The 10,000 Post thread V3

[Larks2242 251]

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I've been there, whole area is totally overpopulated though.

[Duke87 1,070]

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Larks, it's all a matter of perspective. I don't have a high opinion of Miami - to me it seems like a hot, disgusting, bland, sprawling mess. But then, it is a very different lifestyle from what I'm used to. A lot of people who are not from New York could easily criticize it on a similar basis.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

3663

 

I hate everywhere equally.

[Larks2242 251]

3664.

 

(3662)

 

Larks, it's all a matter of perspective. I don't have a high opinion of Miami - to me it seems like a hot, disgusting, bland, sprawling mess. But then, it is a very different lifestyle from what I'm used to. A lot of people who are not from New York could easily criticize it on a similar basis.

 

I don't see how it can be more disgusting then any other city, please elaborate on this.

[Duke87 1,070]

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Miami is disgusting in two ways:

1) The weather. In the winter it's alright, but in the summer it's so hot and sticky that it's just gross

2) The surrounding environment. When you shove a city between the ocean and a huge swamp, you get insufferable quantities of all sorts of annoying critters - mosquitoes, termites, little lizards. Furthermore, the tap water tastes gross...like a mix of salt and swamp. Sometimes they have legit issues with the quality of it after storms.

Beyond that, you have a cancer of bland, cookie cutter, gated communities. It's suburban hell at its absolute worst.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

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I'm not big on most places that are expensive and trendy, and both Miami and New York are expensive and trendy.  I was fairly happy in Toledo, but it is a medium-sized city in the middle of a vast plain on the edge of the shallowest, least picturesque of all the Great Lakes.  Marquette, in the Upper Peninsula was a stunning place to live if you could stand the winters where you get upwards of 10 feet of snow and it reaches -20F or -25F every winter.  But it was beautiful, historic (seriously), and all the tourist spots were almost always tourist-free, which means you get to enjoy all that it has to offer all by yourself.  If I had the means, I would move back there in a heartbeat.  I miss it a lot.

[Larks2242 251]

3667.

 

Seriously? Who drinks tap water? Fuji and Aquafiena all the way, I even pour it into my coffee and everything, havn't used tap in years.

[Duke87 1,070]

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I would make the opposite argument: bottled water is literally 10,000 times as expensive as tap water, no fiscally responsible person would use it except in a pinch.

Also, FYI: Aquafina is tap water from New Jersey. You're being duped, man.

[simcity1999 34]

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Tap water in most developing countries (and in some developed countries too, probably) is undrinkable. Perhaps also some parts of the USA.

[Larks2242 251]

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Also, FYI: Aquafina is tap water from New Jersey. You're being duped, man.

 

I'd like some proof on that.

[RipRap 4,400]

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For some reason it reminds me of my family refilling jugs of 'pure' water every week and placing these heavy 18 litre jugs on the dispenser...

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

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Here you go, Larks: The title on the article is "Pepsi says Aquafina is tap water."

 

Fiji water (which I'm assuming you meant) does actually come from Fiji, but has some arsenic in it, unlike Cleveland tap water.  Although, the amount reportedly found in Fiji water was 0.0683 ppm which is below the EPA's safe rate of 0.010 ppm.  I can google!

[astronelson 339]

3673.

 

The water here is fine, although if you're somewhere in the outback that relies on artesian wells it can smell strongly of sulphur and you may want to boil it.

[Duke87 1,070]

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There are places where local geology means that the groundwater is not drinkable without first being treated to remove arsenic or whatever poison is in it. But at least in the US, you can reasonably expect that if this is a problem, it will have been dealt with for any building that relies on a well. Likewise, water that comes from municipal supply or the local water company will be treated to remove any bad stuff. If something happens that makes the tap water temporarily undrinkable (chemical spill, big storm, whatever), the public will be well alerted.

 

It is true, though, that in some countries that are less developed (such as Mexico), the tap water is not fit to drink because it has not been sufficiently treated to remove all bacteria or whatever is contaminating it. These places lack the resources to do thorough treatment and instead rely on the same philosophy you do, Larks: that tap water is for washing things, not for drinking. If you are in one of these places, it absolutely makes sense to avoid drinking tap water since it legitimately can make you sick. But where you live, there is no such concern.

[Muck308 55]

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My aunt was just telling me how people have attempted to make New York bagels outside of the city. They follow the recipe precisely yet can't get them to taste the same. Apparently it's because of the water. Same thing for making New York pizza. You just can't reproduce it outside of the city.

 

The game on Friday was rained out which made me totally bummed. The Bucs lost yesterday and are one run behind the yanks as we... type. I had a nice stroll around Manhattan yesterday though. I stayed at a friend's place on 82nd & Amsterdam the previous night and zig zagged my way down to Penn Sta. before heading back to the island. I got on the wrong train of course. No biggie though. Transfer at Jamaica and I was all set. Back to Pittsburgh tomorrow morning.

 

Larks; Lol at the mattress comment. Dirty boy.

Duke; As you may have figured out, I have family on the island, but I'd much rather spend my time in the city.

