and when people aks me what i am interested in and I tell them that I am interested in like skyscrapers and stuff they think that i am weird. Then I try to tell them how L.a would be a better place and they dont care all they say is OOOOkayyyy! I am alawys trying to find people who is interested in cities like me but i can never find anyone it gets me mad.
dose this happen to any of you.

People thought Abraham Lincoln was werid. People thought Mahatma Gandhi was weird. People thought Albert Einstein was weird. People thought Martin Luther King Jr. was weird. I think you get what I'm trying to say...

well i want to become a developer^^

If you haven't decided what you want to major in in college, I STRONGLY recommend you take up Urban Planning. You will love it and will go far in that field.

...wait i know i want to major in Urban Planning when i go to college....but what kind of job can you get with an Urban Planning degree???

...wait i know i want to major in Urban Planning when i go to college....but what kind of job can you get with an Urban Planning degree???

There's planning jobs in both the private and public sectors. In the private sector you can work for planning and design firms, development firms, architectural firms. In the public sector you can work for planning-related entities like the CRA, MTA, SCAG and the LA City Dept of Planning.

is this what u do right now elsongs??

is this what u do right now elsongs??

Actually no, I'm part-time musician and part-time evaluation consultant. If I had the time and money I'd get a master's in Urban Planning though.

Don't feel bad Joey313, I remember when I first joined SSP back in '98 i think there were only very few forumers (under 50) and now there's like 2,000+ and not counting all the forumers here on SSC. So that tells you right there theres thousands and thousands of poeple out there that love cities, skyscrapers, architecture and all that good stuff. A lot of people out there don't even know about these websites but when they discover them some even become almost addicted to them. Like me for example, I'm not a big time poster here or on SSP but I love to read and follow up on development news everywhere around the world but especially LA so I check almost daily for news and updates. Plus, where else can you find the awesome pictures and project renderings?

People thought Abraham Lincoln was werid. People thought Mahatma Gandhi was weird. People thought Albert Einstein was weird. People thought Martin Luther King Jr. was weird. I think you get what I'm trying to say...

for the record, Einstein was very weird. the man spent a lifetime figuring out the theory of relativity, but couldn’t spare 10 seconds to comb his hair before taking a photograph.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f269/janus020/600px-Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg
weird.

for the record, Einstein was very weird. the man spent a lifetime figuring out the theory of relativity, but couldn’t spare 10 seconds to comb his hair before taking a photograph.

http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f269/janus020/600px-Albert_Einstein_Head.jpg
weird.

His own hair defied the laws of physics!

He put the "boo" in "fante".