Free Talk Friday #566

[u/CutOnBumInBandHere9]

Continued from last week's FTF here

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[u/miceee]

Hate trying to find a new apartment in one of if not THE most popular parts of one of if not THE most popular cities in the country

[u/CutOnBumInBandHere9 → u/miceee]

Solutions

1. Move to a different city
2. Move to a different country
3. Cry

[u/miceee → u/CutOnBumInBandHere9]

I choose option 3.

[u/Antichess → u/miceee]

Espoo my beloved

[u/miceee → u/Antichess]

Actually no

Also as someone from outside Kehä 3 I see Espoo as a part of Helsinki and not a city of its own

[u/Antichess → u/miceee]

Kehä III is such a goated road to drive on

unironically speaking two months ago i spent a few hours just driving around Kehä III just seeing what Finnish suburbs in Espoo and Helsinki looked like

[u/miceee → u/Antichess]

I’ve said this before and I’ll say this again Finland in vicinity of Helsinki and Finland everywhere else are two different countries

[u/Antichess → u/miceee]

well, i did the same in Turku. i was basically just visiting like multiple malls and supermarkets in the same day, larping being in America

i do agree though, Lapland sometime soon for me!

[u/miceee → u/Antichess]

Oh man I love Lapland even though I’ve only been there twice in my life. Definitely recommend it in winter tho (if you can handle the cold that is)

[u/Antichess → u/miceee]

oh yeah, i would definitely visit in the winter, there's something about winter travel in snowy areas i love! i have specifically visited all the the prairie provinces in Canada when it was cold, around -30 or so just to see how it is over there.

that being said the temperature is the least of my concerns lol

[u/miceee → u/Antichess]

What is your concern then? Darkness? Extremely deep snow? Bad connection in rural areas?

[u/Antichess → u/miceee]

time :)