[Larks2242 251]

3676.

 

3672

 

Here you go, Larks: The title on the article is "Pepsi says Aquafina is tap water."

 

Fiji water (which I'm assuming you meant) does actually come from Fiji, but has some arsenic in it, unlike Cleveland tap water.  Although, the amount reportedly found in Fiji water was 0.0683 ppm which is below the EPA's safe rate of 0.010 ppm.  I can google!

 

Thanks for pointing it out, its to Poland Springs to me now it looks, Should have figured Pepsi was behind this, I never drink Pepsi the northern rip off of Coca-Cola.

 

Or Poweraid with the posion that damages your organs with brominated vegetable oil.

[Duke87 1,070]

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My aunt was just telling me how people have attempted to make New York bagels outside of the city. They follow the recipe precisely yet can't get them to taste the same. Apparently it's because of the water. Same thing for making New York pizza. You just can't reproduce it outside of the city.

 

There is definitely some truth to this. Tap water may be safe to drink throughout the country, but in many places it does taste kinda bleh. In such places the secret to running a successful restaurant is to cook with bottled water. New York City is said to have the best tasting tap water in the country, and there have been blind taste tests which support this conclusion.

 

As for reproducing New York pizza outside of New York, there is an establishment in San Diego that I can personally say does a damn good job of it. I don't know where they get their water from but the owner is originally from The Bronx. That probably helps a lot as well, to have an expert at the head of things. I figure that even if you follow a recipe perfectly with all the right ingredients, you still might not match the quality of the original chef... because there can easily be subtleties in technique that written instructions do not capture.

[jmsepe 2,038]

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Ei, I drink tap water but I also drink mineral water sometimes. It depends on what's available. 

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

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I'm happy to live in a place where tea is so easily acquired.  The tap water here is totally fine, though.  I've never really noticed much of a difference in tap water between most of the places I've lived.  But what I did notice was a MAJOR difference in milk here vs. milk back in America.  There's something... different about the way it tastes here, and the closest I can get to describing it is that it is as though you are drinking milk fortified with chicken stock or bouillan cubes.  It's totally weird, you guys, and tastes NOTHING like American milk.

[Duke87 1,070]

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Probably a matter of what they feed the cow. In the US it's usually corn, but you can find grass fed milk if you know where to look. I've had grass fed milk... personally I think it's gross. It tastes like it has dirt in it and the texture is rougher. But it is ostensibly more "natural", and is how all milk was before modern industrial farming.

[astronelson 339]

3681.

 

I've had bottled water with a strong and nigh-undrinkable taste, almost like pool water.

[Larks2242 251]

3682.

 

. Tap water may be safe to drink throughout the country

 

This is debatable.

[Duke87 1,070]

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Tap water may be safe to drink throughout the country

 

This is debatable.

 

Okay, where in the US is tap water normally unsafe to drink, and why? Citation needed.

[NMUSpidey 3,956]

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Apparently Toledo has some pretty awesome tap water.  I remember seeing in Men's Health magazines back when I was in college and dumb enough to waste money on such things that we topped the list of having the best tap water in the US for a few years.  Just now googling it, in '07 or '08 St. Louis was named the best-tasting tap water, but Toledo was one of the five finalists.  We don't have much there, but at least we have that.  Our zoo is awesome, too.

[Muck308 55]

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I've been told the tap water in my area is some of the best but I have never read anything official in that regard. I've noticed that my tap water tatses worse if I let the tap run for a few minutes, which is odd. Could be my pipes though.

[Duke87 1,070]

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Old pipes can certainly affect the taste of water. It should be fresher after running for a bit, though, not staler. What this tells me is that the taste improves as the water sits in your pipes, and water fresh from the street is not as good.

[Larks2242 251]

3687.

 

Neither is the bone cancer from the posion they put in it..

[Muck308 55]

3688

 

My parents have a well from which they draw water which is considerably harder water than that which gets piped in from the city. When the power goes out they use very little water since the pump can't pump any more water out of the well. It always tastes pretty good. Though the hardness makes it less desirable for things like washing clothes.

[ROFLyoshi 1,760]

3689: One of the worst tasting water I've had is when I was in Adelaide. Of all the cities, it has the highest amount of heavy metals in it.

Our water isn't too bad. We have our catchment area located in a national park so the run off isn't contaminated.

[Duke87 1,070]

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Ah yes, water fluoridation is a commie plot to rob us of the essence of our precious bodily fluids.

 

 

Seriously, though: there has been some suggestion that ingesting too much fluoride may increase your risk of bone cancer, but nothing conclusive. The reason it is put in drinking water is to prevent cavities (which it IS proven to do).

That said, the drinking water in your area may or may not have fluoride in it. With fluoride-containing toothpaste and mouthwash having become quite common, a lot of places have stopped putting fluoride in their water as they have deemed it no longer necessary and possibly even risky because exposing your teeth to too much fluoride can cause fluorosis (separate from the bone cancer concern).

 

Also note that some foods naturally contain fluoride, so avoiding fluoridated water won't necessarily eliminate your exposure.